Sierra Katow is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor, podcaster, and full-stack developer.

Stand-up comedy is her main pursuit, which you can find on YouTube and in person by searching for her shows on her website at sierrakatow.com.

Besides stand-up, her more recent work includes writing for the HBOmax animated series, Close Enough. Voicing two characters in Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon and many many more. The list goes on. 

Oh, did I mention she’s a Harvard graduate majoring in computer science? This girl does so much.

This was a fun conversation. We dove deep into the way she approaches stand-up and scriptwriting, and how that’s refined over time. 
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Curious Asians create is a podcast where I speak with high-performing Asian creatives across all disciplines about psychology, philosophy, creativity/routine, and self-improvement with the overarching theme centering on the premise that being creative can allow us to be more "childlike". And I think that can help a lot of people with mental distress (depression, anxiety, etc.) because we're immersing ourselves in a state of flow and curiosity.

Creativity is a skill set we can all cultivate that enables us to foster a deeper relationship with ourselves, allowing us to be truly irreplaceable human beings. Let's learn from these modern Artists how they do it. 

Show Notes

[00:00] Intro 

[1:38] Sierra’s stand-up comedy origin story 

[5:26] Stand-up comedy in 2021 

[9:03] Juggling stand-up, acting, and writing 

[12:57] Sierra’s day in the life 

[15:54] How Sierra entered writing scripts 

[21:23] What Sierra would do differently

[24:22] Career reflections before college 

[29:22] Most impactful book from the past couple of years 

[39:04] Rewarding ourselves 

[41:34] Do you need life experience to do stand-up or writing?

[45:25] Sierra’s current goals 

[47:46] Rapid-fire questions

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Follow Sierra Katow and her work.

Website → http://www.sierrakatow.com/

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/sierrakatow/ 

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@sierrakatow 

Twitter → https://twitter.com/sierrakatow

Sierra's Podcast (Stay Podsitive) → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stay-podsitive-with-sierra-katow/id1448933369

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