Today’s episode is one of my favourite ones to date.

Comedian Debra DiGiovanni is quite frankly, an icon.  Her humour, honesty and vulnerability were a few of the MANY reasons I wanted her to come on this show.

And while I knew she would make for a wonderful guest, I had no idea that we’d dive into the nitty, gritty and messy fun like we did in this hour.  I hope you get as much out of this conversation as I did. 

We're covering:

• how "Video on Trial" and Debra's Comedy career came to be 
• calling out childhood bullies on stage
• Debra's relationship with confidence, and how she deals with fear
• sobriety declarations and finding what works for you (and revelations from both of us)
• online bullying
• a HUGE red flag in relationships
• Debra's take on living in Los Angeles 
• Debra's  feelgood thing

A little about Debra:
Debra DiGiovanni is a multiple award-winning comedian. You know her from shows like Video on Trial, Last Comic Standing, Last One Laughing Canada - she’s performed on Conan and has multiple specials on Amazon Prime, Netflix and Crave. Her album, Lady Jazz, earned her Top Ten Comedy Albums of the Year in 2019 and a JUNO Award nomination. She tours all over the world with her comedy, and today she is making a pitstop on this show . . .  

Debra's IG: @debgradg

DISCLAIMER: In this episode we talk substance abuse and addiction, please listen with caution or skip this episode if it's not the right time. 

*Note: this episode was recorded on Oct 4, 2023

The Key Moments in this episode are:

00:03:20 - pronouncing last name's correctly 

00:05:45 - Video on Trail 

00:18:20 - Debra's Bully Moment

00:20:20 - Creating Material 

00:23:45 - Debra's Relationship with Confidence

00:27:53 - Debra on Fear

00:38:30 - Kyle and Debra talk sobriety declarations and finding what works for you

00:46:50 - fear of offending and making necessary changes to comedy

00:55:26 - the difference between that hate given to men vs women comics 

00:56:35 - Red Flag if you're dating a guy who says women aren't funny 

01:00:35 - Debra's feelgoodthing

01:03:010 -  Epilogue