Interview with Comedian Shohana Sharmin

Today my guest is Shohana Sharmin, a Bangladeshi-Canadian comedian, writer, theatre artist, and host of the podcast, “Finders Grievers.” Shohana is also the creator and a cast member of the critically acclaimed award-winning dark sketch comedy revue "Dead Parents Society."Shohana lost her mom four years ago when she was just in her 20s and stopped by to talk with me about -feeling like other comedians who had lost their parents in their 20s were the ones who understood her (as opposed to peers her own age)- toxic positivity and being conditioned to be only happy, accepting sadness in order to avoid isolation- how weird it is needing to go to the mall right after someone dies (can relate)- the process behind writing sketches about death and grieving- needing to be in an ok place so your audience isn’t concerned for you- how comedy is not a replacement for therapy- how we laugh the hardest at things we relate to- how therapists always schedule sessions for Tuesday- why we’re self-deprecating as comedians (it’s not because we’re confident)- recognizing being lucky on the spectrum of support during loss- and how universal death is (at some point, someone you love will die)For more information about Death Is Hilarious, visit deathishilarious.com To get in touch, email [email protected]. You can support the podcast by subscribing, becoming a patron at patreon.com/deathishilarious, or by simply sharing the show with your friends and on social media.