Madinah Wilson-Anton talks about slipping punchlines into her pandemic-era political speeches and realizing she liked waiting for laughs more than applause, which eventually led her into stand-up and onto the Kill Tony stage. From there, the conversation moves through sitting in the holding room with hundreds of comedians, being taken in by a group of Texas comics afterward, and joking about hoping she wasn’t being trafficked while being dragged from mic to mic. Madinah also opens up about growing up around her uncle Rocky Wilson as her first real exposure to comedy, performing with him later in life, and the strange way humor runs through her family — including stories about her Nana in a nursing home with dementia who somehow still manages to land perfectly timed one-liners. The episode comes full circle with the now-infamous Zoom committee meeting where people were accidentally trash-talking on mute and someone flushed a toilet mid-session, leading Madinah to coin the phrase “talking shit and taking shits.”

In this episode, we also talk about:

* Her decision to run for office and how that changed her life

* What it was like getting elected during the pandemic

* Doing a podcast and stand-up with her uncle Rocky Wilson

* The weird reality of being recognized as a politician at comedy shows

* How other comics react when they find out who she is

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