Stand-up comedian Andrea Menchaca is a newly minted member of Portland's Funniest Five and has been building momentum since she began at open mics almost six years ago. We talk about her trajectory, her upcoming comedy special at Milagro and the grant that made it possible, finding the joke with TikTok feedback, butter surcharges for bulk popcorn receptacles, separating your Avatar sex from your Avatar gardening, the bloodsport of comedy competition, and the unanswerable "why???" of still doing d*ck jokes. 

Music this week:

• "Bakar" by Nusantara Beat (26:52)
• "Ain't Nice" by Cassie Watson Francillon ft. Aquiles Navarro (47:51)
• "Bootlicker" by Pegzilla (1:12:32)
• "Freak Out" by Wife Support (1:34:14)