My mom always said, money doesn't buy happiness, but poverty doesn't buy anything.

So stressful not knowing if your lights are gonna be on or if you break a leg or you're gonna have to go begging on the street

or if you're gonna have to prostitute yourself next month because you don't have any money for books.

You know, it's just, it's a constant stressor and it's bad for your health.

It makes you, there are studies that show it physically makes you sick.

And you're the only, and the person who can lease a forward to get sick.

Alexis Wilkinson has written for HBO's Veepe and Fox's Brooklyn 9.9.

She initially pursued a degree as a biomedical engineer, but changed paths, making a 180 to becoming a comedy writer.

And it paid off pretty quickly. In her junior year of college, she was named the president of the Harvard Lampoon, a historic magazine with a 140 year history.

In our conversation, we talk about PC culture, dick jokes, the art of bullshitting, and how to create a fallback plan.

If you're easily offended by foul language, then you might want to turn this episode off right now.

Though if you're cool with it, I think what you'll find is a very insightful, deep, and funny conversation between myself and Alexis.

Though either way, you've been warned.

Do you like the Ground Up Show? Or are you a fan of the podcast? If so, you can do me a huge favor right now and go over to iTunes and rate it.

Ratings help with the visibility so more people can become aware of the show and hopefully gain something from it.

Each one is greatly appreciated. And with that said, let's start the show.

You're listening to the Ground Up Show, a podcast that inspires creatives to make meaningful content and pursue their passions.

My name is Matthew Vella and I'm a filmmaker best known for the Netflix documentary Minimalism.

And I'm sitting down with creators to talk about their process, the lessons they've learned, and how to make an impact.

We just got this table in yesterday. It's beautiful. Thank you. I love it.

Yeah. We just went to the West Down catalog and said, we'll just have everything. Just give us a little rest.

Oh, West Down look at you coming up in the world. Not even like here. Oh, I go to West Down.

...