#653 Child of Mixed Marriage - Cat Alvarado
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2023
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Cat Alvarado @theCatAlvarado is a standup comedian and activist who grew up with a white father and a Latina mother—who fled the civil war in Nicaragua. She talks about what it was like to grow up mixed race and with a mother who had been through so much. Check out her new album Off White.
As mentioned on the podcast Paul will be sharing his story (non-comedy) on Wed Aug 2nd at Flapper’s in Burbank CA. Show is being videotaped for potential public release. For tix https://www.flapperscomedy.com/shows/wacky-wednesdays/69722/
More about Cat:
Her new album https://www.blondemedicine.com/bm106-off-white
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatAlvaradoComedy/
IG https://www.instagram.com/thecatalvarado/?hl=en
TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@catalvaradocomedy
Twitter https://twitter.com/thecatalvarado
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 653 with my guest, Cat Alvarado. |
| 0:07.8 | This is Metal illness happy hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads |
| 0:12.6 | from medically diagnosed conditions past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday |
| 0:17.8 | compulsive negative thinking. |
| 0:20.0 | This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling. |
| 0:24.1 | I am not a therapist, so keep that in mind. |
| 0:27.6 | Get that in your pipe and smoke it, or maybe you're trying to cut back the things you |
| 0:33.8 | put in your pipe and smoke. |
| 0:35.4 | I don't know. |
| 0:36.6 | I don't know what you've been up to. |
| 0:37.8 | I haven't talked to you in a while. |
| 0:40.5 | As I mentioned last week, for those of you that live in Southern California, I'm going |
| 0:44.6 | to be doing a live performance, not a live recording of the podcast, but kind of a talk |
| 0:52.1 | about metal health and my life story, and I'm going to be doing it. |
| 0:57.3 | Oddly enough, at a comedy club, but it is not going to be a comedy performance. |
| 1:02.0 | It's something that I'm actually going to videotape and maybe solicit to begin going |
| 1:09.4 | around speaking, as you don't need to know any more than that, that's enough. |
| 1:15.8 | But, I may have people sign waivers in case they get on camera. |
| 1:22.5 | I haven't decided yet if we're going to get shots of the audience, but I think I would |
| 1:26.2 | like to incorporate audience participation, whether I'm taking questions or maybe I'll |
| 1:31.8 | put pieces of paper on their tables and ask them to share fears or loves or secrets or |
| 1:40.2 | something. |
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