790: Karen Bergreen: Stand-Up Comic
So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Farnoosh Torabi
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2018
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
If you’ve been following me on Instagram or get my newsletter, you might know that I recently took stand up comedy classes here in NYC at Manhattan Comedy School. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. It scared the heck out of me...so naturally, I had to try it. My next performance is TONIGHT at Gotham Comedy Club at 7pm, actually. And so I thought who better to have on So Money today than my comedy school teacher, comic Karen Bergreen.
Over the past decade, Karen has been keeping audiences laughing all across the country. She’s been on Comedy Central, the Oxygen Network, VH1, The View, and LIVE at Gotham.
She’s also an author of two fiction books, Perfect is Overrated and Following Polly: A Novel. She and I talk about the highs and lows of being a female stand up comic, growing up in New York City when people *didn’t* want to be labeled as “rich.”..and Karen’s transition to comedy...She graduated from Harvard, and went on to law school. How and why she pivoted is where we begin the conversation...
To learn more about Karen, visit KarenBergreen.com or find her on Twitter @KarenBergreen.
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| 0:00.0 | So Money |
| 0:00.5 | Money episode 790, Karen Burgreen, comedian and author. |
| 0:05.0 | You're listening to So Money, |
| 0:08.0 | with award-winning Money Guru Farnu Farnou Schorabi. |
| 0:11.0 | Each day get a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds, |
| 0:16.0 | authors, influencers, and from Farnus yourself. |
| 0:20.0 | Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons? |
| 0:24.0 | Sorry, you're in the wrong place. |
| 0:26.0 | Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to So Money. |
| 0:32.0 | Welcome back to So Money. |
| 0:33.0 | Money, everybody. |
| 0:35.0 | October 3rd, 2018. |
| 0:37.4 | If you've been following me on Instagram or maybe get my newsletter, you might know that I recently took stand-up comedy classes here in |
| 0:46.1 | New York City at Manhattan Comedy School. It was just something I always wanted to do. |
| 0:52.4 | It scared me, so I had to try it and I didn't bomb. |
| 0:57.0 | Actually I have a performance tonight. I've been doing a couple of performances here and there at |
| 1:02.4 | Gotham Comedy Club at 7 p.m. and if you are in |
| 1:05.4 | town would love to see you a little last minute notice but I would love to see |
| 1:09.8 | you IRL in real life I thought who better to have on so money today than my comedy school teacher from Manhattan |
| 1:17.6 | Comedy School, Karen Burgreen. |
| 1:20.3 | She is a comic and over the past decade she's been keeping audiences rolling in the aisles all across the country. |
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