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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, fam! It is Mandy Woodruff Santos. I am here with a very special

guest this week. Marina Franklin is a veteran comedian. She's an actor. I mean, you say multi-hyphen

it, but there's not enough hyphens, I think, in existence for what? This amazing woman

has done and pioneered in her space actor, writer. She's a host. She has been a stand-out

premiere comedian for years now. I'm not going to reveal her age, but when you see her,

I mean, that's where you could not guess. And she says it in her stand-up. She ages very

well, but to be so experienced at her craft, she's got some amazing work coming out now

that's actually available for y'all to check out. I encourage you to check out her comedy

special single black female. It's hilarious on Amazon Prime. She's also a part of this

really amazing documentary series on FX called hysterical, which is taking a real look

behind the curtain at the comedy, you know, the comedy club scene and what it's like

to be women in that scene, and especially for folks like Marina coming up and trying

to break out in the very crowded space and a male dominated space. And it's a wonderful

project that she's a part of, which we'll talk a bit about on today's show. But let me

stop with my rambling and introduce y'all and say hello to Marina. Thank you so much.

It was a good ramble. Was it all right? Okay. Yeah. The intro was spectacular. I'm always

cringing because I forget I need to change the bio on my website. So I appreciated what

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