This is Jessica and you're listening to the Friendly Atheist podcast. I'm joined today by Cameron Esposito.

I'm so excited to have you here and shocked that you came on my weird dumb show.

Why do you say that? I tell me. Oh my goodness, I, because I record it in my kitchen in the

suburbs of Chicago with my friend Heaven and it's very surprising to be in the

Earwolf Studios. I feel like a real podcaster.

Yes you look like a real podcaster you get the headphones on.

Is that a is that a sound signature? Yeah, What is that a sound wave? It is my necklace. My

husband gave it to me on my wedding day. It says I love you Jessica. It's like his

voice saying it. He's an extremely good gift-giver.

Were you already podcasting at the time?

Yes, I was.

Wow, that is, I love this.

Yes, this is very good.

He's a very good gift-giver.

It's very intimidating for me because I'm notoriously not.

So I'm so thrilled to have you here first of all because I am a graduate of FEMCOM, which is the women's comedy training center

that you kicked off in Chicago.

Yes.

Which is awesome.

Kelsey Huff was my teacher. I learned a lot, made a ton of great friends.

Can we kind of dig into a little bit why you started FemCom and what it means to be a woman in comedy and why you wanted to make a space

for women in comedy specifically? Yeah absolutely. I'm trying to get the I

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