Casey Balsham on Infertility, Zoom Comedy, and her First Standup Set!
Bad On Paper
Becca Freeman
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This week, we're chatting with our friend and standup comedian, Casey Basham! We talk about how we met, how she got into standup comedy, and how she adjusted to doing comedy in the pandemic! We also dive into her comedy about fertility, how people have received it, how it has become a cathartic outlet for her, and her special INCONCEIVABLE filming on October 26!
We also talk about Grace's Vienna trip, Becca's sweater-knitting project, and everything we've been reading the past week!
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Inconceivable on October 26 at 7 pm at the Triad Theater
Obsessions
Becca - Knitting her Sweater!
Grace - Yacht Rock Revue
What we've read
Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier
The Perfect Find by Tia Williams
October Book:
A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, welcome back to Bad on Paper podcast. |
| 0:20.8 | I'm Grace Atwood and I'm Becca Freeman. |
| 0:23.9 | And today we have a great guest for you. |
| 0:27.4 | So we have Casey Balsham with us. |
| 0:30.1 | Casey is a standup comedian. |
| 0:31.1 | We'll tell you more about her after we do our beginning matter. |
| 0:34.6 | But she is just wonderful. |
| 0:36.1 | This feels like it was really a fried and ketchup checking in with her and she's one of |
| 0:39.1 | the funniest people that I know. |
| 0:40.7 | I don't know if Becca would you agree? |
| 0:42.4 | I mean, she's a professional comedian. |
| 0:44.0 | Of course she's one of the funniest people I know. |
| 0:45.9 | I know, but I've had comedians that I don't think are that funny. |
| 0:49.2 | So I think she is hilarious and I just loved I loved catching up with her. |
| 0:53.9 | Me too. |
| 0:54.9 | But before we get into it, tell me about you. |
| 0:57.4 | What is your, what is your high? |
| 0:59.4 | Well, I'll actually already be back tomorrow. |
| 1:02.5 | I am leaving for Vienna and I'm going there for three nights with Sarah Flint. |
| 1:07.8 | We talked about this a little bit more in like the stress about the lead up to it. |
| 1:11.4 | But now I'm like starting to pack. |
| 1:13.8 | My mom's picking me up and taking me to the airport tomorrow. |
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