Episode 251: Cat Alvarado

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Hot on the heels of her newly-released debut comedy album "Off-White," we talked to Nicaraguan-American comedian and writer, Cat Alvarado! Growing up in a mostly Spanish-speaking household, Cat always felt more Latina...and yet more often than not, she was perceived by her own community as "a white girl." Needless to say, Cat's dawning realization that she was bisexual only enhanced her experience of straddling two different worlds. Cat describes the dismal Vegas wedding she went through with as a teenager because she was terrified of going to hell for having premarital sex, and shares the refreshingly *positive* experience she had being a unicorn (good couples ARE out there!!). We also have a candid conversation about those instances where we're not 100% "out and proud" with family members, and the guilt we place on ourselves as queer people for these deeply personal decisions. Plus: naked ladies!

Follow Cat on Twitter and Instagram at @thecatalvarado, and on TikTok at @catalvaradocomedy. And you can buy "Off-White" on iTunes and Bandcamp, or stream it on Spotify! But, you know - buy it!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everybody.
0:07.0	Hey y'all.
0:08.5	Welcome to Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole. We are a weekly podcast where we have on queer
0:14.6	folks from all walks of life. They tell us the tales of how they came out to friends,
0:18.5	family, and the world at large.
0:22.7	Because who doesn't love a coming out story?
0:29.8	Our guest today is sitting on this Zoom with one of the cutest dogs I've ever seen, which is admittedly a distraction. I am undone by this dog. But more importantly, her name is Cat Alvarado.
0:39.2	Kat is a comedian and a writer.
0:41.4	And on the day that we are recording, her comedy album, Off White, has literally just
0:47.0	been released.
0:47.6	So when you're listening to this, it will have come out a few days ago.
0:52.2	But yeah, we're so excited to get her on the day of her album release.
0:56.2	Hi, Kat.
0:56.9	Welcome.
0:57.8	Hello, and thank you for having me.
0:59.7	I'm so excited to be here promoting the album.
1:02.2	It took so much like her heart and time and effort to make it happen that it's like such a weight off
1:10.5	my shoulders to have it out in the world
1:12.4	and now people can enjoy it and yay so exciting so how long have you been working on it well since the
1:20.7	since i started stand-up comedy 10 years ago pretty much i mean there are some jokes on there that
1:25.8	i wrote literally the first year I did
1:27.6	comedy. I mean, the bulk of it I wrote in the last two and a half years because you outgrow jokes.
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