This TED Talk features serious comedian Hannah Gatsby, recorded live at TED 2019.

My name is Hannah, and that is a palindrome.

That is a word you can spell.

It's a word you can spell the same way forwards and backwards.

If you can spell. same way forwards and backwards, if you can spell.

But the thing is, my entire family have palindromic names.

It's a bit of a tradition.

We've got mum, dad, nan, pop.

My brother, kayak. There you go, that's just a bit of a joke there.

I like to kick things off with the joke because I'm a comedian.

Now there's two things you know about me already. My name's

Hannah and I'm a comedian. I'm wasting no time. Here's a third thing you can know about me.

I don't think I'm qualified to speak my own mind. Bold way to begin a talk, yes. But it's true.

I've always had a great deal of difficulty turning my thinking into the talking.

So it seems a bit of a contradiction then

that someone like me who's so bad at the chat

could be something like a stand-up comedian.

But there you go. There you go.

It's what it is.

I first tried my hand at stand-up comedy.

See? See?

See?

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