How Zarna Garg Transformed from SAHM to Comedy Superstar In Her 40s

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Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Investing, Business

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Hey BA Fam! In this episode, Mandi sits down with the unstoppable comic genius and *Official!* New York Times Bestselling author Zarna Garg to unpack her remarkable journey from stay-at-home mom to comedy superstar in her mid-40s.

Less than a decade ago, Zarna was packing snacks for her kids' sports teams and tracking down missing socks in the laundry. Today, she's celebrating the release of her new book, "This American Woman: A One in a Billion Memoir", helming a sitcom pilot with comedy icons like Mindy Kaling and Kevin Hart and performing for sold-out audiences around the country.

In this candid interview, Zarna gets real about the highs and lows of juggling motherhood, cultural expectations, and a career in the pressure cooker of New York City. She shares hard-earned wisdom on self-acceptance, resilience, and why women should never be afraid to think big.

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0:00.0	There's a reason there's no one like me on earth that does my kind of comedy.
0:04.1	What it takes to live that whole life and then to find the humor out of it and then to build something with it.
0:11.9	You're building a comedy business to a stage where the world even has any awareness that you exist is a whole process that you have to learn how to create.
0:22.7	That is one of the bigger regrets of my life.
0:25.0	My only consolation is this, that had I started sooner,
0:28.1	I would have been a voice like every other voice complaining about the same things
0:31.7	because I wouldn't have had the perspective that I have today.
0:35.5	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:39.7	Run a business and not thinking about podcasting.
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0:56.8	What do a flirtatious gambling double agent in World War II,
1:01.3	an opera singer who burned down a nunnery to kidnap her lover,
1:04.8	and a pirate queen who walked free with all of her spoils, have in common.
1:10.9	They're all real women who were left out of your history books.
1:15.0	You can hear these stories and more on the Womanica podcast.
1:19.4	Check it out on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
1:25.5	On the latest episode of Next Question with me, Katie Couric, I sat down with Jasmine Crockett,
1:31.4	Democratic Representative of Texas.
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