How Zarna Got Her Groove Back
Brown Ambition
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2025
⏱️ 68 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. That is one of the |
| 0:23.5 | bigger regrets of my life. My only consolation is this, that had I started sooner, I would have |
| 0:28.5 | been a voice like every other voice complaining about the same things because I wouldn't have |
| 0:33.2 | had the perspective that I have today. This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:45.9 | In a world of economic uncertainty and workplace transformation, learn to lead by example from visionary C-suite executives like Shannon Schuyler of PWC and Will Pearson of IHeart |
| 0:51.8 | Media. The good teacher explains, the great teacher inspires. |
| 0:57.0 | Don't always leave your team to do the work. |
| 0:59.9 | That's been the most important part of how to lead by example. |
| 1:04.7 | Listen to leading by example. |
| 1:06.8 | Executives making an impact on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:15.4 | What do a flirtatious gambling double agent in World War II, an opera singer who burned down a nunnery to kidnap her lover, and a pirate queen who walked free with all of her spoils, have in common. |
| 1:29.6 | They're all real women who were left out of your history books. |
| 1:33.6 | You can hear these stories and more on the Womanica podcast. |
| 1:38.0 | Check it out on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. |
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