Hey, so this month on In Her Shoes, we're celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Here's a throwback to one of my favorite interviews we did last year with comedian Margaret Cho.

Margaret always keeps it real, and we talked a lot about what it was like to be one of the first Asian American women to break ground in the comedy world.

For our next episode this month, we got a chance to chat with Atsuko Okatsuka, the viral comedian whose HBO stand-up made huge waves on the comedy scene.

She's talked a lot about how Margaret was a major influence for her when she was coming up as a comedian.

She was like a true weirdo like me, and so I loved that she was authentically her, but also was talking about some things like about her family that I could also relate to.

I loved the way she'd built worlds with her comedy. Check out the full interview in two weeks on In Her Shoes.

Welcome to In Her Shoes. I'm Lindsay Peoples and I'm Editor-in-Chief of the Cut.

On this show, I get to talk to people that we love and admire, or some that we just find interesting.

We'll explore how they found their path and what maybe have gotten in their way and how they brought others along now that they've arrived.

Margaret Cho is undeniably a comedy giant and a stand-up legend who paved the way for so many women in comedy we see today.

She gave Asian American women the liberty to be loud, to be vulgar, to be quirky, and just outright hilarious.

Her comedy hits on the topics of race, gender, politics, sexuality, and all of the controversial things that we're probably not supposed to talk about, but we want to anyway.

Most recently, she started in flight attendant on HBO Max, and now she's in a new summer film on Hulu called Fire Island.

She joined us to talk about her career, how her race has shaped her comedy, and her new film.

Margaret, thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us today.

Of course, thank you.

I like your mic, Margaret.

It's been for Pride Month.

I love that.

I want to start at the beginning because we talk a lot at the cut about longevity, and especially for the careers of women and femmes and how you transition, how you continue to keep going.

And I know that you started comedy at a very young age, and you've talked a lot about how it helped you through issues and different issues and connecting with people.

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