Margaret Cho: Remove Your Investment in Pain

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Margaret Cho (comedian, Fire Island, Flight Attendant, Hacks) opens up about dissociation, queerness, and her love for rescuing animals. She gives us a peek into her impressive cat palace, explains what bisexuality means to her and why comedy is her safe space. Margaret discusses the origins and triggers of her struggles with dissociation and how she is able to harness its benefits in her acting. She takes us through her journey through recovery from opiate abuse and her experiences with EMDR therapy. Mayim breaks down compulsive overeating, and she and Margaret consider the notion of palatability within the entertainment industry, especially when it comes to body- and age-shaming.

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0:00.0	I played Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un in 30 Rock.
0:05.5	It took me less time to transform myself into Kim Jong Il than it did to me woman as
0:15.3	myself.
0:16.3	Hi, am I in the Aalik and welcome to my breakdown?
0:19.1	This is the place where we break things down so you don't have to.
0:21.9	It's my Aalik's breakdown, she's going to break it down for you because you know she
0:29.5	knows a thing or two.
0:31.2	And now she's going to break down, it's a breakdown, she's going to break it down.
0:36.7	We have a very emotional episode today.
0:39.4	I cried a couple times.
0:42.8	But before we get into who made me cry, the person who makes me cry the most Jonathan
0:48.0	Cohen.
0:49.0	That's the exact intro I was writing in my head as you were talking.
0:53.3	I was going to cut it and I'm like, okay, if she doesn't introduce me right away, I'm
0:56.2	going to say the person who makes me cry the most here.
0:59.8	I'm Jonathan.
1:02.0	We have a very, very exciting guest today.
1:06.2	Someone that I've admired for a long time and have been able to kind of bump shoulders
1:10.3	with a few times because we have some acquaintances, friends and common.
1:15.7	Is it someone who Vogue calls the top nine female comics of all time?
1:20.7	I would venture to say yes.
1:22.3	We're talking to Margaret Cho, producer Valerie said this episode is all the things.
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