Margaret Cho

Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.6 • 728 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week on Reclaiming, we sit down with the pioneering Margaret Cho, the legendary comedian, actress, and activist who has spent decades breaking barriers and challenging norms. In this candid conversation, Margaret reflects on her journey to becoming an icon for both the Asian and LGBTQ+ communities, the responsibility that comes with visibility, and the power of comedy as a tool for change. She opens up about her lifelong struggles with body image, the evolving conversation around self-acceptance, and how she continues to navigate an industry that hasn’t always embraced diversity. We also dive into her latest special, Psy-Cho, where she fearlessly takes on politics, identity, and the absurdities of modern life with her signature sharp wit. With humor, honesty, and an unshakable sense of self, Margaret reminds us that true freedom comes from owning our stories—flaws, fears, and all.

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky early and ad free right now.
0:06.4	Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.3	Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:19.2	Hello, hello from Podcast Land. In today's episode, I spoke with the brave and badass comedy
0:25.5	pioneer Margaret Cho. Margaret has numerous comedy specials to her credit, TV appearances,
0:31.6	movies and books, you name it. Margaret's been there and made us laugh. I expected to laugh,
0:36.9	but I wasn't expecting to feel as much as I did when we went deep on what it's like to be a woman in the public eye and to have your body dissected on the world stage. But don't worry, she also gave us some classic Margaret Cho when she brought in her mom. Anyway, I hope you find something in our chat to connect to, and thanks for joining
0:55.8	us on reclaiming.
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