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Heads up, this episode contains a little cursing and a lot of sex talk.

When has selfishness served you well?

Oh my goodness. Just being a, being a woman in this world wanting anything for yourself,

we need to think that we are being our most selfish and we are like literally asking for

the bare minimum.

I'm Rachel Martin and this is Wildcard, the show where cards control the conversation.

Each week, my guest answers questions about their life, pulled from a deck of cards.

They're allowed to skip one and to flip one question back on me.

My guest this week is Michelle Buto.

Comedy is sort of a self-serving career, so every time I leave the house, I feel bad.

I'm like, I'm so sorry I'm going to go live my dream.

But then I come back, like, fulfilled.

A stressed out TV news producer walks off her night shift and into a bar where she tells jokes and lots of people laugh.

So many people laugh that after six years of leading this double life, she thinks maybe it's time to give the comedy thing a real shot.

And she does. And it works.

The end of the story isn't a punchline.

It's the place Michelle Butteau finds herself right now. In this moment, on top of the world isn't a punchline. It's the place Michelle Buteau finds herself right now.

In this moment, on top of the world, are pretty damn close.

I should say she's also a mom to five-year-old twins,

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