Nicole Byer

Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Prufrock LLC

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week on Reclaiming, we sit down with Nicole Byer—comedian, actress, writer, and unapologetic force of nature whose humor has reshaped the boundaries of what comedy can hold. In this conversation, Nicole opens up about the loss of her parents and the lasting ways their absence continues to shape her outlook on life and love. She reflects on her honest, refreshingly relatable relationship with her body—how rejecting society’s unrealistic standards has become both a personal act of liberation and a cornerstone of her comedy, and how that candor eventually led to a successful book. Nicole also shares her lighthearted take on living with ADHD, why hecklers don’t stand a chance, and the joy she finds in turning the whole audience into her co-conspirators. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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