Wanda Sykes: Navigating The Comedy Scene & How To Accomplish Career Longevity
Angie Martinez IRL
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Comedian and Emmy award–winning actor, Wanda Sykes joins Angie Martinez to talk how she found out she was funny, working the comedy circuit in Washington D.C. on her way to the big screen in movies such as ‘Monster In Law’ and ‘Down To Earth,’ what she thought of ‘The Roast of Kevin Hart,’ and how she keeps her private life out of the public eye.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. One of your real-life pet peeves. Whenever I see lobster mac and cheese on a menu, I'm like, I don't want to eat here. Why? It shouldn't exist. It's not a thing. When I see lobster mac and cheese, it makes me think, one, you don't know how to make mac and cheese. Then you need to put a lobster in it. She had to put a lop standing. |
| 0:21.3 | And you're ruining lobster. You don't know how to make mac and cheese. That you need to put a lobster in it. Yeah, just you have to put a lobster in it. |
| 0:21.6 | And you're ruining lobster. |
| 0:26.6 | Hey, guys, this episode is brought to you by Boost Mobile. |
| 0:29.6 | Trailblazing comedian. |
| 0:32.6 | Emmy winner. |
| 0:33.6 | She is a fearless voice in entertainment. |
| 0:35.6 | Today's guests have spent nearly four decades redefining comedy through sharp wit and cultural commentary. |
| 0:41.3 | She is now back with her newest Netflix special Legacy, Wanda Sykes, in real life today. |
| 0:48.3 | Thank you, thank you, thank you. |
| 0:50.3 | Hi, Wanda. |
| 0:51.3 | Hi, Wanda. |
| 0:52.3 | Thank you for this. Oh, thank you. Thank you. I went down to Wanda Sykes Rabbit Hole the other day. Okay. And I want to thank you. All right. Because I had a really good time. It's funny because I know you for so many years, watching your work for so many years, you just seem like this staple in our lives. But then I realized, I don't really know, like, but you're also private in a weird way. |
| 1:16.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:17.6 | You walk this fine line of like, y'all know me. |
| 1:21.6 | You know exactly who I am. |
| 1:23.6 | Right. |
| 1:24.6 | But also, y'all don't know shit. |
| 1:26.6 | At the same time, I feel like you walk that line. |
| 1:30.2 | I'm somewhat, you know, introverted also. |
| 1:33.0 | Are you? Really? Yeah. How does that happen as a comedian? |
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