Hi everyone, I'm Hilary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who What Where,

and this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting

aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.

Today, I'm speaking with the hysterical and brilliant stand-up comedian, Zarna Garg.

After just a few short years within the industry, Zarna has comedic achievements that most

could only dream of.

If you're part of her 650,000 followers on Instagram, you have a front row seat to her

humor, which she performs at the Comedy Cellar in New York City, clocking in about 15 shows

a week, and out just last week on Prime Video is her brand new comedy special, Zarna Garg,

one in a billion.

But as I mentioned, this has not always been Zarna's life and career.

In fact, it's a pretty new piece of her story.

After immigrating to the US as a teenager to avoid an arranged marriage, Zarna became

a civil litigation attorney.

She stepped away from that career path after her third child.

She was struggling to find her place again in the working world.

She eventually wrote a screenplay called Rearranged that beat out 11,000 other scripts to win

the top comedy feature award at the Austin Film Festival in 2019.

From there, her kids were actually the ones to encourage her along this new career path

as a performer.

But I'd much prefer for you to hear the rest of the story from Zarna herself, who will

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