Wanda Sykes - 'Wanda Sykes: Legacy'

About this episode

Wanda Sykes discusses her career transition from the NSA to standup comedy, her personal life changes, and her views on cancel culture.

The trailblazing standup comedian, actress and writer, whose seventh hourlong comedy special recently dropped on Netflix, reflects on why she left a job at the NSA at the age of 27 to pursue standup, how her comedy changed after she divorced her husband and came out as gay, and what she makes of "cancel culture." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Wanda Sykes

Topics covered

• comedy
• standup
• LGBTQ+
• cancel culture
• personal journey

Keywords

• Wanda Sykes
• comedy special
• NSA
• cancel culture
• LGBTQ+

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix, NSA

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