Wanda Sykes on 'Legacy', Coming Out, and Navigating Political Humor

About this episode

Wanda Sykes discusses her new special 'Legacy', her approach to political humor, and the impact of coming out on her stand-up.

This week, comedy legend Wanda Sykes joins us for a conversation about her new special 'Legacy', how she approaches doing jokes about political strife, and how her stand-up changed after she came out publicly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Vulture

Guest: Wanda Sykes

Topics covered

• comedy
• political humor
• coming out
• stand-up
• Wanda Sykes

Keywords

• Wanda Sykes
• Legacy
• political humor
• comedy
• coming out

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vulture

Books & works: Legacy

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