About this episode

Comedian Alex Berr discusses her mother's legacy and her journey through grief while pursuing her PhD and starting her stand-up career.

Comedian Alex Berr told me about the life and legacy of her mother, losing a parent while getting her PhD in biomedical engineering, the extremely rare brain cancer Alex had previously studied before her mother was diagnosed with it, starting stand up after she passed, and turning the experience into her show “How To Kill A Mouse”. SEE ALEX’S SHOW “HOW TO KILL A MOUSE” @ CAVEAT, NYC MAY 6th FOLLOW ALEX BERR: Instagram.com/al.berr FOLLOW “UNCONTROLLED VARIABLES” Instagram.com/uncontrolledv...

People in this episode

Host: Micah Walsh

Guest: Alex Berr

Topics covered

• grief
• parent loss
• biomedical engineering
• stand-up comedy
• brain cancer
• personal legacy

Keywords

• grief
• comedy
• biomedical engineering
• brain cancer
• stand-up
• parent loss
• Alex Berr

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: How To Kill A Mouse

Places: Caveat, NYC

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