Maria Bamford Is Feeling Better

<p>Maria Bamford has been performing stand-up comedy for 30 years and just keeps getting better. Her latest hour-long special <a href="https://comedydynamics.com/catalog/maria-bamford-weakness-is-the-brand/">‘Weakness Is the Brand’</a> finds her at the top of her game, delivering operatic bits about her ongoing mental health struggles and relentless drive to be a good person in the world. On this episode, we talk about how she arrived at relative stability, the challenges that female comics still face in a male-dominated industry, how she felt when Netflix canceled her autobiographical show ‘Lady Dynamite’ after two seasons and a lot more—including an unvarnished take on Louis C.K.</p><p>Stream ‘Weakness Is the Brand’ on <a href="https://amzn.to/312sSwO">Amazon</a>.</p><p>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/mariabamfoo">@mariabamfoo</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/mattwilstein">@mattwilstein</a> on Twitter and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lastlaughpod/">@lastlaughpod</a> on Instagram. </p><p>Highlights from this episode and others at <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/the-last-laugh">The Daily Beast</a>.</p><p>Go to <a href="https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/4f987c4c-c28e-11e8-ae9b-8b18673e8948/podcasts/8aea6df2-4810-11e9-8be6-1b13f5cdff89/episodes/d6bde4c6-2bfd-11ea-830a-3f7dd4b230c2/ratethispodcast.com/laugh">ratethispodcast.com/laugh</a> to leave us a rating and review.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>