Comedian Ruby Karp on Being a Trailblazing Female Voice in a Male-Dominated Industry - a podcast by Emma Havighorst

On today’s episode, Ruby Karp joins us to talk comedy, writing a book, and just generally being super successful. Ruby Karp has been performing at UCB in New York City since she was a fetus. She's talked about feminism with Amy Poehler in Smart Girls at the Party, won a Moth slam, she's done a TEDx talk, spoken at the UN and hosted StuVoice. She is the author of Earth Hates Me and she currently hosts the monthly stand up show, We Hope You Have Fun at UCB, where she has been since 2014. She's a freshman at Emerson College. You can follow Ruby online at @rubykarp.

Throughout the pod, we chat about:

2:52 - Getting started in comedy

5:00 - Her mom’s influence

6:27 - The process of hosting a comedy show

8:14 - Navigating the politics and power of being a young woman in comedy

10:39 - This generation’s trailblazing female comedians

12:30 - Her book, Earth Hates Me

17:50 - Proudest parts of the book

20:45 - Finding motivation

23:00 - Advice for fellow Gen Z-ers

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Emma: @emmahavi on Instagram and Twitter and on her website, www.emmahavi.com

Gianluca: @g_russo1 on Instagram and Twitter and on his website, www.RussoG.com

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