#108: "There's Nothing in the Rulebook..." with Aisha Alfa

Born in Nigeria, raised in Canada, with stints in Korea and France, Aisha Alfa is now living and working in Los Angeles as a comedian, actor, writer and host. Her comedy album All The Parts, streaming now on All Things Comedy, was listed as Ebony Magazine’s “5 Black Female Comedy Albums to Get Your Chuckle On.” Aisha has a joke on GQ’s “100 Best Jokes In The World,” and she has performed live stand up comedy around the world, including Just For Laughs (Montreal, Canada), Cape Town Comedy (South Africa), Breakout Festival (Chicago), Montreux Comedy Festival (Switzerland) and clubs throughout North America. Aisha plays Carolyn on the dark comedy thriller Based On A True Story on Peacock, and you may also recognize her as Ms. Grell on the Degrassi franchise (Netflix), Jordan in Good Trouble (HULU) and Claire in Sorry For Your Loss (Facebook Watch). Aisha has a TEDx talk on the importance of failure, an interview series called Plus One about pregnancy, fertility and motherhood, and is the co-host of the positive podcast The Shout Out Show. In addition to acting and stand up, Alfa has added a new role to her resume — Mama of two amazing kiddos! Find her @aishaalfa on social media, and check out her podcast A Work In Progress.