A Conversation with Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone is one of America’s most celebrated comedians. For four decades, she’s blazed a unique trail in the world of standup, from improv clubs in Boston in the late 1970s to award-winning HBO comedy specials, and her 1992 gig as the first woman to emcee the White House Correspondents Dinner.She’s been a regular on late-night TV, and her standout performances at the Comic Relief concerts in the mid-90s helped raise millions for the homeless. She’s done voice-over roles in animated kids movies, including Disney's Oscar-winning Inside Out, and, of course, public radio fans know her from her regular appearances on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. And the self-narrated audiobook version of her 2017 best-seller, The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness, was just nominated by the Audio Publishers Association as a 2018 Audie Awards finalist for both Humor and Audiobook of the Year.Paula Poundstone is appearing at a concert Friday night at Goucher College's Kraushaar Auditorium. WYPR is a media partner for the sold-out event. For additional event info, click here. Whether or not you got tickets to her show, Paula joins Tom today, on the line from NPR-West in Culver City, California, to talk politics, parenting, cats and whatever else they may stumble upon!Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.