Comedy Is Hard: Niki Mohrdar on Making It in Canadian Stand-Up

Making people laugh for a living sounds fun. Actually building a career doing it? That’s the hard part.Vancouver comedian Niki Mohrdar joins Ship of Fools Podcast for a funny, candid conversation about finding her voice, getting started in stand-up and what it really takes to make a living in Canadian comedy.Niki has performed with Just For Laughs Vancouver, appeared on OUTtv’s Killjoy Comedy and Just For Laughs Originals, and is featured in the new season of CBC Gem’s The New Wave of Standup. She also co-hosts Pillow Talk, a live comedy show with Cass Furman.We get into the Vancouver comedy scene, the rooms and comedians that shaped her, how her style has evolved, the realities of being a working comic in Canada, and why choosing a career built around making strangers laugh can be equal parts rewarding, ridiculous and difficult.And because this is Ship of Fools Podcast, the conversation goes wherever it wants to go.Funny, loose and occasionally insightful — Where Wit Meets Wisdom.Ship of Fools Podcast with Niki Mohrdar.