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EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 1H 25M

Fertility, Family, and Finding Humor Through Pain for Real with Candice Guardino

from Respectfu11y · host Jamie Tompkins

They say you write what you know. For Candice Guardino, that was family.A Brooklyn girl raised on Staten Island by a family that was equal parts chaos and love — she didn’t just mine that material, she crafted it to build an empire. Italian Bred, her critically acclaimed one-woman show, went from five minutes at a comedy club to a full theatrical special now streaming on Apple TV & Amazon Prime. Candice and I met when we were 18 at Wagner College — two theater kids convinced we had something to say. Turns out, we were right. She sat down with me on Respectfu11y and we got into all of it — the years, the work, the becoming.Episode goes LIVE 5/5.

They say you write what you know. For Candice Guardino, that was family.A Brooklyn girl raised on Staten Island by a family that was equal parts chaos and love — she didn’t just mine that material, she crafted it to build an empire. Italian Bred, her critically acclaimed one-woman show, went from five minutes at a comedy club to a full theatrical special now streaming on Apple TV & Amazon Prime. Candice and I met when we were 18 at Wagner College — two theater kids convinced we had something to say. Turns out, we were right. She sat down with me on Respectfu11y and we got into all of it — the years, the work, the becoming.Episode goes LIVE 5/5.

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