This week I'm joined by comedian Liz Miele (@lizmiele). We discuss her many comedy specials and albums, her focus on writing and building material, the risk-taking involved in self producing, Liz's joke writing and editing process, how her growth as a person is reflected in her material, talking through people-pleasing tendencies, not being a perfectionist, being dyslexic, when Liz realized she wanted to be a stand up comedian at age 14, writing letters at age 15 to her favorite comedians, Judd Apatow's response, becoming friends with George Carlin, starting stand up at age 16, the best advice Carlin gave Liz, Carlin's massive generosity, the Carlin documentary, and so much more!   #nataliecuomo #cuomo #natalie #help #help! #podcast #standup #comedy #comedian #tattoos #lizmiele   Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code NATALIEC at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod ? Early Access on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nataliecuomo ? Subscribe: https://bit.ly/3rFWTRk ? Merch: https://shop.thehardtimes.net/collections/natalie-cuomo-merch ? Audio Subscribe: https://apple.co/3v0jeLv ? Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nataliecuomo   Follow and Support the podcast! Help! with Natalie Cuomo @helpwithnatalie Natalie Cuomo @nataliecuomo_   Liz Miele @lizmiele   Intro tattoo artist: thank you @wilweekleytattoos at Jersey City Tattoo Co. Don't forget to rate, review, listen on iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app! ? Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nataliecuomo ? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliecuomo_/ ? TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nataliecuomo ? Twitter: https://twitter.com/nataliecuomo ? Merch: https://shop.thehardtimes.net/collections/natalie-cuomo-merch ? Audio Subscribe: https://apple.co/3v0jeLv