When The Funny Friend Gets Real

An episode months in the making finally happened.

I sit down with comedian and podcaster Amanda Yoa — the very first podcaster I ever met, and someone who helped guide me through the turbulence of creating Unscripted Turbulence. What started as an organic connection quickly became a genuine friendship, and I credit Amanda for helping give me the confidence to fully step into this next chapter outside of TV news.

In this conversation, Amanda opens up about stepping into her truth, the heartfelt story underneath her hilarious “Pam from Port Richmond” character, and the deeper meaning behind the humor she shares online. Somewhere along the way, the podcast turns into something even more personal, as Amanda helps guide me through a struggle I’ve been quietly navigating myself.

It’s funny, vulnerable, heartfelt, and one of the most honest conversations I’ve had on the show. Fasten your seatbelts… this one takes you on a rollercoaster of feels.

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SPEAKER_00 0:00

Before we get into the episode, shout out to the sponsors supporting unscripted turbulence. First, Dude Wow Cocktails. Now, I love It's Letty Mary Mix without alcohol. So you can really make it your own. I've had it both ways. Even made a Mezcal martini with it. Shout out martinis with MEGI. Smoky, sultry, honestly, so good. If you're curious, use my code Turbulence26 for 10% off. The link is in the episode description. Also, Amazon, a proud sponsor of National Small Business Month here in the US, where more than 60% of sales come from independent sellers. Most are small and medium-sized businesses. Take what lands, leave what doesn't, and please follow or subscribe. It helps more than you know. All right, let's get into it. Okay, so shall we get rockin' and rollin with this podcast episode? Finally. What do we say? Third time teacher. Second second time teacher. Yeah, I would say, yeah. All right, well, welcome to Unscripted Turbulence. I'm your host, Reagan Medji, and today we are gonna kick back, relax, and laugh a little bit or a lot of bit uh with my special guest, Amanda Yoa. Amanda, welcome to Unscripted Turbulence. Yay! I'm so excited! I'm excited to have you. So uh every every episode I usually introduce, you know, my guests and explain how we know each other. And Amanda, Amanda and I are new friends and she is fabulous. When I decided that I was walking away from TV news, you know, going from one career to like the next is kind of really confusing. And you know, you come from a certain energy in one career and and you don't know where your your footing is, you know. So I ended up getting in touch with Amanda. Now, Amanda, we'll get into her story, but she's she's a I don't know, would you say you're a comedian? Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:21

Comedian, content creator, okay in Philadelphia. Business owner.

SPEAKER_00 2:26

Yeah, and in Philadelphia. So if you happen to notice a little bit of her accent, it's phenomenal. Um, and so we it was around, I want to say probably July maybe of 2025, where you and I kind of connected one of my friends who follows you. Uh Amanda's a pretty, pretty big deal down in Philadelphia. Um, and and she is, and my friend, I don't know, reposted something about her, and she's a comedian, and she'll talk about that. But I happened to see this sketch that she did, and I thought it was the funniest thing I have ever seen. And I am dying. So I started following her, and then she followed me back, and we DM'd. She slipped into my DMs. I slipped right back into hers. And before you knew it, I uh I was asking her just questions about everything and what she does. And she has a podcast too. So what is your podcast and kind of what is your title down in the City of Brotherly Love?

SPEAKER_02 3:28

Yeah, so my podcast is it's Amanda Yowa for now. Um, in true me fashion, it will be rebranding. Um, because I have some ideas. If you followed my journey, this is probably like my third or fourth rebrand of my podcast. So, you know, I'm like a trial and error type of gal, you know?

SPEAKER_01 3:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 3:48

Um if you uh I expect perfection from myself, but look from the outside looking in, it's it seems like the exact opposite. So I don't know, but um, so yeah, I'll be rebranding, got some new ideas for that. But for right now, if you're looking me up, it's it's Amanda Yowa. Um, I am a comedian, uh podcast or podcast host, content creator, business owner, mom.

SPEAKER_00 4:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 4:13

All the ability. Yes, all all the things. All the things, all the things.

SPEAKER_00 4:19

So this uh the comedian part of it. So you you are a comedian, but you started with being on Instagram with your character. What is your character's name?

SPEAKER_02 4:34

Yeah, so my girl, her name is Pam. She's from Port Richmond. How you doing, hon? She's got a big brown wig, which actually I'm getting to the point now, Regan, where I'm looking at Pam when I'm doing these videos and I'm like, I actually like her hair better than my own. Like, this is becoming a problem. Like, I put it on and I'm like, I just looks so good.

SPEAKER_00 4:56

I mean, you do wear it well. You wear the wig well. Okay, I'm just fair.

SPEAKER_02 5:00

I don't know. You know, my hair has been a journey within itself, but yes, she's got a a wig and glasses, and she's always got a cig, but it's never lit because girlfriend can never find a light. It's a sin.

SPEAKER_00 5:11

Well, you know what? Speaking of cigarettes, so I told you Pilot, we call my husband Pilot. Yes, he he likes you, and he's very particular about what he enjoys. But he he bought me uh one of these fake Sigs, right? And if you and if you blow on it, it actually and if you're watching, you'll see this. If you're listening, you're not gonna know what I'm talking about, but I'll try to explain it. So it's one of these sigs. He got it on off of Amazon. I'm not, I think. And if you blow on it, you have to see. I'm gonna see if I can kind of oh, there it goes. It's smoking. Uh-huh, that's right. So, so uh in honor of Pam, I have a SIG in my hand. I don't look so like, but she does this like thing with her, she kind of like dangles it. I'm getting good at that too. So it's a talent.

SPEAKER_02 5:58

It is it really is. It's a talent, it's a talent I didn't know I had because um unlike Pam, I'm not a smoker. At least not in every day. Like you get a few drinks in me, and I had a rough week, I might have a social sig here and there. All my friends are smokers, and I just succumb to peer pressure very quickly. So, you know, um I am I am known to have a uh social sig from here and there, but I did the the cigarette in the mouth thing, kind of just everyone's like, Are you a smoker? Because you are really good at like talking with a cigarette in your mouth. And I I just talk it up to like phylogenetics. So, you know, and that's what I just say. I'm like, it's phylogenetics, I guess.

SPEAKER_00 6:40

Yeah, why I mean I when I went to Temple University, I will say, go owls, um, I will say that I did have like the the the gen I got a little bit of the genetics, a little bit of the genes down there, because a lot a lot of my friends from Philadelphia did smoke. And yeah, and I would try to tell them, like, do you really want to do that? And if you do great, it's it's all you, whatever you want to do. But I would grab one of their unlit cigs and I would dangle it from my mouth, and I would like try, and it just would never work out for me. So I just never picked up the the habit. But I did get the genetics where I could I could balance it. So like balancing act, if you will. So um, so so Pam, Pam and slash Amanda, and her last name, yo, is Y-O-A. So if you're looking for it on the Instagram, so her and I tried to do this before this podcast episode, and and we really we really tried to do it, and it was a really good episode, it was like two hours long. We did do it. Yeah, phenomenal. It was phenomenal. Um, but technical difficulties uh were were experienced, and uh we we couldn't we couldn't air it, which is totally fine. Um, but uh this is our second go-around at it. So I kind of already know part of her story. Uh so we're gonna turn back the hands of time here because I want to know a little bit more about you. Um, and I want my viewers and my listeners to listen and and and know you too. So you're from you're originally from Port Richmond as to how you're able to really get that accent down. Because you were born with it, basically.

SPEAKER_02 8:14

Yeah, born with it. Everyone's always commenting. It uh it's funny, like I see people, and I guess just from like, you know, other content creators, a lot of the time, um not all the time, but sometimes they're not from the area. So when they're you know um imitating a Philly person, it's it's an imitation, it's not an actual. So I will get people, I guess just have that idea of oh, this chick is imitating. And I'm like, no, no. So like they'll they'll comment and they'll be like, you do that accent really well. You have a great Philly accent. I'm like, thanks. It took me 40 years to perfect it. Appreciate it. So yeah, it's it's it's real. It's me, it's my accent. Yep.

SPEAKER_00 8:59

Because I had my girlfriend, uh, she visited this past week, and I was just telling Amanda, and and I and I showed her to you, I introduced her to you, and she started following you. And and she looks at me. The first thing she said, she goes, Does she really speak like that? I'm like, Yeah. No, like she actually does. Like I met her, like she does speak like that. It's different, it's very Philly. And I try to do the Philly accent. I don't, I can't do it. I'm from the Lehigh Valley, so I'm like an hour north of you, but like I I I don't have it in me. I tried as much as I could. But if you're uh not from there, you just you won't pick it up. I have a little I could do the new the New York accent, but that's even struggling.

SPEAKER_02 9:38

New York is I yeah, and then even you know what it is? It's if if you're not from the area, I guess it's easier to um be duped into thinking, oh, that's the accent, you know what I mean? But if you're from that area, like even Philly itself, there's so many like subaccents within our city. Like you have the South Philly Philly accent, which is different than me, like the way that I speak, being from Port Richmond. Some people even say, like our little nook, Port Richmond Fishtown, that whole area, it's known as the River Ward section. It's in East Philly, has a little different twang than other areas, like the northeast of Philly. So we each have like our own little sub-accent. So, you know, it it's really hard to encapsulate it because there's just so many different versions. Um, so look, you know, being from the outside looking in, you might see somebody and be like, oh, that's a Philly accent. But if you're the inside looking out and you see someone else doing it, you're like, that ain't us. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:41

Oh, we're not claiming that. Yep. I don't know who that is, but it ain't me. You know? I mean, New York does have that too. I mean, like, so I currently live in Astoria, Queens. So my cousins who are Greek, and Astoria is very Greek. So my cousins, I could hear there's a queen, they have a certain specific Queens accent. And then I would work with people from Queens in a different section in the southern area of Queens, and you're like, oh, wait, that doesn't sound like the northern part of Queens. The Bronx, totally different. Staten Island, a couple Staten Island, yeah. Oh, that's a completely different than Long Island. And Manhattan, though, oddly enough, the one woman I know when I I mean, there's not many Manhattanites that you're like born, raised, and live in Manhattan, but the few that I know, the per one person I do know, she she doesn't have an accent at all. It's biz it's the strangest thing. You would think like the New York accent, no, that's like Brooklyn. Brooklyn has a really strong accent. You can kind of pick it up too, but again, I think I could say like Long Island, and that's about as far as my accent can go. Um, so now from Philly, born-raised, did you always want to do comedy? I already know this answer. You kind of went on a left-hand turn at one point. So um is this something you ever saw yourself doing?

SPEAKER_02 12:04

I would say yes and no, honestly. Um, I always like, and you know, I think for me it was like um just my life in itself was very eventful. So things had happened in my life that kind of made me uh suppress, you know, my wants from the time that I was a child. And then once I started stepping into this, it was crazy because like all these memories started flooding back that I had totally forgotten about. Like being a kid and being in front of my stuffed animals in my grandmom's living room and putting on this whole like concert for them. I was really big on like Michael Jackson, so I would always like do the making of I watched the making of thriller religiously. Um so I would constantly put on a show, like dancing like Michael. So I, you know, I think as a kid, I always knew that I was meant for something like that. But then like life expectations and other people's expectations kind of like you know blew that out of the realm of possibility. And then it took me having to, you know, trial and error and constantly going down these roads of what wasn't for me and eventually just surrendering to what I was meant to do, knowing that, you know, it may not be the typical or the norm, but it's where you're gonna shine. And, you know, having to release those expectations of other people and, you know, the fear of what are people gonna think? Am I gonna be looked at as weird or wacky or whatever? And just doing the thing. Um I'm so glad I did that for myself. And it took a lot of like, you know, um self-work for me to step into that, you know, to build my confidence and everything. But I'm so glad that I did that because now I feel like I'm living my actual truth. So, like when I should first showed up on social media, I was kind of doing a lot of what I was pouring into myself. And although it is still a big part of me, I'm very big on, you know, standing out in a room full of people that are encouraging you to just fit in. And if you don't have a seat at the table, you make your own damn table. You know what I mean? Like building your confidence, knowing that you're born to stand out, right? Because that's what makes us unique. And just doubling down on yourself and fully investing in yourself, right? Um I'll always be about that. But I showed up on social media just very much saturated in the self-empowerment world.

SPEAKER_00 14:25

Yeah, that's how we started talking about that because when we were, because when we started talking, I would I wanted to do this podcast, right? And I didn't like really know where I was going. And that's when you and this is when I realized wow, TV news is so different than the podcast world and into content creating. And everybody in this world seems a lot more willing to help if they know that you're willing to receive it. And you were one of them. I mean, I will say, like, I credit you very much for me getting the balls to do this podcast and to really kind of move forward into the uncomfortable zone, revealing a little bit more about myself because you uh encouraged me to do that, saying, like, hey, listen, like I tried it this one way, didn't work out, then I had a change, but you were so helpful. So explain a little bit more about how you uh figured your way uh into carving your own table, so to speak.

SPEAKER_02 15:24

Yeah. I mean, honestly, it just came to, you know, letting go of the expectations of okay, this is like within the norm of you know what people would. I I think for me it was being held up on is this acceptable? Will this be accepted by society? You know what I mean? And I was loo, I I could see myself, I I called it my hat phase. Like I showed up with this like Fedora hat, and like they're cute, but they're not me. You know, so I've I felt like diving into this, I was losing myself, my personality, and who I was. And I've always been a funny person. And it's crazy because even like now doing the thing, people will come up to me and I've had like talking about like the suppression, like I've had people that are like, I remember you, like when we were younger, you would be like, I can do stand-up comedy and like talked about a whole conversation that we had had, and I totally forgot that I had even said that to them. So they're like, I'm so happy to see you like doing the thing that you always wanted to do because we always talked about, and I'm like, We did, and they're like, Yeah. Uh and I just totally pushed it out because I was so hung up on let's do this because this will be socially acceptable. This will be more within the norm. Was it nursing?

SPEAKER_00 16:39

Is that what it was you were trying to get into?

SPEAKER_02 16:41

Oh, yeah. So, like going all the way if we're gonna go all the way.

SPEAKER_00 16:44

I mean, why I mean since we're here.

SPEAKER_02 16:46

I mean, I've had many a trial and errors.

SPEAKER_00 16:50

Yeah, I I because you obviously came out on top. So, like, what we started off with what exactly?

SPEAKER_02 16:57

Yeah, so straight out of high school, I went to nursing school. Okay. And you know what? Like, try I don't I hate saying trial and error because I feel like I've taken a little something from every experience and it's made me a wiser person. Like, I feel like being a mom and having two kids, like there's certain things that I'm more heightened, you know, awareness-wise, because I've had like two and a half years of nursing training. So, you know, I was able to take care of them and have that knowledge over, you know, somebody who maybe wouldn't have gone through those years of, you know, nursing school.

SPEAKER_00 17:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 17:32

So, you know, starting out nursing school, realized that wasn't for me. Especially now I'm grateful because, you know, us having our business, I would have never, I don't even know how our marriage will work. I would have worked. I don't know how I would have been the mom that I am to my kids if I had a full-time nursing job while we were building our business. And your business is what? We own a restaurant in Philly in Port Richmond in our old neighborhood called the Fresh Works of Port Richmond. Okay. So it's like your typical cheesesteak, hoagie, wings, like Sunday football food that you should have in moderation that people do not have in moderation. So because it's just that good. Not to toot my own horn, but to toot, you know. So um, we have that, and we've had that for years. So, you know, I I hate saying trial and error because I feel like every um experience in my life has made me a wiser person and has has gotten me to where I am today. Yeah. But it just for me, like I said, I'm always like, I have to do the thing to realize, okay, this isn't for you. So, you know, went to nursing school, did a little bit of psychology, was like, eh, that's not for me. Um, massage, I did massage therapy. Like, for me, I think that was like a quest of coming back into my own self, my own body, and being present within my body because I was very much like in in like autopilot at that time in my life. So, you know, um, tried all the things and kind of just surrender finally one day to Amanda, you gotta do what's for you and what's gonna make you happy. And it may not be the social norm and it may be things that people will look at you a little sideways until you build your street cred and you and your rep. And I'm like, I'm doing that in real time.

SPEAKER_00 19:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 19:22

You know, so I love that. I love it for my I love that so much for me.

SPEAKER_00 19:26

I love it for you because I mean, I I love when I come across like a new skit you have, or even when you're just riffing, because it just it's a moment just to unplug, kick back, and just have you do the commentating, you can react and laugh to it. It's it's really entertaining. Now uh the Pam from Port Richmond um explain how she was birthed, if you will.

SPEAKER_02 19:53

This is a fun story. So I highly suggest anybody who have first of all, women listening, if you've never done a girls' weekend with your girlfriends, please do. Me and my girlfriends do it twice a year. We do one in the winter, right after the holidays when we're all on the brink of a mental breakdown, or have already had one, and then we do one at the end of the summer when you know our kids are going back to school and we've had them all summer, and another mental breakdown is on the verge of ensuing. So, um, during one of these girls' weekends, we always do like a fun theme. So um I thought, let me just add something to the weekend. And I created this character, and her name was Mary Ann, and she had a southern accent, and she had a big wig and kind of like Dolly Parton's hair, but it was Burnett because I was like, at the time, like I can't pull off blonde. So I went around, um, whatever was going on, we were up in the Poconos. Oh, the Poconos. Yeah. Good time up there. And in the development, there was something going on where people were having like little parties and you would party hop from house to house. So we were going from party to party, and I was just fully in character as this woman, Mary Ann, having conversations with people, dancing, just totally like making everyone laugh the whole night. And my one girlfriend turned around, she was like, This is what you're meant to do. Like, I don't know if you realize this, but like you need to create something and show up on social media like this. Oh my god. And I was like, you know what, you're right, because this was really fun, and it was just so easy for me to like just fully immerse myself in that character. But I was like, what would be like something that I would have like a boatload of content about? And I just quickly switched to like a Philly mom, like that generation of moms that we grew up in. So that's where Pam was created. And was this in the end of summer 2024? Um, I want to say. It was winter time because I know it was a winner. She might have came. No, you know when she came about? It was the Super Bowl run of 2025. Okay. Okay. That's when I really came out with her. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 22:14

Yes. And I want to bring that timeline in because I I personally always love timelines to understand like how long did it take? Because everybody's timeline's different. I don't, you know, I go by really deadlines, but like timelines are different. But I like to check in to think, oh, so you were messing around with this Marianne, and then all of a sudden your friend's like, hey, I see something bigger here. And then the Iggles, Go Birds, ended up having their Super Bowl run. And Pam started. How did how did you think to get the Pam in? Like the wig you ordered all that, the glasses.

SPEAKER_02 22:52

Yeah, I think the glasses were very much my grandmother, thinking back to like the 80s, early 90s when I was a kid, she had big glasses like that. Oh my god. So I was like, okay, I definitely know I want big glasses. A lot of women during that generation when we were kids smoked. Like it was, I mean, it's just very filly.

SPEAKER_01 23:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 23:13

Uh, very neighborhood. Yeah. And the hair, I was just kind of like searching Amazon and was like, uh, this one looks good. There was really no rhyme or reason to the hair. I definitely wanted to be brown because I was like, I can't pull off blonde. Yeah, no. I have brown hair, so let me just do the brown. It'll be easier to mix in with my hair. And yeah, I just went about it and went on. And it even then, too, it was like such a test for me.

SPEAKER_01 23:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 23:40

Because um, I had like my own friends. Like my uh one friend reached out and was like, like, what are you doing? Like, you realize you're 40 years old, right? And from that was like a shot in the heart. Because at this time I was like building momentum online. Like, I was a couple videos in and like they were taken off. People were loving her, and I was like, I'm so in my purpose. And then it's like that one person that's so close to you, like questions you in that way, makes you feel a certain. So that was like a big test for me because, like I had mentioned in the past, I was always doing things through the eyes of trying to people please people, right? Oh god, so I think that was like yeah, that was like the universe's way. Like, I I really hope somebody's listening to this, like that maybe in that that stage or you know, have something that they want to do, but they're afraid of what other people are gonna think. My thing is, like, and I've learned this and continue to learn this, like, you will learn that in your life when you start to do something, if it's something new or unknown, or especially outside of the box of what is normal for your peers and the people around you, um, they may be the people, surprisingly, that support you the least. Because I think what happens is they look at you as a peer and they have to put your themselves in their in your shoes and it scares them.

SPEAKER_00 25:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 25:03

They feel intimidated, they feel like they couldn't do it. So why are they going to encourage you to do it? You know, unfortunately, there are people like that.

SPEAKER_00 25:12

There are.

SPEAKER_02 25:12

Um, you know, and it's a normal thing. It's the way our brain reacts to keep us safe, to keep us in our comfort zone. So if I had not learned that about myself and other people around me, I would have like totally probably shut Pam down as soon as I got that text message. Oh. But I was like, you know what? Like, this is the universe testing me. And now to me, that was kind of like a moment of somebody saying to me, you can't do that. And when someone tells me I can't do something, I show up and show off. To me, that's like, oh, like to me, it brings me back to like my tomboy era when I was a kid in the middle of the street racing and someone looking over and be like, You can't beat me. And I'm like, Oh, I can't. And I will show you that I can. So that kind of like lit the fuel or added fuel to my fire. Oh, yeah. And I'm so glad that I I didn't let that overtake me. And um, you know, and me and that person have still like have a great relationship. It's just like, you know, you just have to be understanding that sometimes the people closest to you aren't going to support you the way that you would expect them to, but to keep trucking along, like keep doing the thing. Like you'll find your people. You really will. You have to be very intentional, I think, when we're we're doing something that's new, unknown, out of the box, even if it is within the norm, you know, if it's something that people can't see themselves doing or it scares them, they might not give you the support, you know? So you have to be intentional about where you find your support for the things that you're doing in your life.

SPEAKER_00 26:48

No, I agree. I mean, I had the person will remain nameless, but I I recently had a situation like that too. And it kind of the person was more so questioning me, and um it sucked. It it really and and I'm not gonna go totally deep into it because I don't want to reveal this person, but it was somebody who's close to me, and I just thought to myself, you know, you saw me on my journey of everything I've done. And I it just feels like you're judging me now, now that I'm stepping into this next phase of my life. And I and I met with a a friend last week for lunch, and this this friend was she's just a powerhouse boss babe in terms of you know, helping founders of companies and creators become a better version of themselves and the high achievers. And so she sat with me and I told her this story. And she was like, Well, you know, you have to kind of think of your journey like steps. Like, let's say there's like 10 steps. And she's like, Unfortunately, you're going to experience people in your life that are kind of like rubber bands. They're not getting off of step two. They're comfortable there, they're fine, or maybe, you know, they want to go to a higher step, but they're a little bit scared. You are now on step five, six, seven. And this person, it's not that they don't recognize you, but they don't feel comfortable because you're almost like a mirror to them, a mirror that says, hey, like this is what you could do if you put a little bit more effort, or this is what you could achieve if you just push harder. And that's uncomfortable for them. So there'll be a rubber band and they'll try to bring you back to where they're at, their step. And that's not what is meant for you. And and the next part she says, and I'm not ready to do this, and I'm and I'm not ready to do this, but she says, sometimes you have to cut the rubber band because what's gonna happen is you're gonna get to a point where she's like, I let's say in your ladder, I'm on step nine. You wouldn't be able to reach me if you stay rubber band tied to this person who's on step two, because they're always gonna try a way to pull you back. And I thought about that, and she's like, You have to do it in your own time. And I was like, I know. I don't know if I will cut the cord, I don't think I want to, but like whatever. But at this point, I'm not ready to. I still feel there's value in this friendship, but it's really hard when this person is questioning me. So she says, you just have to understand that uh the longer you wait to make a decision, the harder it's gonna be to reach step nine where I'm at. Because I want you to get better and greater. And there's many other people in these higher steps. Now, it's not to say people who don't understand you are lower and beneath you. No, yeah, it's not that. It's just you have to think of it as like when you get stronger, you can lift more weight, you can pull yourself up. That's what you're doing. You're like getting higher in your in your levels, right? So it is hard when you're questioned, and and my issue also is I compare myself to other people, which you cannot do. We are all in separate lanes, right? I don't know if that's ever happened to you where you know you started on your journey, because I'm still in early stages of mine. And uh, I mean, it just happened to me this morning, went on a spiral. I happen to see a good friend who I love and care and support, who's killing it, doing this new thing, this new phase of her life. And I had to step back and go, I am in a different lane. Like, right, totally different. But I'm not gonna stop what I'm doing because I'm don't because I'm trying to compare myself to somebody who's in a completely different lane. Like it's scary when you go out on your own to do your own thing because you should you can't look at other people and start saying, Well, they have that, and why don't I have that? And they are doing that. Why am I not doing that? Why am I not there? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That is a recipe for disaster, right?

SPEAKER_02 30:46

I think you know, so there's a couple things I want to give my two cents. Please. Um, first thing, you know, the whole cutting off of people, and I I think that's why I said you have to be intentional in your relationships, and I realize that I have to be intentional in my relationships because I realized if I were to cut everybody off just because they weren't able to support me in the way that I expected them, like I can't expect me from everybody else, right? Like they're on step two and they're comfortable there. Why am I gonna judge them because they're judging me? Right. So that being said, I feel there are boundaries that can be set. Like, I expect you to respect me and my craft and what I'm doing. So, you know, and then maybe that's not a topic of conversation. That's why I said it's like intentional about where you look for your support. You can't always look, my mom, for example, she'll give me every reason in the book to not do the thing because what if this happens and what if that happens? And like I when I first started doing Pam, she gave me every reason in the book not to do the thing, really, yeah, out of like scarcity. Like she's very, you know, I think it's a generational thing, and it's something she can't see herself doing, and it's like money scarcity, and all the all these things come up in her mind, and she just wants to keep her child safe, you know.

SPEAKER_00 32:17

And it comes from a generation that knows pension, that's been with a company for 30 years, that it's it's different, it's different from our parents now.

SPEAKER_02 32:25

It's yeah, yeah. So, you know, I I had to be intentional about okay, let me pump the brakes on on that topic of conversation in my life with her, yeah, and let me just show her by doing the thing that this will be okay. Now she's more supportive. Uh, I think because I've eased her mind that this can actually work and be a thing because she's watching me do it. Yeah, but at first she gave me every reason in the book not to do the thing. So, like if I were to cut her off because of it, like I just realized if I'm here going scissor happy, cutting every cord, every relationship, I would have no relationship. This is true. I can't expect me from those people, right? Like, we're doing something that is it's you know, it's not your everyday person doesn't do it. Um, so it's really hard for people to put themselves in your shoes and be like, go ahead, do the thing. I am very blessed to have a group of girlfriends that can be that support for me. They give like so much support, even though it's something that like my one friend Tara is like, I I I could never be on camera like you. But like when I tell her I'm about to do something and she's like, Yeah, girl, okay. Uh shout out to Tara. Yeah, shout out to Tara. Um, so you know, I I'm very blessed to have that, you know. Um, and I just think it's a rare thing. So be intentional, set those boundaries. Like, I'm not gonna take the disrespect. And if it keeps happening and people keep questioning and and making you feel uncomfortable, um, then yeah, maybe that's a time where you're like, you know what, we gotta pump the brakes on this relationship. But I disagree with the cutting of the cords. I just think you have to look for your support and know that sometimes um it doesn't come from your inner circle or your family or you know, the people that you would expect it from. But yeah, so that's what I had to say on that. And then the other thing. Thank you for that. Thank you. Yeah. And the other thing that we you were talking about, what was it? Um oh, the the uh the uh oh my god, it's escaping my brain. ADHD. Here we go. Um, what were we talking about?

SPEAKER_00 34:34

Talking about the friends, the friends, yeah. You're talking about yep, doing it's a different world. There are people helping. Yes. Oh, I think I know where you're going with this. Yes, here we go. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 34:54

Yep. Did you just see what happened? We both were like, ah, yeah, ah, yes, we're back.

SPEAKER_00 35:02

Yep, yeah, we go. That should be part of a study somewhere, but okay. Honestly, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 35:09

It really should. But I I realized, you know, the being intimidated by what you see people around you doing. That was a huge lesson for me in doubling down on being fully invested in me. Like I would get triggered, and I remember having a conversation with one of my mentors, and they're like, Well, you have two choices. You can be triggered by what this person's doing and choose to stay stuck, right? Or you can be inspired because when you point one finger, you always got three pointing back at you. So if you're pointing a finger at what this person over here is doing, you got three fingers pointing back at you. Well, what's that say about you? Like you see this person leveling up and doing the thing, it's time for you to maybe work on yourself so you can level up and do your thing, right? And knowing, like, if you are fully invested in you, you'll know you're totally different from that person. And when you fully invest in yourself and show up as that version of you, there will always be room for whatever it is that you're doing. Like you are the brand. Yeah, you are the thing. So doubling down on that, knowing like that person can do the thing, but they're not gonna do it how I do it. Right. There always will be room for you at the table, or you know, you make your own damn table.

SPEAKER_00 36:28

You're so wise. Thank you. You're making me feel much better. I feel like we're actually having a phone conversation right now. You know, I I like woke up thinking I have to have a clear mind for Amanda today, and then I see this thing and I spin out of control. I'm like, where am I? What am I doing? But yeah, three fingers pointing back at me. And the funny thing is, the one thing I admire about my friend that she's doing is something that I had been wanting to lean into more. And how interesting that I had been thinking about this for a while, then it face, then it looks back at me this morning, right? Yeah, there's a reason. There's reason. There's fingers pointing back at me. I gotta, I have to level up and do what my gut is telling me to do a little bit more of, which fair enough.

SPEAKER_02 37:16

And it's you know, am I I always say to myself, Am I gonna look at this? Am I gonna choose to stay triggered or am I gonna be inspired? Yeah, right. That person's your friend. I'm sure they're inspiring you to do the thing, you know what I mean? So it takes you to have to look within yourself, like sometimes we need that nudge. Yeah, it's uncomfortable though. Oh, it's a comfortable nudge, yeah, definitely, because now you're stepping into you know an unknown realm and level of your life to do the new thing. I am sometimes we take it in that little like poke from the bear.

SPEAKER_00 37:45

Oh, and it comes in all different ways, you know. I know, and I think this is like all timing is happening right now because I just did the biggest, and I know you've seen some, and I didn't I didn't catch your pod if you released it yet, but I did the biggest spring clean I have ever oh you didn't talked about it. I shouting out, did you really? Okay, yeah, okay. So I did a spring clean to kind of set the stage here. I did a spring clean. It was not only just a spring cleaning, it was a spring cleaning and purging because for whatever reason, I feel like I need to make room. I need to make room. I I am tired of looking at my old TV dresses. We'll start with that. I kept a couple of them. Not that I'm gonna be back on TV, you never know, but like they're nice. I invested in them, they work well with my body, they're like solid, they're good power outfits. So I kept those. But there are others that are like, would I really wear this on TV again if I would go back? Or would I really wear this for a networking event? No. So I had to do that. I got rid of shoes, I got rid of books. I mean, you name it, I've got rid of it. And Pilot was really happy because there have been moments where he calls me a hoarder. Although when he did it the first time, I thought he called me a whore. And I looked at him, I go, What did you just say to me? So, hoarder is what he had called me. I am not a hoarder. In fact, hoarder, I have recreated the backdrop of my podcast to make it a little bit more cleaner, like whatever. So, anyway, so I'm I'm getting rid of stuff, and I happen to post an image, and there was an object in the image. And it what did you think it was, Amanda? Because you happened to see it. I did. I've go ahead.

SPEAKER_02 39:36

It was just, I mean, I it was probably silly of me to think because it was rather large to be this object. Well, you never know how many people I collect. Go on. Exactly. How do I know? Maybe there's several in there. Um, but when I first saw it, I thought, is that an urn? But then I noticed on the top of the urn, well, the urn that I thought was the urn, um, there was like a coin slot. And I thought, huh.

SPEAKER_00 40:03

Yeah. So interesting. Yeah. So this urn coin slot thing. So I got it, I think it was for a wedding anniversary. I don't even know which one it was, but it collects coins, like spare change. And if you fill the whole thing up, just to give you an idea, it's like I mean, it looks like maybe three liters of water could fit in that thing. You it would it could if you just collect coins, could amount to like $20,000, right? Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 40:32

I mean five bodies.

SPEAKER_00 40:33

Or five bodies. I mean, they do actually go to dust, so it could be actually 25 bodies, but anyway, so I could still lift it with one hand, so it doesn't have that many coins in it. So Amanda, being the creative person she is, yeah, mentioned to me that she was about to tape her podcast, and it was I became her muse, which I was so about. I have not listened to this portion of the podcast. I don't know if you want to mention any more of it or if you want to push people to that podcast episode or both, I don't mind, because I do want to listen to the podcast episode.

SPEAKER_02 41:11

Oh, yeah. Go ahead. It's pretty funny. Um, but I'll talk. Yeah. Yeah, it you gotta listen to the whole thing because I'll definitely not describe it the way that I described it on the show. So definitely get your laugh at listening to It's Mandy Oa. Um, but I thought to myself, now this goes back to when I first thought that I came upon a pitching an idea for like, you know, like Shark Tank, how they come on with like inventions. Many moons ago, I thought I invented earmuff headphones. And I was um sadly disappointed to find out that these were already in existence. So um that crushed me. But when I saw this, it was like, I think I got another idea for Shark Tank. Hear me out. Like, what if somebody's like a compulsive gambler and they like want to and you want to remember them for who they were? Like, what if they were a coin collector? What if they, you know, and listen, this is a really good idea because it gives you purpose. It gives you per when people get when people get cremated and they get put in an urn, they usually just go on a shelf and you never talk to them, you never go to them. Now you're putting a coin in them. Oh my god, Amanda. So it gives you a reason to come and say hello. And you're fulfilling like, oh, this person always liked to go to the casino with their coin money.

SPEAKER_00 42:43

Okay, so wait. So does this then mean, like, once I mean, there's a point where the coins are gonna fill up. So if you want to use these coins, would they be specifically for the casino? And right, would you be using it with the their body uh is mixed with like you're gonna have to break it open. So oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 43:10

Good questions, these are good questions, Ryan. I'm glad you brought that up. Um, no, so the way that I've invented this. Oh, okay. Um, because of course I already have a blueprint. There's a separate canister on top because I would not want anybody to be having to sift coins out, like when you go on the beach looking for, you know, pretty pebbles. We're not sifting through remains for nickels, dimes, and quarters. No, no. There's a separate canister up top, which would allow you to save your coins.

SPEAKER_00 43:45

Oh my god, you're not right. You're not right.

unknown 43:49

You're not right.

SPEAKER_00 43:50

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 43:51

But I thought, what a great idea for somebody who like like my grandmom for I mean, I have a coin, I have a coin dog right next to me. If I could reach it, I would grab it. We have coin dogs all throughout our house. I have one up them upstairs. That is like our kids when we go on vacation. That's like their money to spend in all the like you know, the trashy train machines.

SPEAKER_00 44:14

Like oh, and our cannibal.

SPEAKER_02 44:16

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. So like that's our pro like they can take that money and use it for whatever they want. And that's our that's a thing. Like my grandmom used to have those big, you know, the water jugs. Yeah. She would save a water jug and fill it up with all of her change, and then she would take that on her big casino trip. That would be her spending money. So, like, what a great way to remember somebody who always did that. And then you come and drop a couple coins in Hi Graham, how you doing? I'm going to the casino this month. Make me hit on B12 at bingo. Thank you.

SPEAKER_00 44:54

Oh god. Well, speaking of bingo, oh, that's a good transition, Pam. So, so okay, so Amanda, as we know, we've covered she does comedy. Clearly, that's that's obvious. Um, and uh she she gets her girl Pam involved, and they do bingo nights. I want to go to one of these. Now they're in Philadelphia for now. We don't yeah, there was, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 45:21

Was there one in no? I've yep, I'm gonna go.

SPEAKER_00 45:23

I'm speaking it into existence in the universe here, okay? That's all I'm doing.

SPEAKER_02 45:27

A traveling bingo night.

SPEAKER_00 45:29

Traveling, yes, yes, there would be. And I'll bring my earn coin collector. That could be part of your whole gig. That would be, you know. But yeah, so you do bingo nights because a comedy, you do the the uh the stage, the stand-up, which by the way, side note, uh Amanda uh says. And I always I when I would be out in the street and I would do interviews, there were many times that somebody says, Do you do stand-up?

unknown 45:55

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_00 45:56

Me, uh comedy. And I go, No, I there's there's a point where like when I hit, I can hit and I can keep going, get people laughing. Amanda just can do it like much more easily than I can, but she she's she's like a pro. But so somebody many times have said to me, people, oh, like after I get done with the interview, like, have you ever done thought about doing stand-up?

SPEAKER_01 46:18

No.

SPEAKER_00 46:19

Well, I mentioned this to Amanda and she's like, Well, I'm gonna come up to to New York and I'm gonna do a comedy night or something and have you come up on the stage at one point. I don't know. So she works. That's what it is, an open mic. That's yeah. All right. I told you I would do it. I'm a woman of my word, I will do it.

SPEAKER_02 46:37

Five minutes. Five minutes is like three, like three jokes. Uh maybe even less. Like if you if you're like a it depends, you gotta find your gotta find your uh style. Like if you're a storyteller type of comedian, I think I am. Then you could probably do like two in five minutes.

SPEAKER_00 46:54

Okay. There you go. All right. Now I have two questions. Okay, the one the bingo night, I want you to talk about that. But before we get to the bingo night, since we're already talking about the stand-up, when you started doing stand-up, what was that for you? Like, did you just uh go into an open mic night? Like, but yeah.

SPEAKER_02 47:13

Like you're not you're new to this too. Like it's I am, yeah. And it's crazy how quickly it's escalated. Yeah. Um and it, you know, I I sometimes like because of that, I'm like, I find it hard to believe that I am a good stand-up comedian comedian. Like you are like I did a punchline, I did a gig at the punchline where it was like a showcase, and we opened up, like the headliner was a well-known comedian. I didn't know I was opening up for her at the time. I went into the green room and she came in, sat down next to me. I was like, died. And that was like my first actual comedy club gig. So when I was like, I'm opening up, I just couldn't, I literally could not believe it. And I came, did my thing, came out, was like 15 minutes, came off the stage, and the guy who arranged it, um, he's another well-known Philly comedian, uh, Steve Rinaldi. He was like, Are you like BSing me right now? And I'm like, what? He was like, that was your first time at a comedy club, like doing stuff. I was like, I swear. Oh my god. So like before that, I've only done like a couple like open, like they were like small gigs at like bars type of thing.

SPEAKER_00 48:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 48:27

Uh and you know, that kind of like revved me up to do then the punchline and then like other comedy things that I've done. So yeah, like I was kind of new to it, but I just thought, you know what? This I I think I can do this. Oh my god. And then you start just getting booked for gigs and yeah, I guess people saw you know the the potential and and you know, me doing my thing, and they're like, No, you're you're good.

SPEAKER_00 48:57

Like, let's let's do this. So oh my god. I would love to have you up in New York doing like a comedy thing with like a New Yorker. Me too. Because of the accent, like that would that I'm I would die. There's a guy actually. Little Mo. Call me off. Oh, is that mozzarella? Is that the doing or something? How you done? Yeah, the Akin dish. Yeah. Oh, well, who knows? Maybe he listens to this. I don't know. Oh, that would be funny to see like the battle of the of the accents, and then I feel like you need somebody from Boston, like that would really hit up all the big northeast spots. There's a whole like we do like a whole eco east coast tour. Oh my god. Awesome. So now the bingo, so Pam, but now so you do the Amanda Yoah as you, and then you also add Pam and you do both on stage, or um so what I'm coming to realize is Pam needs her own lane.

SPEAKER_02 49:53

So we've done a few bingo nights. Um, that is like a lot of work. Is it it is uh preparing it because I like for me, I want it to be like a fun event. So we're not doing them as regularly as we originally had thought we would, just because we have other greater ideas for Pam.

SPEAKER_00 50:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 50:11

Um, so you know, I'm working right now with a producer um in LA create curating like a four-part series, which is why I couldn't come last week. Oh my god, that's what you're that is awesome. So we're doing that, and then that will translate to a live show. Pam is more a comedy feeder, yes, you know what I'm saying? She's more like variety show. Um, you know, a big icon for me was um and her oh my god, I'm like having a total brain fart, and I can't even believe I'm forgetting this woman's name because she's literally my idol. Not Lucille Ball, the other red-headed woman. Oh my god. The fact that I am like literally blanking out on this woman's name right now.

SPEAKER_00 51:00

I would say Betty White, but she wasn't a redhead. No, no, no. No.

SPEAKER_02 51:05

I'm terrible with names, so I am I am too, but uh like this woman, I love her and she had her own show. Carol Burnett. Carol Burnett. Jesus Christ.

SPEAKER_00 51:16

Yay, I get a point because I never know anybody's name when it comes to celebrities. One point. Carol. Carol.

SPEAKER_02 51:21

I can't believe I just forgot your name, Carol. Um, but like that Carol Burnett variety show type of thing, like that is something for me that I think number one needs to be brought back. Oh. Um, you know, I've been talking to there's another Staten Island mom. Her name's Kristen, the hairdresser Kristen. You gotta look her up on Instagram. She does a Staten Island mom. She's already involved in a lot of comedy theaters. I believe me and her might end up doing something. Don't hold me to that, but we've been talking. Okay. Cross my fingers.

SPEAKER_00 51:56

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 51:58

Um, but that's the type of lane I see Pam in. Something in that. Like she's not built for stand-up. So I did do a little bit of me and a little bit of her. Um, but my next show is gonna be stand, which is stand-up, is gonna be Majority Amanda. And then at the end, I do a little bit with Pam just because I know people are coming out and they love Pam. And then afterwards, everybody can come and meet Pam and get their picture with her. But although she's funny on stage, that's not where she really shines. She's more of like a a show or you know, like an immersive experience, like comedy theater. So that's what we're trying to build for her.

SPEAKER_00 52:37

Oh, yeah, I like that. That yeah, I could I could I like how you're doing this again in real time, like trying to figure out like what works, what doesn't, because that's really trial and error. It really is what it is, and I feel like that's even what social media is acknowledging as the thing that have people watch things happen and un not unravel or fall apart, but kind of pivot in real time. Because it's like you're not gonna know right out of the gate, like, oh, this is it, I'm done. Like, this is it, this is the say all, be all, end all. Um, so the the other thing about Pam that I think is really interesting, and I know we talked about it uh before, was that you know it's a combination of your your mom and your grandmother and the women around you. Um and I am not trying to put on the waterworks here, but you got I would assume this was part of Pam that you never expected to happen was people reaching out to you. Oh yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 53:35

That and you know what? It honestly so this goes back to if you've if you've looked at my life, like I've always wanted to impact lives. Like I went to nursing school, then I thought about you know getting in the psychology world, like it was always interacting and and wanting to help people feel better, right? I just needed to incorporate my character, meaning myself, my personality, who I am, into that field and finding that field, right? And I just thought to myself, I wasn't gonna get that doing comedy, but I was like, you know what? I think sometimes people need a laugh from time to time. I know I do, I do, you know, when you're having a rough day, you just need to disconnect, especially on social media in the world right now. It is so politically driven. Uh yeah. I don't like talking about politics.

SPEAKER_00 54:31

Oh my god, that's one of the first things her and I talked about. Amanda and I were like, no politics. We're not going there ever with our platforms. Nope, nope, too divisive.

SPEAKER_02 54:40

I I feel no matter how, as long as you are sane, I feel like everybody needs a break from politics from time to time. You know what I mean? So if I like that's that's my that's my uh lane. Okay. When you need a break, when you need a laugh, when life is throwing everything at you, this is your place to escape with a little l-ol. What I didn't realize was, like you had mentioned, getting the phone or getting the messages and the DMs and a few phone calls actually, people have called called into my hotline and left me voice messages about how you know they've lost their mom or their aunt or their grandmother, and when they're feeling like they miss her, they come on and they watch my videos because I remind them so much of their mom. And I literally every time I get one of them, I cry because and and I remember calling my girlfriend up and being like, Can you believe someone said that to me? And like I was crying to her, and she was like, This is how you're meant to impact people, Amanda. I hope you realize that, like you've done it, and I know oh, and I'm trying really hard not to cry right now, but I know, I know it it really is like for me, that was like the full circle moment because that's exactly what in my harder hearts I know like my soul's purpose is so to be able to provide laughter for people, but more importantly, the fact that I can do that as Pam for women or whoever, I've gotten some men too. Just it fuels my fire. I don't think Pam will ever go away because of that. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 56:21

Now when you watch uh Pam from Port Richmond, you'll have a greater appreciation and love for her, even though some of the stuff she says. She's wacky, she's crazy. Oh my god. She's unhinged. Oh my god. So now I find that uh your podcast um is almost a little bit of your stand-up in terms of like it's comedic. It's not it's not the lane of self-help. We just did some self-help because you needed to self-help me, which thank you again. Um, but it's it's a it's a lane of of comedy and and lightheartedness. Um do you ever talk about Pam on the Amanda Yoah podcast?

SPEAKER_02 57:00

Or um Yeah, I think if I I mean, like if if if the conversation ever comes up, sometimes I like, you know, I'll I'll talk about what I did that weekend. So like if I talked about um I did a bingo night for my high school, Pam was there. So I think I talked about that.

SPEAKER_00 57:17

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 57:18

You know, I just it's kind of like an unplugged, like you get me. Yeah. As you know, it's a it's your chance to get to feel like you're having a conversation with me. Yeah. Off off social media, you know, it's not anything. A lot of times I come on and I'm like, I had an uneventful week, so what the hell am I gonna talk to people about this week in my life? Like, especially getting the to the end of the uh of the season. Oh, I get like season burnout.

SPEAKER_00 57:46

Really? Yeah, because you go by seasons. So you so somebody wants to listen to your podcast, they can go on YouTube, Spotify, like how can they get you?

SPEAKER_02 57:56

You'll get more if you want to go back and like binge everything. Um, you can go on all the listening platforms, so like Spotify, Apple Podcast, um iHeart, I believe I'm on there as well. And pretty much any platform that you can listen to a podcast on. YouTube was um, I had a uh an incident where I accidentally deleted my YouTube.

SPEAKER_00 58:22

I remember that, yeah. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 58:24

Um, but that was my I took that as like let's start fresh. So this this current season you can watch on YouTube.

SPEAKER_00 58:32

Fabulous. And then people can call you too because you have a hotline you said. Yeah. So what is that hotline?

SPEAKER_02 58:39

Uh the phone number? Yeah. It's 267-225-7853.

SPEAKER_00 58:44

Okay. And I'll have that in the in my podcast description.

SPEAKER_02 58:47

And people could just call you and Branton Reeve. I've actually gotten somebody that called me that I went to grade school with and did not leave his name. I got very frightened because I thought this person was out for revenge. Um, apparently I punched him in the face when we were in like fifth or sixth grade, and he's never forgotten that. And left this very eerie voice voicemail. Oh, yeah. I was frightened. Okay, I was flustered. And I'm thinking to myself, because I didn't remember doing that. Now, I was very much a tomboy back in the day, so I was always playing sports with the boys. And he said, Yeah, you punched me in my face, and I've never gotten over it. Something to that effect. And I was like, Oh my god. So then I had a call up like a couple girls I went to grade school with. And I'm like, Do you ever remember me like socking somebody in the face? Oh my god. Sixth, seventh grade, maybe. That's like the time I could see myself doing something like that. And everyone was like, No, I don't remember that. Thank God the person reached out, and now I know who he is. And I called him out like the next episode, because I brought this up on my podcast, and I'm like, you guys, like I'm kind of like thinking maybe I should hire security. Um, and then I, you know, revealed the person because he revealed himself, and we ended up having a really good conversation. And I was like, was that true? He's like, No, really, you did punch me in my face. And I'm like, Oh my god, I'm so sorry. You're still holding on to that. I was like, I probably liked you.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:19

Well, yeah, it in a way of I mean, we used to do that, you know, as a way of of uh, you know, love and admiration. So is he he's over it now? He just needed to get the I I'm sorry from you, maybe.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:33

Listen, I'm not trying to raise any alarms here, but I uh right, like apart uh to give myself sleep at night, I'm gonna say he's over it. Yeah, I'm my thing is you held on to that for a really long time to where I I totally did not even remember.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:49

Yeah. Oh, okay. Mm-hmm. Well, I know some people who happen to be in New York if you need any help. Yeah, let me know.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:59

I know some people, I gotta I gotta I gotta keep my eyes everywhere. But no, we had a good conversation. We actually caught up, and he's in Florida. Oh, yeah, so but I was like, you get I get the wackiest phone calls. Like I I embrace them all. Like, please call it in. You gotta rant and rave, you got a story, you want my opinion on, you know. I because I want it to be like I know that I'm showing up every week talking to my community, so I want to give them an outlet to where they can talk back, you know.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:30

Oh, like a dialogue, more of a dialogue as opposed to and you don't ever like record these messages for air, they stay with you, and then you might talk about them just so people know.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:41

No, I've I played the voicemail. Oh, you do see, I've never heard an episode where you do. Oh, I played the voicemail where he left voicemail about me punching them. Yeah, I let everyone listen to it, so everyone was just as scared as me. I had to fully immerse everybody, you know. You really like the immersion, those experiences fully immersed in my fear for my life right now.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:03

Well, you're safe on this podcast. Just thank you. There shouldn't be anybody weird calling you, and if they do, just let me know. I don't think so.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:11

I think my people are Reagan's people.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:14

Reagan's people, please. I'll know by the area code. Oh my god, please, Reagan's people, treat Amanda kindly, she'll make you laugh. I'm sure she has this entire pot. All right, well, listen, we're we're we're wrapped up. Um, I don't want to take any more of your time. I know you have something fun to do later. I do. Every day is just a ball of fun. Yeah, so I want to get you get you going from that. But um thank you for stopping by. Thank you for um making me laugh and and everybody listening and watching and and for the advice and and honestly for being a supporter of me so early on and willing to just like open up and help me because you really have been like a guiding leg for me, and I really do do appreciate that.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:59

Likewise, for sure, for sure, absolutely, likewise.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:04

Wow, and then when we do stand up together, I'll make sure that everybody knows so they can come out and watch. Yes, I'll prep I'll prep my lines right like soon so I know like what I'm gonna make jokes about. I have already kind of an idea.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:18

I'm gonna start looking up the local comedy clubs, how often they have their open open open mic nights. All right, you're making me sweat. You're gonna prep. Oh my god, you're making me sweat. All right, all right, all right.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:28

Well, thank you so much, Amiga.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:29

And the podcast for people for you again is it's Amanda Yoowa on YouTube and all your listening platforms. And if I might add a little plug, if you were in the Philadelphia area, it is our 250th episode, or I'm sorry, 250th um year for our nation. So there's a lot going on in Philly, as you know. So if you want to kick off one of the, you know, the three patriotic holidays in true Philly fashion, come see your girl. Live casino Sunday, May 24th. I will be there live myself. Um, I have another um DJ Gabe who's a really great friend of mine. He's hilarious, and then my girl Pam. Come out and see us. Tickets are in my link in my bio on Instagram. Comedy.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:18

Fabulous. I can't. I'm I I'm gonna see if I can get to that. I would like to I would like to get to one of your things. That would be really fun.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:24

And I'm gonna have merch, I have merch. Oh, I have a covered for all your Patreon account this summer. You're gonna be all taxi up, okay? Old taxi on your red, white, and blue. I'll be selling my merch at the show. Oh my god. All right, well. Happy birthday to our nation. And yeah, you know, our 250th episode. What a show.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:46

My family's a wedding show. Oh my god. All right. All right, Amanda. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I'm sure we'll talk again soon. Thank you, everybody.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:57

You mean it? Love you. Hi, friends. Bye.