Wanda Sykes - 'Wanda Sykes: Legacy'
6/10/20261 hr 4 min
The trailblazing standup comedian, actress and writer, whose seventh hourlong comedy special recently dropped on Netflix, reflects on why she left a job at the NSA at the age of 27 to pursue standup, how her comedy changed after she divorced her husband and came out as gay, and what she makes of "cancel culture."
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First 90 secondsScott Feinberg· Host0:00
[instrumental music plays] This episode is brought to you by Netflix, presenting Beef, from creator, writer, and director Lee Sung Jin. The new installment of the eight-time Emmy-winning anthology series features powerhouse performances from Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, Kaley Spaney, and legendary Korean actors Youn Yuh-jung and Song Kang-ho. Esquire raves, "It's hands down the best TV show of the year," and IGN hails it, "A masterpiece. Lee Sung Jin's series remains an untouchable force." Beef, for your Emmy consideration. [upbeat music plays] Hi, everyone, and thank you for tuning in to the 646th episode of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast. I'm the host, Scott Feinberg, and my guest today is a tremendously funny and trailblazing stand-up comedian, actress, and writer, who has to her name 17 Emmy nominations, one of which resulted in a win, who was identified by Entertainment Weekly as one of the 25 funniest people in America, and who was included by Comedy Central on its list of the 100 greatest stand-ups of all time. And now, for her seventh hour-long stand-up special, Wanda Sykes: Legacy, which dropped on Netflix on May 19th, she is back in Emmys contention yet again, the great Wanda Sykes. Over the course of a conversation at the LA offices of The Hollywood Reporter, the 62-year-old and I discussed