Comedian Aparna Nancherla on: Impostor Syndrome, Anger, Social Anxiety, and Stage Fright
Podcast |
Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris
Publisher |
Ten Percent Happier
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Happiness, 
Health, 
Interview, 
Meditation, 
Mental Health, 
Self-Help
Categories Via RSS |
Health & Fitness, 
Mental Health
Publication Date |
Sep 27, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:54:43

Aparna Nancherla is a writer, stand-up comedian, and actor. Her new book is Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Impostor Syndrome. You can hear Aparna as the voice of Moon on Fox’s The Great North, or have heard her as the voice of Hollyhock on Bojack Horseman. She’s also appeared on The Drop, Lopez vs. Lopez, and Corporate. She’s written for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and Late Night with Seth Meyers, as well as Mythic Quest on Apple+.

In this episode we talk about:

  • How impostor syndrome relates to anxiety and depression
  • Procrastination and how she sometimes feels it sets her up to do  good work, even though she hates it
  • The difference between standup and therapy in her life
  • How she feels about the word “no”
  • The sometime-burden of representing South Asians in entertainment
  • What it feels like to finally put this book out into the world

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/aparna-nancherla

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Why she has spent years fearing she’s only pretending to be good at her work. (Co-interviewed by Dr. Bianca Harris, who also wrestles with imposter syndrome.)

Aparna Nancherla is a writer, stand-up comedian, and actor. Her new book is Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Impostor Syndrome. You can hear Aparna as the voice of Moon on Fox’s The Great North, or have heard her as the voice of Hollyhock on Bojack Horseman. She’s also appeared on The Drop, Lopez vs. Lopez, and Corporate. She’s written for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and Late Night with Seth Meyers, as well as Mythic Quest on Apple+.

In this episode we talk about:

  • How impostor syndrome relates to anxiety and depression
  • Procrastination and how she sometimes feels it sets her up to do  good work, even though she hates it
  • The difference between standup and therapy in her life
  • How she feels about the word “no”
  • The sometime-burden of representing South Asians in entertainment
  • What it feels like to finally put this book out into the world

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/aparna-nancherla

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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