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EP 2: Anna Maltezos - Cancer, divorce, bugs, kindness, and community

Our guest today is a longtime friend and a brilliant actor, comedian, and filmmaker. She’s a multi hyphenate creative!! Anna Maltezos. Her credits include And Just Like That (HBO), Dying for Sex (FX), TAWK With Awkwafina, The Howard Stern Show, and Scariest Woman Alive, and Saturday Night Live. She has a new movie SOCK hitting the film festival circuit this October.

Today we chat with Anna about Cancer, divorce, bugs, kindness, and community. That’s right, we really went there, and you’re going to love going there with us.

Anna received a BFA in Film & Television from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and trained in improv, sketch and stand-up comedy at The Upright Citizen's Brigade, The Second City, People's Improv Theater, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, and the LaughtHER Collective. Anna was an original member of the popular improv and YouTube sketch group, Candy Slice Comedy.

Subscribe now to join Erica, Laura, and their guests for unfiltered conversations, relatable moments, and a whole lot of heart.

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00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome

01:13 Anna's Background and Career Beginnings

02:01 Millennial Life and Personal Reflections

03:53 Pursuing a Career in Entertainment

05:51 Challenges and Triumphs in the Industry

10:12 Battling Cancer and Its Impact

16:06 Rediscovering Identity and Career

24:22 Experiences and Anecdotes

29:13 Treating Women with Kindness

30:02 Millennials and Technology

31:20 Embracing AI and Tech Overload

34:14 Menopause and Hormonal Changes

40:07 Dating After Major Life Changes

42:56 Finding New Interests: Bugs and Math

46:31 Queer Quickies: Rapid Fire Questions

53:14 Conclusion and Farewell

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