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Nov 2019
25m 42s

7. Bonus: Karen Kilgariff and the Shark

Wnyc Studios
About this episode
Fellow comedian Karen Kilgariff (My Favorite Murder) and Chris Garcia are members of the same sad club: they both lost their parents to Alzheimer’s. Karen tells Chris about caring for her mom, her too-real stand-up set, and how Alzheimer's is like the movie Jaws. 
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