I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

Every year on my birthday, I start a new playlist titled after my current age so I can keep track of my favorite songs of the year as a sort of musical diary because I am a teenage girl.

I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don't care if anybody else gets it.

Comedy has sort of been my life-long obsession. I literally obsessed over comedy. I really didn't play sports - for me it was just comedy, computers and chess club; those were my big things.

Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.

No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who's always had everything work out for them with zero struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don't exist.

Nerdists, unlike nerds, tend to be creators as much as consumers. They're creative consumers.