Cal Wilson

"I didn’t know that that’s where I was going to end up, but in the last few years I’ve kind of gone, ‘Oh well, I guess I’m a comedian’."

"Wilson enthusiastically explains how “the gratuitous reward of standing on stage and telling a joke and having that immediate reward back from the audience is like when you’re at a party in the funny corner, everyone is telling stories and roaring with laughter."

She successfully builds a real feeling of safety in the space, given that inviting audience members to share guilty secrets could easily bring up some unpleasant moments.