Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone brings a quick, inquisitive wit to stand-up, turning everyday observations—and spontaneous exchanges with the audience—into comic detours that can make each performance feel distinct. A longtime panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, she has also starred in several HBO comedy specials, including Cats, Cops and Stuff, which won a CableACE Award for Best Comedy Special. She voices Forgetter Paula in Pixar’s Inside Out films and hosts the comedy podcast Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone. Onstage, her conversational style makes the room part of the comedy, with unexpected audience moments woven into her wry observations.