The 3 Best Wild Card with Rachel Martin Podcast Episodes
1) Ke Huy Quan is still proving he's good enough
Ke Huy Quan was born in Vietnam, but his family fled the country and eventually settled in the U.S. as refugees. Not long after arriving, Quan was cast in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "T...Show More
2) LeVar Burton is learning to embrace the chaos
LeVar Burton has three roles he'll forever be known for: Kunta Kinte on the TV series Roots, Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation and host of Reading Rainbow. Those roles have had profoun...Show More
3) Issa Rae thinks a little delusion goes a long way
Last year, Issa Rae was in three Oscar-nominated movies (Barbie, American Fiction and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) and she also won a Peabody. Despite her success, the Insecure creator tells Rac...Show More
4) Tig Notaro
Tig Notaro knows all about how humor and grief can coexist. She's explored those topics in her stand-up comedy, TV shows, and podcasts. Her latest project is "Come See Me in the Good Light," a documen...Show More
5) Jonathan Goldstein
When Jonathan Goldstein sets out to help a guest on his podcast “Heavyweight,” he always hopes he can help them feel unburdened by the end. But it’s often on the path to finding closure for a regret o...Show More
6) John Green (Encore)
John Green keeps busy – from authoring blockbuster young adult novels like "The Fault in Our Stars," to running a YouTube empire with his brother Hank, to publishing his latest nonfiction book, "Every...Show More
7) Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett's 2001 novel Bel Canto was a huge hit. She's continued to have success with her later work, including The Dutch House, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. But she recently returned to Be...Show More
8) Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Nanjiani is learning to embrace big feelings, he tells Rachel. Kumail’s projects are all about how we feel our way through living, including his new Hulu stand-up special, “Night Thoughts.” Kum...Show More
9) Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis never wanted to be an actor. She tells Rachel, despite having famous show business parents, she originally thought she’d become a police officer. Jamie talks about how she unexpectedl...Show More
10) Mel Robbins
Mel Robbins tells Rachel that she was plagued by anxiety, trauma and “relentless self-hatred” when she was younger. Now she has a bestselling book (“The Let Them Theory”) and a massively successful po...Show More