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) 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
5) 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
6) Jason Reynolds (Update)
One of Apple’s top 10 podcast episodes of 2025. Jason Reynolds returns for another Wild Card question about the challenge of setting an example for children. He also speaks with Rachel about the value...Show More
7) Suleika Jaouad
Suleika Jaouad has written extensively about what it means to live in the in-between – the space between sick and healthy. She’s dealt on-and-off with cancer since her early 20s. Her latest book, "The...Show More
8) Malala Yousafzai
When Malala Yousafzai went to college, the last thing she wanted to talk about was her Nobel Prize or the Taliban attack that put her on the world stage. She just wanted to be a normal college student...Show More
9) Padma Lakshmi says she wouldn’t go back to her 20s
Padma Lakshmi has always been deeply curious about food, and how it serves as a vehicle for celebrating the cultural diversity of America. In her new book, "Padma's All American," she shares stories a...Show More
10) Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile sought out some alone time to work on her newest album, “Returning to Myself,” but she came out of the experience realizing she needed the people around her more than ever. Brandi talks...Show More