Christie Bahna and Lynn Maleh are two Middle Eastern comedy queens digging up the funny from the first-generation experience.
In this episode, Lynn and Christie chat with Filipina-Canadian actress and comic Christine Medrano about her upbringing in a gambling-enthusiast household; standup comedy; superstitions and woo; rock-climbing; phone addictions, AI bots in comedy and TV; and more! Follow Christine on Instagram and check out her poker podcast Shortstacks!
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Christine Medrano is a stand-up comic, actress, writer, and filmmaker from Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. Her short film, “I Think She Likes You”, which she stars and co-wrote was programmed at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, Outfest, Frameline, and numerous other festivals around the world. She has done stand-up on Epix and voiced a character on Bob’s Burgers. She was a crew member of the popular Youtube Channel, Good Mythical Morning, she was also a featured cast member and writer for College Humor and DROPOUT.
Christine has also been a finalist for Sirius XM’s Canada’s Next Top Comic, a featured at the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, and an opening act for Maria Bamford. She has appeared in numerous videos for Amazon Prime, Super Deluxe, College Humor, Cracked, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, Funny or Die, Comedy Central, All Def Digital, and hosted multiple shows for Mythical Entertainment.
