Episode Details

Mariam Khan is a delightful and invaluable addition to the Montréal comedy scene. She is known for her smooth, deadpan delivery, sassy well-played opinions, and ability to bring laughter to the daily grind of being a person. Her stand-up tells pointed truths about dating, sexism, race, and growing up with immigrant parents. Mariam regularly performs at clubs across the city and has appeared on OffJFL and Gigglefest. She is the co-host of the popular show Better Than Your Therapist and the producer and host of the show, I Don’t Belong Here. But she definitely belonged on This Is Your Strange and Beautiful Life. What a splendid episode!

Mariam Khan on Comedy, Dating, Belonging, and Growing Up with Immigrant Parents

How Mariam Got Into Comedy: Her depressing hiatus that followed her debut, how the pandemic triggered a comeback, and why she’ll never stop stand-up again.

Do Mariam’s Parents Love Her Comedy Career? Not exactly. But they don’t hate it either. And they’re great for her jokes. 

Growing Up With Immigrant Parents: The highlights and the blowouts. The laughter and the tears. Plus, how our moms just wanted our lives to be perfect. And why we gotta love them anyways.

The Horrors of Online Dating, Part 17: Mariam tells it likes it is and suggests that the problem might actually be us.

I Don’t Belong Here: Why do so many of us feel like this? If everyone feels like this, does that mean we all kind of belong?

Listener Question With “Strictly Auntie Material:” Our letter writer had a baby when she was 14. She gave it up for adoption­­­—to her sister. Her mother thinks she should tell her niece the truth, but she isn’t ready. Mariam and Erica can’t fix it—but Mariam’s way better than your therapist with this one.

Morning Routines With Mariam Khan: Mariam is my first guest to mention a shower and I thought that was notable.

Creative Routines With Mariam Khan: As with all Montréal comedians, the hustle is aspirational!

Cleaning Routines With Mariam Khan: She’s diligent with the vacuum, but she’s got professional house cleaner on her vision board.

Wrecking Ball: Thank you, Miley Cyrus for sponsoring the podcast a second time. We broke records with this one!

And thank you, Mariam! I’m quite sure you solved all my problems and it was a thrill to have you on the show.

Follow Mariam on Instagram @justmariamkhan

Look out for her show, I Don’t Belong Here