In April 2013 NPR Laughter Therapy (Highbridge Audio) released a 2-CD collection of NPR's best interviews and stories with "funny folks" including Paula's Talk of the Nation interview.  If it means anything to anyone, she is recognized as one of Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-ups of all time.  Paula won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic, and in 2010 she was one of a select group voted into the Comedy Hall of Fame.     

 

Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me is now heard in 5 million homes across the country, including all of the major markets, internationally on NPR Worldwide and on the Internet via podcast.  In 2008 it received a Peabody Award for broadcasting excellence.  On the show Paula gets to match wits with some of the country's leading pundits.  In May 2013 the show filmed its first Cinecast from New York's Town Hall and  Paula was one of the Panelists.  The show made its television debut on BBC America with a "2011 Year In Review."  Paula was on that panel as well.  Poundstone quickly goes on record about how much she loves being part of the show saying: "I am a proud member of the endorphin production industry.  They allow me to say whatever I want on Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me.  The panelists are unscripted, so it's perfect for me. I feel like I'm a batter in a batting cage. I get lobbed topics. Sometimes I just watch them go by, but every now and then I get a piece of one. If the others didn't cheat, it would be an almost perfect work experience."

 

Paula is also a published author and lecturer.  Her hard cover book, There is Nothing In This Book That I Meant To Say (Crown, 2006, with a forward by Mary Tyler Moore) is still in release on audio (Highbridge) and in paperback.  Other writing credits include the back page columnist of Mother Jones, The Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, and Glamour magazine. 

 

Not only a writer, but an avid reader, Paula continues her role for the American Library Association (ALA) as the Nat'l spokesperson for United for Libraries, their "Friends of Libraries" national network – a citizens support group who work to raise awareness and much needed funds to support their local libraries.  Paula has appeared as the headliner at the ALA's annual conference for their Laughs On Us panel the last four years, and to quote Sally Reed, the ALA Nat'l Director:  "...you'd have to come to one of these events to see how adored Paula is by librarians.  We love her and it's never repetitive."   Paula has hosted many events to great success, including the Art Directors Guild Awards an unprecedented 4 times.

 

The Poundstone family lives in Santa Monica, California.  Paula has three children, Toshia, Allison, and Thomas E.

 

GET A LAUGH with Paula's newest comedy CD:  I Heart Jokes – Paula Tells Them In Boston

cdbaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/paulapoundstone1/ Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-heart-jokes-paula-tells/id632789944

 

Watch Paula on Craig Ferguson:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w3NwND6wZc&fb_source=message    

Visit Paula at: http://www.paulapoundstone.com / www.facebook.com/paulapoundstone / http://twitter.com/PaulaPoundstone             

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