SouthBound Replay: Fortune Feimster finds her path by way of comedy (and a Lifetime movie)

By Tommy Tomlinson

Published January 4, 2023 at 4:00 AM EST

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This episode of SouthBound is a replay of our 2020 conversation with comedian Fortune Feimster.

Fortune tours all over the country, is a regular stand-up on late-night TV, and recently came out with her second Netflix special, “Good Fortune.”

She also has one of the best and funniest coming-out stories I’ve ever heard.

I picked this episode to re-air this week because it’s one of my favorites … but there’s another reason, too. Call it numerology.

We’re posting this on Jan. 4, 2023, which happens to be my 59^th birthday. The original airing of this talk with Fortune was the 59^th episode of SouthBound. So here’s to the number 59. It feels pretty lucky to me right now.

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Tommy Tomlinson

Tommy Tomlinson has hosted the podcast SouthBound for WFAE since 2017. He also does a commentary, On My Mind, which airs every Monday.

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