the wardhole interviews: rachel coster!
On not being totally miserable, apologizing less, and knowing that love is the answer.
“This summer is so winter coded” - not a quote from Descartes or even Cher - rather a quote from our own: Rachel Coster. (Side note: why is this Summer so horrible?) Please respond to that question in my “Notes” (nobody on Substack knows what that means yet) or in a direct email.
Rachel is someone who I think of immediately when I think the words “girlie” or “bestie.”
Rachel’s standup to me is about community, drugs, tampons, and finding yourself in this dark world. She is an overall a burst of joy and energy that helps you realize you are not alone in the world, and even better - you are not the worst person in your friend group.
Rachel produces Epic Lyfe with her girlie Sara Hennessey!
Enjoy the interview below. XO
wardhole: why did you pick the picture you sent over?
Rachel Coster: I have been feeling hideous lately but I have been eating amazing gummies for example the albanese gummies which are the most amazing flavors on earth and the sour bears that start sour and stay sour through advanced and ground breaking technological advances in gummies that only they have the secrets to
wardhole: what are you working on right now?
Rachel Coster: Right now all my energy is going into not being totally miserable or wretched, and then after that I will work on being lovely and maybe even having a shred of fun- And my novel of course.
wardhole: what makes you laugh?
Rachel Coster: My friends (you know who you are)
My moms cat, misunderstandings, this one story that Allie Viti and Zach Schiffman tell that makes me pee my pants every time I hear it. The video of the gay little boy in Germany saying OH MEIN GOD
this video of a bunch of guys being pranked by their gfs
and this t shirt
wardhole: what media are you consuming right now?
Rachel Coster: The other two made me lol this season, I just watched brokeback mountain for the first time and sobbed to high heaven, survivor duh, the song “Wichita lineman” by glen campbell, “rock paper strippers” by teezo touchdown, as little information about that god forsaken submarine as I possibly can, my own journal entries to see if I can find a way to course correct
wardhole: what advice would you give to younger you?
Rachel Coster: Idk I keep waiting for older me to give current me some advice but I definitely wish I knew I was allergic to gluten earlier, don’t talk shit, be consistent, the best time to start anything is right now, stop apologizing, love is the answer, drink like a billion times more water. right now I wish to know how to let myself be a winner I have a really hard time with that and the isolation I associate with rocking out and crushing it.
wardhole: what advice would you give to a stranger?
Rachel Coster: When you’re on the escalator ur supposed to stay on the right hand side so people can pass you. Eat more protein. Wear something that makes you feel so sexy. Wear sunblock every day. Ummmm I wish I was being more funny with all this when I begged to write this I thought I would have such good ideas and now that I’m here I’m just like so not being swag-a-licious.
wardhole: how would you describe your artistic style to a normie?
Rachel Coster: Like digging as deep a hole as I possibly can and seeing if I can get me and the audience out of it
wardhole: you're given 5 billion- what do you do with it?
Rachel Coster: Give away 4.5 billion and then live on the beach til I die tipping like 50% every time I eat out. I would also do mr beast style stuff where I do epic videos and give ppl a million dollars just for views
wardhole: what is your artistic process for writing jokes?
Rachel Coster: I open my heart to possibility and allow vibes to flow through me to the ears of my amazing fans. Every time I have an idea I write it in my notes app and then forget about it for months and find it and try it out and never do it again because I have forgotten.
wardhole: what’s on your notes apps?
Rachel Coster: To do lists, recommendations with 0 context and no way of remembering who gave the rec so I can never tell them I’d I took their advice, humiliating earnest notes to myself about like being misunderstood or some crap.also a list of everyone I’ve ever fucked because I think it’s important to keep a good documentation of who has been inside your body and if they went down on you or not so you can decide if it’s worth fucking them again and also just to figure out who to venmo request for an abortion.
wardhole: who made you laugh recently?
Rachel Coster: Zach schiffman and Sara hennessey and my dad
wardhole: do you have any "white whales" in comedy - something you’ve wanted to tackle for awhile but haven’t?
Rachel Coster: I want to do a monthly show and I want to make a short film that is nice and fun to make for everyone involved
wardhole: what is hack to you?
Rachel Coster: Being nasty, doing stuff from the internet, edginess without any tact, impersonating a certain amazing straight lady gay man comedy bestie duo that also performs solo most of the time, Crowd work that’s
Literally just being kind of rude to the crowd, doing every show with the end goal being a reel or tik tok.