Episode 31: Katie Pengra

Katie Pengra joined the Arizona State University speech team after competing throughout high school. She placed second in Duo with AJ Moorehead at NFA in 2005 and 6th in POI at AFA in 2007. Pengra moved to Los Angeles where she coached high school speech, and failed at acting. She landed in Austin where she received a master’s degree in journalism, regularly performs stand up comedy, has worked on several short films, and co-directed a feature length documentary. She is currently working on a nursing degree, and lives with her husband and two-year-old son. 

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In this episode, Robert and Katie discuss how to cut a POI, the terrors of peer critiques, and how to use speech to springboard into stand-up comedy.  Listen for free through Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay, Overcast, Podbean, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Katie shows just how far she’s come as a hand model.