Paula Poundstone

A self-described "famous American comedian" and the titular character of the *Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone* podcast, Paula serves as the main character in each episode of the podcast, alongside her more rational cohost, Adam Felber. Paula's chaotic personality and random digressions serve as a narrative foil to Adam's futile attempts to maintain a concise and orderly podcasting experience.

## Appearances

### Debut

Episode #1

* Paula Poundstone first appears in Episode #1 of the podcast (*Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone*, not to be confused with the name of the podcast itself), alongside her cohost Adam Felber, in which the pair debut an early version of the interview segment and movie review segments, interrogating an NFL sports psychologist and a grammarian.
* The resident genius of the podcast, Paula serves the important role of clarifying and summarizing the information bestowed upon the cast and listeners in interview segments. Besides this crucial position, she primarily serves to provide comic relief from her more serious and uninteresting partner, Adam Felber.
* As revealed in Episode #5, Paula's middle name is Ann. Paula purportedly never brings this up because she finds it uninteresting.
* Paula is known to be a highly trained athlete. From the first episode, her unmatched ping-pong skills are referred to repeatedly throughout the series. These abilities are apparently demonstrated at ping-pong parties thrown by Poundstone.
* Paula Poundstone does not own a bed. While this fact is mentioned multiple times throughout the series, it is never clearly explained why, and the veracity of this claim is difficult to determine.
* Paula Poundstone owns at least ten cats at any given time, as well as two dogs (Moe and Sirius). Early in the show's history, when it was being recorded in a studio and Paula had just adopted Moe, the dog was referred to as "Moe the Pod Puppy" and occasionally interrupted Paula's podcasting with amusing antics.
* In spite of her insistence, it is unlikely Paula Poundstone is actually as talented at making balloon animals as she claims throughout the first hundred episodes of the podcast. However, since Adam Felber alone insists upon her lacking ballooning skills, it is entirely possible Paula is just as talented as she claims to be. (Though this may seem somewhat implausible, several guests of the show have certified her claims.) If it is indeed the case that Paula Poundstone cannot actually make balloon animals, there at least remains some hope she possesses the capability to do so, as Adam eventually remarks that she is, in fact, very gradually improving, to the point of being able to properly tie a balloon.
* According to Adam Felber in Episode #26, Paula holds a record losing streak in NPR's news-themed quiz show, *Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.*
* Paula Poundstone is the commissioner of the Podcasters Baseball League, which she founded. They have yet to play a game of baseball.
* Paula apparently possesses an extremely high pain tolerance given that she repeatedly inflicts severe bodily harm upon herself in order to grab the attention of listeners during the cold open of later episodes, including having her left leg ripped off repeatedly by various savage beasts.
* Paula Poundstone is canonically the Easter Bunny.