About LOL Podcast
The two-time award-winning Latinos Out Loud podcast is a weekly show with comedian Rachel “La Loca” Strauss-Muniz, that features improv bits, pranks, character segments, guests interviews that inspire, and more. Packed with empowerment and laughter, as well as interviewees who inspire, LOL is here to move Latinos forward, while making them laugh.
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Latinos Out Loud stars comedian Rachel "La Loca” Strauss-Muniz. The show features improv and sketch bits, pop culture, impressions, uplifting guest interviews, and more, from this group whose natural comedic chemistry, is based on over 15 years of friendship on and off the mic and stage. Outside of the podcast, you can catch some of their comedy live on the international comedy festival circuit and on shows like Bring The Funny (NBC/Peacock TV) , Midnight with Chris Hardwick (Comedy Central), BuzzFeed/Pero Like, and Broadway Video's Mas Major comedy hub. Packed with positivity, laughter, and content that inspires, LOL is here to move Latinos forward while making every Juan laugh!
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Rachel Strauss-Muniz is an actor, producer, professor, writer, philanthropist, podcaster, VO artist, and marketer. She is the creator and host of the two-time WEBBY and People’s Choice Award-nominated, Signal Award-winning podcast, Latinos Out Loud; all in the Best Comedy categories. She currently voices the role of “Mrs. Tuttle” on the animated series, “The Tuttle Twins”. Her voiceover work can also be heard on “La Cabina Telefónica”, a Spotify Original, as well as in “Michelle Rojas is Not Okay”, an Audible/Broadway Video podcast releasing in 2023. She is now teaching Advanced Podcasting at CUNY Brooklyn College part-time too.
Rachel is a member of ECCO (Entertainment Creative Collaborative Outreach) Program, where she gets invited to the US Senate and The White House to help bring needed attention to key issues and initiatives that will have a positive impact on the national, regional, and local levels via public policy, civic engagement, and legislation.
Rachel was profiled on the series “From Performers to Spectators: Covid 19”, streaming now on PBS, and performed on “Bring the Funny”, streaming on NBC and Peacock. Rachel also played a principal role in season 2 of “Diabolical” (ID Network).
Her feature film debut as an actress in “Superblocked” premiered at the 2021 Warner Media Latino Film Festival, and the film won Best Feature at The Official Latino Film Festival. She was a selected writer for the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s 2021 LatinX Stream Showcase, where her short film, “The Swimmers”, was produced. It was also featured in the 2021 Official Latino Film Festival and the 2023 Dominican Film Festival. Her one-woman show, “Ink”, was a featured selection in the 2021 ONE Theatre Festival.
Rachel is featured on Coverfly’s 2022 Next List of Writers and is a 2023 American Express and Luminary Fellowship recipient. She’s won a NYC Indie Film Festival Award for producing “Latino Vortex”, a short directed by Oz Rodriguez. She has performed at The Toronto Sketch Fest, Knockouts Festival, and the New York Comedy Festival twice. She wrote and rapped in a music video parody, “Pregnant Queen”, which was featured on Midnight with Chris Hardwick (Comedy Central) and has garnered over 1.6 million YouTube views.
Rachel is the creator and producer of The HERlarious Show, an all-female variety show featuring some of the funniest females in sketch, improv, stand-up, and musical comedy. HERlarious has ten episodes of short-form comedy now live on Rizzle TV. “Just Another Day Livin’ Quarantine”, a Queen Latifah parody video, was featured in the 2021 Toronto Sketch Festival.
She produces custom content for brands like The U.S. Census Bureau, Wendy’s, Frito Lay, McDonald's, Dior Beauty, and Latina.com. Rachel produced “El Profeta de la Salúd”, a six-part web series for the non-profit organization, SOMOS. Her character work can also be seen on “Gente of Thrones” (Buzz Feed), a “Game of Thrones” parody. She has an extensive corporate background in marketing, having held positions at brands like Latina, People en Español, and Heineken USA.
Rachel is a two-time recipient of The Upright Citizen’s Brigade Diversity Scholarship, where she studied improv, character, and sketch writing. She’s also studied privately with acting coaches such as Victor Cruz and Gary Peréz.