Laughing through it all: a comedy special like no other

Humor and hope in the face of ALS

A man with a beard smiling, sitting in a wheelchair with medical equipment, in front of a bookshelf and a window.

One of the hardest decisions for Jules Rodriguez and his wife, Maria, was whether to go through with a tracheotomy. They had agreed in advance that if it came to that, they wouldn’t proceed. But when the time came, Jules changed his mind.

But he still wanted to perform, to tell jokes on stage, and to share his passion for comedy. With his voice gone, Jules turned to our voice cloning tools paired with a