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How Hard Can It Be? with Diana Maria Riva

How Hard Can It Be? with Diana Maria Riva

Lisa Lisa on Hot Flashes, Caring for Her Mom Through Alzheimer's & Big Dreams at 60

Jun 25, 2026 · 44m

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Host Diana Maria Riva sits down with 80’s icon Lisa Lisa for a moving conversation spanning her secret battle with breast cancer, growing up the youngest of 10 in Hell’s Kitchen, and caring for her mother through Alzheimer’s disease. Lisa openly shares with Diana her big Broadway dream, the zen art of folding clothes, and compares “mom notes’ on the challenge of detaching from their children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.