Bridger Winegar Had a Nervous Breakdown on a Mormon Mission, Which is Never Good
It’s not really the most direct route to comedy success: grow up in conservative Mormon Utah, be closeted about your sexuality even to yourself, try to live up to what is expected of you, ditch it all...
13 Joulu 20211h 1min
Aimee Mann Couldn’t Hear Very Well or Write Songs. That’s Inconvenient Because She’s Aimee Mann.
Aimee Mann has a brilliant new album out called Queens of the Summer Hotel with songs about mental illness and identity, all inspired by the book Girl, Interrupted. The album is new but the songs are ...
6 Joulu 202143min
Broti Gupta Would Prefer Not To Be Serious For Even One Hour, Thank You
It wasn’t supposed to be like this for Broti Gupta. This comedy thing. It wasn’t supposed to be happening at all. She grew up the daughter of a doctor and there was an expectation she’d follow the sam...
29 Marras 20211h 6min
Josh Gondelman, the Good Boy of Comedy, is Somehow Just Fine. Gary Gulman is Baffled.
(takes a moment to secure tongue firmly in cheek)It would be rude to make fun of Josh Gondelman just because he’s a little strange. Or not strange. Instead, we’re going to learn from Josh about his ca...
22 Marras 202144min
Ivan Maisel Wants To Tell You About His Son Max
Ivan Maisel’s words have been available to the general public for decades. It’s just that those words have tended to be about what’s happening with the Crimson Tide’s offense or who got the head coach...
15 Marras 202151min
Let’s Get Our Minds Ready For the Gig Economy
You’ve seen John Ross Bowie on a screen before. I’m sure of it. Maybe it was the Big Bang Theory or Curb Your Enthusiasm or some of the other eight zillion credits he has. John’s been dealing with dep...
8 Marras 202149min
The Beautiful World of Mentally Nutritious Video Games
Let’s get this out of the way first: there are a LOT of video games available, including a lot of games that don’t require you to kill people and don’t involve Mario, Luigi, Wario, or Waluigi. And amo...
1 Marras 20211h 1min
Lane Moore on Being Alone, and Not Swiping Right on Naked Blood-Soaked Guys
Forming emotional bonds with fellow human beings is one of the most basic instincts we have. There’s a primal urge to attach yourself to others, for safety, for mating purposes, or hell just to have l...
25 Loka 202151min
