Neal Brennan interviews Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show, Shang-Chi, Crazy Rich Asians, Netflix special 'Speakeasy,' + more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
Ronny's Blocks:
00:00 Intro
6:20 Deferential
7:19 客气
17:57 Holidays
27:16 TV Shows
31:48 Nicer to strangers
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Sarah Sherman
Neal Brennan interviews Sarah Sherman (SNL, Live & In The Flesh), AKA Sarah Squirm, about her fashion style, always wanting to be a comedian, going to Northwestern, her emo phase, anxiety, paranoia, delusion, SNL nightmares, why she thinks she's "kind of bad at standup," live ske ... Show More
1h 20m
Mar 19
Sam Harris
Neal Brennan interviews Sam Harris (Making Sense, Waking Up) about his mother Susan Harris' sitcom history, philosophy of the mind, meditation, Trump, secular rationality, fiction writing, dropping out of Stanford, psychic powers, magic, eye contact, consuming bad news, pacifism, ... Show More
2h 3m
Mar 5
Kevin Nealon
Neal Brennan interviews Kevin Nealon (SNL, Weeds, Happy Gilmore) about ADHD, Johnny Carson, mirroring, SNL, painting, Lorne Michaels, death, Chris Farley, claustrophobia, Dana Carvey, defibrillators, Adam Sandler, Irish accents, Garry Shandling, his documentary, Anthony Bourdain, ... Show More
1h 35m
Apr 2024
#2135 - Neal Brennan
Neal Brennan is a stand-up comic, actor, writer, director, and host of the podcast "Blocks." Catch his new special, "Neal Brennan: Crazy Good," on Netflix.
www.nealbrennan.com
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2h 34m
Jan 2023
Ep 136: Christian's Most Embarrassing Story
In This Episode: We do a massive mail time, a husband ruins a NYE party with his jokes, a debate bro wont let anything die out, a listener dates a non wiper, and we update our end of year poop totals and talk about our NYE bits.
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1h 7m
Oct 2021
Kim K Saves SNL feat. Neal Brennan
This week, comedian, writer, producer, director, and podcaster Neal Brennan sits down with the Flagrant crew to discuss: 0:00 - Kim K SNL Monologue 5:00 - Neal’s Ayahuasca Experience 21:00 - Trevor Noah as a comedian 42:00 - Chappelle’s recent comedy backlash 1:00:00 - Deontay Wi ... Show More
2h 44m
Aug 2022
Ep 113: Never Hover the History
In This Episode: This week we open with a GF finding some strange results in her BF's search history, a BF has a certain smell on his breath and it isn't BBQ and cake, creep asks Facebook possibly the hardest question ever questioned, a guy gets yelled at for not appreciating an ... Show More
1h 8m
Dec 2022
Neal Brennan - “Neal Brennan: Blocks”
Writer and comedian Neal Brennan and Trevor Noah discuss the origins of their friendship, how his Netflix special “Blocks” addresses the ways in which he doesn’t fit in, his “sunnier” outlook, and advice for coping with anxiety and depression.
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11m 43s
Dec 2022
Ep 132: Ricky's Soundboard Episode
In This Episode: ERIKA GETS CONTROL OF THE SOUND BOARD. We talk about the Ogtha Anthology, a boyfriend writing some fan fic as a birthday present, a John Wayne Gacy Candle, and a listener who DIDN't comment on his girlfriend's weight. We also go over what Christian wants for Chri ... Show More
1h 16m
Aug 2022
Ep 115: DeepFaked Kismet ft. heyKipp
In This Episode: This week we brought heyKipp on to help us judge a boyfriend deepfaking Zoe Kravitz into videos, a guy absolutely fumbles his first interaction with his hopefully ex's family, we have family drama over mystery siblings keep popping up, a listener talks about gett ... Show More
1h 6m
<p>This Week The Guys Discuss:</p><br><p>0:00, CARTOON CHAT</p><p>4:09, MOST INAPPROPRIATE TIME YOU'VE LAUGHED</p><p>14:18, INTRO</p><p>17:20, TOP 5 </p><p>30:03, PETTIEST REASONS YOU STOPPED TALKING TO A GIRL</p><p>35:58, TRASH NEWS</p><p>40:48, LAB MEAT</p><p>49:59, CONFESSION< ... Show More
