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Apr 2024
1h 44m

Tim Dillon (Comedian): "The Boomers Are ...

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About this episode

Making a living by telling jokes, takes making it through a life that’s no joke.


Tim Dillon is a comedian, actor, and host of the Tim Dillon Show podcast. In 2017, Rolling Stone magazine named him as one of the top 10 comics you need to know, and in 2022, he released his first Netflix standup special, 'Tim Dillon: A Real Hero’.


In this conversation Tim and Steven discuss topics such as, how his mother’s illness inspired him to become funny, his addiction, how Generation Z has exposed society’s scams, and the mental health struggles that pushed him into becoming a comedian.


00:00 Intro

01:01 I Was a Closeted Gay Addict

02:23 Which One of Your Parents Were Depressed?

06:03 The Impact of Your Parent's Mental Illnesses on You

08:05 Your Parents' Divorce

11:32 Childhood Trauma & Taking Drugs

14:51 Hitting Rock Bottom

18:40 AA Meetings

22:15 Trying to Get Sober

23:27 Being a Juror on a Murder Crime

26:41 His First Open Mic Comedy Show

28:25 The Taboos in Comedy

32:20 Why You Don't Get Cancelled

35:09 The Podcasting World

38:42 What’s Up With the Different Generations?

47:09 What Are His Goals in Comedy

48:18 Have You Processed Your Trauma?

54:38 His Experience with Therapy

57:24 Coming Out as Gay & Dating

01:00:50 What Do You Love About Yourself?

01:04:00 Mental Health Coping Mechanisms

01:06:27 Elon Musk Buying Twitter

01:07:35 Social Media Criticism

01:08:46 Touring The World

01:14:03 What Happens in Hollywood?

01:16:40 Rising to the Top: The American Dream

01:19:51 New Generations Don't Work Hard

01:20:49 Remote Working

01:24:05 The Future of AI

01:29:26 Men's Mental Health

01:32:53 Andrew Tate's Influence

01:33:49 Who Should You Have Apologized to and You Didn't?


You can purchase tickets to Tim’s new show, ‘American Royalty’, here: https://bit.ly/4aHE6JN


You can watch ‘The Tim Dillon Show,’ here: https://bit.ly/3U1DOYp


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