Based on his Netflix comedy special, "Blocks." Neal Brennan interviews friends and colleagues about the things that make them feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how they are persevering despite these blocks.
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Stavros Halkias
6 days agoThu, Oct 10th 2024
Neal Brennan interviews Stavros Halkias (Fat Rascal on Netflix, Let’s Start a Cult, Tires & more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
2:00 Competitiveness
6:40 Health
13:42 Family Guilt
25:33 Sponsor: Tushy
27:32 Crowd Work
37:27 Rumination
42:38 Isolation
51:33 Artistic Integrity
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Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
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Neal Brennan answers your questions about the things that make you feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how you are persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
00:45 Death of an Alcoholic Family Member?
7:50 What’s with the dings?
9:46 Most Effective Depression Treatments?
18:00 Autism?
22:47 Sexual Guilt?
30:43 Family in Art?
34:25 Letting Go of People?
39:25 Feeling on Autopilot?
42:35 Loneliness in Relationships?
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Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557
Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234
Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle (wthagle@gmail.com)
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Neal Brennan interviews Felipe Esparza (Bad Decisions on Netflix, Last Comic Standing & more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
2:25 Fame
5:08 Addiction
11:13 PTSD from growing up in Boyle Heights
20:31 Sponsor: Mando
22:30 Sponsor: BetterHelp
24:06 PCP
28:15 Terminator 2 Story
36:06 Recovery
46:15 Weed & Mushrooms
51:30 Stuttering
56:56 Need for Respect & Feeling Slighted
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Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557
Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234
Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle (wthagle@gmail.com)
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Neal Brennan interviews Dan Harmon (Community, Rick and Morty) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
3:10 Before ‘Community’
4:37 Emotional Health headline
5:12 Thoughtlessness in Relationships
8:30 Emotional Origin Story
14:47 #metoo and apologies
28:35 Sponsor: ExpressVPN
30:40 The Audience
32:05 Compulsion to be Special
42:25 Shame
55:57 Fearing Nobody Needing Him & Being Alone
1:00:29 Nagging Concern That He’s Never Been A Person
1:09:39 Goals for Himself
1:24:37 Face Blindness
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Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557
Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234
Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle (wthagle@gmail.com)
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Neal Brennan interviews Ed Helms (The Goods, The Hangover, The Office, The Daily Show, Snafu podcast, & more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
2:02 The Goods
3:33 Snafu
4:46 Diagnosed ADHD
10:22 Upside and Downsides
12:33 Confused by the World
17:08 Daily Show and Hangover auditions
23:32 Sponsor: Tushy
25:12 How ADHD diagnosis affected him
27:14 Imposter Syndrome
32:46 Bad with Names
37:19 Andy from The Office & ADHD
44:56 Time Blindness
53:45 Studying others’ behavior
55:41 How he’s getting better
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Listen to Ed Helms' history podcast 'Snafu': https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-snafu-with-ed-helms-102539700/
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Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix
Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix
Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle (wthagle@gmail.com)
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Neal Brennan interviews Greg Fitzsimmons (New special 'You Know Me' on Youtube, Fitzdog Radio & more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
00:20 Feeling like a man after his dad died
08:19 Irish
24:17 Sponsor: BetterHelp
25:51 Being skinny got him into fights
41:36 Depression & ADHD
49:47 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
53:43 Afraid of Being a Bad Father
1:07:46 Doesn’t Want to Seem Needy
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Watch Greg Fitzsimmons new special 'You Know Me,' live from the Mothership in Austin, TX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvUqkWh_x4U
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Watch Neal's episode of Fitzdog Radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhW0bBG7ZBE
Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan
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Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557
Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234
Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle (wthagle@gmail.com)
Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks
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Neal Brennan interviews Johnny Knoxville ('Jackass,' 'Pretty Sure I Can Fly' podcast & more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
1:21 Big Brother Magazine
2:10 Self-defense equipment test video
3:05 What he thought his life was going to be
5:04 Jeff Tremaine
7:04 Spike Jones
8:08 Pitching Jackass
9:29 Copycat Incidents
14:57 Fame
16:33 Hunter S. Thompson
22:45 Sponsor: Thesis
24:51 Sponsor: Therapy Path
25:45 Jackass Movies
29:35 Anxiety
32:02 Helicopter Parent
33:43 Aging as a Jackass
34:40 Concussion from Bull in Jackass Forever
38:55 Avoiding Confrontation in Personal Relationships
49:32 Self-Worth
54:13 Done with Big Stunts
56:23 Softening in Old Age
59:03 What he makes of life
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Listen to Johnny Knoxville's podcast 'Pretty Sure I Can Fly': https://wondery.com/shows/pretty-sure-i-can-fly-with-johnny-knoxville-elna-baker/
Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan
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Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557
Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234
Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle (wthagle@gmail.com)
Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks
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Neal Brennan interviews JB Smoove ('Curb Your Enthusiasm,' 'SNL,' 'Pootie Tang' & more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
1:30 Writing for SNL, Pootie Tang, Curb Your Enthusiasm
4:34 Neal guesses JB’s net worth
5:43 Curb Your Enthusiasm
6:43 Marriage
7:15 Simple
11:10 Horrible Memory
14:41 Larry David & Curb
18:26 Sponsor: Tushy
20:16 Patience
28:41 SNL
36:37 Sponsor: ExpressVPN
37:57 Doing Too Much
43:19 Marriage
48:31 The Point of JB Smoove
50:34 How He’s Grown
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Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan
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Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557
Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234
Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle
Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks
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Neal Brennan interviews Josh Peck ('Good Guys' podcast, 'Drake & Josh,' 'The Amanda Show,' 'The Wackness,' 'Oppenheimer' & much more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
1:16 10-year old Standup Comic
2:40 No Dad
8:02 Early acting career
11:42 Rosie O’Donnell & Conan
12:55 Nickelodeon
14:28 Should there be child actors?
25:10 Sponsor: BetterHelp
26:37 Sponsor: Washington Post
28:37 Post Drake & Josh
31:17 Losing Weight
34:36 Drugs & Drinking & Sobriety
43:32 Weight Loss
47:28 Self-centered
50:21 Parenting
56:42 Sponsor: Mando
59:34 Relationships
1:11:10 What he makes of life
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Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan
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Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557
Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234
Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle
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Neal Brennan interviews Andy Richter (The Three Questions podcast, The Andy Richter Call-in Show on SiriusXM, Conan O'Brien's talk show sidekick) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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Follow Andy Richter's podcast: The Three Questions w/ Andy Richter: https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/the-three-questions-with-andy-richter
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-three-questions-with-andy-richter/id1468533126
https://open.spotify.com/show/6bFL1uawBTHbxvpbqpWGtu?si=ThrE79PBT1W7qp_Eu34H1Q&nd=1&dlsi=b65801aee9a54e37
00:00 Intro
3:09 Feeling Unfulfilled as Conan’s Sidekick
10:15 Returning to Conan
16:00 Family
18:12 Weight Control
35:11 Team Player
43:11 Self-Acceptance
51:15 Parenting
55:20 Being Social
1:04:30 Terrible with Money
1:13:40 Point of Life
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Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan
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Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557
Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234
Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle
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