Neal Brennan interviews Michael Kosta (The Daily Show, Standup) 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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Neal Brennan interviews Russell Peters (Act Your Age Live in Abu Dhabi & 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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Neal Brennan interviews James Sexton (Attorney, Author, Sexton Show) 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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Neal Brennan interviews Ari Melber ('The Beat' on MSNBC) 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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Neal Brennan interviews Alain de Botton (The School of Life) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.

00:00 Intro

00:33 Philosophy as self-therapy

3:24 ‘Status Anxiety’ & Career Snobbery

5:30 You Will Marry the Wrong Person

11:40 The Tragedy of Baldness

14:02 Philosopher to Psychotherapy

16:55 Healing

19:50 Putting Your Wound To Use

20:40 Self-Pity

27:35 Difficulty of Changing

30:33 Love

32:36 Religion & Spirituality 

40:14 Fatherhood

44:27 How The School of Life is Advice to Himself

45:49 Friendship

49:00 Neal & Alain become friends

50:28 Sponsor: BetterHelp

52:30 Sponsor: Huel

55:45 Love vs. Friendship

57:10 Ending Relationships

1:00:30 Advice & Wisdom

1:03:50 What Constitutes a “Good Friend”

1:08:50 Need for Validation

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1:18:27 What He Wishes He Could Do-Over

1:19:55 Being Flawed

1:21:35 American Ambition

1:23:55 Starting a Monestary

1:26:02 Panic

1:31:50 Philosophy as a Defense-Mechanism

1:33:40 Who Knows Themselves?

1:38:34 Reacting to his own quotes

2:01:40 Outro

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Neal Brennan interviews Jon Lovett (Pod Save America, Lovett or Leave It, Crooked Media) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.

00:00 Intro

1:55 Surprise Party Story

4:03 Writing background

4:49 Pod Save America

8:30 Rehabilitated Sad Sack 

10:03 Depression, ADHD, Edibles

11:21 Relationship with Ronan Farrow ending

16:38 Finding love again

25:04 Afraid of being alone

26:56 Never felt like part of the gay world

37:36 Victimization & Liberals

54:09 Sponsor: BetterHelp

55:45 Sponsor: Mando

57:55 Democrats Rollout of LGBT Issues

1:03:30 Being funny

1:06:03 Democrat Leadership

1:15:36 Accepting voter limitations

1:30:28 Ronan Farrow Investigative Journalism Backlash

1:39:40 Crooked Con

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Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).

Edited by Will Hagle

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Neal Brennan interviews Katey Sagal ('Futurama,' 'Married with Children,' 'Sons of Anarchy' and more) about the things that make her feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how she is persevering despite these blocks.

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Neal Brennan interviews Jason Biggs (American Pie, Loser, Saving Silverman and 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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Neal Brennan interviews Matthew McConaughey (New book! 'Poems & Prayers) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. 

00:00 A Time To Kill 

00:58 Intro 

3:05 Musical Talking 

4:40 Seems Resolved 

7:06 Significance 

12:27 Violence of childhood 

16:00 Parenting

20:39 Dating two prom queens

21:45 Charisma

24:41 Heartbreak

29:42 Marriage 

33:57 Sponsor: BetterHelp

36:02 Sponsor: CookUnity

38:00 Nice Guys vs. Good Men

46:00 Serving vs. Leading the Family

51:44 Rom Coms

1:04:39 Jealousy

1:05:55 Prep for Dazed & Confused

1:10:27 His approach to films

1:12:30 True Detective

1:17:22 What is a movie star?

1:20:18 Choosing Parts

1:24:44 Dazed & Confused Ending

1:27:24 Meeting expectations

1:31:32 Personal standards

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1:38:39 God

1:43:08 Egotistical Utilitarian

1:54:55 Matthew Reads From His Book

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Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).

Edited by Will Hagle ([email protected]) 

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Neal Brennan interviews Ezra Klein (The Ezra Klein Show) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. 

00:00 Intro

00:28 Being a liberal leader

1:40 Biden & Democrat Ineptitude

12:32 Social Media

17:30 Future for Democrats

22:22 Sponsor: BetterHelp 

23:40 Sponsor: CookUnity

25:09 Finding the right candidate

28:42 Career pressure

42:53 Transition from Writer to Performer

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49:16 Sponsor: Mando

51:07 Information Hygiene

1:01:45 Joe Rogan and Podcasting

1:13:05 Not Paying Attention

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Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).

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