Neal Brennan interviews W. Kamau Bell (We Need to Talk About Cosby, United Shades of America, Who's With Me? 2025 standup tour) 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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9:20 We Need to Talk About Cosby

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1:05:31 America

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Neal Brennan interviews Larry Wilmore (Nightly Show, Daily Show, Bernie Mac Show, Blackish, Insecure & 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

3:15 Dating, Marriage & Kids

7:30 Therapy by Proxy

8:26 Emotions

13:53 Providing

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28:00 God & Death

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52:12 Procrastination & Messiness

1:04:15 Empath/Sociopath

1:17:08 Likes being alone

1:23:23 Health

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Neal Brennan interviews Blake Griffin (NBA Rookie of the Year, 5-time All-NBA, Amazon Prime announcer) 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

1:45 Retirement 

12:00 Mentoring

16:10 Clippers

19:50 Are NBA Players happy?

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27:38 Coachability / arguing / Competitive

34:20 Clippers

47:40 Announcing 

51:46 Survey

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55:19 Luka's shape

1:05:40 Positive visualization

1:13:30 General racial ambiguity 

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Neal Brennan interviews Carol Leifer (Standup, 'Seinfeld,' 'Hacks,' 'SNL' & Much More) about the things that make her feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how she is persevering despite these blocks. Carol's new book is called 'How to Write a Funny Speech... for a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation & Every Other Event You Didn't Want to Go to in the First Place: https://www.amazon.com/How-Write-Funny-Speech-Graduation/dp/1797232231

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00:00 Intro

00:48 Start in Show Business

5:25 Jerry Seinfeld

7:49 Improving at Standup

9:38 Moving to LA

12:51 Women in Comedy

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17:41 Bulletproof

19:71 Becoming Lesbian

26:29 Having a Kid

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35:53 Working

37:32 Seinfeld, Larry Sanders, Modern Family, Hacks

41:55 SNL Regrets

47:40 Career vs. Relationships

50:42 How to Write a Funny Speech

56:38 Spirituality / Mortality

59:45 Goals & Regrets

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Neal Brennan interviews William H. Macy (Shameless, Fargo, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Seabiscuit, Pleasantville & many 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 

1:19 Serendipitous

2:27 Becoming an Actor 

5:32 Different roles he’s played 

6:21 David Mamet 

10:10 Meddler 

16:00 Adlibbing vs writing

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26:23 Procrastinator

32:00 Going deeper in his acting

34:54 Aging as an actor

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42:31 Fatherhood 

47:40 Too Honest 

55:04 Fargo

57:23 Boogie Nights

59:15 What makes Phillip Seymour Hoffman great 

1:01:00 Acting techniques

1:05:50 Accepting Himself 

1:08:30 Seabiscuit & Pleasantville 

1:11:30 Shameless 

1:12:39 Woody Creek Distillers 

1:15:40 Continuing to Work 

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Neal Brennan interviews Ari Shaffir (America's Sweetheart on Netflix, You Be Trippin' Podcast, This Is Not Happening & 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

00:58 Neal gives Ari his flowers

3:15 Anti-authority

6:12 Parking Lot Urchin

7:50 Moving to LA, Comedy Store, how he changed

13:39 Wanting to Make Things

17:40 Sponsor: CookUnity

19:22 Sponsor: BetterHelp

21:06 Doesn’t Care About Money

26:50 Living in Defiance

30:09 Travel

40:15 Doesn’t follow the news

45:05 Sponsor: Hims 

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48:15 Openly Amoral

49:50 Contrarian

52:03 Being positive

1:05:53 Drugs

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Neal Brennan interviews Joe List (Fourth of July, 'Enough for Everybody,' + more specials, 'The Standups' on Netflix) 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

1:12 Netflix Specials

3:30 Marriage

4:55 OCD

15:03 Sponsor: Tushy

16:36 Sponsor: Mando

18:08 GAD

23:00 Mental Health Improvements

25:45 Family & Raising Kids

29:40 Fear of death

37:40 Panic Attacks & Drinking

40:50 Guidance

44:50 Learned Behavior

48:00 Lack of Confidence

51:56 Sponsor: BetterHelp

53:31 Sponsor: Hims

55:27 Sponsor: The Perfect Jean

56:54 Alcoholism  

1:03:23 Herpes

1:09:14 Tinnitus 

1:11:30 Hypochondria

1:13:00 Dying

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Neal Brennan interviews Jason Reitman ('Saturday Night,' 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife,' 'Up in the Air,' 'Juno,' 'Thank You For Smoking' & 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 Fears Obituary Credits 

3:00 Reason for Making 'Juno'

6:00 Ego After Making ‘Up In The Air’

7:45 Being Ivan Reitman’s son

11:00 Ambition & Nepotism

14:22 Saturday Night 

23:08 Sponsor: ZocDoc

24:50 Sponsor: BetterHelp

26:25 Anxiety

30:05 Writing about show business

32:23 What his movies are really about

36:33 Young Adult

37:40 Movies that Hurt

39:22 Ghostbusters: Afterlife

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45:07 Sponsor: Verso

46:26 Indie Director in Studio Director's Body

47:40 Movie Theaters vs. Streaming

55:15 Shame 

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Neal Brennan interviews Paul Scheer ('Joyful Recollections of Trauma,' Human Giant, The League, Black Monday, How Did This Get Made? Podcast) 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

1:48 Writing about Trauma

3:02 Origin of the book

5:50 Childhood abuse

10:05 Dad vs. Stepdad fight

11:59 Fighter 

14:18 Leaving his abusive stepfather 

20:21 Sponsor: Tushy

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22:45 How childhood trauma affected his relationships

27:25 Relationships with his mother & kids

36:20 Anger

43:00 Afraid to Rock the Boat

47:54 Sponsor: BetterHelp

49:17 ADHD

51:40 Figuring out Who He Is

1:00:00 Worst Thing He Ever Did

1:04:00 Embracing Anger

1:07:40 Parenting

1:13:40 Self-Reflection

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Neal Brennan interviews Jerry O'Connell (The Talk, Stand by Me, Kangaroo Jack & 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

1:00 Neal & Jerry's 1992 Memory Disagreement

6:50 Stand by Me

12:20 Imposter Syndrome

14:40 Should there be Child Actors?

23:23 Jealousy of Corey Feldman and other people 

27:50 Sponsor: CookUnity

30:12 Sponsor: BetterHelp 

31:50 His Mom

38:00 relationships 

39:38 Living at Home During College

43:50 Insecurity in Marriage to Rebecca Romijn 

47:40 Jealousy & Insecurity

52:40 The Talk ending

57:27 Holding yourself accountable

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1:04:05 Cheap

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