On today’s episode, Asif asks Ali about different comedy styles and why aspiring comedians would choose to adopt a particular style (1:54). He goes over  ‘one-liner’, ‘storytelling’, ‘observational’ styles. He then goes over comics who adopt characters, shock/insult comics, prop/magic/music comedians, and political comics. Then Ali asks Asif about obstructive sleep apnea (33:45). Asif talks about his personal experiences with being diagnosed with sleep apnea. He then goes over how common sleep apnea is, the causes, risk factors and symptoms. Asi discusses the warning signs as well as what the testing for sleep apnea entails. Asif then talks about CPAP as a treatment for sleep apnea, as well as other possible treatments. 

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Show Notes:

• Shock Humor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_humour
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcp1816152
• Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/189/48/E1481
• Up, down, or no change: weight gain as an unwanted side effect of CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea: https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8888

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