the fomo foundation

Joan Glackin (Desus & Mero @shodesusandmero, Spring Chickens @springchickenscomedy) and I met maybe once at a show in Washington Heights in 2019. We no longer take the train that late at night!

Being Sleepy and Sloppy, Waking up at the end of the L/D/J/Z trains. NLOG (Not Like The Other Girls) "compliments", Stand Up Comedy, Fish Tank, Spring Chickens, Men Being Annoying, Instagram DMs, Eating Disorder Content -- What I Eat In A Day Social Media, Berry Calorie Flow Charts -- , Being Obsessed With Your Body, Joan's cats, my cat, Why Joan Shaved Her Head, Pilates, Yoga, Weightlifting, Reverse Hyperextension, Equinox Stories, Joan Passing Out at Equinox, Finding Work

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Talent Harris is a standup comedian, actor, and writer. He joinz fomo foundation to discuss his cat Kush, his love of Dr. House, the way teachers often fail to perform, boys school, our thoughts on Dave Chappelle's special, and more! Follow him at @talentharris and check out his show at the Bowery Gimme A Break Comedy (@gimmeabreakcomedy)

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Joan Glackin (@joanglackin) [Spring Chickens Comedy, Desus & Mero] returns to fomo foundation to review some very *exhilarating* "women's content" with Sarah. We're talking fit-spo, fashion-spo, food-spo, and life-spo. This episode is best consumed as video on Spotify or on Patreon at patreon.com/fomofoundation.

Posts discussed:

~15:49: "My body at 22 vs my body at 32" https://www.instagram.com/p/ChP8WFrvT1F/

~22:10: "What I eat in a day" https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg1-woAquj5/

~26:26 "Naughty sandwiches vs a mug full of raw eggs" https://www.instagram.com/p/ChJoI2BLznS/

~32:29 "Struggling to get abs?! Try this" https://www.instagram.com/p/ChSheoOjKd2/

~37:08 "I started my own Christian activewear brand and I..." https://www.instagram.com/p/Chj-7dslnfZ/

~40:33 " "1 Piña Colada + 1 Espresso Martini = 7 glasses of Prosecco" https://www.instagram.com/p/ChEI0GLh9v8/

~44:04 "Cinnamon roll 420 calories (guilt free on vacation) VS salmon + veggies 420 calories (most days wishing I was on vacation)" https://www.instagram.com/p/ChEI0GLh9v8/

~47:27 "Tall Girl and Short Girl Coexist in the same outfit despite their weight differences" https://www.instagram.com/p/ChZ-FFuAb4f/

Brad Pearson (@biradicalpearson), host of Self Worst (@selfworst) and I do da crossover thing... all these timestamps are off by 2/3 few minutes lmao sorry 4:05 - hard on my self self-excavating / “I’m not stupid” 5:53 - I project they think im stupid 6:30 - axe to grind regarding being perceived as intelligent…. 8:15 - childhood trauma and adulthood trauma 8:55 - becoming my parents parents, parental energy towards others, I become selfish, love is not expecting, projection of intimacy 12:30 - the common refrain is not that bad and mental tinitus 13:22 - learned optimism by Martin seligmann - positive vs negative explanatory styles 15:07 - maybe don’t spiral every time someones energy changes towards you 16:00 - follow the good feeling thought 17:30 validating your trauma vs clinging to it 19:00 - engaging with negativity — toxic negativity vs toxic positivity 21 - consistency vs giving yourself grace, taking time off is necessary 22:00 who did not love you in your childhood such that you have to do comedy every night 24:02 - too mentally ill but not mentally ill enough, Maria Bamford as an influence 26:55 - bitches will think if — 28: 00 - am I confident or am I uncomfortable not being me? 29:00 if I feel strangled by the world, everyone else must as well 31:20 - those nyu kids 33:00 fuck NYU (i dont reeeeally mean this anymore but i used to) 38:00 - making minimum wage, feeling treated as a child while adult, the film business

@jelanihendrix podcast producer (Vox, Throwing Fits, Fashionista) joins fomo to talk about everything  

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“We are all tired” -jelani 

“Talk to your black coworker” vs “leave your black coworker alone” -jelani & sarah

"the last thing I wanna do is tell a man he’s too emotional" -sarah

"you feel guilty so you wanna hire me?" -sarah

"if I act Kareny, tell me" -sarah

Heyyy

When I last saw Jelani

I miss my old social hours in my old office and then the damn pandemic

What is a good conversation?

It’s hard to be inauthentic

I often quit or get fired -sarah 4:40

People who look like me are dying -jelani 6:26

Fuck these tools 7:06, empathy is good -sarah

8:11 lack of empathy exists and it sucks -sarah & jelani

9:06 your makeup costs more than an abortion fuck your feelings girl -sarah

Achilles Stamatelaky (@astamate) was my UCB 201 teacher! He also was staff writer on a show we all know and love -- Broad City. He's very analytical and chill and I loved his class. Go Achilles.

In this episode:

Roxy hotel for wifi, Arlo hotel, Achilles’ fiancé’s crafting materials, my first sewing pattern, lack of patience, improv, Achilles is good at improv AND attention to detail and a million cool sneakers, improv, I love it its cooler than standup, Middleditch and Schwarz reviving the reputations of white men who deserve it, finding your poly group in improv, Ian Dyer, the need to fail, Don Fanelli, UCB 101 with Abra Tabak, comedy as a goal vs as a curiosity, standup comedians are antisocial and distrustful, name-dropping, Achilles' Audible project, writing & shopping around vs producing on your own, asking friends for help, improv, UCB sketch told me I wasn’t funny I’m willing to lose 300 dollars, I loved ucb Chelsea basement, 20:48 going down into a basement and why its so special, BCC kids are too cool for school, finding your group, Broad City (24:00ish), Broad City was specific and New York but highly relatable, the webseries boom, luck is not just luck, ppl who are rich who ask what I think about colors and fonts for free, jack of all trades is new req for comedians ~31ish, engineering, representation, lack of trust, I know entertainment is a bad industry, all relationships should be reciprocal both friendships and business, everyone should learn how to code, being stable, just kids and Patti smith ~35 min, ppl who like comedy but don’t do it, selling (39min) sex on TikTok, straight tiktok vs gay tiktok, onlyfans, sex work, 365 dumb characters, fitness challenges, terrible break up, no more tears to cry, etc etc.

Jake Flores (@feraljokes) (Pod Damn America, NYTimes, Cracked, Vice) helps set off the pod interviews once again this summer. Fun episode where I recorded at a hotel in Connecticut by the pool and got to eat a watermelon.

Topics covered:

Bartending, engineering, feeling like a fraud, BEING A TOKEN I hate it, but has advantages and whatever it’s my life, getting ~fired by my girl boss female CEO manager cofounder with no severance~

Rich people tricking poor people, marriage, math, men, money, Men In Brooklyn Who Love Politics and Comedy and they think they’re liberal but actually the are conservative as hell in Cool Clothes, Men in Brooklyn Who Tried to Ruin My Life As Best They Could

Jake consents to me roasting him, canceling men, vegetable oil, congruence, Wet Ass Pussy, love, consent, negativity, narcissism, trauma, the psychopath test, Eric Adams, wife for free, brainwashing

on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fomofoundation

mental illness & trauma, I hate the politics in Brooklyn, GUY who could not let me speak, What is normal, No vibes, LA eye contact, Gaslighting, Jake getting into Twitter fights, Bullying, modern feminism is trash and benefits men more than women, The queer community is better at communicating than the straights, Trains