Dante Nero talks about his podcast Man School 202.  He talks about how his work with Gavin McInnes was coopted by the Proud Boys movement and how it affected him.

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Dante’s Episode of “This American Life”

Dante Nero Man School 202

If someone came up to you and asked "Are you great at what you do?" what would you say? It's a simple question. Or is it?

Gianmarco Soresi met in the comedy trenches.  Now, Gianmarco hosts a hit podcast The Downside where he asks successful people the downside of their jobs.  Also, Gianmarco is a nationally touring comedian passed at The Comedy Cellar, the Stand and other major New York clubs.

Our friend Ariel Elias was working with Gianmarco when she had a beer can thrown at her at a comedy club.  Did Gianmarco have any observations how Ariel took a near death experience and turn into a viral clip?

For the rest of us:  What can non-comedians learn about success?

Former View Warmup comedian, Tom Kelly reflects on working with Barbara Walters for the last 7 years of her career. What was it like behind the scenes? What are the other tributes missing? What can we learn from her?

Tom Kelly shares a few Christmas stories for those of you craving new content on this holiday week!  Back on schedule next Wednesday!

Chat GPT is an artificial intelligence chat bot that writers, comedians, bloggers and producers out of business. Following up on a New York Times article: A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by Nico Grant and Cade Metz, comedian Tom Kelly uses an AI to produce today’s Tom Kelly Show. Tom uses Chat GPT and openai.com to produce podcast close to “real time”. A few unique dating questions were prepped ahead of the show. There were technical problems and a few boring parts edited from the podcast. Today on the show: AI Tips for Shorter Men dating taller women. Tips to beat Holiday Traffic. New closing “tag lines” for the podcast. Can an AI Most importantly: Can an AI write a fart joke?

Where do you want to be in a year?  Serial Entrepreneur Kim Perell helps you “jump” towards the dream you’ve been afraid to pursue! 

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Stephen "tWitch" Boss from the Ellen Degeneres Show died of an apparent suicide this week. Tom Kelly, a comedian in transition between TV shows and career milestones, tries to understand his pain. Is Tom Kelly making someone else's tragic death about him? Maybe. But the pain is familiar.

The WNBA’s Brittney Griner traded for the Merchant of Death.  Is it possible to be happy for the Griner family and still think it was an awful deal?  Are there any good things that can come out of such a deal for America? Also, the number one question on Ask Reddit is “What’s the worst part about having a *****?”  Why did Tom’s Instagram fans want him to talk about this?

Tom has known Lucas Connolly is a stand up comic who has worked with Tom for years. Tom asks Lucas about some of his story about growing up with divorced lesbian moms. In the middle of the interview, Lucas reveals his mom was featured in the Tony Award winning “The Laramie Project”. The play is about the 1998 murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. The murder was denounced as a hate crime and brought attention to the lack of hate crime laws in various states, including Wyoming. The awkward conversation segues into an existential conversation about the things that stories that define us and the stories we want to tell about ourselves.

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Lucas’s Instagram: LoveableLucas1

Lucas’s TikTok

 Laramie Project: https://www.matthewshepard.org/the-laramie-project/