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Alrighty folks, welcome back to Season 3, Episode 3 on Transacting Value Podcast!
Continuing with the July values of initiative, honor, and freedom, Casey Reitz joins in the discussion. Casey is a former active-duty Marine and a comedian. He has lived all over the US, has traveled abroad, and is currently pursuing comedy, doing the comedy club scene.
Between dealing with his brothers and his military stint, he has developed a thick skin, which he says is a necessity if you want to make it as a comedian. Casey has always been quick-witted but confesses that it can be mentally exhausting to be “on” all the time, yet he gets a rush from helping others find humor in life.
He’s had jokes fall flat with audiences, and he had one entire show fall flat he wasn’t connecting with the audience. That was tough. But he realized that every successful comedian has had a similar experience and that he needed to just use it as a learning opportunity and keep his chin up…and always have a reserve of fallback jokes.
Porter and Casey discuss:
- How Casey comes up with creative material
- Why relatability is important
- Jokes on contraoversial topics
- Doing standup as a stress reliever and a creative outlet
- How the worst response you can give a comedian is silence, to not give any reaction at all
- On cancel culture and whether the threat of being canceled should impact a comedian’s routine
Quotes from today’s episode:
“A different version of you exists in the minds of everyone you come into contact with, and they’re not necessarily wrong.”
“It’s important to be bullied at least once in your life because it gives you the opportunity to laugh at yourself.”
“If you take offense to something when you could have seen it from some sort of humorous aspect, then you’re soft. You need to toughen up or deal with it.”
“As an entertainer, I need to be able to have creative freedom without having fear.”
“The second you give up control over your actions is the second that you can no longer say that you have that freedom.”
Sponsors and Resources mentioned in today’s episode:
Toastmasters International
(0:23:58) Keystone Farmer’s Market
Pixar’s Soul
(0:47:02) Bee and the Bear Creations
Connect with Casey on Instagram, Twitter, or Tiktok
Support the show
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By Josh PorthouseBecome a Global Ambassador for Self-Worth. Text us your feedback!
Alrighty folks, welcome back to Season 3, Episode 3 on Transacting Value Podcast!
Continuing with the July values of initiative, honor, and freedom, Casey Reitz joins in the discussion. Casey is a former active-duty Marine and a comedian. He has lived all over the US, has traveled abroad, and is currently pursuing comedy, doing the comedy club scene.
Between dealing with his brothers and his military stint, he has developed a thick skin, which he says is a necessity if you want to make it as a comedian. Casey has always been quick-witted but confesses that it can be mentally exhausting to be “on” all the time, yet he gets a rush from helping others find humor in life.
He’s had jokes fall flat with audiences, and he had one entire show fall flat he wasn’t connecting with the audience. That was tough. But he realized that every successful comedian has had a similar experience and that he needed to just use it as a learning opportunity and keep his chin up…and always have a reserve of fallback jokes.
Porter and Casey discuss:
- How Casey comes up with creative material
- Why relatability is important
- Jokes on contraoversial topics
- Doing standup as a stress reliever and a creative outlet
- How the worst response you can give a comedian is silence, to not give any reaction at all
- On cancel culture and whether the threat of being canceled should impact a comedian’s routine
Quotes from today’s episode:
“A different version of you exists in the minds of everyone you come into contact with, and they’re not necessarily wrong.”
“It’s important to be bullied at least once in your life because it gives you the opportunity to laugh at yourself.”
“If you take offense to something when you could have seen it from some sort of humorous aspect, then you’re soft. You need to toughen up or deal with it.”
“As an entertainer, I need to be able to have creative freedom without having fear.”
“The second you give up control over your actions is the second that you can no longer say that you have that freedom.”
Sponsors and Resources mentioned in today’s episode:
Toastmasters International
(0:23:58) Keystone Farmer’s Market
Pixar’s Soul
(0:47:02) Bee and the Bear Creations
Connect with Casey on Instagram, Twitter, or Tiktok
Support the show
Looking for more perspective, empowerment, and self-worth?
- Website - Facebook - LinkedIn - YouTube
For a chance to hear your question answered on the air, remember to Subscribe and Leave a Voice Message at TransactingValuePodcast.com!
We'll meet you there.