This week on It’s Ben A Week, Ben is joined once again by fan favorites Bryan and Jon from the Out Loud & Laughing podcast for another chaotic, hilarious, and surprisingly heartfelt conversation.  

The trio dives into everything from growing up as theater kids and making homemade movies before TikTok existed, to navigating Hollywood as gay entertainers and learning how to turn creativity into a career.  

Ben opens up about moving to Los Angeles at 18, getting humbled by the entertainment industry, turning down advertising job offers to pursue acting, and why podcasting gave him a level of creative control he never found in traditional acting jobs.  

They also discuss:

• being gay in Hollywood
• auditioning for straight vs. gay roles
• building a successful podcast
• childhood obsession with The Sims and Rollercoaster Tycoon
• Disney adults
• bathhouses
• Dolly Parton anxiety
• Broadway crushes
• and why humor matters more than almost anything else

The episode wraps with a chaotic round of “This or That,” featuring questions about boxers vs. briefs, pitching vs. catching, baths vs. showers, and whether Ben would rather be remembered for his humor or his heart.  

This episode is nostalgic, unfiltered, gay, hilarious, and a reminder that sometimes the best conversations happen when friends are just talking shit.

In this episode:

• Growing up making homemade movies before social media  
• Ben’s journey from Minnesota to Hollywood  
• Turning down advertising jobs to become an actor  
• The reality of being a working actor in Hollywood  
• Podcasting vs. acting and creative control  
• Being openly gay in entertainment  
• The Sims, Rollercoaster Tycoon, and Disney adult culture  
• Satan’s asshole weather in Texas and Florida  
• A chaotic “This or That” game about sex, Broadway, and baths  

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Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-loud-laughing/id1791165133

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