Disclaimer up front!! I was so excited to talk to Matt about some major life stuff I hijack the first few minutes... I settle down by minute 6.

This week I am joined by my very good friend and hilarious comedian, Matt Bowman. Matt talks about some major life changes; including getting married and about to have a child, we also talk a lot about comedy, and what goes into these major life changes when it comes to chasing a dream.

Plenty of EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week too: Matt talks about his worst hangover ever, dealing with friends in their 30's that still want to get wasted all the time, tying one on from time to time, not realizing how drunk he got with a friend from Scotland, and more.

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-Sam and Matt had the baby, he is healthy, happy, and they are all doing great-

This week we see the return of my great buddy and comedian Greg Melly. We talk about the launch of his podcast "Hill to Die On", his acting career blowing up, we get sidetracked on a conversation about premium television (The Wire, The Sopranos, and Game of Thrones), and more.

A few EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Greg tells us about his trip to Portugal, we compare similarities and differences to our stimulant experiences, slowing down on partying, and more.

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This week I am joined by comedian Tessa Fleming. We talk about how she got into comedy after a day with Colin Quinn, being a theater kid, doing one woman shows at 21, moving to New York, and the 9-5 life vs an artists life.

Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Tessa tells us about the time she left prom to drink tequila alone in a hotel, becoming a blackout drinker as soon as she started her drinking career, The Stud bar where she had many a drunken night, drag shows, and getting sober at 20 after, ironically, getting drunk and NOT blacking out.

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This week I am joined by a great friend and hilarious comedian, Derek Drescher. We talk about the fickle mistress that is show business, stand up comedy and sketch, his career arch so far, and so much more.

Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Derek takes us through over 10 years off of dope, him using CBD/THC for a significant injury, trying psychedelics, and some old war stories from of our crazy days.

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This week I am joined by comedian Justin Randall. We talk about his religious upbringing, him becoming hyper religious in high school, not coming out until after college, and more.

Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week. Justin talks about why he moved away from religion and towards booze, realizing he was going to hard, getting sober, relapsing, and then getting sober again.

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This week I am joined by my buddy and comedian Max Fine. We touch on a few things from his last episode (116), his album release, getting passed at the greatest comedy club in the world, The Comedy Cellar, and more.

Some EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Max and I talk about bad financial decisions while drinking and now sober, crazy drunk crowds at comedy shows, going to mics hammered when we started comedy, Max's reasons for not going fully sober, and more.

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This week I am joined for a second time by my buddy and comedian, Chris Pattwell. On his first episode we talked about family stuff, comedy, and New York. This time it's mostly EX Drinking Buddy stories, but we do get into some discussion about the show he runs, social media, and of course stand up comedy.

Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Chris talks about day drinking into the hospital, talking his way out of getting in trouble with a cop at 17 (then running into the cop later), thinking he could handle his booze at 19, throwing up on a person, and a real arrest.

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This week I am joined by comedian McKenna Moore. We talk about the life of a DI Athlete, getting into standup comedy, finding her way to New York City from Ohio, and more.

GREAT EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; McKenna tells us about shattering her ankle while drunk (and how to keep her scholarship), a college tradition called "Golf Party" that has little to do with actual golf, being an overly excited Sherpa for a friends shroom trip, doing shrooms with a few people and trying to hide it from the rest of the group, and SO much more.

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This week I am joined by show producer and comedian Jacqueline Denise. We talk about how she found standup comedy, running shows as a producer, then getting on stage herself. She tells us about being a bit of a theater geek and ballerina as a kid, coming out of her shell in college, and more.

Not a ton of EX Drinking Buddy stories this week, because I get sidetracked with some of the comedy and coming of age stories, but Jacqueline does tell us about some crazy parties at corporate jobs, Indian weddings, trying edibles, and more!

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This week I am joined by comedian Zac Gish. We talk about his childhood shenanigan's, going to a smaller school to play college football, leaving football to chase comedy, a CRAZY strategy to get stage time, how he got to New York, and more.

GREAT EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Zac tells us the story about the "golf cart bandits", getting arrested a few times, dealing drugs to make ends meat, the Indy 500 Snake Pit, and so much more.

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