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Sarah Sherman Talks SNL, Connor Storrie and Comedy Special "Squirm: Live + in the Flesh"
The conversation highlights the challenges of balancing live audience interaction with pre-written material and the emotional resilience required in comedy.summaryShe emphasizes the importance of touring with friends (like Jack Mensinger) to collaborate on joke tags and punch-ups, noting that peer feedback significantly improves material compared to writing alone.takeaway
Happy Pride Month! | The Adam & Dr. Drew Show #2089
Luxury brand pricing is analyzed through the lens of tangible value versus intellectual property; a Bugatti costs millions due to engineering (V16 engine, turbochargers), whereas designer pursues cost significantly more takeaway“You can't build a Bugatti Veyron or Shayron... for under two million bucks... The Fendi purse is just leather... it's still less than a hundred bucks worth of materials and then you're going to pay... $21,000 for it becquote
The Vatican's Darkest Secret, Ivanka and Jared's New Island & Sam Goes Full Anarchist
Peter Thiel is accused of mass surveillance of world leaders including Trump and Musk, with data allegedly leaked from Palantir showing backdoored devices and extensive blackmail material.takeaway“They have backdoored the devices, cars, and jets of world leaders and accumulated the biggest archive of blackmail material.”quote
The BIG Payoff | The Church of What's Happening Now
Uncle Joey and Lee Sats discuss the realities of the comedy industry, emphasizing that success requires patience, unique material, and avoiding the trap of 'supporter' culture.summaryComedy Career Strategy: Comics should avoid 'supporter' shows where friends clap loudly for each other; instead, they should focus on high-percentage bookings and developing unique material that isn't topical or niche-batakeaway
Anson Gordon Ep 61: Texas Artist's Coma Survival, Art, & Universe's Deep Purpose
Artistic Technique: Gordon uses a 'sculptural' approach with charcoal, laying down material and erasing to 'pull light' from the surface, spending 16-18 hours per piece, often focusing 14 hours on the face to achieve reatakeaway“I don't I'm not really drawing. I'm looking at charcoal is more of like a sculptor. I lay material down on the canvas or the paper and then I'm pulling light and I'm carving it.”quote
Oliver Tree Has No Home
He reveals the exploitative nature of traditional record deals where artists earn only 14 cents per dollar while labels recoup massive studio costs, and shares how he overcame a $2 million gambling loss by leveraging hissummaryThe 'Factory Reset' Strategy: After losing millions to gambling and realizing material wealth (like Rihanna's old house) didn't bring happiness, Tree switched to a minimalist lifestyle carrying only a carry-on, a $150 autakeaway
They can all s*ck your d@#k! | The Church of What's Happening Now
Traveling for training (sparring in different gyms like Philly or Staten Island) is crucial for improvement, similar to traveling for comedy sets to test material against diverse audiences.takeaway“Metal sharpens metal. It's like us. We could sit in New York City at the same club every night and do comedy and kill and it's the same [__] You take that same material, go to Virginia, and you die a slow death.”quote
OBDM1392 - Pentagon UFO Files | Paulides On Rogan | Hunter Biden & Candace | Extended Open Lines
The guest argues that UAPs cannot be human-made because they exhibit physics-defying maneuvers (instant acceleration, no resistance in air/water) that would crush any known material or drone airframe.takeaway“The CIA is searching for alien hybrids using Andress Ancestry and 23 and Me according to Jason Georgiani... Kit Green and certain divisions of the CIA use the back door they have to these programs to scan the database fquote
CHELSEA HANDLER FULL EPISODE "FUNNY KNOWING YOU"
Chelsea Handler discusses her comedic origins, including turning a DUI story into standup material, and her career evolution from 'Chelsea Lately' to documentaries and standup.summaryComedy Writing Process: Handler develops material by telling personal stories to friends first; if it gets a big laugh, she workshops it further. She notes that early success in standup (no bombing for six months) helpedtakeaway
Colin Jost Full on Pop Culture Jeopardy, SNL & Writing Jokes For Mick Jagger
Stand-up comedy is described as 'brutal' for beginners because natural rhythm and instincts are required; even good material fails if the delivery is off.takeawaySNL hiring is based on submission packets where the primary metric is whether the material genuinely makes the reader laugh, a rare occurrence.takeaway
Interviewing ICE Agents
Psychological Toll: Agents suffer from severe second-hand PTSD due to exposure to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), with one agent stating they have viewed 'millions' of images. The current administration's focus on detakeaway“I personally would say I've seen millions [of child sex abuse material]. There are resources available to us as investigators... but it is woefully insufficient for the damage that this job does.”quote
