Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Rory Scovel joins Neal Brennan to talk about being born into grief—his mother died on his first birthday—and how losing his dad in 2020 reshaped his standup, his parenting, and the way he thinks about aging and death. Plus: learning to read at 44, improvising his entire show every night, asking AI about death, Leonardo DiCaprio playing a father, ADHD, marriage, and more.

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00:00 Bombing without a fight

06:43 ADHD

22:36 Overthinking Depression & Catholic Guilt

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31:32 Grief

51:26 Death

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1:03:30 Parenting & Breaking the Cycle

1:14:15 Aging

1:21:33 Being an available husband

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Happiness expert, Harvard Professor & author Arthur Brooks joins Neal Brennan to discuss why happiness is ~50% genetic, why men and women fundamentally need different things from love (adoration vs. admiration), the dark triad/tetrad in dating apps, why “success addiction” ruins marriages, the psychology of comedy, the power of the “Reverse Bucket List,” why you need to be bored, how SSRIs affect creativity, Mass vs. Doomscrolling, why your personality keeps improving with age, and why suffering isn’t the same thing as pain.

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00:00 Intro

3:21 Is Happiness Genetic?

5:05 Male vs. Female Emotion

10:20 Adoration vs. Admiration: What Men and Women Really need

15:20 The Dark Tetrad: Society’s Most Dangerous People

19:38 Addiction to Being Adored

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35:16 Addiction to Adoration

39:58 Building Protocols to Protect Marriage

44:19 The Happiness Scale

56:45 Going to Mass instead of scrolling

59:34 Why You Need to Be Bored

1:00:56 The Pill, SSRIs & Creativity

1:08:22 Happiness & Aging

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1:21:15 The Psychology of Comedy

1:23:45 The Reverse Bucket List

1:31:25 Psychedelics & Prayer

1:36:18 Suffering

1:43:50 Love & Marriage

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Neal Brennan interviews Jordan Jensen ('Take Me With You' on Netflix, RIP w/ Jordan Jensen) about cancelling her last scheduled appearance at the last second, codependency, sex and love addiction, shapeshifting in relationships, chaos vs. calm, addiction, quitting coke, the biology of rage, status anxiety, living in reality vs. living in delusion, her standup comedy, telling the truth, self-sabotage and obsessing over fairness.

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00:00 Intro
00:45 Cancelling Her Last Scheduled Blocks Appearance
4:30 Codependency
19:07 Sponsor: Zocdoc
20:55 Sponsor: Tushy
23:40 Quitting Drinking & Coke
29:00 Sugar Addiction
34:30 What she's learned in recovery
37:45 Vulnerability
50:44 The Telepathy Tapes
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58:14 Rage & Anti-Authority
1:10:14 Obsessed with Fairness
1:18:49 Status anxiety
1:22:00 Honesty
1:24:45 Her Goals

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Neal Brennan interviews Josh Johnson (New HBO special: Symphony) about being too nice, working together at The Daily Show, how his fashion sense has changed thanks to a good deed Neal doesn't remember, his prolific posting of standup on his Youtube channel, growing up lower-income, billionaires building bunkers, being present emotionally, becoming an effective communicator, whether or not comedy can change the world or people's lives, why Americans are too comfortable for a revolution, MAGA vs. Liberals, what it's like to be him, and much more.

00:00 Intro

2:00 Too Nice

6:00 The Forgotten Clothes Story

10:00 Working with Neal at the Daily Show

12:40 Prolific Standup Posting

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24:35 Growing up lower-income

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55:24 Being Present Emotionally

1:00:00 Effective Communication

1:06:00 MAGA vs. Liberals

1:19:00 What It’s Like To Be Him

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Neal Brennan interviews Brad Williams (New special: Live on Short Street) about his experience living with dwarfism, the guilt he felt after his daughter was born with the same disability, how he learned to reframe his thinking and approach parenting in a positive manner, the arc of his standup career, why Ari Shaffir said no one wants to follow him on stage, the fears no one else sees (why Brad won't drink around drunk people), his marriage, and much more.

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00:00 Intro
2:08 Dwarfism
10:32 Is dwarfism an advantage in comedy?
13:06 Childhood
17:58 Peter Dinklage
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25:37 Dating
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57:55 Imposter Syndrome
1:01:44 His Daughter
1:19:02 Health & Gratitude
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Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).

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