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Andrew Schulz Has Advice for Dems, Jews, and Comics

Honestly with Bari Weiss

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This chapter explores the topic of male infertility through the lens of Andrew Schulz's Netflix special, blending humor with vulnerability. It also reflects on Schulz's notable career moments, including a controversial interview with Donald Trump, while discussing the shifting dynamics of comedy and its cultural significance.

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For others, like me and Nellie, it involves a trip to a fertility clinic in a mall that doesn't even validate parking. And of course, for others, it's a long, challenging, emotional process that involves needles and hormones and a lot of false starts. I know a lot of listeners, gay and straight, can relate to that. Now, the topic of infertility I think oftentimes seems like the purview of a doctor's office or a self-help book or maybe a women's health column. Where you might not expect to hear about it in painstaking detail, is in Andrew Schultz's new Netflix special. Schultz's special is vulnerable, obviously funny, and a look into the taboo topic of male infertility. It's called Life. And if you haven't already seen it, blow off your plans tonight and watch Life instead. Now, last time we had Andrew on this show was three years ago. It was the thick of the woke culture storm, and Schultz was about to release a comedy special on Amazon. But then the streamer asked him to do what a lot of people at the time were being asked to do in comedy and everywhere else. He was asked to censor some of what he wanted to say. But he said no. He bet on himself, and he released the special on his own. As he tells me today, he ended up making 5X what he would have made with the streamer. We've been talking a lot on this show about the vibe shift that's come for politics and tech. It's obviously come for comedy, but actually I think you can make the argument that comedy created the vibe shift that we're seeing in so many other parts of the culture. And perhaps that's because comedians with podcasts have become like the Walter Cronkites of American culture. Theo Vaughn is almost like Barbara Walters at this point. And Andrew Schultz has found himself right in the thick of it. 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