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Nov 4, 2025 Joey Diaz and Lee Syatt dive into the World Series and the art of listening, reflecting on how podcasts revived this skill. Joey shares his hilarious yet eye-opening experience of watching a wall as a teenager, leading to lessons on responsibility. He opens up about the dark moments in jail and how envisioning family helped him endure. The duo discusses the highs and lows of parenting and childbirth, and Joey gives valuable insights on building a comedy career through persistence and the importance of performing anywhere.
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Listening Is A Lost Cultural Skill
- Joey Diaz argues podcasts and radio revive the lost gift of listening in a visually distracted era.
- He says constant phone-looking replaced deep listening and damaged attention and cultural habits.
Paid To Watch A Wall
- Joey tells a teenage job story of being paid $20/hour to literally watch a wall at a lumberyard for three hours.
- He kept silent about the odd job and faithfully “watched the wall” to earn $60 on Saturdays.
Ignored Warning Before A Raid
- Joey recalls being at a raided bar at 16 and later being told he’d been warned not to go there on Friday.
- That missed warning stuck with him and later shaped how he thought about listening to advice.