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Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Ari Shaffir

Feb 20, 2025
01:22:53

Neal Brennan interviews Ari Shaffir (America's Sweetheart on Netflix, You Be Trippin' Podcast, This Is Not Happening & more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.

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00:00 Intro

00:58 Neal gives Ari his flowers

3:15 Anti-authority

6:12 Parking Lot Urchin

7:50 Moving to LA, Comedy Store, how he changed

13:39 Wanting to Make Things

17:40 Sponsor: CookUnity

19:22 Sponsor: BetterHelp

21:06 Doesn’t Care About Money

26:50 Living in Defiance

30:09 Travel

40:15 Doesn’t follow the news

45:05 Sponsor: Hims 

47:01 Sponsor: Rocket Money

48:15 Openly Amoral

49:50 Contrarian

52:03 Being positive

1:05:53 Drugs

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Subscribe to Ari Shaffir:  @arishaffir  

Subscribe to You Be Trippin':  @youbetrippinpod  


Watch Ari Shaffir: Jew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2YtIBYM4w0


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https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan


Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557


Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234


Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).


Edited by Will Hagle (wthagle@gmail.com) 


Sponsors:


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This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/neal and get on your way to being your best self.


Visit https://www.hims.com/NEAL to start your free online visit. 


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Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks

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