I'm just putting this out there. I've got four grandchildren, and I want them to have an achievable goal. So, I'm going to train them to take care of Sarah Silverman when she reaches her declining years.
I’m there, too. For what it’s worth, I’m with you. Thankful for them sharing some familiar suffering and recovery and some light at the end of the tunnel.
Great episode. I love comedians that share all emotions, not just laughter. I would love to see Josh Johnson on your podcast. Like you and Sarah he shares emotions.
Wierdly enough, when I was younger I did not appreciate her looks as much. Like 12-16 I thought she was super funny but not that attractive. Now at 21, whole new appreciation for her looks. Not sure if my tastes evolved or if she has just gotten better with age
Oh god, I needed this episode.I'm a producer in TV and Film and I'm going through a moderate bout of CPTSD and about to set up outpatient care... I needed this. Sarah's been my favourite standup since I heard of her and Neal aint far behind. How Neal FEEL? Apparently, Neal feel hilarious. Thank you.
Neal i cant get enough of you....great stuff...Sarah is much yoynger than I so no nonsense....i think she is beautiful and enormously talented....a great stand up and comedic actress!
Amazed by the way this two translate human struggles into words! I'm gonna look for more conversations with Sarah Silverman... She has a very interesting mind.
I am ADORING this podcast! You are both SO articulate and bright: writers, psychologists and philosophers at heart. And: Sarah is one of my all time faves - forever! Thank you.
The section about brain chemicals/beliefs reminds me of the neuroendocrinologist Robert Sapolsky’s quote “I believe free will is what we call the biology that hasn't been discovered yet.” His book Behave is great, I highly recommend it.
I’m late to this one but holy shit man; when she said that need to be alone, being envious of friends being fine or okay, needing the solitude; I have not been able to name that feeling. Right down to being with a mom that also needed to figure out her own shit but didn’t know how. So many similar sentiments man. I’m gonna have to keep digging back into the stuff I haven’t seen here because damn dude. Favorite podcast, hands down
Saw Jesus is Magic in Tempe Az with my teen son in a old single movie house and we loved it soo much. Soo many people walked out and it made it even funnier I'd say. We have always loved comedy delivered with intelligence and a bit of irreverence. 🤩
Nobody (because they're more mature than I am) acknowledged the pun about diapers: Neal: "You're wetting the be 3 nights a week? Every night?" Sarah: "It DEPENDS"
That Bob & Dave sketch is Soooooo Funny!!! David Cross finally dies and Bob Odenkirk snaps out of the anger realizes he’s super old now just goes “What? My life…” 😂😂😂😂😂
Wow! Listened to almost all the Blocks , but this one.... Thank you SS for sharing and Neil for hosting... Could just be the chemicals speaking for "me" but this one was cathartic.. Happy Halloween!
I love that Sarah said stand-up ruins her day when she knows she has a set that night, because that's exactly how I felt about having a show with my band which made touring an anxiety marathon. My advice to her would be: alcohol. It will help with the anxiety but it will eventually ruin your stand-up career entirely so.. problem solved.
Great interview. I was kinda hoping they would get into Sarah’s infamous interview with Bill burr lol… feel like Neal would be the perfect person to discuss this with her.
2:06 The fact that some people DON'T hear a voice inside their head 24/7 = mind blowing to me I honestly can't even understand how a person like this could exist on a day-to-day basis
Nah, I'd just assume you're a millenial and maybe younger than her being Gen X but it's just our perspective shifts where Gen Z or Alpha would look at her and see her as old and definitely sees her being in her 50s but it's like people among our peers stay at a standstill or decently age as we do with them, I remember thinking it was nearly inappropriate how they made J Law play younger roles so her being only 3 years younger than me always makes me feel creepy finding her attractive despite being 33 now and I'm 36, not weird at all but at 20 and she was in major roles at 17 and on, just was always a no go even mentally thinking, "would I?" It was always a hard no just from that point forward and now still feel like she has to be way younger and yet it's only a 3 year gap totally unweird 33 to 36
56:46 DON'T TRY (on Bukowski's grave stone) "Somebody asked me: "What do you do? How do you write, create?" You don't, I told them. You don't try. That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like its looks, you make a pet out of it." - Charles Bukowski
Crazy but I felt like Sarah had read my diary on how I feel/felt. I got on meds for depression even though I didn't feel depressed like my mom was I knew it was there.
Sarah has that formula that it takes to tickle my funny bone. Awesome comedian that also seems like a genuinely cool human. Neal gives an awesome interview as usual…❤
Your discussion about failure made me wonder if comics ever consider that, in the arts, something initially considered a failure is often appreciated later
I always feel homesick, but I have no place to call home. I actually did stand up too for about 5 years, but I felt like I would never have a home unless I went all the way, but I can't see myself ever going back and doing that, I'm too sleepy and sickly to commit to it.
As far as feelings like hurt go, I think it's perfect to experience emotions and you can't help the way you feel. So not only is it OK to feel hurt the ability to do so is a sign that your humaning well. This is the pain that is painless, all part of the courage it takes to have a human experience. In my experience, it's not helpful to inflate the emotion I'm having, and the reason that I am having it. Meaning, I accept all parts of myself, including all my feelings, but what I don't want is to tell myself stories as to why I'm having my feelings I just want to except them, regardless of where they came from or what I think "caused" them. I dunno
1:11:14 upside of your Blocks! imo or Sarah said that blocks are what got you thru or helped you cope.. like her discussing her bed wetting was fantastic for this lady who now has the same fear at 52! Manopause (intentional pun) is kinda a big bummer.. Love how Sarah is growing up with me🌟💕😘 1:16:40 NealB my goal + block is to write for you✌️🌟
Something dawned on me. Celebrities that are scared of being “cancelled” have just had the privilege of not having to completely pivot in their careers. Most of us must do this MULTIPLE times in our career-lives. Cancelling is just the audience not picking up what you’re selling; it’s a force of capitalism, not personal hate lol. It’s directing one’s attention somewhere else as the world changes
