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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1482: Canceled With Bryan Callen

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with comedian and actor Bryan Callen about having his life turned upside down by unproven accusations.

  • Why art is meant to disturb. (3:11)
  • Why bad ideas will always be around and repackaged. (7:11)
  • How academics are in the business of deconstructing. (9:01)
  • The brilliance of the Founding Fathers. (12:01)
  • The scary nature of purifying your echo chamber. (14:50)
  • Addressing the allegations of sexual abuse and its downstream effects on his previous podcast. (17:41)
  • The moment when you define yourself and keep fighting. (23:40)
  • The gifts of going through a crisis. (27:08)
  • How did he develop his winning mentality? (30:28)
  • The moment he knew ‘The Fighter and the Kid’ was a success. (35:25)
  • What makes the skill of podcasting so different? (37:09)
  • The internet is undefeated! (39:48)
  • Why you must accept everything as it is. (42:05)
  • The challenges of being a father in this current climate. (46:33)
  • Why the art of fighting brings him joy. (51:21)
  • Will social media influencers disrupt the sport of boxing? (56:53)
  • The beauty of aggression. (1:00:45)
  • Conspiracy Social Club. (1:05:10)
  • Is comedy competitive? (1:10:55)
  • Who is the greatest comedian at the moment? (1:12:35)
  • The Rockstar era of comedy. (1:13:15)
  • The evolution of Bryan Callen. (1:17:03)
  • The art of bombing and taking your licks. (1:19:48)
  • Have we seen the last Hollywood star? (1:21:52)
  • What does the future look like for Bryan Callen? (1:23:48)
  • The importance of adventure and intimacy. (1:24:50)

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0:00.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.0

Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.

0:09.0

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.0

You are listening to the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast.

0:17.0

Now in today's episode, we got the chance to talk to Brian Callan.

0:21.0

He's a comedian, very well known for the podcast that he started, Fighter in the Kid.

0:26.0

He has a new podcast, by the way, Big and Hungry.

0:30.0

Make sure you go check that out.

0:32.0

Anyhow, this guy was on the other end of cancel culture.

0:35.0

Had some accusations made against him, no evidence that anybody knows of,

0:40.0

and lost almost everything.

0:43.0

But he didn't go down without a fight.

0:45.0

In today's episode, we talked to him about all that, plus cancel culture in general.

0:50.0

We talked about how comedy is the last bastion of free speech.

0:54.0

And much more. We had a very, very fun conversation with this gentleman.

0:58.0

He's hilarious. He's very entertaining.

1:00.0

We know you're going to enjoy this episode.

1:02.0

Make sure you go check out his podcast, Big and Hungry.

1:05.0

He also has another podcast on Patreon called Conspiracy Social Club.

1:08.0

This is the one I'm going to listen to, where he actually debates conspiracy theorists.

1:13.0

So that sounds pretty fun.

1:15.0

You can also find him online at BrianCallon.com.

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