2016 In Memoriam

The Brighter Side

The Last Podcast Network

Ed Larson, Amber Nelson, Comedy, Leisure, Society & Culture, Last Podcast Network

4.7 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2016

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Holy cow this year has been insane. We lost too many people of influence. A couple of greats, a couple of stinkers, and a couple of “Oh Yeah! That guys!” Either way it’s been tough, let’s cheer up about it. Sitting in for Amber Nelson is Carmen Lagala.

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0:00.0	The Brighter Side is brought to you by Audible.com. Go to Audible side. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the brighter side.
0:36.8	A cynics look at optimism.
0:38.3	Ahmed Larson, that's Sina John.
0:40.7	Boom! That's Mary Kelly. And joining us replacing Amber Nelson for the day, just a day,
0:47.9	the beautiful, the wonderful, Carmen La Gala. Hello, how you doing?
0:51.5	Hi. Hello. And guys, we're almost a high. We're all alive. Yeah, we're all alive. And today we are talking about death. 2016 has been such a sad year, such a crazy year in news with fucking Trump and all this other shit. But we are forgetting that so many people died this year. So many. And so we are going to, we're doing our, the brighter side in memoriam, and we're going to, we're going to hit our top 50 deaths in chronological order to, of 2016. Yeah. This is going to be, uh, is going to be a fun little roller coaster of memories. Say something nice. If you say something you like about them, if you don't like them, fuck it. It's the new year. Let's say something mean. This is going to be like a 60-minute lightning round of eulogies. Yeah, yeah. How do you feel about death, Carmen? Oh, man.
1:44.9	It's coming for all of us.
1:46.1	Absolutely.
1:47.0	That's for sure.
1:48.0	Best answer.
1:50.1	Do you think it's okay to make fun of death or not to?
1:52.5	Yes.
1:52.8	Oh, absolutely.
1:53.7	You have to.
1:54.8	You have to.
1:55.4	If you don't make fun of death and confront death, how can you appreciate life?
2:00.2	Ooh.
2:01.3	Yeah. Wise words. You can you appreciate life? Ooh. Yeah.
2:01.8	Wise words.
2:02.7	You can't say wise words after you say something.
2:05.6	That makes you an asshole.
2:07.6	Wise words.
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