# 262 - Married to Comics Pt 2 with Melanie Posehn

Wife of the Party

Berty Boy Productions

Comedy, Self-improvement, Comedy Interviews, Education

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Today, on Wife of the Party Podcast, I sit down for part 2 of my “Married to Comics” Series with Melanie Truhett-Posehn. Melanie is married to comedian, Brian Posehn. We talk about what it’s like to be married to a touring comic, her career as a manager, anxiety, giving birth, being talked about on stage, re-entry after touring, and much more!

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0:00.0	Okay, y'all, I think I found my doppelganger. Melanie is married to another comic. His name is Brian
0:06.5	Possein. He's so funny. He's such a lovely guy. But I'd never met Melanie before and I met her
0:13.6	today. Right before we started this podcast, and I cannot believe that we are, we are actually the
0:18.5	same person is kind of bizarre. She manages other comics. She's not Brian's manager, but she manages
0:23.9	other comics. And we talk about being married to a comic. We talk about how she became a manager.
0:30.0	About her trajectory from high school to where she is now. We talked about parenting just a little
0:36.1	bit with a comic and kind of her philosophy on marriage. And it was just a great conversation.
0:42.2	I swear to God. She was like, I felt like I was putting words in her head that were coming out
0:47.2	of her mouth. It was bizarre. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this conversation. I enjoyed it very much
0:52.4	with Melanie Truitt Possein, Brian Possein's wife.
1:22.4	I need well, I got a brand new pair of rollerskates. You got a brand new key.
1:30.3	I think that we should get together and try the more to see.
1:45.9	Get yourself comfortable first. All right. How are you going to sit? You put your
1:49.7	bandit posture and do whatever. Sit like this. It's if you look way better like that. I'm
1:54.3	just super lazy. Well, I don't want to look like a little fat toad.
2:01.3	Oh, I know what I'm talking about. Always go belly kind of concave's in and then just head
2:07.2	to the top and whatever. You know what? I'm 52. Yeah. I look real good from 52. I think you look
2:12.3	amazing. You look amazing too. For my 51 and March. Yeah. So yeah. Yeah. This what are you
2:17.2	supposed to look like at this age? I know. I know. But I always tell people I'm like, I saw
2:21.3	them lost my baby weight. He's 13. It's so comfy though. It's so comfy. It's warm. I hear
2:30.3	you. Yeah. I lost my needle. I don't even change that foot anyway. I'm assuming you've podcasted
2:35.4	it before. You know what? I have it. I've only done one of my clients ask me to do his
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