#38 Australian Idol: John Robertson and the Anime Social Club

We Can Be Weirdos

Global

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

"I thought prayers worked better during a full moon"

John Robertson is a comedian, streamer, author, improviser, actor, videogame writer, insult comic and "human hurricane". He's been a working stand-up for 20 years, headlining shows all around the world, created live-action videogame comedy The Dark Room (which is also an actual videogame, an online show and was a YouTube hit) and he streams 10 times a week on twitch.tv/robbotron. Among reams of other cool projects, don't forget to check out his book, The Little Town Of Marrowville.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

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0:00.0	A space where you can feel right at home, with a sofa creative studio and pet plant called Jerome.
0:06.0	Hello.
0:06.6	A space where businesses and your plants will thrive, with the freedom to grow, roam and feel alive.
0:13.0	Diverse companies with their own space, no distractions or productivity vampires haunting their place.
0:19.3	So whoever you are, whatever you do, you can make your business happen at
0:23.5	workspace too, your place with your people, where it all happens.
0:28.1	It all happens at workspace.
0:32.1	This is a global player original podcast.
0:37.2	Warning, the following episode contains strong language, bizarre theories,
0:41.3	unexplainable experiences, and a cosmic cat.
0:45.3	It may not be suitable for younger weirdos.
0:49.3	I spasmed around singing bird, bird, bird, bird is the word, threw myself on the ground,
0:53.3	did some weird Frank Zappa shit.
0:55.3	They played that on, you know, TV a bunch of times, really good.
1:26.9	Oh, oh, oh. Hey everyone. Welcome to We Can Be Weirdos. My name is Dan Schreiber. I'm coming to you today from my home at Roughway by C.
1:29.0	And I am sitting here looking at the big list of all the guests that we've had on this show so far, 37 episodes in total,
1:34.4	and I'm noticing a bit of a trend, a bit of a biasedness towards Australians.
1:39.4	Seven of the 37 have been Australian, and that is because I love Australian comedians. I think that the funniest
1:46.7	people alive, possibly New Zealanders just a bit funnier, not sure, but those are my favourite
1:52.3	people and so I'm very excited that I'm presenting you today with another one who you can go off
1:58.1	and discover the world of. And what a world. This guy is that classic
2:02.0	cliche of someone with the brain the size of a planet. And he's someone who I absolutely love
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