#58 Dream Sh*t and Get Rich: Anna Akana and the Blowing-Smoke-Up-Your-Ass-When-Someone's-Drowning Stage

We Can Be Weirdos

Global

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

"Bring me someone from the stars, I'm done with men on earth!"

Warning: This episode contains discussions on the topic of suicide.

Anna Akana is an actress, comedian, writer and musician who can currently be seen on Comedy Central's Corporate. She stars in the film Go Back to China, and can be seen in Marvel's Ant-man, Netflix's You Get Me and Freeform's Stitchers.

She's most known for her weekly Youtube show, and has sold out two North American tours as a stand-up comic playing comedy songs on guitar. Anna is coming to the UK! She's at the Leicester Square theatre on August 28th & 29th, and is at the Edinburgh fringe from late July with her new show It Gets Darker. Don't miss it!

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Instagram @wecanbeweirdos. There, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

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0:00.0	I've always been ambitious and in teaching I've found plenty of opportunities to progress.
0:05.0	As head of English, I now get to support all other teachers in my department.
0:09.4	They often learn from my advice, though actually I often learn from theirs.
0:13.4	The support and development we all get from each other is amazing.
0:16.5	It benefits not just us, but every student we teach.
0:19.8	How many of the professions can say that?
0:22.5	Every lesson shapes a life. Start shaping yours with a minimum starting salary of £31,000. Search get into teaching.
0:32.0	This is a global player original podcast.
0:36.9	Warning!
0:41.5	The following episode contains strong language, bizarre theories,
0:43.1	unexplainable experiences,
0:45.4	and a mystical mechanical elf.
0:48.8	It may not be suitable for younger weirdos.
0:51.6	Like my dad has, he's like, yeah,
0:54.2	anytime your mom dreams of shit, I know we're going to win bang.
0:56.1	At one point, they, like, abandoned us.
1:00.2	They just, like, went to Pichanga Casino and won, like, hundreds of thousands of We Can Be Weirdos.
1:26.2	My name is Dan Schreiber.
1:27.8	I'm coming to you today from my home at Ruffway by C, where I am sat at my desk and I am doing something pretty exciting.
1:36.3	I'm going through the Batshit list and I'm revising it.
1:39.3	So for a long time listeners of this show, you'll know what the Batshit list is.
1:43.3	This is the thing I subject every single one of my guests to.
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