#600 Best Of - Baron Vaughn
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2022
⏱️ 133 minutes
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Originally aired in 2013, the actor/comedian (Conan, Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central) talks about his struggle to feel “authentically black” without betraying who he is, the state of comedy in the black community, honing his artistic voice, and his nerdish, turbulent childhood especially with his alcoholic mother.
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| 1:31.0 | Welcome to episode 600 with my guest Baron Vaughn. |
| 1:35.0 | This is a best of episode. |
| 1:36.0 | It originally aired in 2013 at Holy Shit 600 episodes. |
| 1:43.0 | I cannot believe that. |
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