851- My Time In A Holding Cell with Comedian Jen Kober
Story Worthy
Story Worthy Media
4.1 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Comedian Jen Kober (No Flies On Me, Bitchin' Over Biscuits Podcast, Cirque De Soleil Mad Apple Show, The Mandalorian, Hacks, Dead To Me, American Horror Story, AJ & The Queen, NPR's Snap Judgement Comedic Performance of the Year Award) shares the story of being arrested in her hometown and sent to jail. The women she meets in the holding cell are priceless! Listen and enjoy the masterful Jen Kober!!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's storyworthy. |
| 0:02.5 | Today on the show, comedian Jen Cobur talks about being arrested and held in a holding cell in her hometown in Louisiana. |
| 0:10.7 | My mom does not like that I talk about her in my act. |
| 0:15.9 | What my mom really doesn't like is that people laugh at it when I talk about her in my act. |
| 0:20.7 | And so she asked me to |
| 0:22.8 | stop talking about her. And I was like, I can't. So what she did was she went and took out a |
| 0:29.3 | restraining order against me. And there was a gag order attached. I literally every time I talked |
| 0:35.0 | about her on stage was getting arrested for violating an order of protection. |
| 0:41.3 | Today on the show, comedian Jen Cobur talks about being in a holding cell in her hometown in Louisiana. |
| 0:48.3 | Stay close. |
| 0:49.3 | Hey, it's Jen Cobur, and you're listening to Storyworthy. |
| 1:05.7 | Music Culver and you're listening to Storyworthy. Welcome to Storyworthy. Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California. Whether you're a longtime fan of the show of 14 years or you're a brand new listener, |
| 1:14.3 | welcome to Storyworthy. |
| 1:16.7 | Now, a lot of you guys may have noticed that I have been MIA for about a month. |
| 1:23.4 | Jen, do you know what I mean by MIA? |
| 1:26.2 | I think you mean missing in action. |
| 1:29.3 | You could say that. |
| 1:30.5 | Or mother in anxiety. |
| 1:33.1 | Oh. |
| 1:34.0 | There's a lot of things you could say. |
| 1:35.9 | But the point is I have been absent, which is funny because I've never missed a week in all these years. |
| 1:41.1 | But then recently, at the end of May, I lost my hearing in my right ear. |
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