Ari Melber

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Neal Brennan interviews Ari Melber ('The Beat' on MSNBC) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. Subscribe to the Ari Melber on Youtube: @AriMelber 00:00 Intro 3:25 Speed Reading 9:40 Defending journalism’s credibility 18:20 Truth vs. Fiction in News 22:10 Lawsuits & Freedom of Speech 36:10 Sponsor: BetterHelp 37:41 Sponsor: Ground News 39:21 Career Ambitions 57:22 Breaking Tragic News 1:06:14 Sponsor: Mando 1:08:22 Sponsor: Uncommon Goods 1:10:08 Duty & Obligation in Life & Work 1:13:45 Spirituality 1:16:35 Perfectionism & Time Efficiency 1:25:27 Being Present vs. Time Traveling ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle ---------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: https://www.betterhelp.com/NEAL for 10% off your first month https://www.ground.news/NEAL for 40% off the vantage plan https://www.shopmando.com promo code NEAL - new customers get 20% off sitewide httsp://www.uncommongoods.com/BLOCKS for 15% off your next gift Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My guest today is, you know, I have friends in media that I don't, I don't often, I'm now
0:07.5	I'm bringing them in, bringing them in from out of the cold, bring them on to the pod.
0:11.5	This guy's got a show on MSNBC, if you can believe it.
0:14.6	We just turned off the air conditioner, so you may not recognize them.
0:17.8	You know MSNBC, it's one where where people talk in a very
0:20.8	moralistic way they do long pauses and you can hear the air conditioner in the
0:25.7	background the thing about authoritarianism that's how dramatic this is and it's
0:34.0	it's five o'clock your show six o'clock six Eastern six Eastern it called the beat, which is a double entendre. We'll get into it.
0:40.3	It's a double entendre about hip-the-guy. The guy likes hip-hop. The whole Wu-Tang is behind me. Bung, bong, bong. And this is the beat. R.E. Melber. Also, he's got a substack, which surprised me. I'm assuming it's at Ari Melbur.
0:52.5	What else?
0:53.4	You do playlists?
0:54.3	What do you got?
0:55.5	I release playlists sometimes.
0:57.6	I have to be. me. I'm assuming it's at Ari Melba. What else? You do playlists? What do you got? I release
0:56.0	playlist sometimes. I have a substack Aramelver, which discusses both society and news, but also a lot
1:03.9	of music and culture. I know you like that. I love, guys, if there's one thing I love, it's when
1:08.7	news people show me their colorful side.
1:13.5	What are you like when the cameras are off, news person?
1:17.3	This is really helping with your credibility when you tell me what you went salsa dancing this weekend.
1:25.2	Give me a little bit of your personality when you toss to the next hour's host.
1:29.7	And I see that natural chemistry you guys have that you can't fake it, guys.
1:35.8	It's only, it can only be, oh, it's only competitive if it's real.
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