Artist Shane Torres - Masculinity, feminism and a changing comedy climate

Sofieland with Sofie Hagen

Sofie Hagen

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2018

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Sofie talks to American comedian Shane Torres about the concept of a podcast handshake, Martin Luther King Jr, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, growing up with liberal views in a conservative area, filling the pothole yourself, therapy on the phone, how grief can change a person, the safety of familiarity, faith, anger, masculinity, honesty, victimhood, feminism and comedy, a changing comedy climate, Louis CK and separating art from artist, rehabilitation, caring what people think of you and the politics of sliding into DMs.

Trigger warning – anxiety and OCD, grief, rape and assault in comedy, paedophilia

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Bailey Lenart

Produced by Sarah Garvey

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0:00.0	I don't think I'm the worst guy you know like I think I'm okay I think there's a lot of things I need to work on but I think if I'm a if you're starting with this model
0:08.1	There are worse places to be in it's very hard to be the worst man in the world. Yeah, well, it's a lot of competition.
0:14.2	Yeah, so there's, yeah, you guys aren't so fucking easier.
0:17.2	So.
0:18.2	Uh, ha ha.
0:20.2	It gets better because it has to get better.
0:25.0	We're all made of human.
0:30.0	You are listening to the Made of Human
0:32.5	Podcast. I am Sophie Hagen. I'm a Danish stand-up comedian
0:36.1	and I am your host. Thank you for deciding to listen to this episode.
0:41.1	It's a really good one. Shane is, a friend of mine
0:46.8	did a podcast with him. Oh, Allison Spittle, you know Allison.
0:50.5	Allison Spittle, he did Allison's podcast and afterwards she messaged me and said
0:55.2	you gotta get this guy on your podcast he's perfect for the mopat and she's so right. I knew
1:00.9	Shane from from New York. I'd seen him do a gig in New York and I've had the same thought after he done the set.
1:09.0	I gotta get this guy on the podcast and now it happened I'm so happy he is great and you're
1:15.5	gonna absolutely love him before I let you listen to this episode between Torres I just
1:20.3	really want to say you gotta sign up for my new status because a new year has begun.
1:25.8	This is a like September October in comedy terms is the new year because August is where the Edinburgh Fringe Festival happens and that's when you kind of reset after that.
1:37.0	So a new year has happened. I'm starting to do new shows and new concepts and fun stuff is happening so sign up for my newsletter on
1:45.2	so vahagan.com to be informed of all the new stuff and shows and upcoming tours and
1:50.7	my book and all of those things the book by the way is about being fat so I'm very
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