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Unlicensed Therapy w/ Ari Mannis

Brody Stevens

Unlicensed Therapy w/ Ari Mannis

Ari Mannis

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.9738 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Today on Unlicensed Therapy, I am joined by comedian Brody Stevens. Brody started off his career in Los Angeles by taking a crash course in comedy before performing at monotonous open mics. Already disillusioned by the prospect of following this path into comedy, he was approached Danny Robinson who advised him to leave LA and find a smaller market. Having relatives in Seattle the decision to move there was quick and soon after Brody started doing public access on live cable. Although his following was beginning to grow the idea of becoming a T.V. personality rather than a stand-up comic was not what he envisioned so for this reason the decision to move to New York was made. On this episode Brody shares with us his experience in dealing with mental illness along with the various amount of medications that are prescribed. Never having the need to seek psychiatric help in his young years, Brody found himself being faced with the contradictory benefits of feeling “normal” but at the price of limited creativity. After numerous attempts of gradually weaning himself off of medications he finally found a balance while seeking home remedies but never dismissing the idea of going back. Make sure to stay with us until the end as Brody reveals his police encounter at Starbucks!

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0:00.0

I mean, I haven't been making as much money as I used to just from like not doing audience warmups.

0:04.2

Like that was a steady thing.

0:06.1

And now that I've gotten out of that, it's more of like.

0:08.3

Now, earlier you told me that you would like, you would do audience warm up if you were asked to.

0:13.5

But you haven't been asked to.

0:15.1

Is that because you messed up?

0:19.2

Is that because you took a break?

0:22.0

Are we on the podcast now?

0:23.1

Are we going to roll right in?

0:30.5

Another offering from the stand-up talk radio network.

0:40.1

I'm pretty sure that you have a way harder time getting through life for the average person, Ari.

0:43.6

I don't know why anybody would listen to this. I know I won't.

0:50.9

Ari, you're if I single-handedly broke up my marriage.

0:53.0

You're an awful person.

0:55.7

You're 24 years old.

0:57.0

Why would I listen to you?

1:01.6

Why would you be giving therapy and advice to people who clearly need it?

1:02.8

It doesn't make any sense, Ari.

1:04.0

This is a horrible idea.

1:06.3

You're listening to unlicensed.

1:08.2

Unlicensed.

1:08.8

Unlicensed. Unlicensed therapy with Ariensed therapy with R.E. Minis.

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