David Sedaris

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.8 • 57.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Writer and humorist David Sedaris feels apprehensive about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. David sits down with Conan this week to talk about the perks of having a colonoscopy, backhanded compliments, being honest about your family, and how to dispose of old tumors. Plus, Conan and his assistant Sona respond to a listener voicemail regarding a wax museum conspiracy. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com. This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens (www.athleticgreens.com/conan), Kendra Scott (www.kendrascott.com code: CONAN), ButcherBox (www.butcherbox.com/CONAN), Campaign Monitor (www.campaignmonitor.com/CONAN), Fracture (www.fractureme.com/CONAN), Hair Club (www.hairclub.com/CONAN), Mizzle+Main (www.comfortable.af code: CONAN), and Capterra (www.capterra.com/CONAN).

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is David Sideras and I feel apprehensive about being a Conan and
0:11.1	Brian's friend.
0:33.5	Hey, welcome to Conan and Brian Needs A Friend.
0:36.6	This is the show where I pretty much get to talk to people I've always wanted to talk
0:42.3	to, maybe fish to see if they would possibly become my friend.
0:46.2	It's kind of a dream come true job.
0:48.7	I love talking to people but this is a chance for me to do it in a form that I just really
0:54.9	love and of course it's not just me.
0:58.5	I'm aided in my quest by my trusty assistant Sonam Ossessian.
1:03.4	Hi.
1:04.4	You're not a hostage.
1:07.9	I know.
1:08.9	You're here, you're own free will.
1:10.9	But you didn't say hi so I was I was in sure if I should jump in and say hi first.
1:14.9	I'm sorry.
1:15.9	That was so bad.
1:16.9	Isn't this kind of a dream gig for me?
1:18.5	I will say that.
1:19.5	It is.
1:20.5	I love to talk to people in depth and all joking aside, this is lovely.
1:26.7	It's really fun to talk to them for a long time and everyone I'm talking to, these are
1:30.7	people that maybe I've interviewed them before but for five, six minutes and then I've thrown
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