E128. Candice Thompson Thinks Everyone’s Lost Their Minds

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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

Candice Thompson is a comedian, writer, actor and host of the podcast Nosy Neighbors which breaks down the most absurd neighborhood app posts of the week. She and Bridget discuss how everybody wants to label you so they know what to think about you, why they don’t trust groups, their paths to stand-up comedy, their worst comedy bomb experiences, why hemp is the buffalo of plants, normalizing knife fights, and why people are so staunch in their defense a celebrity they’ve never met. Candice shares her experience being a light skinned black girl, and the complexities of being mixed race in a country obsessed with race, her exploration of nutrition and spirituality, and why she got kicked out of a wedding for a stand-up set. It’s a hilarious conversation that goes from lentils to racism to fat shaming, why our bodies are miracles, people who take pride in their victimhood, and the etiquette of throwing away dog poop.

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0:00.0	This is Watkins, welcome with Bridget Pettasy, I'm Bridget Pettasy, and you are welcome.
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1:02.0	My guess this week is my friend, Candice Thompson. Candice Thompson is a comedian, writer, actor that was born in Queens,
1:10.0	raised in Cincinnati, and currently resides in Los Angeles.
1:14.0	She's the perfect mix of both East and West Coast with just the wrong amount of Midwest street cred.
1:20.0	Candice comes from an ethnically mixed family with both of her parents being of African American and Native American descent,
1:27.0	and one day hopes to parlay her racial ambiguity into huge action roles like Dwayne Johnson did.
1:33.0	Candice is one of the newest paid regulars at the comedy store, and the Hollywood improv.
1:39.0	You may have seen her most recently on the tonight show, starring Jimmy Fallon, and check out her podcast on Spotify, Nozy Neighbors.
1:49.0	Candice and I are old friends. We go back, we shoot the shit about comedy, life in Los Angeles, and just all kinds of things.
1:58.0	Candice is just hilarious, anything she says is hilarious, so just enjoy.
2:02.0	I'm with Candice Thompson, everyone. Say hello.
2:06.0	Hi, everybody.
2:07.0	You will love her as much as I do. She's their expectations.
2:11.0	They're already high. They're already too high for this podcast.
2:17.0	Candice is a fellow comedian and hilarious human being with her without a microphone.
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