Episode 188 - Brett Newski

The Cripescast Podcast

Charlie Berens

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Milwaukee musician Brett Newski goes way back with Charlie... like, all the way back to the first grade. From their days as elementary school classmates to both being raised by tough Midwestern dads, the two reminisce on their shared childhood experiences in this episode of the Cripescast. In more recent years, Brett can be found touring the world playing music with his band NEWSKI, advocating for mental health awareness, and drinking lots of half-caf coffee. Full of inspiring stories, he discusses everything from his time living in Vietnam making jingles for tampon commercials, to the process of creating his book It’s Hard to Be a Person. The two go down an existential rabbit hole of what it’s like to be a creator in the age of TikTok, and Charlie even shares some tips for how to succeed on the platform.

Follow Brett on all platforms @newskimusic and online at https://newskimusic.com/ for tour dates and to get his music.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Cripescast. This is the podcast where we talk to people for and or from the Midwest.
0:05.2	I'm your host Charlie Barons and here is today's episode.
0:09.1	Hey folks, welcome to the Cripps cast. My guest today is musician, singer, songwriter, good dude, former classmate of mine, Brett Newskysky ladies and gentlemen. Brett is he tours the world he's been
0:28.3	doing music for geez go he's probably over a decade now got some great tunes out there check
0:36.8	him out Brett Neuski he also was the ref and dad versus ref video yeah he was
0:42.4	also the ref and the Dad versus Reth.
0:45.0	He's a very funny guy.
0:46.6	We're gonna do another sketch coming up here soon,
0:49.8	which we kind of riffed on this podcast,
0:51.8	so that was fun.
0:53.0	Deep Tease.
0:55.0	You got it, you got it.
0:56.2	I didn't realize that you and Brett were classmates.
0:59.4	Yeah, we went to Wertrude Lane together.
1:01.6	Yep.
1:02.7	And what kind of student were you in school?
1:05.8	I was like tangential teacher's pet.
1:09.1	In other words, not the teacher's pet, but like someone who just didn't want to piss the teacher off.
1:15.6	So someone who like if the teacher wasn't there would be down to clown but like would always be afraid of getting in trouble. I was just basically always afraid of getting in trouble.
1:23.0	I was just basically always afraid of getting into trouble.
1:25.6	That's so interesting.
1:27.6	I feel like I would have seen you as Class Clown for sure.
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