Episode 53: Turning A Dead End Into A U-turn With Jensen Karp Of Kanye West Owes Me Three Hundred Dollars

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🗓️ 25 May 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

So, I wasn’t supposed to bring you another pod this month buuuuttt to celebrate the OPP cookbook shoot, I’m doing it. Your support really helped make this book happen, and I wanted to give you a little something in return. And this little something is pretty special, because Jensen Karp is this week’s guest. Jensen is a writer, comedian, and old friend who once had an intervention with me about wearing fewer capes (and by fewer, I mean none).

Jensen and I talk about his million-dollar rap-record deal, how he dealt with that record never being released, the health scare that inspired him to write his new book (Kanye West Owes Me Three Hundred Dollars: And Other True Stories Of A White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big), and why he believes that when you hit a dead end there’s always a U-turn.

Here’s Jensen:

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It's the one part podcast, episode 53.
0:30.7	Hey. Hey, it's Jessica Marnan. It's the One Part podcast, and I am bringing you lessons in next level inspiration. Before we get to today's guests, I want to tell you that this episode is supported
0:36.5	by Thrive Market, which is basically
0:38.8	Whole Foods and Costco having an online grocery store baby. You can get all the natural,
0:44.0	healthy, and organic products you love, but at 50% off the retail costs plus free delivery.
0:50.2	I mentioned before in episodes why I like Thrive, but something I haven't mentioned is one of the reasons why I wanted Thrive as a partner is because every membership sold on their website, Thrive Market, donates one to a low-income family.
1:03.7	I love that Thrive is working with people, all types of people, to have access to healthier foods.
1:10.0	If you want to sign up for a free 30-day trial to Thrive
1:13.7	Market, head over to jessicamernan.com and click on the banner in this week's podcast episode.
1:18.9	And when you do, you'll also get a free jar of coconut oil. Again, jessicamernan.com for your free
1:24.6	30-day trial and a big old tub of coconut oil. All right. So tomorrow,
1:29.6	I'm leaving for L.A. to shoot my cookbook and I cannot believe it's happening. I really want to
1:36.6	thank you because you had so much to do with helping me get this book deal and because of
1:43.2	your support of the podcast, publishers thought,
1:46.1	hmm, maybe there's something to this Jessica Marin. So to celebrate, I really wanted to give you
1:51.7	a new episode that I thought would be inspiring to you. And I don't think we could get better
1:57.3	than this one. And it's a dude, which is like three out of every 10
2:00.9	guests. So I promise that I'll be back to normal schedule when this book is wrapped up, which
2:06.2	will be soon. Okay. But today's guest. Today I'm talking to an old friend of mine. He's a writer,
2:12.7	comedian, gallery owner, and now author. His name is Jensen Karp. When I say old friend, he goes back to a time
2:21.2	before I changed my life and actually became a happy human being that could function properly.
2:27.7	We talk about pre-OPP me and just how weird I was. But more importantly, we talk about his new book, Kanye West, owes me $300 and other true stories from a white rapper who almost made it big.
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