Fatherhood on Pills with Chris Gethard
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Chris Gethard is a comedian based in New Jersey. He can be seen performing all over the world. He's the host of the podcast Beautiful/Anonymous, the author of a few books, one of which caught my attention and is the topic of our show today: Dad on Pills.
He wrote and starred in an HBO special called career suicide, which was highly popular back in 2007. He also hosts the podcast New Jersey is in the world, a celebration of his home state. And in June of 2021 comedy dynamics released Chris's new special Chris Gethard, half of my life, a hybrid tour documentary and stand up show shot in a variety of DIY spaces and independent venues all over the country.
He is a father and husband. I really enjoyed this conversation with Chris and I think you will as well.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men, we are warriors, we are dads, dads with a purpose, dads with an edge. |
| 0:10.6 | We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.8 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.6 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:28.0 | What's going on? Welcome to the dad edge podcast. I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder |
| 0:33.0 | of this show podcast and movement. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm taking a deep breath for today's podcast because today's podcast was very fun. |
| 0:41.7 | But we talked about a topic that is going to really, really hit home for some of us. |
| 0:48.4 | And if you are listening to this podcast and if you yourself have battled depression |
| 0:53.2 | over the years or you know somebody who does or maybe you're raising a child that battles |
| 0:57.7 | some sort of mental health disorder, I read a quote not too long ago, a couple of different |
| 1:03.2 | quotes that I'm going to share with you and these were really, they hit me in the heart |
| 1:06.7 | to be honest. One of them is depression is living in a body that fights to survive with |
| 1:13.5 | a mind that tries to die. That is unknown who that comes from. But that one hit hard for |
| 1:19.9 | me. There was another one that I found who is depression is being colorblind and constantly |
| 1:25.4 | being told how colorful the world is. And this last one is from Mr. Rogers, Fred Rogers. |
| 1:32.7 | There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don't seem to help. |
| 1:38.2 | And so listen, we're going to open up the conversation today with my guest, Chris Gethert, |
| 1:45.7 | who is a comedian, a professional comedian. He's been in a whole host of different things |
| 1:49.7 | on TV. Chances are, especially if you're a fan of the office, you've probably seen |
| 1:54.2 | him, but he comes on and opens up this conversation in a very open fashion around depression |
| 2:01.2 | and dealing with depression as a father and the way to do it. And he's, he's done it in |
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