George Civeris: Is this Gay Millennial Middle Age?
The Sam Sanders Show
KCRW & Sam Sanders
4.9 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Should I have kids? Is there still enough time? Does time even matter? Comedian George Civeris is grappling with a lot of life’s big questions lately.
He explores all of this in his latest standup special A Sense Of Urgency. He also chats with Sam about making jokes when the world is on fire and his own (sort of) immigrant experience as a gay millennial.
Plus, they dive into his hottest takes on The Real Housewives, lost monoculture and gay vacation destinations.
Check out George’s podcast Straightio Lab.
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| 0:00.0 | I wrote it word for word, and the sections were gay, straight, tech, Trump? |
| 0:13.5 | Like something like that. |
| 0:15.5 | Hey, y'all, Sam Sanders here. Thank you so much for checking out my show. That voice you heard was George Severus. |
| 0:21.6 | He's a comedian and the podcaster. You may know him from his podcast Stradio Lab. It's hilarious. |
| 0:28.0 | The two gay hosts analyze pieces of straight culture. I love it. George has now released his |
| 0:34.3 | debut comedy special. It's called A Sense of Urgency. |
| 0:38.0 | Speaking of political failures, |
| 0:40.6 | a lot of my gay friends are having children. |
| 0:51.4 | And yeah, I'm happy for them on a person to person basis. |
| 0:55.6 | I'll buy a gift, occasionally. |
| 0:58.3 | But I think on a broader level, |
| 0:59.7 | they are sort of ruining it for the rest of us |
| 1:01.5 | because it's like... |
| 1:02.5 | So George's comedy is all about observing |
| 1:04.5 | his very specific gay coastal life. |
| 1:07.4 | A life that he calls, quote, |
| 1:08.9 | upwardly mobile presenting. |
| 1:12.2 | George observes it all, |
| 1:17.6 | and then he spends a bunch of time making fun of it all. When I first saw this thing, I knew I had to talk to George about it. It was so funny, so relatable. Also, in this special, George |
| 1:23.4 | offers a fix for a problem I can't stop talking about. |
| 1:28.1 | The lack of monoculture, the loss of monoculture. |
| 1:31.3 | He has an idea for how to get it back. |
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