Harris Wittels (Originally Aired January 23, 2013)

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Alison Rosen

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🗓️ 20 February 2015

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Harris Wittels died earlier today. I just can't believe he's gone. I've received some requests to repost my interview with him which originally ran January 23, 2014.

The world is a better place for Harris having been in it.

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0:00.0	Hey you guys, it's me Allison.
0:03.3	I'm sure by now you've heard these really sad news that Harris Whittles, beloved figure
0:08.4	in the comedy community and frequent podcast guest, passed away earlier today, Thursday,
0:14.5	I have an apparent drug overdose.
0:16.6	I'm still in shock, which I imagine is how a lot of people feel.
0:22.9	It's just he was 30 years old.
0:25.7	He was performing stand-up last night.
0:28.2	It's just crazy to think that he's no longer here.
0:31.4	It's just it's tragic.
0:35.6	I had him on my podcast January 23rd, 2013.
0:40.1	I've received a bunch of requests to repost the episode.
0:42.9	So that is what I'm doing as a way to honor him and a way for you guys to either listen
0:49.3	again or for people who perhaps aren't familiar, but who are hearing the news to sort of get
0:55.0	a sense that he wasn't, he's not just a name in the news.
0:58.8	He was a real person.
1:01.0	And it's an interesting conversation.
1:03.1	He really opened up about a lot of his struggles.
1:06.5	He talks about drugs.
1:08.5	He has to talk about relationships.
1:09.7	And anyway, you'll hear as you listen.
1:13.4	It's just, I just can't believe it.
1:17.5	Which I guess is maybe the, I don't know, appropriate reaction for when someone who's
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