I Weigh - Neal Brennan Returns

I Weigh with Jameela Jamil

Jameela Jamil

Society & Culture, Comedians, Comedy Interviews, Conversation, Stand-up, Comedy, Funny, True Stories, Shame, Embarassing

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

To kick off Mental Health Awareness Month, Jameela is joined by comedian Neal Brennan (Netflix’s Crazy Good, Chappelle's Show) to reflect on his personal exploration of shame, fear, anger, and how discovering spirituality changed his work. They talk (and occasionally squabble) about art as expression and ambition, having the relatability factor as a modern performer, and the commodification of sadness and trauma. Find Neal Brennan’s Netflix special Crazy Good online and follow Neal on IG @nealbrennan And if you're in NYC May 20 join Jameela for another Move For Your Mind event - grab tickets here linktr.ee/jameelajamil

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0:00.0	Neil fucking Brennan.
0:16.3	Welcome to Highway.
0:18.2	Jamila, I welcome the challenge.
0:21.5	No, it's nice to be here.
0:23.5	It's so nice to see you.
0:24.9	I was listening to your last episode on this podcast, which I think we recorded way back
0:31.0	at the beginning, like 2020, and it was a different guy.
0:35.2	It was really interesting to hear it, a completely different person. And I'm really excited today to talk about all the changes that you've been through to get you to the gut, to the shining beacon that is sitting opposite me today.
0:50.3	I can't wait to hear who I am. So how are you? How are you feeling?
0:55.4	I feel professionally very resolved and I can't believe it.
1:02.0	I was, uh, I felt generally thwarted by the world because I had all of my worth and interest focused on comedy.
1:14.2	Yeah.
1:15.0	And but I was clinically depressed.
1:17.4	I had dysthymic depression, which I'm sure we spoke about.
1:20.7	And it's sort of joy, it's an inability to experience joy.
1:25.0	So for the last, starting in 2020 i started i would drink iowaska
1:31.8	and then i did that for about a year not like constantly like i had a jug like everyone in l i
1:39.4	stanley can't get them online. They're going through the roof.
1:45.0	It's easier to get ayahuasca than Stanley Cup.
1:46.7	And then I did a thing called 5MEODMT, which was severely damaging, but over a longer period of time, it kind of improved me as a person.
1:59.3	What is it?
2:00.4	Well, all of
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