Jake Johnson

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Neal Brennan interviews Jake Johnson ('Self Reliance' on Hulu, 'New Girl,' 'We're Here to Help' podcast), about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 3:49 Upbringing 5:24 Improv, Sketch & Commercials 10:19 Dyslexia 13:01 Dropping out of high school 18:32 Sponsor: BetterHelp 19:57 Sponsor: Mando 22:38 How he got his life back on track 36:54 Parenting 42:09 Relationship w/ Father 50:32 How 'New Girl' changed his idea of Hollywood 59:00 Sponsor: Washington Post 1:05:37 What he thinks of his life & life purpose ---------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to We're Here to Help podcast: @HeretoHelpPod Watch Self Reliance on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/movie/self-reliance-b530df17-e123-4174-8d4d-75e6f422468f Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/... ---------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: https://www.betterhelp.com/NEAL for 10% off your first month https://www.shopmando.com promo code: NEAL for $5 off your Mando starter pack https://www.washingtonpost.com/NEAL for 80% off / 50 cents per week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everybody it's Neil Brennan and this is the box podcast we talk about problems we heal the earth we unite we join forces and it's great my guest today is a
0:10.8	fucking dynamite energy and actor most notably from New Girl.
0:18.0	I've never been an inspiration before.
0:20.0	I don't like it. It's so much responsibility.
0:22.0	And Minks.
0:22.8	Look, what you made, it means something to people.
0:25.2	And you're in a sci-fi movie?
0:27.7	Probably.
0:29.4	Were you in a Jurassic Park?
0:30.7	Yes.
0:31.9	Yes.
0:32.4	I knew I knew.
0:33.0	Going Jurassic Park the sci-fi is interesting.
0:36.0	No, it wasn't.
0:37.0	There was a low budget sci-fi.
0:39.0	I did safety not guarantee.
0:40.0	Safety not guarantee.
0:41.0	That's what I thought.
0:42.0	I didn't want to say it because I thought it's
0:42.9	batteries not included. Okay, got you. He was in safety not guaranteed and he has his own
0:49.4	movie on Hulu and I fucking am blanking. Self-reliance. He's got a movie on Hulu and I fucking am blanking. Self-Reliance.
0:53.1	He's got a movie on Hulu called Self-Reliance.
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