Jordan Klepper

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

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

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Neal Brennan interviews Jordan Klepper (Daily Show, "Fingers the Pulse") on the Blocks Podcast about the true nature of MAGA, what he witnessed in Washington D.C. on January 6, how the American attitude toward shamelessness and hypocrisy has shifted since Trump's rise to power, using his improv background in field pieces, taking a Trump supporter to a Kamala rally, interviewing a guy who pleaded guilty to punching a cop on January 6 but still believed it was an inside job, what he learned from Jon Stewart & Trevor Noah, hosting his own show and how it affected his nervous system, becoming a parent, his drift from Hitchens-era smug atheist certainty back to agnosticism, Dominos vs. Papa Johns on the road, connecting flights, Camus and philosophy, and being smug. 00:00 Neal & Matthew McConaughey's Shininess 1:40 Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse 3:00 Road life 8:15 Field pieces with Jon vs. Trevor 10:32 MAGA 13:10 January 6 18:54 Trump's superpower 20:40 Ad Break: Ultra Nuro Pouches 22:58 Ad Break: Zocdoc 25:25 Interviewing approach 30:24 Bringing a Trump fan to a Kamala rally 32:43 January 6 41:27 Ad Break: Harry's 43:37 Ad Break: Mando 45:44 Math vs. Comedy Brain 54:05 Marriage & Parenthood 1:06:30 Religion, Atheism & Agnosticism 1:26:36 Information overload 1:30 Jon Stewart & Trevor Noah Thanks to our sponsors! Don't sleep on @UltraPouches . New customers get 15% Off with code NEAL at https://www.takeultra.com ! #ultrapouches #ad Stop putting off those doctors appointments and go to https://www.Zocdoc.com/NEAL to instantly book a doctor you love today. Our listeners get the Harry's Plus Trial Set for only $10 at https://www.Harrys.com/NEAL #Harryspod Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get 20% off with promo code NEAL at https://www.shopmando.com ! #mandopod Live Better Longer with BUBS Naturals. For a limited time get 20% Off your entire order with code NEAL at https://www.Bubsnaturals.com ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here we go. Do I have to promo? I don't have to promo anything with you, right?
0:04.4	You don't have to. I got some shows I'm doing on the road, but they go to my website.
0:08.0	If you want to put it. This fucking guys, real regular. Watch the daily show, you know? Support linear television. Watch it at 11 o'clock at night. Would you shut up? Guys, I do an intro with you here.
0:21.4	I know, I am.
0:22.8	A lot of, Amanda McConaughey was on here.
0:24.2	He patted himself. Shut up. Guys, you're not even gonna- Guys, I knew of intro with you here. I know I am.
0:21.6	A Maddie McConae was on here. He patted himself down, brought his own padding. Yeah, yeah. We kind of give it a time to kill feel. Extra sweat on that baby. Yeah, a little sweaty. I like to shine because it gives it a sense of urgency. Like I'm like I'm like I'm like, I'm, like, I'm, like, I'm, like, it's frantic.
0:39.0	With you or the audience is like, I need to switch to audio only. Is that, is that the kind of Well, they know that this is urgent. This is, I'm trying to diffuse a bomb over here. I'm going to get a close up of a sweat gland, a sweat droplet coming down my. This is a I haven't even done the intro one time
0:56.0	Intro for this episode
0:57.8	I'll give you gland a sweat droplet coming down my um this is a i haven't even done the intro one time uh intro for
0:57.4	this episode i'll give you a little anecdote when are we starting are we starting this is gone off the rails
1:03.0	before you even got on the rails uh one time was pitching a movie with mike sure this is the year was
1:08.4	1999 mike sure's gone on to create a lot of shows you
1:11.6	like Parks and Rec whatever pitching a movie it's not going well okay and it's it was
1:18.9	Scher's turn to talk and he's and he I like did a zoom in with my eyes and he just
1:24.9	had one droplet of sweat coming down his
1:30.3	then sure we'll confirm that
1:32.5	I'm sure he watches the show
1:34.8	if not every episode
1:36.8	every other one
1:38.4	guys my guest today is
1:41.4	a stalwart
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