Hello, this is Josh Gondelman. No, I'm sorry. I'm Josh Gondelman, and this is Make My Day,

a comedy game show podcast. The world is a stressful place, so every week I invite one friend

to be a contestant on my show. They are guaranteed to win because they're the only contestant,

and I assign them points in games we play based on how much they cheer me up specifically.

That's the whole thing. They cheer me up and I give them points for it somewhat arbitrarily.

The winner of the game, which is again the only contestant, also gives a pep talk to cheer up the person or group of their choice because it's not all about me. It's just mostly about me here. And the winner receives the grand prize of a $100 donation to the charitable cause of their choice. Our contestant guest today

is a comedian and actor. She's the host of the delightful podcast, Punch Up the Jam. Please welcome

to the show, Miel Brato. Hi, Josh. Can you hear my dog barking? This is auto a rocky start.

No, that's okay. We all get dogs.

Thanks for having me, friend. What a pleasure.

Thank you for doing this. How are you holding up lately, buddy?

Ah, is it insensitive if I say I'm actually doing okay?

No, that's fine. I'm actually doing okay.

That's great. What is keeping you okay?

Like, what's the okay part?

I think that...

Sounds great.

I think that I'm one who is really good at like Jedi mind-tricking myself into pretending

everything's fine.

Sure.

With the help of routines and conversations and exercise and work and food and my

dog. That just sounds like living a life. So I think that's what I'm doing. I think that's why I'm

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