Matt McCusker

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

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

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Neal Brennan interviews Matt McCusker (Matt & Shane's Secret Podcast, New Netflix Special: A Humble Offering) 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 00:15 Neal Reacts to Matt’s Special 5:36 Matt & Shane’s Secret Podcast 8:43 Parenting 16:05 Panic Attacks 29:04 Therapy and Psychology 30:14 Sponsor: Huel 32:15 Sponsor: Superpower 34:18 Relationships 37:51 Anger 41:14 Therapy & Self-Help 48:54 How Men Can Deal with the Menstrual Cycle 55:34 Sponsor: Squarespace 57:42 Sponsor: Bubs Naturals 1:00:07 Directionlessness 1:04:28 Dissociation 1:18:48 How his life has improved Thanks to our sponsors! Visit https://www.huel.com/Neal20 to get 20% off online ' Visit https://www.superpower.com/NEAL and use promo code NEAL for $20 off! Visit https://www.squarespace.com/NEAL to save 10% off your first purchase Visit https://www.bubsnaturals.com and use promo code NEAL for 20% off Bubs Naturals. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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	My guest today is he's got his own podcast called Matt and Shane Seeker podcast, and I thought it was behind Patreon, and that was my excuse for not watching it.
0:10.0	Turns out it's on YouTube once a week.
0:12.0	Whoops.
0:13.0	And he's got a Netflix special called A Humble Offering, which is a dick joke in case you're wondering, because I watched it.
0:21.7	There you go.
0:22.3	Some of the bits that stood out for me on your very funny special were you're married to a black woman.
0:29.0	You call her a black lady, which is so much funnier to me.
0:33.0	I love my wife.
0:33.9	My wife's a cool lady.
0:35.8	And makes her sound 70. Yeah.
0:38.3	And I like the bit about her wanting you to confront her grandmother.
0:45.3	Yeah, mom.
0:46.3	It's so fucking funny.
0:47.3	Yeah.
0:48.3	Or her mom.
0:49.3	Yeah.
0:50.3	Sorry. It would be your kid's grandma.
0:52.3	But like the dynamics, that's such a funny angle, the angle of like your white parents
0:58.6	and her black parents.
1:00.1	Once you have kids, then you have interracial grandparents.
1:03.6	And that can be a little tricky because like, you know, they're not used to like team
1:06.4	building projects as much yet.
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