Michael Ian Black

Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend

Alison Rosen

Funny, Comic, Interviews, Women, Celebrity, Grief, Psychology, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.6 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2016

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

I've been a fan of actor, writer and comedian Michael Ian Black for years so it was a real treat to have him stop by my podcast during one of his trips to Los Angeles. We talked about his podcast How to Be Amazing and his approach to interviewing before delving into some of the meatier topics explored in his most recent book—which I loved and highly recommend—Navel Gazing: True Tales of Bodies, Mostly Mine (but also my mom's which I know sounds weird). We chatted about growing up in a home filled with rage, growing up without much male influence, his gay-but-not-aware-of-it-yet mother being subjected to shock treatment by her parents and his theories about what led to this, his choice to live in Connecticut and thoughts about Los Angeles, whether people expect him to be more snarky than he is and his desire to be a good person. Plus we took your questions over Twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

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0:00.0	I'm saying rose in I'm saying rose in you best friend. I'm saying I'm saying we're
0:09.5	good times never in I'm saying rose in you. We're good again. I'm saying rose in I'm
0:20.9	saying you best friend. Hey everyone. Hi. Hello. It is me, Alice and Rosen. Welcome to
0:27.0	another episode of Alice and Rosen is you best friend. I am sitting here in dining room
0:31.4	studios with someone that I have wanted to have on the podcast for a really long time. And
0:36.2	here he is, Michael Ian Black. Hello and welcome. Hi. Thank you. So so much to talk about.
0:43.1	Let's just get this out of the way right away. It is much earlier than I normally record
0:48.1	this podcast in fairness to me. It's not that early. It's 9 30 in the morning. And you're
0:55.2	on East Coast time, I assume. Well, I've been in town for about a week. So I think I'm
0:59.4	acclimated to the West Coast, but I have to go down to San Diego today and rather than
1:02.9	cancel on you. Right. I asked you if you could do a little earlier. And I said yes. You
1:07.9	did say yes. And now the first thing you're doing is bitching about it. No, I'm not bitching
1:11.4	about it. It sounds like you're bitching about it. I'm not. I am setting it up so that if
1:16.0	my energy is not where it should be them. You know what though? I was going to say
1:21.6	that people will be like, Oh, well, it was early, but no one will have sympathy for that
1:25.0	because I recognize that 9 30 is not early to most people. No, most people get up and
1:29.4	go to work. Most people have jobs. It is a Saturday. It is a Saturday. Yes. It is absolutely
1:35.7	a Saturday. Thank you. And so if I in any way made this difficult for you, I apologize.
1:42.4	Oh, no, no, no. I was anxious to do the podcast. I'm excited. I'm yeah, I'm just I'm just
1:47.5	putting it out there. I'm a little concerned that I will not be the top of my game. And
1:55.4	I just feel like I just do to the hour. Do to the perfectly reasonable hour. You may not
2:00.1	be at the top of your game. I understand. Now you host how to be amazing. I do. Which is
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