Moses Storm: From Doomsday Cult to Stand-Up Star

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🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In his first hour-long stand-up special ‘Trash White,’ comedian Moses Storm describes himself as going “from the dumpster to HBO Max.” But as he explains in this week’s episode, his real story is even darker, which makes his ability to find so much humor in it all the more remarkable. During our conversation, Storm breaks down how comedy became his only way out of extreme poverty and why he pushes back when privileged audience members have tried to tell him it’s offensive to use the word “homeless.” He also reveals how the late Bob Saget ended up appearing in his new special, how Conan O’Brien changed his life overnight and a lot more.

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0:00.0	You would never know by looking at my guest on today's show that he grew up homeless as part of a religious doomsday cult.
0:06.9	I grew up very poor in a big family.
0:09.2	We were on food stamps.
0:10.4	We would dumpster die for food.
0:12.4	A lot of people find it hard to believe that I was ever that poor.
0:16.0	I look like I was conceived in an Ivy League Acapella Concert.
0:23.6	Shibby-D my dad owns every university.
0:26.8	Shibby do our lot is aversity.
0:33.5	This is the last laugh.
0:35.8	I'm Matt Wilson from The Daily Beast, and that was comedian Moses Storm,
0:39.7	who puts his own very unique upbringing on display in his upcoming HBO Mac special, Trash White.
0:47.6	Moses has toured with Conan O'Brien and appeared here and there on TV over the years,
0:52.4	but his first hour-long special is a major leap forward
0:56.0	in his career. And he rises to the occasion, delivering one of the most confident and innovative
1:01.5	debuts I've seen in a long time. So I was really excited to have him on the podcast to talk about
1:08.0	his wild journey to becoming a stand-up comic, how Bob Sagitt ended up making
1:12.5	a bizarrely timed cameo in his new special, and so much more. Whether you are familiar with his
1:18.5	comedy or not, I think you are really going to enjoy this conversation. So here's me with Moses
1:24.2	Storm. I feel like we've known each other for years now because we've been working on getting
1:29.4	this recording to work for the past, you know, 20 minutes or so.
1:35.1	But I think...
1:35.5	It really is like the IKEA test of a relationship is, is can you get through the Zoom
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