This is a HeadGum podcast. Hello and welcome to Good One a podcast about jokes. I am your host

Walter Senior Editor Jesse David Fox. That first late night spot is an important

marker in the marathon that is a stand-ups career.

Though the days of one Carson appearance changing your life are in the past,

it's a way to know you're on the right track

and it's a way of telling potential audiences in the industry this is who I am.

This week on Good One, we talk about what it's like to put together that five minutes,

after years of dreaming about it, with our guest, one of my absolute favorite young comedians, and coos of the Couples Therapy

podcast, Naomi Eke Perrigan. Beyond being just so so funny, Naomi's conversational style makes

one of those special types of comedians who just want to be friends with

whether you're seeing her live or on national television. So here's Naomi

Ek Perrigan on Late Night with Seth Myers, followed by Nomi Ek Perigan on Good One

Podcast. Friends, I am at a crossroads.

I mean that health-wise, okay?

And by that I mean I just found out I can no longer fit into my old Navy genes.

You know, so I'm at rock bottom. The thing is like I

want to eat healthy, you know what I mean? Like I want to figure out what the deal is

with salad, but like I don't know how.

And I think it's like, I think it's probably because I used to drink to feel pretty,

now I eat to feel nothing, you know?

Yeah, I think that's it, you know.

I did decide I would go to a nutritionist though, you know, I said I was like, go to a professional,

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