PTFO - How to Laugh About the Saddest Sentence in the English Language

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

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4.9 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Millions of us hide in a ubiquitous sorrow. And pretty much all of us are horrible at talking about it. But Michael Cruz Kayne, Peabody-award winning writer for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," has a theory about why death feels unspeakable. And how we can all get better at dealing with the most universal fact of life. In a behind-the-scenes look at his one-man show, "Sorry for Your Loss," Michael teaches Pablo about normalizing a taboo — and doing some seriously mind-blowing math in the process. Related links: "Sorry For Your Loss" (via Audible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pablo Torrey finds out. I am Pablo Torrey and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
0:06.0	Here's my wife and here is a freaky tapis of my wife.
0:14.1	Right after this ad.
0:17.8	You're listening to Draft Kings Network. Two years ago, it was Asian American Heritage Month and you did something that does make me feel like I owe a debt to you.
0:43.3	Michael Cruz Kane, guest in person in the studio,
0:46.6	a half-Filipino friend of mine.
0:48.3	Thank you for having me.
0:49.4	A joy.
0:50.2	I've been an admirer forever since the beginning of time.
0:54.3	Yes.
0:55.3	Before you were born.
0:55.9	I felt it.
0:56.9	I felt it from the very start.
0:58.9	You did something for me two years ago in your capacity as a writer for the late show was Stephen Colbert.
1:04.8	This is not me repaying it in any way.
1:07.2	Good because this doesn't come close.
1:08.7	No, I'm actually using you for more than the
1:13.0	than there was a stat two years ago during Asian American
1:14.0	Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
1:16.0	Do you remember the stat?
1:18.0	The gist of it was that most people, if you ask them to name
1:22.0	a famous Asian American, more than 50% of people,
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