Remember Dry Snacks? (with Jason Isbell)

How Did We Get Weird with Vanessa Bayer and Jonah Bayer

All Things Comedy

Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We could not be more excited to welcome our close personal friend to the podcast this week: Musician and actor, Jason Isbell! You've heard him talk about his '59 Les Paul but have you heard Isbell break down the difference between dry snacks, snacks that are a test of class and snacks that are a proof of class? Plus, from transporting Kudos bars to Handi-Snacks, we talk about the benefits of Jason's proto-grunge ensembles of cargo pants and flannel shirts. We also discuss why so many heavy metal musicians are nice people, Jason's real-life encounters with members of Metallica and Pearl Jam and what it was like being raised by teenage parents and lots of grandparents in Alabama. As if that weren't enough, we finish up with a round of CHANGE.DORK where we weigh in on important petitions regarding Primus signature guitars, Georgia Gold vs Hot Chicken at KFC and if a collaboration between Isbell and John Mayer is in the works. (Spoiler alert: It isn't.) Be sure to check out Jason's new documentary RUNNING WITH OUR EYES CLOSED which is now streaming on HBO Max and pick up his latest album with the 400 Unit, WEATHERVANES, when it comes out on June 9th.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Vanessa Bayer and this is my brother Jonah.
0:05.0	We're two siblings who love to talk about our childhood and nostalgia and how it shaped us into the people we are today.
0:10.0	Who are very nice, if I do say so myself.
0:13.0	Welcome to How Did We Get Weird. So Jonah, did you want to talk today a little bit about using this podcast to have people on that we want to be friends with?
0:34.2	Yeah. One of the cool things about having a podcast is you can ask people to come on
0:37.8	who you secretly really want to be friends with. I hope this isn't too embarrassing for our guest
0:41.7	today, but I'm just such a huge fan of his work, his music, just as an artist. And so I was like,
0:47.9	oh, we should ask this person to be in the podcast. They probably won't want to do it, but we should just ask. And then it worked out. It can be a good
0:54.4	medium to sort of get to know people, but also secretly try to make friends. Have you ever done
0:59.3	that, Vanessa? Oh, all the time. I mean, I feel like when we did our web series sound advice,
1:03.6	we would have people on. We actually worked with Jenny Lewis. I got to become friends with her.
1:08.1	When people used to be guests on SNL, a lot of times the women that would come on that I felt
1:13.3	like were sort of like I could see myself in them, but they were just like a lot more together
1:17.5	and cool than me.
1:18.8	I would hard try and become best friends with them.
1:21.0	I'll give examples.
1:22.1	Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, Emma Stone.
1:24.9	I would just like really be like, I got to become best friends with this
1:27.8	person and it's the last thing I do. So totally get it and excited that maybe this will potentially
1:33.7	happen today. Should we introduce our guests who you, not to make things awkward, want to
1:38.8	become best friends with it? Yeah, it's always good if you want to become friends with someone to start
1:42.0	out talking about how you want to be friends with them. Yeah, that's always a cool move. Our guest today, songroom musician, who started on the drive-by truckers now as a very successful solo artist. His latest album with his band The 400 Unit Weather Vanes comes out on June 9th. Let's give it up for Jason Isbell. Hey, Jason. Hey there. I'm a little offended that you guys are lying and telling people we didn't grow up together, but I guess it works better for a podcast to try to act like we're just going to be friends. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because we got rid of our accents, even though we grew up in the same part of town. It's a hell of a way to get out of the money that you guys owe me. It's just to pretend we've never met before. Yeah, we don't know
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