Rick Glassman

Unlicensed Therapy w/ Ari Mannis

Ari Mannis

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.9 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast we are joined by comedian and actor Rick Glassman. On this episode Rick shares with us how being diagnosed with Asperger syndrome late in life affected both his professional and personal life. Growing up Rick lacked the ability to read social and facial ques and as a result had little to no friends. Recognizing these limitations proved to be the easiest hurdle. Learning how to navigate through this condition on the other hand showed to be more challenging. As a high functioning adult Rick has been able to adapt almost effortlessly but not without the help of comedy. Comedy has directly improved his ability to connect with people through validation and although it is an ongoing battle his stage persona has formed into something you would not recognize from his young self. As we go further into the show Rick shares with us a few anecdotes confronting a security guard along with his basketball aspirations in college.

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0:00.0	I'm pretty sure that you have a way harder time getting through life for the average person, Ari.
0:18.0	I don't know why anybody would listen to this.
0:20.6	I know I won't.
0:24.3	Ari, you're if I single-handedly broke up my marriage. You're an awful person.
0:31.8	You're 24 years old. Why would I listen to you? Why would you be giving therapy and advice to people who clearly need it?
0:39.3	It doesn't make any sense, Ari.
0:40.8	This is a horrible idea.
0:42.7	You're listening to, you're listening to Unlicensed, unlicensed, unlicensed therapy with Ari Minnis.
0:50.2	So the setup with this, I pulled my neck doing Jay Larson's podcast today because you guys have a setup to where it works well for the two shot, but not for a natural conversation.
1:02.4	So me doing this for a while is not good for my body.
1:06.4	So I might have a weak neck.
1:08.1	I wouldn't say I have a weak neck, but that's just because I don't want people to find out.
1:13.0	It's very humbling to admit that you have a weak neck.
1:16.5	Well, as we talked about before, more specifically, I have a bad shoulder.
1:20.5	And my neck, my shoulder.
1:21.6	Wait, you said you don't want to talk about that.
1:24.1	I don't think that that's the topic of your, the theme of your podcast.
1:28.2	Oh, we can talk about it for a little bit, just not the whole hour.
1:30.5	We can talk about it the entire time, but I mean, I don't, I don't see much, you know, getting much out of it.
1:35.9	Well, it's relatable.
1:36.8	You know, a lot of people have shoulder and back issues.
1:39.1	One and every three Americans.
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