Ronny Chieng

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Neal Brennan interviews Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show, Shang-Chi, Crazy Rich Asians, Netflix special 'Speakeasy,' + more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. Ronny's Blocks: 00:00 Intro 6:20 Deferential 7:19 客气 17:57 Holidays 27:16 TV Shows 31:48 Nicer to strangers 37:35 Hates Umbrellas 42:35 Hates Small Talk 44:25 Hates Pick Your Brains 47:55 Dad Died 1:00:31 Showers After Dump Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bam, picture this! You're watching your favorite artist play. Not that artist!
0:05.0	Ha ha, yeah, that's you! You look down at the red can in your hand, or is it?
0:11.0	No, it's a Pepsi Max.
0:13.0	The COLA over 70% of the UK prefer.
0:16.0	You props prefer it too. Go on, try it.
0:19.0	Pepsi Max. plastic for more.
0:23.0	UK Blind Taste Test with over 54,000 people versus UK's biggest selling full sugarcola.
0:27.6	For verification go to Pepsi.
0:28.9	code at UK slash FAQ.
0:30.6	What's up guys? FAQ. What's up? Hey guys, I actually have a joke about these guys.
0:44.4	What's up guys?
0:45.5	My name is Neil Brennan.
0:46.6	I have a Netflix special called Blocks, it's streaming as we speak,
0:50.2	where I talk about the things that make me feel like something's wrong with me,
0:54.2	made me feel abnormal, make me feel like I don't fit into the world,
0:57.2	and now I do a podcast where I have my friends come on and tell me about their blocks and we are all very earnest and vulnerable and people thank
1:08.6	us for a vulnerability and they mark they write in the thank you, I feel that way.
1:13.2	Also, they also say mean things about my face.
1:16.5	And I don't have AIDS, I just got a lot of tests done.
1:20.9	Thanks though.
1:22.0	Thank you for your concern. And we shame, shame here. My guest today, you're a friend of mine, Ronnie.
1:31.0	Thank you. And usually you'd say, thanks, you are as well.
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