Sara Schaefer Is Sick of Social Media

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Alison Rosen

Funny, Comic, Interviews, Women, Celebrity, Grief, Psychology, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.6 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2018

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Sara Schaefer is back to talk about her upcoming memoir and how the process of revisiting old diaries allowed her to see herself more clearly. We talk about the traumatic turning point in her childhood when her father admitted to criminal activity, her relationship with religion, concerns that entertainment was a selfish pursuit, being a rule follower, the experience of having a show on MTV (Nikki and Sara Live), working with Nikki Glaser, pitching shows, feeling understood by her boyfriend and the need to feel understood, how free speech and the #MeToo movement intersect in comedy, her podcast Loner at Coyowolf Creek, problems with social media, college shows and so much more.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, hi, hello, welcome to another episode of Alison Rosen's Universe Friend.
0:27.6	I'm sitting here with Sarah Schaeffer, whom I last had on the podcast.
0:31.6	I checked September 30th, 2012.
0:34.4	Wow.
0:35.4	Some things have changed.
0:36.4	Oh my gosh, didn't realize it was that long ago.
0:38.2	I know.
0:39.2	I know.
0:40.2	First of all, happy-boiled birthday.
0:41.5	Thank you.
0:42.5	You turned 40.
0:43.5	I did.
0:44.5	How are you feeling about it?
0:45.5	I feel good.
0:46.5	I feel like I mean, it really was like a switch flipped of like, I'm okay.
0:54.3	It's going to be okay.
0:55.3	Were you having mixed feelings about it ahead of time?
0:59.0	No, I think it was just, no, I mean like, in life.
1:03.6	It was like the moment I turned 40, it was just like I took a deep breath and was like,
1:08.4	it's fine.
1:09.4	Everything's fine.
1:10.6	So when I last talked to you, your MTV show with Nikki Glazer, you guys were in the
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