Taylor Tomlinson Is Ready To Joke About Her Bipolar II. Mostly.

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🗓️ 9 September 2024

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The After Midnight host was initially unsure about sharing her bipolar II diagnosis on-stage. But, she tells co-host Tonya Mosley, "I got such amazing feedback from people who had been struggling with their mental health." Her new Netflix comedy special is Have It All.

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0:00.0	Support for this podcast and the following message come from Dignity Memorial.
0:04.6	When your celebration of life is prepaid today, your family is protected tomorrow.
0:09.6	Planning ahead is truly one of the best gifts you can give your family. For additional
0:14.2	information visit dignity memorial.com. This is fresh air. I'm Tanya
0:19.4	Mosley and my guest today is stand-up comedian and late night talk show host Taylor
0:24.4	Tom Linson she hosts CBS's After Midnight which bills itself as the smartest
0:29.6	show on TV about the dumbest things on the internet.
0:33.0	Welcome, I'm your host Taylor Tom Linson,
0:38.0	and this is my show after midnight
0:40.0	and this is my outfit today.
0:42.0	Do you like it?
0:43.0	Thank you, but no offense, there's only one opinion that matters.
0:48.0	The only one I care about is this random guy on Reddit who's been ranking my outfits.
0:53.6	Yep.
0:55.6	This is real.
0:57.3	He uses a scale from elite to nah, which I think is the metric system, I'm not sure.
1:05.0	I'd make fun of this, but this person clearly has watched every episode of the show,
1:09.3	so I think I might be in love. In fact, this is the only ranking I care about.
1:16.0	Some late night hosts worry about ratings and ad sales.
1:19.0	Not me.
1:20.0	I wake up in a cold sweat.
1:21.0	Like, is Reddit user 21 puppets gonna think my blazer is
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