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Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Trevor Noah

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

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

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Neal Brennan interviews Trevor Noah ('The Daily Show,' 'What Now?,' 'Born a Crime,' 'Where Was I' & more on Netflix) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. ---------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to @trevornoah Follow What Now? w/ Trevor Noah on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/122imavATqSE7eCyXIcqZL -------------------------- 00:00 Intro 2:48 Life Defined by Race 4:36 Born a Crime: Growing up in Apartheid South Africa 12:10 Is there a value to trauma? 13:55 Diffusing Conflict & Communication 20:20 Relationship w/ Parents 24:01 Depression & ADHD 30:48 Ketamine Therapy 32:38 Diagnosis vs. Medication 34:50 Romantic Relationships 48:50 Two Racial Topics for Neal’s White Audience 1:00:35 What He Makes of Life Overall ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle ---------------------------------------------------------- #podcast #comedy #mentalhealth #standup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ladies and we're gentlemen it's the blocks podcast I'm Neil Brennan and we you know we talk about the things that make you feel like something's wrong with us and then people relate to us and we all feel better.

0:18.3

My guest today is a long time word we got to be going on 13 or 14 years you and me. Easily. people use the word journey too much.

0:25.2

Me and this guy have been on a real journey.

0:29.8

He's got five Netflix specials.

0:31.8

He's the former host of the Daily Show and he's a great

0:36.8

person and someone I actually admire with no asterisks. He's taught me a lot and he's here now it's Trevor

0:47.3

Now. It's Trevor Noah, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah. Trevor Noah everybody

0:50.8

He'll bring me about What's going on, Neil?

0:54.0

Hey buddy.

0:55.0

Did you say we talk about what's wrong with us?

0:57.0

On this podcast.

0:58.0

By the way, you and I talk about what's wrong with this.

1:00.0

I thought blocks was just like I don't know like building blocks

1:04.2

for a comedy set so no no sir mental and emotional blocks oh I came to the wrong

1:09.8

place. The thing I was to say about Trevor looks like he's not only does he not have problems

1:18.3

he doesn't even know anyone who has problems but this guy has legitimate problems. He wrote a book about it that's a

1:28.2

runaway bestseller. I listen to it after knowing him for 10 years and actually learn something from it.

1:35.1

It's also a great entry into audio books.

1:39.1

Like you're a good, you have a nice, you've got a British accent you've got a nice tone

1:43.7

hashtag colonization we did it but it's not all bad it's not all bad I've been saying that I've

1:49.9

been saying that but I will as I was driving over here I was thinking about you

1:54.3

by the way loves driving was gonna drive for Uber at one point he just loves

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