Two Midwesterners Record a Podcast Episode with Charlie Berens

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

To kick off the week, Sharon sits down to chat with comedian and fellow Midwesterner, Charlie Berens. Charlie talks about how he doubled down on his Midwestern character after realizing just how different he sounded to people when he traveled outside of the Midwest. He channels his dad and his grandfather in his comedy, turning on that gruff but unfailingly polite Wisconsinite personality. Sharon and Charlie compare their Midwestern upbringings, laughing together about what it really means to say, “I’m fine” in the Midwest, how catchin’ fish is like going grocery shopping on the lake, and the rivalry–and striking similarities–between Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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0:00.0	Hello.
0:03.0	Thanks for being here today.
0:05.0	I have a really fun guess.
0:07.0	This is just a super fun, funny episode with Comedian Charlie Barons.
0:12.0	You have probably seen his videos on Facebook.
0:15.0	He has written a book.
0:16.0	He has like a whole comedy tour called the Midwest Survival Guide.
0:21.0	And it is real good it's real good so let's dive in you can hear how good it is
0:28.9	you can hear how good it is I'm Sharon McMan and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast.
0:37.0	Oh Charlie, so excited to chat with you today.
0:40.0	Thanks for doing this.
0:41.0	I'm very excited to chat with you. Yeah, thanks for having me on.
0:44.3	I have a few. Oh, absolutely. I have laughed at many of your videos as have millions
0:51.0	and millions of Americans.
0:52.6	But of course, as a Minnesotan,
0:54.8	I supremely resonate with the vast majority of your content.
1:00.0	I would love to know more about like,
1:01.6	well, how did you get started doing this?
1:03.7	How did you decide, you know what I gotta do?
1:07.7	Is make some videos.
1:10.8	Honestly, the way it just says, said, it just sounds like butter for my ears, melted butter, you know.
1:17.0	Well, so how it started as I was in the news business and I was going around the country doing local news and all that sort of stuff and then I started doing stand up at night when I moved to LA and I was doing like red carpet reporting and everything.
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