W. Kamau Bell

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Neal Brennan interviews W. Kamau Bell (We Need to Talk About Cosby, United Shades of America, Who's With Me? 2025 standup tour) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 9:20 We Need to Talk About Cosby 14:19 Sponsor: Huel 17:01 Sponsor: BetterHelp 18:25 Who Defines What's Black? 50:42 Sponsor: Aura 52:16 Sponsor: Tushy 53:48 Smart for a Comedian 1:05:31 America ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 ([email protected]) Sponsors: New customers visit https://www.Huel.com/NEAL today and use my code NEAL to get 15% off your first order plus a Free Gift. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/neal and get on your way to being your best self. Exclusive $35-off Carver Mat at https://www.AuraFrames.com. Promo Code [NEAL] Over 2 Million Butts Love TUSHY. Get 10% off TUSHY with the code [NEAL] at https://hellotushy.com/[NEAL] Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, before you watch this thing, hit subscribe.
0:02.3	Hi, Neil Brennan here.
0:04.0	It's a blog's podcast.
0:05.3	My guest today is a guy I've known vaguely, not vague, I don't know what the right
0:11.4	word is vague.
0:12.1	It's insulting.
0:13.4	Vaguely knows.
0:14.0	But it was better than vague.
0:15.0	It was better, a little better than vague, vague plus.
0:17.2	Yeah, vague plus.
0:18.6	For, I don't know, 12, 15 years. And he has a show on FX and he made an excellent Bill Cosby documentary that we'll talk
0:29.6	about.
0:30.6	He's on tour.
0:31.6	He's on a tour called Who's With Me?
0:33.6	That's why I'm wearing the merch.
0:36.6	And not for sale. Don't look for it. And he's part of, he's wearing the merch and not for sale. Don't, don't look for it.
0:39.7	And he's a part of a new book called Who Was Government? It's about, it's the untold
0:44.9	story of public service edited by Michael Lewis. And his name is W. Kamau Bell.
0:52.3	Yay. I feel like vague is totally accurate.
0:55.6	And I think it's been,
0:56.3	I think it's been longer than 15 years.
0:57.8	It's just we didn't,
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