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The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast

119. The Trans Debate, Surviving PTSD, and the State of American Humor | Yannis Pappas

The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast

Mikhaila Peterson

Society & Culture

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Mikhaila hosts Yannis Pappas who shares his experience of getting shot, quitting comedy to recover, and returning. The two discuss surviving COVID, personality traits, PTSD, panic attacks from serious trauma, and this rapidly changing world. After Yannis shares his daily routine pre and post COVID, he provides advice to young comics. Yannis Pappas is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcast host from Brooklyn, New York. The “Long Day” podcast host is widely known for the characters of Mr. Panos and Maurica. He also co-hosted an award-winning series and a sports comedy show in addition to participating in festivals around the world. If you enjoyed as much as I did, make sure to subscribe! Find more Yannis Pappas on his website: https://www.yannispappascomedy.com/ Follow his Instagram account: https://Instagram.com/YannisPappas Check out Yannis Pappas’s Youtube @LongDays with Yannis Pappas ———————————— Follow Me On ———————————— Audio - https://linktr.ee/mikhailapeterson Twitter - https://twitter.com/MikhailaAleksis Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mikhailapeterson Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mikhailapetersonpodcast Lion Diet - https://linktr.ee/liondiet Telegram - https://t.me/mikhailapeterson ———————————— Show Notes ———————————— [0:00] Intro [02:34] Surviving COVID-19. [04:34] Yannis's background. [04:56] Lexipro, neuroticism, and psychopaths. [06:36] Yannis and Mikhaila discuss potential danger. [07:29] Shows in NY and club requirements. [10:14] Country music and moving out of Canada, Austin, and Nashville. [13:53] Yannis’s started in comedy and getting shot. [19:01] His SNL audition and suffering from PTSD post shot. [21:16] Mikhaila's panic attacks during hospital visits. [22:41] Yannis responds to the idea of panic attacks. [24:24] Being a social worker for 9/11 victims. [26:00] Dr. Jordan’s Peterson personality test. [26:37] The two types of personalities Yannis has seen in comedy. [28:49] How evil operates according to Yannis. [29:11] Yannis’s return to comedy. [30:49] Pappas’s advice for young comics. [31:09] How Yannis writes his comedy sets. [33:53] Successful comedy expectations. [34:08] Yannis’s view towards public rejection. [34:38] How comedy is universally changing quickly. [35:57] Yannis’s opinion on humor nowadays. [39:01] The story of an MMA trans woman fighter choking out a woman. [42:27] Yannis’s perspective towards freedom in America. [44:52] Mikhaila’s thoughts on attachment. [45:43] Yannis's favorite comics. [49:37] Yannis’s daily routine and the changes during COVID. [54:05] Yannis's future plans and the Chinese Communist Party. [58:08] Wrap Up. Find more Yannis on YouTube, his podcast Long Days with Yannis Pappas, and his special, "Blowing the Light." #MikhailaPetersonPodcast #YannisPappas #ComedyPodcast #Comedy #PTSD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

just going to recommend to any young comics. It's, you know, it's, it's not politically correct to say, but it's a good idea when you start doing comedy and just find someone who has a job who you can live off of.

0:19.2

Welcome to the Michaela Peterson podcast. This is episode 119 clearly my studio still isn't set up, although this is an iPad and looks pretty good.

0:28.0

Long story short, I'm allergic to Tennessee. Nashville was amazing. I just moved to Franklin, but I forgot I'm basically a bubbled person and there's greenery everywhere. And so I'm allergic to everything. I may be moving to a desert, maybe I'll live in a year, it probably be allergic to the dust.

0:44.0

Anyway, I don't know if you can tell my face is puffy. I have other allergy symptoms, but I can't do it. Can't do Tennessee too many allergies. One day I'll have a studio again, sometimes soon in some city somewhere.

0:56.0

In this episode, I spoke with Janice Popus, a comedian from New York City. Janice is an American standup comedian after and podcast host from Brooklyn, New York.

1:06.0

He co-hosted an award winning series in the sports comedy show in addition to participating in festivals around the world and live shows. I liked it a lot. This was a good episode.

1:15.0

We spoke about a number of topics, including him getting shot, recovering, getting through PTSD. We spoke about the transgender mixed martial arts fighter, who pretty brutally won an MMA fight, fighting under the name Lady Farrell.

1:31.0

With a t-shirt on the set and the trans genocide while being up a woman, anyway, the conversation gets weird. It was fun. Please hit subscribe and hit like if you like it or don't. Either way, I hope you enjoy the episode.

1:45.0

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1:55.0

They have super diverse pieces from classic to statement. I wear their minimalist gold rings that I absolutely love. Super cute, fine jewelry that I can wear, very high quality. I keep them on in the shower when I'm playing with scarlet.

2:08.0

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2:56.0

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3:03.0

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3:15.0

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3:25.0

I'm a fan of you. I've been watching the clips from your podcast.

3:30.0

I'm a fan of you. I'm a fan of you. I've been watching the clips from your podcast.

3:37.0

I'm a fan of you. I'm a fan of you. I'm a fan of you. I'm a fan of you. I've been watching the clips from your podcast.

3:46.0

You've had some friends of mine on and I'm happy to be here. This is amazing.

3:51.0

And here means, you know, in my house, we're doing this virtually. But you know what? I embrace the future.

4:06.0

I'm not embracing the future, but I'm making do with what we have for the moment. Are you in New York?

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