Okay, here we go.

Hi, everybody. Today I wanted to take a moment to tell you kind of what's been going on with me that I haven't really spoken a lot about, at least not publicly.

As a comedian first on stage, then radio and social media, I've always been as transparent as I can be about my problems and my struggles

because I learned that it help others and it's also formerly good material on stage and now

good content and relatable here on the podcast. I mean, I'm keenly aware of the fact that now

we normalize, we're trying to at least normalize emotional struggle and anxiety and

depression and all the rest of the struggles that we have and that it can sometimes become

kind of a like a trauma porn. People constantly posting on Facebook or Instagram or wherever

about their struggles that they are having. It becomes too much and you you're in a good mood, and you go and see that, especially

someone that you care about, and it's hard.

That being said, I do feel that I've mostly struck the right balance sharing during my

career in hopes that it helps folks learn and relate, and I like to offer solutions about

what works for me and what works for so many

others as much as you have done that so often for me. People have really helped me out

with any number of problems that I'm having in my life. As a stand-up comic, I took my deepest

insecurities and vulnerabilities on stage. I made fun of myself because I knew I wasn't the only guy losing his hairy young age or the smallest kid in school or the

myriad of issues that I struggled with throughout my life that everybody has in their life that

I identified them to get laughs, to connect. In the end, sharing these things made me feel more

comfortable and more confident being me.

I mean, I'm pretty hard to embarrass.

It happens, but not very often.

As a radio host, I learned how much more powerful it was when you had people listening to you every day.

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