#697 Best Of: Chris Fairbanks - Growing Up Around Dementia
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
A favorite among listeners, this Best Of episode was originally recorded in 2011, in the first months of the podcast. Stand-up Comedian, Skateboarder and co-host (with Karen Kilgariff) of the podcast Do You Need A Ride? Chris Fairbanks (aka @Chris_Fairbanks) talks with Paul about his mother’s battle with alcoholism, Alzheimer’s and Dementia and its effect on him growing up and today. They talk about the link between pain and creativity, peer acceptance, dark voices in their heads and they both share chilling stories about dead people.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 697 with a best of episode. This is with Christ. Yeah, this is with |
| 0:08.6 | Jesus Christ. This is with Chris Fairbanks and this was recorded in 2011 at the Bridgown Comedy Festival and that's where I first met Chris and he's just so open and honest in this conversation, |
| 0:23.1 | and I got to see him actually again about a month ago. |
| 0:28.7 | He's a mutual friend, and he is doing well, |
| 0:32.4 | but I am currently out of town and I will be back next week and we will have a brand new episode |
| 0:40.0 | so enjoy this episode and we will see you a week from now |
| 0:44.9 | I'm here with Chris Fairbanks. We're at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival and you just came in |
| 0:50.7 | You were just saying you were doing a gig in Seattle that you thought was related to this festival. |
| 0:55.6 | I got the impression because it was the same comics. |
| 0:58.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:59.6 | Some of them. |
| 1:00.6 | But yeah, and he, yeah, the organizer organizer this festival turns out |
| 1:04.3 | I have no knowledge of this you know in a nutshell that's the comedy the business side of comedy. |
| 1:11.3 | It's kind of vague. |
| 1:15.0 | A lot of times you don't even find what the real gig is |
| 1:18.6 | until you get there, you find out, oh, |
| 1:20.4 | I'm performing on the roof of a barn. |
| 1:22.4 | Yeah, yeah, all those rooftop barn shows. |
| 1:25.0 | Yes. The barn burn burners, I like to call them. |
| 1:27.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah, no, I think it was me misreading an email. |
| 1:31.0 | I don't think they ever claimed hey we're okay and they were |
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