OCD, Comedy, and Cannabis with Mike Glazer

The Dr. Drew Podcast

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Talk Radio, Comedy, Science, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week, Dr. Drew talks with comedian and writer Mike Glazer, whose journey has taken him from the roller hockey rink to the comedy stage. Mike shares insights into his experiences with mental health, including struggles with OCD, depression, and family challenges. He opens up about shifting from partying tales to more introspective stand-up, as well as the therapeutic benefits of Al-Anon and weekly therapy. Dr. Drew and Mike also discuss the nuances of cannabis use and explore comedy’s complex role in addressing societal issues. Check out his special here: https://youtu.be/xsJMFxMPjLY?si=hg7f_E0QdO1F2E2y

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome
0:10.8	welcome podcast appreciate you being here Mike Glaser is a guest today comedian writer
0:14.0	podcast host he's got an upcoming special Netflix is a joke right isn't that coming up
0:20.9	as well as a comedy tour which I'm guessing you're saying is a
0:24.7	stand-up tour are there date where can they find dates? They can find dates on my
0:29.4	Instagram at Glazer boo-hoo I'll be in Chicago, Toronto, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Vegas, hopefully Montreal, a bunch of dates coming up.
0:38.0	Glazer with a Z. And tell us about your podcast?
0:43.0	Well, I was doing a podcast, but now I'm turning it into a book because that's just the way things work sometimes.
0:50.0	Oh, interesting.
0:51.0	Yeah.
0:52.0	And what's the topic?
0:54.0	The topic is, I was the best roller hockey goalie in the country for the first 25 years of my life.
1:00.0	I was like a prodigy roller hockey goalie.
1:04.0	But through that I had a lot, we were sponsored by strippers and strip clubs.
1:11.0	I was playing with men, I developed OCD. There was a lot of death and drugs and I ended up almost becoming an Olympian by the end of that journey.
1:21.0	Nice. Yeah, we'd be in roller hockey. of that
1:25.0	would be in roller hockey but they took mixed doubles badminton the year that we would have been a summer
1:29.0	Olympic game they took mixed doubles badminton instead of roller hockey. So I have a gold medal from the pan American games, but didn't my Olympic dreams never came true
1:38.0	Wow crazy where'd you grow up? St Louis Missouri
1:41.4	And immediately makes me think of roller hockey.
1:44.1	No, how come it wasn't ice hockey?
1:46.8	A couple of reasons.
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