David Greene
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But I remember the shock and pain and the feeling of total loss of control.
But just to imagine that being exacerbated by just other crises.
It's been almost 20 years.
I was just turning 30 years old.
I think I was mostly raised by just her.
It was just the two of us.
I've read that you had a really, really tight relationship with your mom, too.
Depression and stuff.
It was like, am I the adult?
I'm 17 years old.
Yeah.
I love that.
What a good lesson.
So one of those crises was a breast cancer diagnosis.
And do I have this right?
You got the diagnosis and you were scheduled to do a standup show in LA that same night?
How did how did you open the show?
Do you remember?
You once described doing the show that night and starting that way as controlling the narrative.
What do you mean by that and why was that important?