Iliza Shlesinger

And I was like, yeah, we knew this was going to look like this. Very few venues have like nice green rooms. Even like a stadium, even an arena. Like it's just a room where usually basketball players sit when they're doing press. Like it's not gilded. So... Yeah, there's always those things.

When you're traveling alone and you're just a passenger on a rail or on a plane, there are parts of it that are unglamorous. And I always think, I'm like, is someone else doing this in a more glamorous way? And so you're always just trying to make it a little bit nicer for yourself. But it can be gritty. Or you want to play a market and the only venue is like not great.

When you're traveling alone and you're just a passenger on a rail or on a plane, there are parts of it that are unglamorous. And I always think, I'm like, is someone else doing this in a more glamorous way? And so you're always just trying to make it a little bit nicer for yourself. But it can be gritty. Or you want to play a market and the only venue is like not great.

So you get in there and you deal with it. But the audience always makes it worth it. Even if you took a crappy Uber because there was nothing else. There are going to be dips where you don't feel so hot. But at the end of the day, the audience is there for you. They went out of their way to be there. And the check clears.

So you get in there and you deal with it. But the audience always makes it worth it. Even if you took a crappy Uber because there was nothing else. There are going to be dips where you don't feel so hot. But at the end of the day, the audience is there for you. They went out of their way to be there. And the check clears.

A better place is in my daughter's bedroom. Like we do, like that was my North star was standup and I love it. And I love everything about comedy and doing all that. Actually, I take that back. I hate everything about this industry except for when I get to do my art. And it's hard and standup's great because you don't have to ask anyone if you can do it. TV show, the deals take forever.

A better place is in my daughter's bedroom. Like we do, like that was my North star was standup and I love it. And I love everything about comedy and doing all that. Actually, I take that back. I hate everything about this industry except for when I get to do my art. And it's hard and standup's great because you don't have to ask anyone if you can do it. TV show, the deals take forever.

Movies take a long time to put together as I am trudging through that right now. But now it's, I didn't know, I didn't think I'd ever be like this, but like, I'm like, I just got to get home. Like I throw myself on that 6am flight every single time because I'd rather be tired hanging out with her than well-rested coming home later.

Movies take a long time to put together as I am trudging through that right now. But now it's, I didn't know, I didn't think I'd ever be like this, but like, I'm like, I just got to get home. Like I throw myself on that 6am flight every single time because I'd rather be tired hanging out with her than well-rested coming home later.

You have kids.

You have kids.

Oh, you give like a dad vibe.

Oh, you give like a dad vibe.

This whole time I was like, he knows all this.

This whole time I was like, he knows all this.

Yeah. And I say struggle with that isn't so much the word as much as I am in total shock and awe how chemically different my brain is now. And it's very scary. And I do talk about it in my new hour, the phenomenon that we all call mom brain. And the truth is your mom sounds like an idiot because her brain literally just shrinks. It shrinks after you have a baby. And it shrinks for a good reason.

Yeah. And I say struggle with that isn't so much the word as much as I am in total shock and awe how chemically different my brain is now. And it's very scary. And I do talk about it in my new hour, the phenomenon that we all call mom brain. And the truth is your mom sounds like an idiot because her brain literally just shrinks. It shrinks after you have a baby. And it shrinks for a good reason.

You know that person? It's scary because you're like, is this Alzheimer's? Like, is this what dementia feels like? But it's good because you have to shift everything to make room for this thing that is bigger than you, which is two children, not just the daughter.

You know that person? It's scary because you're like, is this Alzheimer's? Like, is this what dementia feels like? But it's good because you have to shift everything to make room for this thing that is bigger than you, which is two children, not just the daughter.

We have two. And so I'm just sort of like giving myself over to like, yeah, I'm going to not remember things. And it's scary as a comic. It's scary as someone coming to a podcast. Because like if it were you, me and three other guys and we're all joking, like I cannot sit here and just be like, I was going to say that. But then I watched this video of a bunny. Like you need to be sharp.