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Sam Irby

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
324 total appearances

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I mean, like anxious for real, but my way of dealing with that is just to really receive all of it and then pick out the part that'll make me laugh. We'll see how successful that continues to be as the world crumbles. But so far, so far it's worse.

Up First from NPR
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I mean, like anxious for real, but my way of dealing with that is just to really receive all of it and then pick out the part that'll make me laugh. We'll see how successful that continues to be as the world crumbles. But so far, so far it's worse.

Up First from NPR
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I mean, like anxious for real, but my way of dealing with that is just to really receive all of it and then pick out the part that'll make me laugh. We'll see how successful that continues to be as the world crumbles. But so far, so far it's worse.

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Oh, yes. You know, like underneath that, it's like, I hate my mom for being poor. I hate my body for not fitting into cute things. Like, no, under the surface, I don't know that anyone would think I was like a flighty, frivolous person. But under the surface of the funny is like, you know, molten lava of rage, right.

Up First from NPR
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Oh, yes. You know, like underneath that, it's like, I hate my mom for being poor. I hate my body for not fitting into cute things. Like, no, under the surface, I don't know that anyone would think I was like a flighty, frivolous person. But under the surface of the funny is like, you know, molten lava of rage, right.

Up First from NPR
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Oh, yes. You know, like underneath that, it's like, I hate my mom for being poor. I hate my body for not fitting into cute things. Like, no, under the surface, I don't know that anyone would think I was like a flighty, frivolous person. But under the surface of the funny is like, you know, molten lava of rage, right.

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And disappointment and hurt and all of these things that like I was born into are not my fault. Like that's always there. But if I engage with that all the time, I couldn't get out of bed. Right. Like I would just be like, Oh God, Why was I put on earth to suffer? So I'll make the jokes, but it's like fueled by the rage lava within.

Up First from NPR
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And disappointment and hurt and all of these things that like I was born into are not my fault. Like that's always there. But if I engage with that all the time, I couldn't get out of bed. Right. Like I would just be like, Oh God, Why was I put on earth to suffer? So I'll make the jokes, but it's like fueled by the rage lava within.

Up First from NPR
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And disappointment and hurt and all of these things that like I was born into are not my fault. Like that's always there. But if I engage with that all the time, I couldn't get out of bed. Right. Like I would just be like, Oh God, Why was I put on earth to suffer? So I'll make the jokes, but it's like fueled by the rage lava within.

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Yeah. What's happening with the lava? Well, sometimes the lava gets worked out in my work. Like that's the beauty of writing about myself is that I can sit in front of a computer and sort through it. I just, well, I shouldn't say just for the past year, I've been going to therapy and Which is interesting. Well, you could tell me. Therapy is interesting in general.

Up First from NPR
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Yeah. What's happening with the lava? Well, sometimes the lava gets worked out in my work. Like that's the beauty of writing about myself is that I can sit in front of a computer and sort through it. I just, well, I shouldn't say just for the past year, I've been going to therapy and Which is interesting. Well, you could tell me. Therapy is interesting in general.

Up First from NPR
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Yeah. What's happening with the lava? Well, sometimes the lava gets worked out in my work. Like that's the beauty of writing about myself is that I can sit in front of a computer and sort through it. I just, well, I shouldn't say just for the past year, I've been going to therapy and Which is interesting. Well, you could tell me. Therapy is interesting in general.

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So I chose a cognitive behavioral therapist and I don't like therapy. Let's just say that. My therapist, the things she tells me are sort of the antithesis of what I do, right? So I fuel myself off my negative thoughts like, My jokes come from there. My writing comes from there. My therapist is always like, let's reframe those negative thoughts.

Up First from NPR
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So I chose a cognitive behavioral therapist and I don't like therapy. Let's just say that. My therapist, the things she tells me are sort of the antithesis of what I do, right? So I fuel myself off my negative thoughts like, My jokes come from there. My writing comes from there. My therapist is always like, let's reframe those negative thoughts.

Up First from NPR
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So I chose a cognitive behavioral therapist and I don't like therapy. Let's just say that. My therapist, the things she tells me are sort of the antithesis of what I do, right? So I fuel myself off my negative thoughts like, My jokes come from there. My writing comes from there. My therapist is always like, let's reframe those negative thoughts.

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And I'm like, girl, I have- Are you going to give me a book deal? Are you going to give me a book deal? I just signed a three book deal, girl. I need these thoughts to be magnified.

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And I'm like, girl, I have- Are you going to give me a book deal? Are you going to give me a book deal? I just signed a three book deal, girl. I need these thoughts to be magnified.

Up First from NPR
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And I'm like, girl, I have- Are you going to give me a book deal? Are you going to give me a book deal? I just signed a three book deal, girl. I need these thoughts to be magnified.

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No. Wait until you read. I just finished writing one and it's snarkier than ever. I have a whole chapter snarking about therapy and why I'm saying therapy. I'm paying all this money to argue with the woman. I mean, we don't argue, but in my head, I'm like, I'm not doing that. I'm not doing that. I'm not thinking positively about that.

Up First from NPR
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No. Wait until you read. I just finished writing one and it's snarkier than ever. I have a whole chapter snarking about therapy and why I'm saying therapy. I'm paying all this money to argue with the woman. I mean, we don't argue, but in my head, I'm like, I'm not doing that. I'm not doing that. I'm not thinking positively about that.