Rerelease: Nikki Glaser
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert. I'm Dan Rather and I'm joined by Modest Mouse. Hi. Do you know Modest Mouse is going on tour this summer? And I really want to see them.
Oh, my God.
They're not coming to the West Coast.
Oh, well, do you think they'll send us some merch? Because I would really love a shirt that says that.
Modest Mouse, will you send us some merch? We should just go buy some merch. They were just here in the fall. I saw them. They were here in the fall? Yep. They did a good news tour. They're doing a southern tour. I saw Asheville's on the list. So maybe while I'm in Nashville, I can go see them somewhere. Anyways, that's not who our guest is. It's not Modest Mouse. I do love Modest Mouse. Our guest is Nikki Glaser. This couldn't have been more fun. I am so delighted that we decided to explore Nashville.
Our history.
Our history. It was so fun. I really, really, really like her. She's a stand-up comedian, an actor, and a television host. Her credits include Nikki Glaser's Someday You'll Die. Great stand-up routine. FBoy Island. Welcome home, Nikki Glaser. Not safe with Nikki Glaser. Banging. And her tour. You can go see her right now. Live. She is coming by you. I've looked at the list. She's going everywhere. It's a huge tour. It's called Alive and Unwell Tour. Go to NikkiGlazer.com for tickets.
And she hosted the Golden Globes.
How did Nikki Glaser feel about her appearance growing up?
G squared. Big event. Please enjoy Nikki Glazer.
He's an object square.
In the hours and days before a podcast like this, I'm like, oh, people are just having to study me right now.
Yeah, does it make you nervous?
No, it makes me feel bad because I have imposter syndrome that I'm not good. And I'm like, he's going to know that I'm not good now.
Yeah.
If he pays too much attention, he's going to figure out that I'm a fraud.
He reads between the lines.
Yes. If you just look at the things that are posted, you're like, oh, she's talented. But if you get into it, you might like...
Let me ask you just a baseline. How nervous do you get for things? Obviously, you're brave as fuck. You go on stage. But like when you go to Stern and I'm not comparing myself to that, just what's the nerves out of 10 for Stern?
I kind of set things up so that I can't be because I'm so worried about the roast or I'm so worried about the globes that it's almost like, oh, I have to do Stern, too. So it kind of takes away from that.
Right. You don't even have an opportunity to spin out about it because it's just too much shit's in front of you.
I love when things happen last minute or they kind of just are thrust upon you. I don't like to have a lot of time to think about things because when I do, I freak out. So everything in my life is five minutes before every appointment. My assistant will be like, do you want 30 minutes between that? I go, for what? To think about what I've just done? So no, everything's stacked.
The first time I did Stern, I laid in bed that night anticipating every single conceivable question. Whoa. And then planning what my response would be.
That's good, I think.
I mean, it was in some way because I went in knowing, OK, I've slept with some famous women. I know he's going to want to talk about that. I have to have a game plan for that. I'm obviously not going to talk about it, but I don't want to piss him off or disappoint the audience.
Yeah, you want to be a fun guest.
Yes. So what worked was I was like, I'm going to pivot to addiction every time because I know he also loves that. And I'm happy to give him that. And that's just me.
It's like either talk about anal or your addictions and your neuroses.
Which are all the same thing, really.
Yeah, they really are. They're connected. Yeah, they're all connected. Absolutely. I tend to underprepare so that when it goes poorly, I have an excuse. I think that's also why I stack my life is so that I don't have time to prepare.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–1:33
2
How did Nikki Glaser feel about her appearance growing up?
1:33–4:44
3
What challenges does Nikki face regarding her self-image?
4:44–8:31
4
How does Nikki navigate her insecurities as a comedian?
8:31–56:30
5
What embarrassing moment did Nikki share about performing with Usher?
56:30–56:40
6
How does Nikki describe her experience on Dancing with the Stars?
56:40–57:57
7
What lessons did Nikki learn from her recent corporate gig?
57:57–58:44
8
What did Taylor Swift say to Nikki in response to her apology?
58:44–1:49:30