Matt McCusker
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What does Neal think of Matt's Netflix special?
My guest today is, he's got his own podcast called Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast, and I thought it was behind Patreon, and that was my excuse for not watching it. Turns out it's on YouTube once a week. Whoops. And he's got a Netflix special called A Humble Offering, which is a dick joke, in case you're wondering, because I watched it. There you go.
How does Matt handle parenting challenges?
Some of the bits that stood out for me on your very funny special were... You're married to a black woman. You call her a black lady, which is so much funnier to me.
I love my wife. My wife's a cool lady.
And makes her sound 70. And I like the bit about her wanting you to confront her grandmother. yeah mom is so funny yeah or her mom yeah sorry it would be your kid's ground but like the dynamics that's such a funny angle the angle of like your white parents and her black parents once you have kids then you have interracial grandparents and that can be a little tricky because like you know they're not used to like team building projects as much yet and like, okay, well, you guys didn't grow up with BET. The differences in their lack of cultural understanding for each other versus someone your age is so massive. Leagues beyond.
What are Matt's experiences with panic attacks?
Actually, my mom, super Catholic, she got rid of a lot of the music channels in her house, but I only had BET because she wasn't aware of it. So that was the only music channel I had growing up.
She's so white, she wasn't even aware of BET.
She wasn't aware of black entertainment. So that was the only music channel I had growing up.
Did you grow up around a lot of black people? No. Okay, so when did you date a lot before your wife?
Yeah, I kind of ran the spectrum, honestly. Once I went to college, I was in Philadelphia. Yeah. Where I was, it was a Catholic school, so it was mostly like Polish people, Irish people, Italians. And so that was kind of my, that was what I had to work with early on.
How does therapy play a role in Matt's life?
I went to Catholic school also, Archbishop Carroll.
Oh, nice.
Or as they call it, Carroll. The Italian names in Philly, The amount of apostrophes and... Yeah.
What insights does Matt share about anger management?
It was always... I've still never seen that level of nonsense.
Yeah, I mean, that's like the epicenter of just... New Jersey and South Philly are like the epicenter of just Italian-ness in itself. So, yeah, they really pig out on, like, the D'Anastasio, you know, all that stuff, and... Yeah.
Couldn't spell it. At least one apostrophe, if not more. Okay, so, and then you start dating your wife, and it's just like, you just fall in love, and it's just like, okay. Yeah.
How can men navigate emotional challenges related to the menstrual cycle?
Regular, and I ask, because, like, Philly, there's just not a lot of that in Philly that much. When I lived there, it just wasn't a lot. It just was like, it's a pretty segregated city. Dude, I thought Philly was segregated. Go to Chicago.
I want some Chicago.
Chicago is like... Well, you know, Martin Luther King said...
uh chicago's the most segregated place he's ever been still is yeah it's insane i totally agree about that i went to the south side of chicago i had to look it up it's 99.9 black which i have no problems with my problem is i think it might be 100 yeah it's wild i didn't i wasn't prepared for just like it's like philly philly's you weren't prepared for that level of joy i'm kidding um Well, Philly's like, you know, I don't even think Philly's that... I mean, it is. There's definitely, like, you know, different neighborhoods and stuff for ethnicities.
I'd say it's like the whole fucking country's segregated, ultimately. Like, culture... I mean, it's... New York's less so. It's just a matter of, like, less so, but it's still pretty insane. The level of it is just bananas.
Yeah, that's true. You had another bit that I liked.
Oh, you referred to Ontario as the amount of fat Mexicans was fantastic. They're not fat, they're huge. Huge.
What does Matt say about feeling directionless in life?
Everyone told me, don't fucking film in Ontario. I said, don't film in the land of the most giant Mexicans ever. They're massive. They're like Samoan-level Mexicans. I swear to God, they might be wayfinders. They might have charted the course and made it to Ontario, dude, because they are massive guys.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Neal think of Matt's Netflix special?
0:00–0:22
2
How does Matt handle parenting challenges?
0:22–1:25
3
What are Matt's experiences with panic attacks?
1:25–2:04
4
How does therapy play a role in Matt's life?
2:04–2:15
5
What insights does Matt share about anger management?
2:15–2:47
6
How can men navigate emotional challenges related to the menstrual cycle?
2:47–4:01
7
What does Matt say about feeling directionless in life?
4:01–4:48
8
How has Matt's life improved over time?
4:48–1:26:21