Charlie Berens is Milwaukee's Finest | Whiskey Ginger
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What does Andrew Santino ask Charlie Berens about his new Neighborly special?
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Whiskey Ginger. My guest today is one of my favorite people on earth. I say that for all my guests, but I meet him once again today. It is Charlie Barron! Thank you for coming.
Oh,
thank you for having me. That's really nice. You just got off of a plane.
I did, yeah.
Yeah, that's incredible.
Yeah!
They come straight here. We've had that a few times. People bring luggage straight to
the show. I do like that. It's a classy move, isn't it? And
that's a little tiny bag you got.
It is
a
tiny bag. Because it's a one-night... What are you doing, two days here? Just one. Just one. And then a red eye. I don't usually do red eyes, but I'm doing it. I'm doing it. They suck. Yeah, and there's not a good way to do it, I don't think.
No, and there's not. I mean, honestly, unless you have a reason to do it, I avoid them. I just can't. I won't do it.
Yeah, because whatever I'm doing the next day, you can see it in my eyes.
Well, you ruin a day. It's basically
just like,
well, kiss that day. So then I always argue, then why not just wait for the regular flight? Because you're already going to bounce that day no matter what.
Well, I got to do something tomorrow. Oh, you got to. Yeah, it's not going to be done well, whatever it is. I can tell you I'm going to be at 50%. That's fine. And it is kind of fine, but it would be much better if I would just plan ahead in my life. Sure. I mean,
do you have a tour manager that does that stuff for you
or no? Yeah, and they do a great job. I'm the one that screws it up. You screw it up. Yeah, yeah. That's also true. Usually we're the ones that are like,
well, I thought I wanted to leave then.
Yeah.
But now I don't
at all. And usually it's just not even thinking about it until the day right before being like, oh, this isn't going to work. Yeah, not going to work. How are we going to do this? We don't have this many hours in the day. That was a
bad idea. And you know what? Now I have to suffer, get angry. I'll be late. Something will happen. I'll get screened at TSA. You know what I mean? Like all the things will then happen because you were like, I shouldn't have cut the corner.
Yeah, I call it, like, compounding Charlies because I'll do, like, several bad things in a row, and now I'm, like, in the middle seat in the back of the plane taking a red-eye back to Milwaukee. Yeah. You know, just happens.
It happens. Also, I looked, I looked this up cause I'm supposed to go back, uh, to, I'm supposed to go to Milwaukee and then go see a friend cause my childhood best friend moved up there. Oh, cool. He lives out there in, uh, Cedarburg. Oh yeah.
Nice river. Cedarburg over there. Oh yeah. Used to live in
Menominee Falls.
Oh, was he a Menominee Falls guy? You gotta be kidding me.
Cedarburg. He moved, he left Chicago. And he took his family, and he said, I'm going for a better life. And I go, better life? And he said, it's cheaper, man.
I said, it is much
cheaper,
dude. It is.
Wisconsin is substantially cheaper than Illinois. I mean, you know, people like to give Milwaukee crap, especially
people from Chicago.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. You're talking to the wrong guy here. I love Milwaukee.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Andrew Santino ask Charlie Berens about his new Neighborly special?
0:00–9:22
2
How does Charlie describe his hectic travel schedule and red‑eye flights?
9:22–18:43
3
Why does Charlie say Midwest humor and “nice” people are essential to his comedy?
18:43–29:03
4
What stories does Charlie share about growing up in Wisconsin and his family dynamics?
29:03–38:35
5
How does Charlie explain his approach to touring, club shows versus theater runs?
38:35–48:14
6
What are Charlie’s favorite skiing and snowboarding memories and mishaps?
48:14–59:03
7
Why does Charlie talk about his marriage, divorce, and dating experiences?
59:03–1:08:17
8
What final advice or takeaway does Charlie leave listeners with at the end of the episode?
1:08:17–1:17:59
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