About this episode

Rory Scovel discusses his experiences with grief and how it has influenced his life and comedy.

Rory Scovel joins Neal Brennan to talk about being born into grief—his mother died on his first birthday—and how losing his dad in 2020 reshaped his standup, his parenting, and the way he thinks about aging and death. Plus: learning to read at 44, improvising his entire show every night, asking AI about death, Leonardo DiCaprio playing a father, ADHD, marriage, and more. 👍 Like, Comment & Subscribe for the Algo 👍 00:00 Bombing without a fight 06:43 ADHD 22:36 Overthinking Depression & Catholic Guilt 27:16 Sponsor: Tushy 29:45 Sponsor: Quince 31:32 Grief 51:26 Death 58:26 Sponsor: ZocDoc 1:01:41 Sponsor: HexClad 1:03:30 Parenting & Breaking the Cycle 1:14:15 Aging 1:21:33 Being an available husband Thanks to our sponsors! 3 Million Butts Love TUSHY. Get 10% off TUSHY with the code NEAL at https://www.hellotushy.com/NEAL Visit https://www.Quince.com/NEAL for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.Taking care of your health just got easier - start here with Zocdoc: https://www.zocdoc.com/NEAL #sponsored Find your forever cookware  ⁨@HexClad⁩  and get 10% off at https://www.hexclad.com/NEAL #hexcladpartner…

People in this episode

Host: Neal Brennan

Guest: Rory Scovel

Topics covered

• grief
• parenting
• standup comedy
• aging
• death
• ADHD
• marriage

Keywords

• grief
• parenting
• standup
• ADHD
• death
• marriage
• improvisation

Sponsors

Tushy, Quince, ZocDoc, HexClad

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