Please like ME w/ Josh Thomas

About this episode

Chloe Maddren and Josh Thomas discuss friendship, socializing from an autistic perspective, and the impact of Josh's show 'Please Like Me'.

This week Chloe Maddren is joined by a legend of the Australian comedy scene, Josh Thomas ! Chloe immediately tries to relate to Josh over sharing their ADHD and Autism diagnosis to which, Josh is hardly impressed but do not fear, if today’s truth or dare is anything to go off, they’ll be besties is no time… The pair chat about Josh’s discovery after the global success of his TV show Please Like Me, that he isn’t that unique…  With a story from The Best of Redditor Updates and the usual silly sleepover games, Chloe and Josh cover the weirdest ways to make friends, what happens when you love your friend, if it’s easier to make friends with sex and of course, socialising from the autistic perspective. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Chloe Maddren

Guest: Josh Thomas

Topics covered

• ADHD
• Autism
• friendship
• comedy
• socializing
• relationships

Keywords

• ADHD
• Autism
• friendship
• comedy
• socializing
• Please Like Me
• Josh Thomas

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reddit

Books & works: Please Like Me

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