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It’s been 6 months since his diagnosis, and Jesse talks gratitude, fake nerds, internet rabbit holes, and sex stuff. Then he gives some advice about anxiety and plays his dumb Daft Punk cover.
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This week, Jesse sifts through the Ativan/Chemo fog to discuss Thanksgiving, his new treatment plan, his first time at a strip club, and his bizarre phobia.
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Jesse talks cancer, cameras, cars, and other “c” words. Then he’s joined by his father, Lizard, to discuss mortality, marijuana, and other “m” words.
He also makes the world debut of a super rare Beatles out-take.
This week, Jesse dives right in talking about the terrorist attacks in Paris, ISIS, Nihilism vs Optimism, and chemotherapy. Then he talks about really heavy subjects like tongue clicking tribes, presidential blowjobs, chess movies, and cheese sticks.
This week, Jesse rambles about Saturdays, closeted Country stars, clinical trials, Frankenstein, and people’s expectations of the ill. He also discusses the loss of a dear friend.
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Dedicated to Craig Smith
This week, Jesse discusses working at Subway, losing listeners, Halloween chemo, when to use a flare gun, cancer stereotypes, and how to get good service at a restaurant.
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This week Jesse is lucid between chemo treatments, and takes advantage of it to ramble about dinosaurs, abandoned lighthouses, the new mammogram guidelines, and being creepy versus perverse. Then he’s joined by his dad, Lizard, to talk time travel and stage fright.
Jesse is stoooooned, maaaaan. In this episode he dives face first into Butt Robots, Plague Doctors, Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns, Chemo Boners, and gives advice to someone doing their first standup set soon.
Jesse has had too much coffee, and uses it to rant about being a good nurse versus a bad one. He also rambles about baseball sex-slang, sharing a bathroom with his dad, Klingons, and Carly Fiorona's made up video.
Jesse is finally lucid again, and it's his mom's birthday. He talks about his genetic testing results, Donald Trump, Christian rock, Hitler's art teacher, silly hats, and then takes an e-mail about asexuality.
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Jesse's post-operative drug haze continues. This week, he rambles about mediocre wizards, chemo-therapy options, smiling for photos, doing standup at weddings, cherishing moments, "Netflix and chill", and answers an e-mail about creative bursts during depressive spells.
Jesse is out of surgery, and on a lot of drugs. He discusses his hospital stay, while managing to ramble about man crushes, beauty pageants, British genitals, and breakfast loyalty.
Jesse is on narcotics for the first time after a tooth extraction. He manages to ramble about magicians, smoking crack in a treehouse, and outrage culture. Then he keeps it light by answering an email about suicide when facing a terminal illness.
Jesse has surgery coming up, and dives into the details. He also manages to discuss starting standup, Satan's real hobbies, and a great time at a concert. Then he introduces the forum, talks listener pet peeves, and gives advice to a young man looking to lose the big V.
This week, Jesse tackles some light topics like genetic mutations and gun control, plus heavier stuff like peeing outside, clown phobias, bird watching, and fake dinosaurs. Sponsored by Sam Elliott.
For this week, Jesse manages to ramble about colonoscopies, weird pet peeves, hotel sex noises, french robots, chess, getting sober, and lonely cops. Get into it.
Jesse has no recollection of recording this episode because of anti-nausea medication. That doesn't stop him from discussing genetic testing, Groundhog's Day, the Bat-Signal, getting "friend-zoned", his first summer job, Pilgrims, Jonestown, and finally introducing his dad, Lizard, for some sound advice.
In this episode, Jesse describes talks CT scans, gives an update on his treatment, and talks about "cancer holding patterns". He also manages to ramble about paintings of dogs playing poker, sports movies for kids, blind dates, deciding a country's fashion, and viral politics. His buddy and fellow comedian Brent Schmidt is visiting, and sits in on an e-mail question about deciding what to do with your life.
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Jesse records this one during his 4th round of chemo, so it gets weird. He gives an update on his treatment, and then rambles about Waffle House, Ted Bundy, ugly ducklings, and highschool productions of Transformers. Then he gets super existential during a listener e-mail. Get into it.
In this episode, Jesse dives really deep into how to deal with a sick or terminally ill person as a family member or friend. He also talks about way more important stuff like saloon brawls, German porn, making out in public, human potential, and clogged toilets. Sponsored by Dodge.