BergsBrain

BergsBrain

BergsBrain is a story telling comedy podcast hosted by stand-up comedian and writer Doug Berg. Each podcast episode focuses on one main topic with stream of thought tangents covering a variety of ideas and observations residing in the deep recesses of Berg’s brain that enhance, call back, and ultimately come full circle to the initial subject. Imagine standup comedy meets the improvisational style of jazz or The Grateful Dead. The show launched March 2021.

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July 4, 2025 73 mins

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In this episode of BergsBrain, Doug rambles on about the disturbing lyrics of the Beatle's song "When I'm 64", athletes giving glory to God, getting stoned at work, and much more...


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On this show, Doug tangents on hairbrained bets, Swiss neutrality, clown Emmett Kelly, Circus Peanuts, and tons more on his longest BergsBrain episode to date. 


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December 17, 2023 93 mins

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Playing on the term The 7 Year Itch, a phrase that describes feeling restless or dissatisfied in a relationship and life in general, typically at that seven-year mark, I traced back my feelings of restlessness and dissatisfaction with humanity and the world at large to seven years ago when in 2016, "The Donald" was elected president and forever changed the planet.  Seven years later in 2023, my 7 year itch h...

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September 10, 2023 41 mins

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What I did this summer…after a minor 34 year hiatus from stand up comedy BergsBrain gets back on stage. Here’s a look back at where it all began. 


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May 16, 2023 75 mins

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On this episode, with the recent and continuing round of mass shootings, I’ll look at the motive behind the worst mass shooting in American history, online porn’s amazing array of sex categories, a number of kinky fetishes from my home state of Ohio, the number one reason to dislike prop comic Carrot Top, and many, many more. So, jump aboard the train, get a little insane, gettin’ inside BergsBrain.   


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March 9, 2023 22 mins

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On this first BOBB, Best of BergsBrain, we head back to episode 1 Scrabbled Eggs, for one of my dad's, whose name was Bob,  favorite stories about my life-changing encounter as a 5 year old boy with a naked Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain. 


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March 3, 2023 61 mins

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On this episode, I tell the story of attempting to get two of my screenplays, Dogpile and 4F,  into the hands of actors and producers through non-traditional approaches since it’s nearly impossible to get it through the gatekeepers using conventional means.


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January 26, 2023 48 mins

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BergsBrainBits Volume 1 is a look back to my early standup comedy days over 30 years ago and the style and type of jokes I began my standup career with. Strongly influenced by Jerry Seinfeld and Steven Wright, I hope it provides a bit of insight into my mind at the time and the trajectory over the course of 30 plus years to find my voice as a long form story telling humorist. So jump aboard the train, get a little ins...

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November 9, 2022 95 mins

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On this episode I’ll discuss people who think it’s okay to brush and floss their teeth in the sink of a public restroom, airline passengers who can’t coordinate their bathroom journey with the roll out of the snack cart, what a brilliant decision it was to have the Hells Angels handle security at the 1969 Altamont Speedway Free Music Festival, a sure fire way to solve the Loch Ness Monster mystery, without a doubt the...

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September 8, 2022 51 mins

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On this episode, I’ll cover topics from pillowcases as Halloween candy collection devices, effective ways to deal with your kids when they begin cursing, how the idiom “you bet your ass” has some severe ramifications, how the disparaging remark “go fuck yourself” may not necessarily be a negative, the surprising history and development of the word motherfucker, and many, many more. So, jump aboard the train, get a lit...

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April 4, 2022 73 mins

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On this episode, I cover topics from the naming of hurricanes to gambling on Pi to Dave Chappelle to outlawing bagels to the South Carolina Gamecocks and many, many more. So, jump aboard the train, get a little insane, gettin’ inside BergsBrain.   


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February 10, 2022 52 mins

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On this episode, I cover topics from kosher salt to Anti-Semitic clothing accessories to Blowing the Shofar to famous Greek author Homer to allegedly stolen cucumbers and many more. So, jump aboard the train, get a little insane, gettin’ inside BergsBrain.   


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January 12, 2022 48 mins

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On this episode of BergsBrain, I’ll cover topics from medicine balls to Yogi the Bear to Frederick’s of Hollywood to wedding vowels to Abraham’s original and somewhat painful covenant with God and many more.    


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July 17, 2021 37 mins

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On this episode focusing on childbirth, I’ll cover topics from the accuracy of sonograms, hoodwinking your kids into playing the Quiet Game, losing your kid at the mall, the Exorcist, public bathroom koala bear changing tables, and many, many more. 


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June 3, 2021 71 mins

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On this episode focusing on driving, Berg covers topics from women applying makeup while behind the wheel of 2 tons of moving metal, how turning right on red, around since 1980, hasn’t reached every driver in America, airplane cockpits, prop comic Carrot Top, and the planet Uranus or Yuranus, either way you pronounce it, it’s an odd name.    


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May 1, 2021 60 mins

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On this episode focusing on dogs, I’ll cover topics from humane societies versus pounds, to those famous poker playing pooches, to how Chihuahuas really got their name, to the oh so lovely lavender scented poop bag, to a dog park run in with an anti-sematic German Sheppard, and many, many more. So, jump aboard the train, get a little insane, gettin’ inside BergsBrain.   


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March 10, 2021 68 mins

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On this pilot episode, Berg covers topics from Alpha Bits to Scrabble to Mount Rushmore to The Harlem Globetrotters to the reason Wilt Chamberlain got his nickname Wilt the Stilt and many more


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