Blocks w/ Neal Brennan
Based on his Netflix comedy special, "Blocks." Neal Brennan interviews friends and colleagues about the things that make them feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how they are persevering despite these blocks.
Episodes
December 4, 2025 • 58 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Russell Peters (Act Your Age Live in Abu Dhabi & Much More) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
00:00 Intro
00:23 Meeting Neal with Chappelle in the 90s
1:24 Marriage & Co-Parenting
4:21 Relationships
8:56 Why Russell Likes Nice Things
10:25 Financial Incompetence
18:20 Touring
19:23 What he’d tell his younger se...
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November 27, 2025 • 96 mins
Neal Brennan interviews James Sexton (Attorney, Author, Sexton Show) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
Subscribe to James Sexton: @sextonshow
00:00 Intro
1:30 Fame
10:21 Childhood
14:29 Debate Skills
17:10 Trauma, Growth & Divorce Clients
23:47 Sponsor: FitBod
26:06 Sponsor: Aura
28:11 Tactical Mind vs. Emotions
35:12 The 8 Mile St...
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November 13, 2025 • 96 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Ari Melber ('The Beat' on MSNBC) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
Subscribe to the Ari Melber on Youtube: @AriMelber
00:00 Intro
3:25 Speed Reading
9:40 Defending journalism’s credibility
18:20 Truth vs. Fiction in News
22:10 Lawsuits & Freedom of Speech
36:10 Sponsor: BetterHelp
37:41 Sponsor: Ground News
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October 30, 2025 • 126 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Alain de Botton (The School of Life) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
Subscribe to the School of Life: @theschooloflifetv
00:00 Intro
00:33 Philosophy as self-therapy
3:24 ‘Status Anxiety’ & Career Snobbery
5:30 You Will Marry the Wrong Person
11:40 The Tragedy of Baldness
14:02 Philosopher to Psycho...
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October 16, 2025 • 104 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Jon Lovett (Pod Save America, Lovett or Leave It, Crooked Media) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
00:00 Intro
1:55 Surprise Party Story
4:03 Writing background
4:49 Pod Save America
8:30 Rehabilitated Sad Sack
10:03 Depression, ADHD, Edibles
11:21 Relationship with Ronan Farrow ending
16:38 Finding lo...
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October 9, 2025 • 57 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Katey Sagal ('Futurama,' 'Married with Children,' 'Sons of Anarchy' and more) about the things that make her feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how she is persevering despite these blocks.
00:00 Intro
2:28 Growing up in Hollywood
4:11 Music career
6:13 Drugs
16:13 Getting Sober
18:55 Peg Bundy
24:49 Sponsor: Huel
27:45 ‘Married with Children’
33:30 Typecasting & Dry Spells
37:30 Sobriet...
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October 2, 2025 • 99 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Jason Biggs (American Pie, Loser, Saving Silverman and much more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
00:00 Intro
2:00 Is acting safe for kids?
8:00 Early acting career
11:20 American Pie: The Pie Scene
18:50 How his life changed post-American Pie
29:30 Partying
31:26 Sponsor: BetterHelp
33:32 Sponsor: Huel
36:10...
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September 18, 2025 • 122 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Matthew McConaughey (New book! 'Poems & Prayers) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
00:00 A Time To Kill
00:58 Intro
3:05 Musical Talking
4:40 Seems Resolved
7:06 Significance
12:27 Violence of childhood
16:00 Parenting
20:39 Dating two prom queens
21:45 Charisma
24:41 Heartbreak
29:42 Marriage...
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September 4, 2025 • 96 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Ezra Klein (The Ezra Klein Show) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
00:00 Intro
00:28 Being a liberal leader
1:40 Biden & Democrat Ineptitude
12:32 Social Media
17:30 Future for Democrats
22:22 Sponsor: BetterHelp
23:40 Sponsor: CookUnity
25:09 Finding the right candidate
28:42 Career pressure
42:53 ...
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August 21, 2025 • 88 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Andrew Callaghan (Channel 5, All Gas No Brakes) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
00:00 Intro
1:13 Origins of All Gas No Breaks
3:40 Approach for Interviews
6:00 Avoiding Exploitation
10:20 Stories he prefers covering
16:17 Reaction to Hunter Biden Interview
18:00 Scaling up Channel 5
21:49 Sponsor: B...
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August 7, 2025 • 95 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Nick Swardson (Grandma's Boy, Bucky Larson, Specials, Pretend Time, Adam Sandler movies and much more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
00:00 Intro
2:35 Congrats Marc Maron
3:10 Rebellious teenage years
21:48 Sponsor: BetterHelp
23:56 Sponsor: ExpressVPN
26:38 Addicted to Performing
29:30 Starting Come...
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July 24, 2025 • 74 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Leanne Morgan ('I'm Every Woman' on Netflix, What in the World?! book, 'Leanne' on Netflix) about the things that make her feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how she is persevering despite these blocks.
00:00 Intro
00:44 The White Ail Wong
1:00 Neal & Leanne’s relationship
1:49 Scared of LA
3:30 Leanne’s backstory
5:20 Femininity & Masculinity
7:08 Chuck Morgan
8:20 Standup c...
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July 10, 2025 • 78 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Earthquake (Chappelle's Home Team - Earthquake: Legendary plus more specials) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
00:00 Intro
2:30 Comedy Career
10:00 Spirituality
16:02 Sponsor: BetterHelp
18:08 Sponsor: Tushy
20:09 Marriage
32:02 Selfishness
37:57 Inattentiveness
43:18 Sponsor: Modern Mammals
44:31 Sponsor: Ex...
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June 26, 2025 • 68 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Ramy Youssef (#1 Happy Family USA, Ramy, Mountainhead) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
1:17 Television
2:45 911 Joke
4:20 In Love
5:05 Balancing Work & Relationships
13:36 #1 Happy Family USA
21:15 Sponsor: Huel
23:54 Sponsor: Mand...
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June 12, 2025 • 80 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Stephen Merchant (‘The Office,’ ‘Extras,’ ‘An Idiot Abroad,’ ‘Life’s Too Short,’ ‘Hello, Ladies’ and more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
1:33 Origin story
3:07 Ricky Gervais
7:49 Origins of the Office
10:56 Ambition in the UK vs. US...
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May 29, 2025 • 80 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Josh Groban (multi-platinum musician) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
2:07 Getting discovered
6:34 Early singing career
15:21 Singing with Celine Dion at the Grammys
20:11 Reaction to success
21:37 Insecurity
34:07 TV Special
35:0...
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May 15, 2025 • 90 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Tom Green (The Tom Green Show, Freddy Got Fingered, This Is The Tom Green Documentary) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
00:33 Testicular Cancer
3:44 White Rapper
4:59 DIY roots
6:18 Norm Macdonald & Letterman
9:44 Experiencing sudden ...
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May 1, 2025 • 91 mins
Neal Brennan interviews W. Kamau Bell (We Need to Talk About Cosby, United Shades of America, Who's With Me? 2025 standup tour) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
9:20 We Need to Talk About Cosby
14:19 Sponsor: Huel
17:01 Sponsor: BetterHelp
18:25 Who Defines W...
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April 17, 2025 • 99 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Larry Wilmore (Nightly Show, Daily Show, Bernie Mac Show, Blackish, Insecure & much more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
3:15 Dating, Marriage & Kids
7:30 Therapy by Proxy
8:26 Emotions
13:53 Providing
25:01 Sponsor: Mando
26:52 Sponsor: B...
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April 3, 2025 • 82 mins
Neal Brennan interviews Blake Griffin (NBA Rookie of the Year, 5-time All-NBA, Amazon Prime announcer) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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00:00 Intro
1:45 Retirement
12:00 Mentoring
16:10 Clippers
19:50 Are NBA Players happy?
23:03 Sponsor: CookUnity
27:38 Coachability / arguin...
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