"I Can't Make An Old Lady Cry" w/ Niles Abston

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02/21/23 • 58 min

This week I spiraled out with stand up comic, television writer and director Niles Abston (Dave, Household Name .) We talked being a people pleaser in life and the furthest thing from it in comedy, shame embodied as a chilled out orangutan, the most humiliating thing that could happen on a second date, and SO MUCH MORE. Plus, Niles shares a story about dropping out of college to move to LA and ending up living in his car for a year- his shame insisting that throughout the whole experience he not tell a soul what he was going through.
Niles has a new stand up special out on youtube NOW and it is ICONIC- watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3JOUtnGqzs
And if you'd like to see Niles live, you're in luck because he is currently on tour! Follow him on Instagram @thenilesabstonshow and Twitter @Niles100 to stay up to date on where you can find him.
You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
Audio Engineer/Editor: Sarah Gabrielli (check out her amazing podcast about the last lesbian bars in America @cruisingpod on Instagram and TikTok and listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cruising-a-lesbian-bar-road-trip/id1585850925
Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde
Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa
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"Killin' It At The Hot Dog Factory" w/ Ariel Dumas

This week I spiraled out with the delightfully funny, charming, and ELEVEN TIME EMMY-NOMINATED Ariel Dumas (Head Writer- The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.) We talked the three shameful things that happen to everyone in adulthood, why feeling bad can feel oh so good, the spooky and powerful embodied physicality of shame- and Ariel even tolerated me enthusiastically (and obvs unofficially) diagnosing her with ADHD!
Plus, Ariel shares a shame story about accidentally mass emailing HUNDREDS of students a message that likely sent them all careening into their own shame-anxiety spiral!
Always enjoy Ariel's work on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and stay tuned for the arrival of her new project, which is a LOONEY TUNES MUSICAL!?!?!?!? Ariel is also consistently hilarious on Twitter @ArielDumas, Instagram @arieldumaspubicaccount and TikTok @arieldoom.
You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.

Audio Engineer/Editor: Sarah Gabrielli (check out her amazing podcast about the last lesbian bars in America @cruisingpod on Instagram and TikTok and listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cruising-a-lesbian-bar-road-trip/id1585850925

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

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"Rosebud Baker Is A Self-Care Queen" w/ Rosebud Baker

This week I spiraled out with stand up comedian, actress & writer Rosebud Baker! (Whiskey Fists, Life & Beth, SNL) We talked being recovering alcoholics, living like a disgusting swine on tour, feeling no shame when you should and big shame when you shouldn't, sparring with your therapist, the urge to isolate, screaming in the shower, and SO MUCH MORE.
Plus, Rosebud shares a story about being young, drunk and oh-so-white- and coming face to face with some unconscious racism that had bubbled to the surface in a shamefully humiliating, regretful, and cringeworthy way.
You can follow Rosebud on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter @rosebudbaker! Stream her hilarious special "Whiskey Fists" on Comedy Central's Youtube Channel here: https://youtu.be/IMCm1V6Z1s4, go see her on tour NOW (rosebudbaker.com) and watch her on "Life & Beth" on Hulu and "That's My Time With David Letterman" on Netflix!
You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
Audio Engineer/Editor: Sarah Gabrielli (check out her amazing podcast about the last lesbian bars in America @cruisingpod on Instagram and TikTok and listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cruising-a-lesbian-bar-road-trip/id1585850925
Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde
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