#146 Alan Starzinski: I Don't Think I'm Real

03/17/21 • 77 min

You Can Tell Me Anything with Teresa Lee

Teresa talks to improviser and actor Alan Starzinski about his lifelong question of identity. As a child, he reveled in impressions and goofs and as an adult he realizes he examines his personality as a puzzle of pieces he's borrowed from icons and idols around him. We discuss the nature of authenticity and how to pay homage without mockery. Listen to Alan's Clubhouse show C*medy and follow him at @alanstarzinski.

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#145 River Butcher: The Only Way To Change Anything is to Change Yourself

Teresa talks to comedian River Butcher about how they learned that looking within is the best way to connect to the outer world, and to change anything whether it's relationships, social justice, or just perception of self, there are tangible physical ways of making active change within. We talk about how they started going to therapy to help with coming out, how modern views of animals parallel eating from the tree of knowledge, and more. Follow River and listen to their podcast Three Swings on Forever Dog: @RiverButcher.

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(RERELEASE) Michael Swaim: I Have a Scar Jo Role

(First released 9/5/18) Michael Swaim confesses something he's never told anyone - that in high school he played a Mexican character in a play in "brown face". We discuss appropriation, progress, and his growth. Teresa also reveals that she was in a children's theater edition of West Side Story where she was also asked to wear brown face. They also discuss why high school drama students are so horny and Michael talks about a questionable sexual experience. They play a game of Phobia Phobic.