Gary Gulman

Dec 13, 2023 | funnyhow.substack.com | Gary Gulman |Matt Ruby

You need to hold conflicting ideas in your head – you’re great…but also you suck – at the same time. Here’s Chris Rock reflecting on his early years in comedy:“I had this great combination of big ego and low self-esteem,” he says. “And the ego gets you out onstage, but the low self-esteem is the thing that makes you practice so much because you don’t believe in yourself at all.

Nov 3, 2023 | thisamericanlife.org | Chana Joffe-Walt |Talia Richman |Gary Gulman |Miriam Toews

Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION. Guest Host Chana Joffe-Walt asks her kids when they first encountered adult fallibility. (8 minutes) A middle schooler really wants to trust the adults have her best interests in mind. But some of the most powerful people at her school begin to make that very difficult. (27 minutes)Talia Richman originally wrote about Madison for The Dallas Morning News.

Sep 19, 2023 | rollingstone.com | Gary Gulman

In this exclusive excerpt from his memoir Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the ‘80s, comic Gary Gulman (The Great Depresh) shares his lowest point Some people skip the intro. I don’t trust them. It makes me wonder where else they cut corners, where else they’re phoning it in, what other flimflammery they’re perpetrating. If you didn’t read the intro, you didn’t honestly finish the book.