Michael Sebastian

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Editor-in-Chief at Esquire

News Director at Hearst

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Nate Bargatze Gets the Last Laugh

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Michael Sebastian

NowJohn Wayne once picked his five favourite actors: “Quoted for years to come”The world of Hollywood is a fast-paced place to be. As sure as the world keeps spinning, Tinseltown accelerates into new spaces. It means genres, …3 hours agoFriendship (2024) - Movie ReviewFriendship, 2025. Written and Directed by Andrew DeYoung.
Nate Bargatze Gets the Last Laugh

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Michael Sebastian

Last year, Nate Bargatze, the forty-six-year-old comedian from Tennessee, sold more tickets to his stand-up shows than anyone else in comedy—including Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, and Sebastian Maniscalco combined. That’s more than one million tickets for an $80 million haul. In October, he hosted Saturday Night Live for the second time in twelve months. Two months later, his third hour-long comedy special for Netflix premiered. Every week, you can hear his musing on the Nateland podcast.
Nate Burleson on Football Career, CBS Mornings, and Life After the NFL

4 weeks ago | esquire.com | Michael Sebastian

Inside the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, a stuffed squirrel is taunting Nate Burleson. It’s laughing at him and, a moment later, presses a giant red button. Fluorescent-green slime pours onto Burleson. It’s bracingly cold and can stain clothing, but he claps his hands and grins wide. Another episode of Nickelodeon’s NFL Slimetime has just wrapped. Welcome to life after professional football. Nate Burleson is enjoying the hell out of it.
Robbie Williams on Fame and Music

1 month ago | esquireindia.co.in | Michael Sebastian

I did a residency at the Wynn in Vegas, and because North America is not acquainted with what I do pervasively, I had to sell myself to the people who book the acts. I was like: Mate, I’m a swear-y Frank Sinatra with tattoos. I’m in these stadiums doing these massive shows, but people at dinner parties are asking me if I still do music.
The System Doesn’t Feel You, But It’s Listening Anyway

1 month ago | medium.com | Michael Sebastian

Dr Michael Sebastian·Subscribe16 min read·--A woman is sitting on the floor, her back against the washing machine, clutching her child’s onesie to her chest. She’s not speaking. Just breathing in heaves, somewhere between sobbing and silence. The caption says: “It’s been a year since he died. I still smell him in the fabric.”The video is 27 seconds long. It has 4.6 million views. People respond with broken hearts and fire emojis.
Street Wisdom

1 month ago | medium.com | Michael Sebastian

Dr Michael Sebastian·Follow29 min read·--It’s 6:15 p.m. in a trendy co-working space in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Around you, exposed brick walls and filament bulbs frame a sea of faces, illuminated by the bluish glow of laptop screens. You watch as a young entrepreneur – let’s call her Jess – furiously types on her keyboard. She’s 27, fiercely intelligent, and ambitious. Her espresso, untouched, has long since grown cold.
You’ll Regret This, and That’s the Point

1 month ago | medium.com | Michael Sebastian

Dr Michael Sebastian·Follow3 min read·--You’re stuck. Not because you’re lazy. Not because you’re indecisive. You’re stuck because deep down, you think the right choice is out there – the one where no one gets hurt, you don’t lose anything, and your future self gives you a standing ovation. But that choice? It doesn’t exist. Søren Kierkegaard – philosopher, truth-teller, soul surgeon – said it plain: no matter what you do, you’ll regret it. Marry, and you’ll suffer. Stay single, and you’ll suffer.
The Lie of Freedom

1 month ago | medium.com | Michael Sebastian

Dr Michael Sebastian·Follow3 min read·--You think you’re free. You wake up, go to work, come home, stream some distraction, sleep, repeat. You pick your coffee, your phone case, your political opinion. You believe freedom is having options. But deep down, you feel stuck. Trapped in a loop. Like life’s happening around you, and you’re just getting through it. And that’s not entirely your fault. Most of us were taught freedom was the absence of rules, the ability to choose what we want. But real freedom?
The Lie of Smallness

1 month ago | medium.com | Michael Sebastian

Dr Michael Sebastian·Follow3 min read·--You’ve been fed a story your whole life: that you’re just one person, one body, stuck on one rock in space. That your value is tied to your resume, your body fat percentage, your ability to fit into a routine. Go to school. Get a job. Pay your bills. Smile when it sucks. Die quietly. You know the script. You feel it every time you stare at the ceiling wondering if this is it. That weight? It’s not just exhaustion.
You’ve Been Lied To About Success - Here’s Why You Still Feel Empty

1 month ago | medium.com | Michael Sebastian

Dr Michael Sebastian·Follow2 min read·--You did everything they told you to. Went to school. Got the job. Checked all the boxes – mortgage, promotions, meal prepping on Sundays. And yet, you wake up one day, stare at the ceiling, and think, “Is this it?”You’re not broken. You’re not ungrateful. You’re just waking up to the fact that the version of life you were sold doesn’t deliver. Alan Watts called this out decades ago.