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The comedy podcast universe is ever-expanding, not unlike the universe universe.

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Were here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable.

Each week, our crack team of podcast enthusiasts and specialists and especially enthusiastic people will pick their favorites.

We hope to have your ears permanently plugged with the best in aural comedy.

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Conan even goes so far to say silliness is now his religion.

But for Colbert, a Sunday school teacher, Catholic dogma and philosophy still greatly inform his life.

Does this make any nonsense?

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By the end, Conan is left shouting There are so few people I can talk to this about!

followed by the anxious laughter us viewers have grown accustomed to hearing when Conan is kidding.

Here, he is most definitely not joking.

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He learned to trust his instincts and how it feels to get yelled at by military hotshots.

His father, who dealt with schizophrenia his whole life, inspired a lot of Bowerss stand-up material.

Like an uncomfortable trip down memory lane between Bowers, his sister, and his father.

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Now in a long-term relationship, Bowers has no model for happiness.

Im not used to being loved like this … happiness made me feel a negative way.

Maybe it was me not understanding what it is, or it was something I didnt believe in …

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This head-on approach toward mental illness is what makes Bowers one of todays most exciting voices.

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