In the first half Comedian Nate Bargatze joins Adam to talk about his clean comedy and new standup special, ‘Hello World’. They discuss the benefits of being short and Nate’s struggle with claustrophobia before taking some listener calls. Next, they get into workplace screaming zones, prison smocks, missing belts, and Nate’s plans for career day at his daughter’s school.
In the second half, Adam and Nate Bargatze hear some trending news stories including: Lady Gaga getting sued by a woman linked to the theft of her dogs, Tom Brady considering a Netflix roast, the Oscars putting together a “crisis team” in case there’s another Will Smith slap type of incident, Mark Wahlberg getting criticized for presenting a SAG award, Rolling Stone accusing Woody Harrelson of spreading conspiracy theories, and Jake Paul losing a boxing match.
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Nate Bargatze: An Old Hickory, Tennessee native, Bargatze followed in the showbiz footsteps of his father, a former clown turned world-class magician, whose influence is seen on his 2015 debut Comedy Central special, Full Time Magic, and his debut album, Yelled at By a Clown, which reached No. #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and remained on Billboard’s Top Ten Comedy Charts for weeks. Bargatze’s half-hour Netflix Special, The Standups, premiered in 2017, and his first solo one-hour Netflix special, The Tennessee Kid, premiered globally to rave reviews in 2019. In 2021, he released his highly anticipated second Netflix special, The Greatest Average American, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album. In 2020, the comedian released his weekly podcast, Nateland. Nateland tackles the meaningless issues that we face day to day to give listeners a much-needed mental break from fighting the good fight. New episodes release Wednesdays, with video available on Bargatze’s YouTube channel and audio available everywhere you get podcasts. Bargatze’s comedy is both clean and relatable, evident in his 11 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He also appeared on Conan four times, was a recurring guest on @midnight, and had his own Comedy Central Presents in 2011. Off-screen, Bargatze was part of “Jimmy Fallon’s Clean-Cut Comedy Tour,” and has performed live shows for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait five times. In addition to touring the country as a headliner, Nate toured arenas with Chris Rock on his 2017 “Total Blackout” tour. He regularly performs at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest, and the Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, where he’s received critical acclaim multiple years in a row. Nate was featured as one of Esquire’s “Best New Comedians” by Jim Gaffigan, one of Marc Maron’s “Comedians to Watch” in Rolling Stone, one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch” for 2015, and as No. #1 on Vulture’s “50 Comedians You Should Know” in 2015. Bargatze is currently on his “The Be Funny Tour” with all-new material. Adam Carolla: ADAM CAROLLA is best known as a comedian, actor, radio personality, television host and NY Times best-selling author. He currently hosts THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW, which holds the Guinness Book of World Records for “Most Downloaded Podcast.” Launched from his home office in February 2009, THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW now receives more than 30 million downloads a month and has been featured in Fast Company Magazine, Entrepreneur, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. In 2010 Adam became a New York Times best-selling author for the first of 3 times when his book, IN 50 YEARS WE’LL ALL BE CHICKS, topped the charts for ten weeks. The audio version went straight to the #1 position on iTunes. He has since released 4 more best-sellers including NOT TACO BELL MATERIAL, PRESIDENT ME, and DADDY STOP TALKING. His latest, 2020’s I’M YOUR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL, shot to #2 overall on Amazon.com and held the #1 Political Humor spot for several days. Adam began his career on the nationally syndicated radio program LOVELINE with Dr. Drew Pinsky. MTV ran a television version of the show for five seasons (1996-2000). With his partners Daniel Kellison and Jimmy Kimmel, Adam created and starred in two hit Comedy Central shows, THE MAN SHOW (1999-2003) and CRANK YANKERS (2002‐2005). Adam also co-wrote, produced and starred in two independent feature length films: THE HAMMER (2007) and ROAD HARD (2015), a crowd-funded comedy that raised over a million dollars in a single month. Through his venture Chassy Media he produced the inspirational documentaries WINNING: THE RACING LIFE OF PAUL NEWMAN, UPPITY: THE WILLY T. RIBBS STORY and THE 24-HOUR WAR, which documents the battle between Ford and Ferrari in the 1960’s for racing dominance at Le Mans. In 2019, Adam began touring his new show, “ADAM CAROLLA IS UNPREPARED”, in which Adam improvises a brand-new stand-up act nightly based on one-word audience suggestions pulled at random and performs live versions of the podcast and stand-up comedy throughout the country.