Ep. 64 - High School Ft. Cristian Duran

Cristian Duran (New York Comedy Festival) joins the podcast to talk about our formative years of high school: that awkward, sometimes traumatizing period in our lives where we’re trying to figure ourselves out based on what other people think of us.

In many cases, it's easy to look back and laugh at the idiotic things we did to be cool or fit in, but for some people, high school is a memory that's best left in the past.

Of course, we found the funny once we found ourselves, and can prove that you CAN laugh at that.

In this episode, we talk about:

-How Cristian’s high school experience led him to comedy.

-Deciding to start in comedy.

-Cristian’s first bomb ruined the show he was on.

-The importance of doing open mics in front of other comics.

-Getting laughs in high school classes.

-When Steve used to hate talking in front of crowds.

-When high school burnouts become successful.

-People projecting their experience onto others.

-Trusting yourself enough to relax and riff.

-Communicating your feelings about the moment to the audience to level-set.

-Laughing off high school traumas in hindsight.

-What happened to the people who peaked in high school.

-Cristian’s bit about his awkward stage in high school.

-Recording an album.

-One of the few moments in stand-up where it’s good that the audience is ahead of you.

-Prom shows.

-Being held accountable for what you said in high school.

-And more!

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/cduranduran

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https://anchor.fm/ohdear

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