Rory Scovel joins Neal Brennan to talk about being born into grief—his mother died on his first birthday—and how losing his dad in 2020 reshaped his standup, his parenting, and the way he thinks about aging and death. Plus: learning to read at 44, improvising his entire show every night, asking AI about death, Leonardo DiCaprio playing a father, ADHD, marriage, and more. 👍 Like, Comment & Subscribe for the Algo 👍

00:00 Bombing without a fight

06:43 ADHD

22:36 Overthinking Depression & Catholic Guilt

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31:32 Grief

51:26 Death

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1:03:30 Parenting & Breaking the Cycle

1:14:15 Aging

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