Podcast Summary: "This Is Important" – Ep 292: You Deliver Babies, I Deliver Pizzas

Released: March 31, 2026
Hosts: Adam Devine, Anders Holm (Ders), Blake Anderson, Kyle Newacheck

Overview

In this episode, the guys dive into the absurd and the oddly heartfelt, tackling everything from health updates and body modifications to career pride and their favorite St. Patrick's Day stories. The conversation is characteristically loose, fast, and irreverent—with poignant moments and plenty of hard laughs.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Family Health and Medical Adventures

[05:12–09:45]

• Ders announces his dad received a new lung:

  • “My dad has a new lung. Shut the fuck up. Yeah, yeah, yeah.” – Blake Anderson [05:12]
  • “He was on the list for only five days. Can you believe it?” – Ders [05:57]

• Hospital process details and recovery:

  • Ders recounts the surgery, explaining the intimidating medical hardware and drugs involved (“They carved through his chest here. Open it up. And then they use, like, a crank…” [08:46]).
  • The theme of "modern medicine is wild" comes up multiple times.

• Funny first words with new lungs:

  • “He goes, ‘That goddamn thing fucking sucked, hell.’ And I’m like, cool, first words back.” – Ders quoting his dad [07:15]

• Ders's experience waking up during surgery as a kid:

  • “I remember I just came to and they were like, very much like, ‘Oh shit, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.’ And quickly put the gas mask back on me.” – Ders [10:42]

2. Plastic Surgery, Weight Loss, and ‘Man Card’ Revocation

[13:20–15:53]

• Abs Implants and Manliness:

  • “Are we revoking, man? Is this the... yeah, make this a weekly bit where we revoke man cards.” – Blake [13:39]
  • They riff on ab implants (“Wouldn’t you love to know? I don’t know. Silicone rubber.” [13:55]) and contemplate the arbitrary ‘man card’ standard.
  • “What if your six pack was a six pack of Budweiser? Now your man card is doubled, and it’s good for a year.” – Adam [14:12]

• GLP-1 'Fat Shots' and Weight Loss Drugs:

  • Blake describes seeing someone lose a ton of weight due to GLP-1 injections like Wegovy.
    • “He goes, it’s the best thing I’ve ever done... every metric that was off before, dick has now bounced back into the green zone.” – Blake [16:31]
  • The group jokes about returning to their high school weights and pokes fun at each other (“Blake would weigh 98... I would go back to a fetal [stage].” – Adam [17:39])

3. Food, Drinking, and Diet Struggles

[18:04–21:02]

• Fast Food Weakness:
  • “Maybe we’d benefit [from GLP-1]. We’re the same in that, like, you can go pretty hardcore for a couple weeks, and then you just drive by a place and you’re like, lemme do a little U-turn here...” – Blake [18:25]
• Alcohol and Personal Vices:
  • “My thing, I think, is alcoholism... when I do drink, I want to have 11 drinks.” – Ders [19:08]

4. Tech Throwbacks: Google Glasses and Meta Shades

[21:00–22:41]

• The gang reminisces about wearing early smart glasses.
• Adam lost his Meta glasses at the Super Bowl, sparking jokes about how uncool Google Glasses looked vs. contemporary smart eyewear.

5. High School Weight & Hairiness: Animal Archetypes and Gay Bar Confusion

[27:18–33:00]

• They compare high school weights and discuss body image transitions (“I was 135 pounds or something.” – Adam [22:35]).
• Anders recalls being called a “California sun bear” (a subset of “bear” in gay culture) at the Hollywood Improv:
  • “They said… ‘you’re like a little bear cub,’ and I just was like, ‘yeah, I guess I’m kinda tiny but, like, ferocious?’” – Ders [30:28]
• This segues into a comedic riff on sports slang and gay innuendo (“Wouldn’t mind letting him steal home plate, you know what I mean?” – Ders [31:28])

6. Sports, Swimming, and Legendary Diarrhea Tales

[34:46–38:47]

• Blake shares swimming team stories from college, including “upping yardage” in practice.
• Diarrhea in the pool:
  • Blake tells a tale of a swimmer pooping himself before a relay, and the legendary status of “swimming through it,” inspiring a mix of awe and disgust (“You’re covered in chlorine, so it’s all good, baby...” – Ders [38:11]).

7. Olympics Envy & Specialization

[41:57–44:50]

• They debate whether any of them could have become Olympians if they dedicated themselves to a niche sport.

  • “Would it be possible, if we started 20 years ago, for any of us to be an Olympian?” – Ders [41:57]
  • Blake and Adam agree: knowing the grind and lack of financial reward, it’s doubtful.

• Olympic sports knowledge drops, from curling to speed skating (Apollo Ohno and Bonnie Blair get name-checked).

8. St. Patrick’s Day Nostalgia & Partying

[52:19–55:14]

• The group remembers wild St. Patty’s Days from their youth, drinking at legendary Irish bars in LA.
• Adam tells the story of calling in drunk to his pizza delivery job:
  • “I called my boss and I told him, yo, I was partaking in St Patrick’s Day and I probably shouldn’t drive today.” [55:14]

9. What’s a “Real” Job?

[56:33–59:15]

• The guys parse the difference between jobs, careers, and self-worth using pizza delivery and UPS as examples:
  • “For me, you say fatherhood, I say pizza delivery.” – Adam [58:48]
• Running joke: pizza deliveries vs. delivering babies (“You deliver babies, I deliver pizza.” – Adam [58:56])

10. Greatest Times of Their Lives

[59:31–64:44]

• They revisit their happiest moments—with bittersweet reminiscence about post-Workaholics season one, the freedom of early adulthood, and phases of professional pride.
  • “After season one of Workaholics... I was like, this is the greatest time of my life.” – Ders [60:44]
  • “Every time [Doobie Brothers’ ‘Listen to the Music’] comes on, I’m instantly transported back to that exact moment…” – Blake [63:42]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On medical modernity: “Modern medicine, dude. Yeah, it’s fucking wild.” – Ders [08:46]
• On body modifications: “Would we consider them dudes?” – Ders [13:32]
• On St. Patrick’s Day work ethic: “I was a delivery driver at BJ’s... I called my boss and told him, yo, I was partaking in St Patrick’s Day and probably shouldn’t drive today.” – Adam [55:14]
• On job satisfaction: “I might have been at my happiest being a pizza delivery driver.” – Adam [58:38]
• On gig vs. career: “I think all drivers matter.” – Blake [57:59]
• On nostalgia: “Every time [that song] comes on, I’m instantly transported back to that exact moment where I was just like, this is it.” – Blake [63:42]

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Ders’s Dad Gets a New Lung: [05:12–09:45]
• Surgery and Hospital Stories: [08:46–10:39]
• Plastic Surgery/Abs Implants & ‘Man Card’: [13:20–15:53]
• GLP-1 and Weight Loss: [15:00–17:47]
• High School Weight & Animal Categories: [27:18–33:00]
• Swimming Stories & Poop Tales: [34:46–38:47]
• Olympic Dreams Debate: [41:57–44:50]
• St. Patrick’s Day Memories: [52:19–55:14]
• Real Jobs vs. Career Debate: [56:33–59:15]
• Happiest Times of Their Lives: [59:31–64:44]

Tone & Style

The banter is rapid-fire, self-deprecating, unfiltered, and always rides the line between confession and comic exaggeration. Behind the jokes, there’s a genuine camaraderie and occasional vulnerability, especially when the hosts open up about family, career anxieties, and growing up.

Episode’s Most Important Takeaways

• Gratitude for Modern Medicine: The crew marvels at medical technology and the resilience of family (and jokes about possible organ donor backstories).
• Body Image & Wellness Trends: Witty, skeptical takes on American weight loss obsessions, the perils of vanity surgery, and the ever-shifting standard of “manliness.”
• Career Pride: Juxtaposing “gig” work with “careers,” the hosts poke fun but also express real affection for many jobs—emphasizing happiness and pride over social status.
• Nostalgia as Happiness: The hosts agree some of the happiest periods of their lives were in transitional, uncertain moments—working as assistants, waiting for big breaks, or living day-to-day simply having fun with friends.