Lawson Leong's Podcast

We had a last minute stand up show booked at Tea Lounge recently. Nobody came for the show. So we had a room of 50 people, none of which were listening to us. So I called Bryson up to the stage for my set, and we recorded a podcast. I bring up a story of how I almost became a psychopath, weed, and feeling like you have strange desires that you have to hide. David Shine also makes a guest appearance as the host of the show who introduces me.

Bryson Turner got mugged once. The story he recounts also covers issues of race, class and gentrification. Bryson, in retrospect not so surprisingly, empathizes with potential Bed Stuy muggers. Oh did we mention that? He lives in Bed Stuy.

"Everything in this world, dies. So at some point, we gotta decide which deaths make us sad." Bryce, Bryson and I get into a substantive discussion about euthanasia and death.

As long as there are people who feel negatively about other people, there will be offensive words. It's not about what the words specifically are. It's about the negative mindsets that using those words reflect. I wanted to stay focused on offensive words on this one, but I also make a different point about being bound to history and human nature. "I feel like in some ways my actions are bound by the restrictions of my own history."

"Why do black people need credits for us to care about them?" A twilight zone episode that tries to be racially poignant comes up short, and I point out why. Bryson Turner is in studio.

A more poignant version of the, "Black people are different from white people" discussion. Bryson lives in Bed Stuy and acknowledges how his whiteness is inherently ruining it.

Possibly my favorite Bryson bit from my old Meaning of Life show. We recorded this show live in the time the Penn State scandal. Specifically during the time they were discussing whether to keep the Paterno statue.

Bryson and my sister joined me in a discussion about pets that we've owned, and also the thin line between knowing if a pet has run away or died. Bryson shares a story about a delusional friend.

30 Macon, The Upper Room, Brainstore, Church For Crazy People...all synonymous with the space that Bryson owns in bed stuy. It's a digital community center. And it's where I'm putting my energy in the near future.

I'm in studio, Bryson's on the phone. Bryson makes a really good point about misogyny that I totally agree with, but then I interject some twisted humor into it.

"The remake of Caligula, Caligula'd my childhood." Jarrid Reed's in studio and Bryson Turner's on the phone. A best of clip from my old live radio show: "The Meaning of Life". We crushed on all levels.

BEST OF FROM OLD LIVE RADIO SHOW! Jarrid Reed's first appearance on the show. 2 minutes into the show, he starts crushing it. Bryson was on the phone during this segment, but he doesn't get many words in. So you could say Bryson was in rare form. I'm teasing, of course. This is Jarrid Reed, everybody.

Bryson Turner & Will Carey join me in a discussion about the invention of fire. Bryson develops an interesting theory about it.

I took mushrooms for the first time and ate a red velvet cupcake. Then I recorded this podcast.

Possibly my favorite segment from the old "Meaning of Life" radio show ever. Comedians Bryson Turner and Will Carey are in studio. Bryson makes a bold prediction, which is that someday Will is going to kill a whole bunch of people, maybe including his own family that has yet to be formed.

Before there was Unconditional Love, there was the Meaning of Life live radio show. Comedians Will Carey & Bryson Turner join me as we discuss & compare the words "Midget" and "Nigger".

"No story is ever the full story. A person decided where to start it and where to end it."

"All hierarchies are imagined." "The things you imagine become real."

I'm an affectionate, cuddly dude. I'm built for it, body and mind. I worry that I can't show as much affection with women because thy'll be afraid that I just want to have sex with them. And I do. But I also just love being affectionate, a la carte. I thrive on human connection.

My mind is most active when I've been awake the longest. So at 3:30am I record a podcast about rape and murder. It's difficult to talk about, so that's why I do it.