{"podcast":{"title":"Blocks w/ Neal Brennan","slug":"blocks-w-neal-brennan-5894934","podcast_index_feed_id":5894934,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TPC1688414199","website_url":"https://www.nealbrennan.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/102667aa-7db9-11ed-9e1d-476e2de273bf/image/df216c9d5884e6a958fc568777151784.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Neal Brennan","episode_count":145,"summary":"Based on his Netflix comedy special, \"Blocks.\" Neal Brennan interviews friends and colleagues about the things that make them feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how they are persevering despite these blocks.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blocks-w-neal-brennan-5894934"},"episode":{"title":"Jon Lovett","slug":"jon-lovett","published_at":"2025-10-16T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blocks-w-neal-brennan-5894934/jon-lovett","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blocks-w-neal-brennan-5894934","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/27/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/PRGN3/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPC1865320069.mp3?updated=1764659538","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/27/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/PRGN3/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPC1865320069.mp3?updated=1764659538","summary":"Neal Brennan interviews Jon Lovett (Pod Save America, Lovett or Leave It, Crooked Media) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. 00:00 Intro 1:55 Surprise Party Story 4:03 Writing background 4:49 Pod Save America 8:30 Rehabilitated Sad Sack 10:03 Depression, ADHD, Edibles 11:21 Relationship with Ronan Farrow ending 16:38 Finding love again 25:04 Afraid of being alone 26:56 Never felt like part of the gay world 37:36 Victimization & Liberals 54:09 Sponsor: BetterHelp 55:45 Sponsor: Mando 57:55 Democrats Rollout of LGBT Issues 1:03:30 Being funny 1:06:03 Democrat Leadership 1:15:36 Accepting voter limitations 1:30:28 Ronan Farrow Investigative Journalism Backlash 1:39:40 Crooked Con ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Neal Brennan interviews Jon Lovett (Pod Save America, Lovett or Leave It, Crooked Media) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like so…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6273,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blocks-w-neal-brennan-5894934/episodes/jon-lovett/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blocks-w-neal-brennan-5894934/jon-lovett.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}