Derek Sheen! Comedian! Friend! Delight! More!

Derek and I have a great talk! You can have a great listen!

And here's some more about Derek and his newest hour of comedy, "Unrelatable":

"As often as his crowd seems to brace for impact, they spend more time howling at his audacity. Sheen can be crude, but he's never alienating or upsetting" - Chicago Reader

Derek Sheen is a cuddly mess of insecurities, a human hug and a one-of-a-kind storyteller. He has amassed a loyal fanbase after years of touring with such acts as Patton Oswalt, Janeane Garofalo and Brian Posehn who said, "Derek is so funny and smart it makes me mad." Sheen has been described as audacious, irreverent and a "human hug" by acclaimed author Lindy West. His ability to mine humor from the dark underbelly of the human condition has made him a favorite of comedy nerds around the globe.

On Unrelatable Derek Sheen tackles the creeping indignities of aging, chronic social awkwardness, and the strange comfort of feeling out of step with everyone. Through dark autobiographical stories and irreverent, meticulously crafted bits, he makes an unusually compelling case that discomfort is pretty universal.

Derek Sheen has been writing and performing comedy since his late teens. But after 4 full-length hour releases, a string of tremendous personal losses befell him followed by 2 years of lockdown that he says "changed [him] fundamentally on a molecular basis." This was the moment that comedy became less about joke-writing and more about mining humor from real-life tragedy, a transition that brought out a more genuine version of himself. "This hour is the most honest and genuine thing I've ever written," he said. "I hope the audience can laugh with me at the darkness and absurdity of being a human being, because as uniquely awkward as our individual journeys seem, we are all, in the end, relatable."

Watch Unrelateable on on Blonde Medicine's YouTube channel, and enjoy the audio album version wherever albums are sold or heard.

And of course, listen to him on THIS VERY PODCAST! Enjoy!

PS This is only the first HALF of our conversation.
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