Mark Normand: The Brutal Reality of Phone Addiction
Mark Normand joins Neal Brennan to discuss phone addiction, the relentless pressure on comedians to post on social media, the envy of comics who stay offline, and why putting down the phone feels impossible.
Chapters: 0:00 – Phone addiction is our biggest regret 0:53 – Neal’s silent meditation retreat 1:23 – Giving up Instagram 2:20 – The useful utility trap of smartphones 2:45 – The fear of irrelevance if you stop posting 3:27 – John Mulaney and Shane Gillis staying offline 4:44 – Low self-esteem and comedian guilt 5:21 – The exhaustion of filming club sets 6:10 – John Mulaney and Ian Edwards
Full Episode: https://youtu.be/zubVFMNSpLM
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@LuxLazar
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
I’ll never forget seeing Mark in Hawaii! I still wear my “Comedy!” shirt!
@senoJtiladChang
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Fan of Neal's work. I wish he'd drop the cheesy ending on his clips. Not necessary. Tons of people don't do it and I respect them for it.
@NickDeenge
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
get over it weakling
@jeremywerts7198
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Funny to mention Ronny Chieng on this subject, if you followed his instagram over the covid period, that dude was liking so many posts lol. I would be more surprised to see a post on Instagram that Ronny didn't like. Seems like he finally chilled out a few years ago though.
@livinginreality6829
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Mark looks like he’s having withdrawals from everything except a phone
@DorkPolice
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Get shitty old phone that you only want to use when you have to.
@bababababababababababababa1
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Good to see kevin's baby bro still podcasting.
@drewdrewson1384
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
I thought by now we would look at soda the way we used to look at smoking. Wow you guys let kids drink that poision for dinner or at birthday parties? Wait, your school had a soda machine in it????
@mulemule
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Sorry, Neal, not everyone's an Apple fan-boy: Nokia released a smart phone with e-mail and Internet access in 1996. 😱
@SebastianZerni
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Watching this on my laptop, it's the same…a screen is a screen
@conspiratorsaredumb
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
As soon as he stops talking like that I'm in 100%.
@bobcabot
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
ja when extroverts imaging themselves as introverts…
@tripledoublebubble
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Mark, we can't change our own alternators anymore, unless you're still driving a Volvo 240.
@paulmallon9292
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Normand is really getting that 'I'm on the booze every night' complexion.
@PsychiCorey
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Stop SOCIAL MEDIA SHAMING😭
@PsychiCorey
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
Smh a real comedian isn't scared to take a walk on the dark side. Ehhh "what about my life" psh lol
@jey4908
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
ronny chieng is a hack
@jimmyblood3416
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 am
I haven’t had a social media account (other than YouTube) since 2015. I’ve missed out on nothing.