Getting My Act Together

Joe talks about crowds too hot to trust, the "Georgia Baseball Team" and a startling doctor's appointment.

Joe talks about 9/11 jokes, being a "good dad" and a person embarrassed to admit they listen to the podcast.

Joe talks about taking his 2-year-old to a hookah lounge, swimming at a church pool and being accosted by an audience member.

Joe talks about old people who think they're fooling young people, "positive racism" and his wife's preoccupation with a neighbor's physique.

Joe talks about peak Eddie Murphy, his neighbor's generosity and being White in a Black justice system.

Joe talks about what it's like to be a woman in comedy.

Joe talks about breaking down and teaching his neighbor's kid how to juggle, his preoccupation with a billionaire comic and the legality of open carry vs. open container.

Joe talks about how to not be insecure.

Joe talks about hooking up with a fairy, an unexpected pregnancy and a listener's shocking photo from the Georgia Renaissance Festival.

Joe talks about Atlanta being out of gas, the documentary "The Perfect Weapon" and a bunch of other stuff that probably will not endear him to religious audiences.

Joe talks about Google, the Atlanta mayor and Mother's Day.

Joe talks about potentially confronting his juggling instructor's wife, doing his wife's laundry and the futility of negative self-talk.

Joe talks about not being drunk enough to hang out with his neighbors, turning his back on an Atlanta favorite and the most fragile person he's ever met.

Joe talks about doing a fundraiser for people who don't need it, Dave Grohl and how Gen X pioneered cancel culture.

Joe talks about running from the cops, the smoking section in high school and Germans getting their feelings hurt.

Joe talks about the laziness of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, refusing a creepy request from some neighborhood kids and being overcome with emotion at the George Floyd verdict.

Joe talks about being startled by a new listener, a longtime listener's compelling email and his misadventures on the drive back from Florida. (This podcast includes a bonus 30 minutes from the drive home.)

In the darkened parking lot of a Florida hotel, Joe talks about a cop stalking him, what it takes to be a terrible comedy host and the meaningfulness of Limerick Comedy.

Joe talks about the long-awaited return of Limerick Comedy, why sober material never works and doing something on a plane no one else has ever done.

Joe talks about refusing to suppress votes for the Mt. Rushmore of chocolate candy, curating his legacy for his daughter and how being in a comedy club audience is like farting in bed. 

Joe talks about the best advice he ever got from Ben Stiller's dad, cheating on The Egg Man and the most incredible Easter story ever.

Joe talks about "comedy friends," what happens when you try to rob an Atlanta car wash and the origin of an expression for soiling yourself.

Joe talks about his two-year-old's emerging vocabulary, his wife's heroism and confronting the reality of one of his jokes.

Joe DOES NOT TALK ABOUT POLITICS but discusses showering with a cockroach, getting a friend request from someone he hooked up with 25 years ago and his relationship with Gianni Versace's killer.

Joe talks about doing comedy for the first time in four months, majority cultures explaining minority experiences and the similarities between COVID and getting married.