Leah Renee Podcast

Cal Newport's Slow Productivity was the gift I didn't know I needed. Oh yeah, here's my website before I forget: https://www.leahrenee.co/ I read the book Slow Productivity in one day because it was *that* good. Now I'm wondering how I can apply it to my stand up comedy and naturally the first place I went was Ireland. I am interested if the slow food movement would work in comedy. I'm also intere...

A book review and follow up of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods (before I forget, here is my website: https://www.leahrenee.co/ ) I go down a rabbit hole fact-checking his 30-year-old predictions about the environment, talk about OG (Old Granny) Grandma Gatewood and connect it all back to hedonic adaptation, digital detox, and even Mormon Girls Camp. CHAPTERS 0:30 A Walk in the Woods on a whim 0:...

If you like vampires, Imperial Twilight is for you because it's all about compulsive blood suckers!: 19th century opiųm smugglers and 21st century tech billionaires. P.S. This is my website: https://www.leahrenee.co/ and this is the author of Imperial Twilight (the book I review in episode 21) Stephen R. Platt: https://www.stephenrplatt.com/ This episode is not just about old timey trade relations...

I met JP a couple of months ago and he offered me free admission to his online breathwork class. Slightly skeptical but always down to woo woo, I went and cried like a frickin baby. I can't say enough good things about my experience, even though it reminded me of the time my ovary exploded. Episode 20 is a delightful reminder about how what seems like a devastation (being diagnosed with Aaopecia)...

🪱 Let's open a can of worms...and like it! Oh yeah, here is my website before I forget: https://www.leahrenee.co/ This episode is so much fun! We learn about everything from the myth about cutting worms in half to the origins and practice of laughter yoga. Cathy Nesbitt is an environmentalist, professional laugher, and worm extraordinaire. She talks about America's trashiest state (thanks to Cana...

The shortest podcast I've ever made. (PS: I added more stuff to my site: https://www.leahrenee.co/ ) If for no other reason, listen to this to hear wisdom tooth guy who forgot his entire family, but somehow remembered Batman . 😆 I finished A Mind at Home With Itself , which is basically 300+ pages of Batman guy (he's a metal version of Byron Katie). I also talk about Julia Cameron's idea of "arti...

I enjoyed a lovely change of pace interviewing Kris Keppeler. I'm not sure how much you like people talking over the top of each other, but whenever I get the chance to share an anecdote about failed Mormon communism, I can't help but join in. Also, Kris has an incredible laugh which she generously bestows (which is like catnip for me). This episode includes anecdotes about her time as a dressage...

🤔 Can a white woman be taken seriously when wearing wigs recreationally? To see who's askin', it's me from: https://www.leahrenee.co/ 🤔Can female comedians talk about their weight on stage? 🤔 What five things can you do to stop being a crack head (if crack = digital devices). We get to the bottom of stressful thoughts with unadulterated vulnerability and transparency. (Don't judge me). Yes, in...

My first time meeting comedian Danny Johnson and of course we talk about OCD, being easily bothered and why there's not much of a distinction between clean comedy and socially conservative comedy. By the way, here's my website: https://www.leahrenee.co/ If you aren't up to comedy chat, this episode is not for you. We talk alllll about the biz and share interesting trivia like how women exponential...

Now that I'm not anymor..mon I decided to have a Tarot expert Finbarre Snarey to the pod to introduce me properly! I celebrate one year since my Brighton Fringe debut by talking to a man who got his first Tarot deck in Brighton. I learn all about the hundreds of deck Finn is collecting for a massive project, including gathering cursed decks. We chat for a bit about the name Barry and the magic shi...

😳 I bought a used self help book in "good" condition and boy did I get more than I bargained for! I may never find her, but I hope she got what she was yearning for. 🙇‍♀️ This episode includes an apology for last week's rant and the juicy deets about a stranger trying to live a better life. 🚼 I also have a big announcement about a three month old baby boy I adopted this week who's stolen my hea...

Will I get excommunicated for this rant about the ludicrous lawfare the Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints is waging on John Dehlin? (Let's hope so! I could use some media coverage!) I would have named this episode something cuter but I really want search engines to pick up because I want to support Mormon Stories. So, what the heck, eat these keywords you hungry bots: Mormon, LDS, Latter-day S...

🍻 Season 2, Episode 11🍻 is about sad old men in Welsh football jerseys, the perilous Dublin bus system, and lunch with Lesbians. Episode 11 begins with a brief travelogue of my time in Dublin, Cork, London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Denmark and follows with the characteristically chaotic bounce from idea to idea peppered with memories of working for Old Navy, Bethy Black's too good to be joke clowing...

The last episode of Season 1! We made it! 🥳 Have you ever had a Galentine's Day party? Did it include champagne? Chocolate covered strawberries? A middle aged comedian holding on to her last shreds of youth before her body is ravaged by menopause? This episode includes my bait and switch private gig which I actually really enjoyed. Why I'm considering specializing in Ladies Night comedy home show...

The penultimate episode of Season 1, I go woo woo as per usual. Fun things about this episode: Phyllis Diller! She was my inspiration for starting comedy later in life. Did you know she was 37 and had five kids when she started?! I recently found the secret of her success: a turn of the century self help book that uses fun terms like "newspaper man" and offense ones like "colored" :{. If you've ne...

In this episode I get honest about things like Thanksgiving and the word "worship" (how do you pronounce it?). Thanksgiving was... fine As someone who likes to blabber, I found it quite restrictive not to be able to say how I really felt around a table of well-meaning Boomers. They were actually lovely people, I'm not dunking on them. Sometimes I feel like a refugee from a corrupt (but beautiful)...

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself is easier (and harder) than you think. This episode includes the cheat code for contentment and synchronicity, and a 100% effective treatment to put your Anglophilia in full remission. Pumpkin spice to colonialism: I'll never see a pumpkin spice latte without considering the horrors of the Dutch East India Company, thanks to The Blindboy podcast. The autumn whe...

Why are Mormons so crazy about MLMs? And why don't they do more research before they launch a product called "Noni Juice" before doing what I would consider "due diligence". Like a moth to the flame, Mormons can't help but recruit. It's in our DNA. I proudly stand by the fact that even at the height of my Latter-day Saint-y-ness, I never pedaled essential oils to my friends, families, neighbors or...

Leah Renee is back from Edinburgh Fringe. She has exciting news: she’s going to a gay wedding! For the sake of the algorithm this episode covers: Martha Beck’s sedative qualities when applied to the largest arts festival in the world Leah’s fun Australian clowns and comedian friends: Josh Glanc, Tara Boom, and Oliver Coleman Mormonism is having a moment and it’s not a good one: Charlie Kirk, Secre...

After an amazing run performing at Brighton Fringe, I'm now asking the big questions Thanks for listening! See more of Leah's stuff at leahrenee.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode three covers: Why I always wear neon yellow (blame Adam Bloom for breaking my black habit). I went full extreme and now dye thrift store clothes electric chartreuse. It has it's perks like walking by construction workers wearing the same color, locking eyes and giving each other a solemn nod like we served in Vietnam together. The Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell Don't let t...

Episode Two! This podcast covers events too controversial for news outlets to cover, like the Australian Bubble Man who made a potentially fatal and rookie mistake. Leah talks about parasocial relationships and whether or not she has one with Rhys Darby. Whether or not she has a purity or innocence complex. Why do people on social media want to know what I had for breakfast or what the green room...

Episode 1: Beginner's Enthusiasm A stream-of-consciousness jaunt about comedy, creativity, capitalism and the unforgiving internet. Leah talks about Steve Martin's autobiography Born Standing Up , being a multi-faceted creative in the age of algorithms, and her fantasies about body swapping with David Sedaris. She grumps about wanky TED talkers who like the smell their own farts. Brian Regan's OCD...