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Legendary actor and mental health advocate Glenn Close is on a quest to change how we think about mental health, starting with her decision to speak out about her own family's struggles — a brave choice considering the stigma that pervades the topic. This week, we're revisiting this sweeping conversation with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, where Close shares the inspiration behind the advocacy group she founded to combat the crisis, underscoring the transformative power of community and the critical need for comprehensive mental health care systems. Want to help shape TED’s shows going forward? Fill out our survey ! Become a TED Member today at ted.com/join Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Skit Your Shorts is a short stories sketch comedy podcast hosted by comedy writer, Dutch Foley, and an evil-ish AI program named, Plot Bot 9000. Each week, Plot Bot challenges Dutch and his friends with the task of making him laugh with hilarious sketches and short stories. If they fail to launch his giggle code, (01101000 01100001) he promises to initiate the robot wars and destroy all humans. Can comedy save the world? Find out in the next episode! While listening Skit Your Shorts, you may laugh, you may cry, or you may drive your car into a burning building. If the latter, ask yourself, "am I a moth? Why else would I drive straight into this shining ball of fire? Who gave a moth a driver's license?" While you're busy contemplating your mortality, someone else should be calling the fire department. I bet the firefighters look just like in those calendars full of beefy hunks welcoming you into each month. Just kidding, they're probably all out of shape. Why else would the building still be on fire long enough for you to drive into it? Beefcakes would have been there in seconds. Firetruck? Forget it, musclefighters run to the scene and flex until the flames cower and dissipate. Tune in weekly for the best comedy podcast that no one is listening to!
Content provided by Dutch Foley. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dutch Foley or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Skit Your Shorts is a short stories sketch comedy podcast hosted by comedy writer, Dutch Foley, and an evil-ish AI program named, Plot Bot 9000. Each week, Plot Bot challenges Dutch and his friends with the task of making him laugh with hilarious sketches and short stories. If they fail to launch his giggle code, (01101000 01100001) he promises to initiate the robot wars and destroy all humans. Can comedy save the world? Find out in the next episode! While listening Skit Your Shorts, you may laugh, you may cry, or you may drive your car into a burning building. If the latter, ask yourself, "am I a moth? Why else would I drive straight into this shining ball of fire? Who gave a moth a driver's license?" While you're busy contemplating your mortality, someone else should be calling the fire department. I bet the firefighters look just like in those calendars full of beefy hunks welcoming you into each month. Just kidding, they're probably all out of shape. Why else would the building still be on fire long enough for you to drive into it? Beefcakes would have been there in seconds. Firetruck? Forget it, musclefighters run to the scene and flex until the flames cower and dissipate. Tune in weekly for the best comedy podcast that no one is listening to!
Do you like clowns? Me either. Fishsticks? "Meh," you say. Okay, how about murder? Yeah, I knew I'd get you with that one! Who doesn't like a good ol' fashion murder? And why am I asking so many questions? Should I shut up now so you can listen to this funky fresh new episode? (In the voice of Kevin from Home Alone 2 via a Talkboy) You got it!…
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Skit Your Shorts: The Short Stories Sketch Comedy Podcast
What happens when you're sick and try to write and record a new episode of Skit Your Shorts? Well, you get this episode! So if it's painful to listen to, I blame it on the sickness that I am 100% not down with...you hear me, Disturbed? But if you do want to hear a story about obituaries, spies, and holding doors read in really awful accents, give it a go, but don't say I didn't warn ya!…
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Skit Your Shorts: The Short Stories Sketch Comedy Podcast
I hope you went to the restroom before listening to this Halloween episode of Skit Your Shorts, cause it's sure to scare the poo right out of ya! Dracula hits up his realtor as he looks to downgrade his home. A fan of monsters attends a monster mash, but it's not the host he was hoping for. Special guest, Amazon bestseller in horror, Cliff Bumgardner brings us a tasty and bizarre story about flan! And if you haven't run away in fear yet, stay tuned until the end of the episode to listen to the first chapter of Cliff's new book, Creature Feature ! Now available in paperback or digital, only on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BH3C5X69…
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Skit Your Shorts: The Short Stories Sketch Comedy Podcast
In this super rad episode of Skit Your Shorts, the short stories comedy podcast, a director creates a raunchy teen comedy script for dogs as a sequel to the Air Bud films, a toy manufacturer receives a script for a proposed 80s action figure, and advice is given on how to get your cat back after it becomes the leader of the toughest biker gang in town! So much stuff in that run-on sentence! Point is, you don't want to miss this one! Not that I want you to miss the other ones, but definitely not this one! It's a doozy!…
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Skit Your Shorts: The Short Stories Sketch Comedy Podcast
Can you believe it? It's a third episode that no one asked for! But if you're looking for some advice from a robot about improving your small-talk game, this one's for you. Dutch Foley narrates the stories this time, as Plot Bot is too busy listing off the 34,000 types of fish. Stories include butt-talking aliens, edible debt, and lessons on not giving a hoot. So tune in for some laughs...well, you might laugh if you have a weird sense of humor. I mean, for a comedy podcast, it's definitely a show you'd want to turn down when you pull up to a stop light in fear that others might hear the strange things coming out of your car, like when you're jamming to Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U." Anyways, enjoy!…
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Skit Your Shorts: The Short Stories Sketch Comedy Podcast
In the second episode of the smash hit (that nobody is listening to) comedy podcast, Skit Your Shorts, Plot Bot discovers the world wide web and all its dark secrets. Today's anthology of short stories includes Internet ghosts, lessons on subtly being a jerk, and farty friends. If that doesn't sell you, I don't know what will?! Perhaps the promise that you'll hear the weirdest and funniest short stories your ear holes have ever invited in. So give it a listen! If you hate it, tell your dog. If you like it, tell your friends and subscribe why don't ya!…
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Skit Your Shorts: The Short Stories Sketch Comedy Podcast
In the first episode of this short stories comedy podcast, Skit Your Shorts, Plot Bot 9000 threatens to destroy all humans before reading three short stories. The first story, involves a nudist colony and concerns about nipples. Next, a proud father tries his best to ensure his helicopter baby grows up to be a wise mancopter. The last story, discusses the zany world of doormats and furries. How could you say no to that?! I mean, come on, it's only ten minutes long. This description is as long as the show itself, so stop reading this, press play, and who knows, you might get a solid chuckle or two out of it! You can find the individual stories and more on Substack .…
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