Podbit · 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer
Tom Segura delivers the perfect skewering: Bert's health, sleep, mental clarity, relationships, and self-insight are all dramatically better in sobriety — and he's still planning to go back to drinking. Tom lists every single improvement while Bert just laughs and says 'I will fucking drink as much as I want.'
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Bert recommends the A-Rod documentary as a gripping portrait of a child prodigy who leveraged Hall of Fame talent to do steroids and became a genuine narcissist, whose own kids say there are 'two people — dad and A-Rod.' Bert relates to that split personality, along with Hulk Hogan. He then offers a more unexpected analogy: Black girls dancing at graduation ceremonies. He sees himself as the girl doing the celebration dance, making the moment about herself, but sober Bert now also sees the perspective of the person whose name isn't being heard because someone else is dancing. Kevin Hart's son running up to pop a confetti cannon during another student's name announcement crystallized it for him. [1] — Tom Segura "Every marker that is possible in your life to observe and note is 1,000 times better. And you're just like, I'm fucking drinking. You're li…" 33:50 The segment culminates in Tom's brutal and perfectly delivered observation: Bert's sleep, health, thoughts, self-awareness, boundaries, and personal relationships are all dramatically better in sobriety — and Bert's response is still 'I will drink as much as I want.' Bert laughs and agrees. They briefly discuss the Rafa Nadal documentary, with Tom recalling watching Nadal dethrone Federer at the French Open circa 2004-2006 and noting Rafa's OCD-like rituals at the sideline.
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