Review Revue - Introducing: Thanks Dad with Ego Nwodim

Episode Date: September 19, 2024

Have a listen to Thanks Dad with Ego Nwodim, a new Headgum podcast! Raised by a single mom, Ego Nwodim may have daddy issues, but she suspects you might, too. On Thanks Dad, she invites guests like Bill Burr, Kenan Thompson, Adam Pally, Hasan Minaj, Tim Meadows, Andy Cohen, and many more to be her “Dad for the Day” and has funny, heartfelt conversations with them about their experiences with their own dads and as parents themselves. Each episode wraps up with her getting practical advice from her guests such as how to get the best deal when buying a house, how to know you’ve found “the one,” and how to perfect your jump shot.Subscribe to Thanks Dad on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and check out new episodes every Monday.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hi, I'm Ago Wodum, and here's a clip from my new podcast, Thanks Dad. Were you in trouble a lot? A lot, yeah. Yeah. A lot. What do you think that is? Attention. Yeah.

Attention and no outlet for, you know, I was obsessed with Saturday Night Live and stuff very young. Uh-huh. Like, there's a video of me doing, like bears at like four years old like wow shock and i would watch it on repeat everything you know what i mean like so so i think they're just when you're a kid like there's no outlet yeah like in skokie you know people weren't like you were in illinois yeah people weren't like oh yeah put them in an acting school you know what i mean they're like this kid won't fucking shut up yeah yeah you know. You know, so you end up, you know,

you'd be like, hey, class, you want to hear my impression? And they'd be like, yes. And the teacher would be like, you're fucking done here. All the kids who talk too much in class, like on TV and doing music now. Maybe. But I think it's definitely in our age. Well, I'm so much older than you. You're old enough to be my dad. I know. I don't think it's definitely in our age. Well, I'm so much older than you. You're old enough to be my dad. I don't think that's true. Papa Bear. Sure, fine. You could have had me.

In my generation. If you lost your virginity at a teenage age. Do you count paying for sex as virginity loss? If I say no, then what age would you say you were when you lost your virginity 31 i knew it i freaking knew it yes no yeah you're right about that no but i do think our generation yes in in class, getting in trouble. Yeah, it just was different. Like now, now I feel like because my son, both my, all my kids have it. They're like, you know, you know, that like that need to like perform or get a rise out of people.

And I see as soon as it happens, like the conversation is so different. They're like, Cole has an amazing sense of humor and amazing timing like you ever thought of improv classes which is not a thing a teacher would have said back in the day it was like bad kid yeah no are you kidding they're like yeah they're like no we he's gonna need extra time for his test yeah so it's also given the profession the city you're in yes the profession you're in totally but still I do think still it's probably gotten a lot better. It for sure has. And so, yeah, no, I think you're right.

I think we all, were you that way too? I was, talk too much in class. Talk too much. Family's over for the holidays. I'm like putting on a show, doing impressions of this uncle, impressions of that auntie. Thanksgiving was like showtime. Yeah, for sure. I was like, the audience is filling in oh yeah i was working on shit working at workshopping

characters beforehand like the high holidays like the russian was like me workshopping yeah for thanksgiving i wish i could have been there oh yeah i was like well only the jews will see this part but once i get to the broader audience, it'll really... All right. Okay. That's all you get for now, but head over to Thanks Dad, wherever you get your podcasts to listen to the full episode.