In the '90s, you couldn't say the word 'nerd' to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn't have listened.

Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.

You don't need 30 million people to listen to your podcast. If 10,000 people listen to your podcast, which is not a hard number to achieve, then 10,000 people are listening, and you can build a community, and literally change the world just recording into a microphone.

One of the many reasons why I love stand-up so much is when you're performing, you get instant feedback. You know if stuff is working right away.

There's something about shooting webs out of my wrists and climbing up things that just makes me happy.

Bowling is all physics and energy distribution. It's F = ma. So it is actually one of the most science-y sports, because it literally is just a ball and a surface and objects to knock down.

No matter what tricks you use or what decisions you make, go easy on yourself as someone who's on a never-ending quest for improvement.