Controversial Conversations

Drinking, Religion, and Abortion: A Conversation

• The speaker enjoys drinking tequila and beer together, but only drinks on weekends, and used to drink more in the past.

• The speaker's mother died of a rare disease, which made her realize that death is ugly and unpredictable, leading her to think about her own mortality often.

• The speaker grew up Catholic and attended catechism classes, which were taught by nuns and were scary to her. She stopped going to church at 13 and is now agnostic.

• The speaker is pro-choice and believes that someone else's pregnancy is not her business, but acknowledges that abortion is ending a potential human life.

• The speaker has nine frozen embryos with her husband, but is unsure if she wants to have children or not, and sees it as signing up for the ride if her body has the ability.

• The speaker believes that religion is stupid, and that some of the mortal sins in the Catholic Church don't make sense, such as masturbation being a sin.

• The speaker thinks that the abortion switch over in red states is concerning, as it forces people to drive long distances to access healthcare.

• The speaker sees comedy as a sort of religion, as it allows her to be creative and find meaning in bad situations.

• The speaker thinks that people in the future will look back at our current medical practices, including COVID and vaccines, and think that we were dumb.

• The speaker believes that if God exists, he can still love her even if she is confused about religion, and she doesn't want to look like Ted Kennedy.Cat Cohen Talks Marriage, Kids, and Health Issues

• Cat Cohen talks about her husband who is different from her past boyfriends who were mostly trashy.

• She froze nine embryos because she was unsure about her fertility and wanted to have the option to have kids later in life.

• Doctors can explain everything in a clinical way, but they don't always have the answers.

• Cat Cohen goes to the doctor often and almost died in 2020 from a perforated bowel, which required her to have an ostomy bag for five weeks.

• Her husband still had sex with her while she had the ostomy bag, which she found to be very devoted.

• They celebrated her recovery from the bowel issue by pouring champagne into unused ostomy bags and bonging it.

• Cat Cohen is ambitious and wants to continue working, but her husband really wants kids, so they are planning to have one soon.

• She describes her type as "hot trash" and likes tattoos.

• Cat Cohen thinks there is too much testing in the American Medical system.

• She thinks doctors are better guessers a percentage of the time than the average person because they went to medical school, but they also get a lot wrong.

• Cat Cohen's husband works in finance and is from a good family. They have been married for almost two years.

• Cat Cohen is 34 and froze embryos because 34 is a geriatric pregnancy age.Kathy Griffin Interview Summary

• There are risks associated with medical testing and procedures.

• Some people undergo excessive testing in America.

• Kathy Griffin had life-saving surgery.

• Kathy Griffin's husband helped her during her recovery from surgery.

• Instructions for sex after a stoma were bolded and underlined, indicating that people had tried to penetrate it.

• Detroit is Kathy Griffin's favorite place in the world.

• Kathy Griffin grew up in a middle-class suburb near Detroit and spent time in a Polish neighborhood.

• Kathy Griffin made a controversial joke about lacrosse.

• Kathy Griffin is perceived as being on a team because she works for Fox.

• Kathy Griffin is a libertarian, not a conservative.

• People can be judgmental based on their assumptions about someone's job.

• Kathy Griffin jokes about working in porn.Comedian discusses taxes, libertarianism, and society's need for taxes. She talks about her duck pond and how she came to own it. The comedian also discusses her childhood, including her love for bugs and collecting butterflies. The conversation then shifts to her upcoming shows and book.