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BergsBrain
BergsBrain is a story telling comedy podcast hosted by stand-up comedian and writer Doug Berg. Each podcast episode focuses on one main topic with stream of thought tangents covering a variety of ideas and observations residing in the deep recesses of Berg’s brain that enhance, call back, and ultimately come full circle to the initial subject. Imagine standup comedy meets the improvisational style of jazz or The Grateful Dead. The show launched March 2021.
Episodes
16 episodes
Hostage Haircut
On this show, Doug tangents on hairbrained bets, Swiss neutrality, clown Emmett Kelly, Circus Peanuts, and tons more on his longest BergsBrain episode to date.
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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2:05:39
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The 7 Year Bitch Part 1 - Gap Year
Playing on the term The 7 Year Itch, a phrase that describes feeling restless or dissatisfied in a relationship and life in general, typically at that seven-year mark, I traced back my feelings of restlessness and diss...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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1:33:35
Sit Down Stand Up
What I did this summer…after a minor 34 year hiatus from stand up comedy BergsBrain gets back on stage. Here’s a look back at where it all began.
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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41:05
Guns N' Woes Is
On this episode, with the recent and continuing round of mass shootings, I’ll look at the motive behind the worst mass shooting in American history, online porn’s amazing array of sex categories, a number of kinky fetishes from my home stat...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:15:01
20,000 Leagues Under Wilt's Shorts
On this first BOBB, Best of BergsBrain, we head back to episode 1 Scrabbled Eggs, for one of my dad's, whose name was Bob, favorite stories about my life-changing encounter as a 5 year old boy with a naked Wilt "The...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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22:50
Wherefore Art Thou Bryan Cranston
On this episode, I tell the story of attempting to get two of my screenplays, Dogpile and 4F, into the hands of actors and producers through non-traditional approaches since it’s nearly impossible to get it through the gatekeepers usi...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:01:52
BergsBrainBits Volume 1
BergsBrainBits Volume 1 is a look back to my early standup comedy days over 30 years ago and the style and type of jokes I began my standup career with. Strongly influenced by Jerry Seinfeld and Steven Wright, I hope it provides a bit of insigh...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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48:11
Call of Doodie
On this episode I’ll discuss people who think it’s okay to brush and floss their teeth in the sink of a public restroom, airline passengers who can’t coordinate their bathroom journey with the roll out of the snack cart, what a brilliant de...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:35:11
Shitty Shitty Bang Bang Motherfucker
On this episode, I’ll cover topics from pillowcases as Halloween candy collection devices, effective ways to deal with your kids when they begin cursing, how the idiom “you bet your ass” has some severe ramifications, how the disparaging re...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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51:13
Hurricane Dave
On this episode, I cover topics from the naming of hurricanes to gambling on Pi to Dave Chappelle to outlawing bagels to the South Carolina Gamecocks and many, many more. So, jump aboard the train, get a little insane, gettin’ inside B...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:13:12
Torah Torah Torah Kenahora
On this episode, I cover topics from kosher salt to Anti-Semitic clothing accessories to Blowing the Shofar to famous Greek author Homer to allegedly stolen cucumbers and many more. So, jump aboard the train, get a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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52:44
Merry Brismas
On this episode of BergsBrain, I’ll cover topics from medicine balls to Yogi the Bear to Frederick’s of Hollywood to wedding vowels to Abraham’s original and somewhat painful covenant with God and many more.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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48:08
Diaper Dandy
On this episode focusing on childbirth, I’ll cover topics from the accuracy of sonograms, hoodwinking your kids into playing the Quiet Game, losing your kid at the mall, the Exorcist, public bathroom koala bear changing tables, and many, ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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37:18
Roads Scholar
On this episode focusing on driving, Berg covers topics from women applying makeup while behind the wheel of 2 tons of moving metal, how turning right on red, around since 1980, hasn’t reached every driver in America, airplane cockpits, pro...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:11:04