Ep. 238: Personality Hire (Ft. Paul Garcia)

My guest is a passed regular at the Denver Comedy Underground, he works as an engineer by day and by night, lights up crowds in laughter with his stand-up; please power as much electrical current into your heart & welcome to InTALLerable: Paul Garcia!Follow Paul on Instagram @Paul_Garcia_Comedy & check out his monthly comedy show he hosts at the Beer Barn!Paul & I discussed how having a personality & breaking the “norm” brings levity to the workplace, especially when you’re working with mostly engineers.  Sean shared more of both the fun & the challenges that Olive, our studio cat, has brought into his life, & Paul told a legendary Sam Miller story from a show at Gnarly’s (RIP).  We’re here doubting the AI dystopia fears, in hopes our AI son will one day grab us a beer.  Cheers. If you like our show & want to help fuel our independently produced entertainment, head over to Patreon.com/InTALLerable & join at whatever tier fits you the best.  You get access to all the uncut EATIN’ with our guests, bonus episodes, & hand-made merch!  Our supporters make it possible, we make it InTALLerable. FO & BW0:00 — Guest Intro1:00 — Bit-Based Merch2:45 — Cat Zooms3:30 — Unseen Poster Wall4:00 — ‘Survivor Man’ Podcasting6:00 — Old tech & Pod Upgrades7:45 — Paul Growing Up8:45 — Playing Catcher in HS9:45 — Ultimate Frisbee 12:00 — Engineering Family13:30 — Electrical Engineering14:45 — Different Levels & AI Tools15:30 — Career plus Technical Fun16:30 — Comic relief in the workplace17:30 — Personality Hire18:30 — Ego-checking & Venn Diagrams of Skills19:30 — Doubting the AI Dystopia20:00 — “The Way”21:00 — EATIN’ 22:15 — After-Hours22:30 — Sam Miller Story at Gnarlys24:45 — Wing Review25:30 — AI Son to get us a Beer26:45 — Sovereignty for Olive28:45 — Electrical Shelf Life29:30 — “Depends”31:00 — Comic Peking Order33:00 — Leading crowdwork35:00 — Baiting the Audience37:00 — Crowdwork Attempts39:00 — Sacrificial Lamb40:00 — Coworkers coming to shows42:00 — Telling HR about Comedy43:15 — Big Boss seeing Paul at New Faces45:30 — Tough Show for Paul's parents47:00 — Inconsequential on the whole48:30 — Meeting the Moment50:30 — Paul’s “Clean” Corporate Gig53:00 — Reading the room55:00 — Consciously Clean or Forced56:15 — “Comedy is what you can get away with”58:00 — ‘Heighting’59:30 — Plugs!1:00:15 — FO & BW