MAA #038: With Matt Young

Interview with Matt Young, a Tassie born Comedian who started performing in 2014 and moved to Melbourne in 2015.  Matt has done the Tasmanian showcase in the MICF for the past 2 years (called Heads A-Plenty), and runs a comedy room in Hawthorn called Guerilla on Wednesdays – check it out if you can! We discuss: The awesome Tassie comedy scene, the relationship between drugs, sobriety, creativity and mental health, starting and stopping weed, different strains of pot for creativity, Matt's experience of having motivation and creativity dulled by weed, substances being addictive vs being habit-forming, celebrating periods of sobriety with weed, 2 weeks off in Japan, how weed affects sleep, managing social pressure, decision-making process, views on alcohol, expectations from self and others, the value in learning what you don't want to do, Matt's dream of being a blu-tack scientist, being a teacher's aide, kids being a rich source of material, Matt's love of entertaining, sketch comedy and writing, learning from bombing on stage, Matt's super power, and his message of the value and well-being in taking action if you're feeling down (eg. making something with your friends).