EPISODE · Dec 3, 2025 · 34 MIN
The Giggle Of God
from Seven Minutes In Evan · host Evan Lopez
“Jesus is coming” signs, brain rot, and the Giggle of God — yeah, we’re starting there.In this one, I’m ranting about religious childhood trauma in the funniest way I know how — youth pastors whispering “Lord, come inside all of us,” yard signs that say “Jesus is coming,” and how wearing a cross is basically spiritual incognito mode plus a VPN for your sins. Observational humor meets absolute blasphemous brain rot.Then I accidentally invent my new alter ego: “God’s Giggler.” I paint this whole scene of me backstage at an Austin comedy club with a tiny cigar, lightning in the ceiling, a kid in a Peaky Blinders hat holding a bucket, and me declaring, “God’s feeling funny tonight.” This is pure stand-up storytelling energy from an Austin comedian who’s maybe taken pre-workout for his imagination.From there we slide hard into funny dad podcast mode: first-year parenting as a full-blown stress test. Baby breath-holding, fevers, rashes, thinking “Welp, guess my baby’s dead now” every 10 minutes, and realizing other parents were right when they said, “You are not busy until you have kids.” If you like parenting humor that’s way too honest, you’re home.I talk about how having a kid nuked my ability to waste time on dumb arguments, turned my 2-hour gym sessions into 45-minute efficiency missions, and forced me to kill a bunch of ego just to survive. Less stewing in drama, more doing reps — in the garage and in life.We also get into screen addiction and babies: my daughter going full Gollum over the phone, why we basically had to break up with FaceTime, and my fantasy of going full flip-phone while still needing Venmo, maps, banking, Amazon, and to run an entire career as a new comedian in 2025.It ends kinda wholesome: how the holidays hit different now, why small-kid years are this fleeting magical window, and how I’m trying to stop living for “the next thing” and actually enjoy the mess I’m in. If you like relatable comedy, funny life stories, and listening to an Austin comedian overthink fatherhood in real time, this is it.Come see a show in Austin, tell a friend about the pod, and rate the pod unless you’re a hater.#AustinComedy #FunnyPodcast #DadLife
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“Jesus is coming” signs, brain rot, and the Giggle of God — yeah, we’re starting there.In this one, I’m ranting about religious childhood trauma in the funniest way I know how — youth pastors whispering “Lord, come inside all of us,” yard signs that say “Jesus is coming,” and how wearing a cross is basically spiritual incognito mode plus a VPN for your sins. Observational humor meets absolute blasphemous brain rot.Then I accidentally invent my new alter ego: “God’s Giggler.” I paint this whole scene of me backstage at an Austin comedy club with a tiny cigar, lightning in the ceiling, a kid in a Peaky Blinders hat holding a bucket, and me declaring, “God’s feeling funny tonight.” This is pure stand-up storytelling energy from an Austin comedian who’s maybe taken pre-workout for his imagination.From there we slide hard into funny dad podcast mode: first-year parenting as a full-blown stress test. Baby breath-holding, fevers, rashes, thinking “Welp, guess my baby’s dead now” every 10 minutes, and realizing other parents were right when they said, “You are not busy until you have kids.” If you like parenting humor that’s way too honest, you’re home.I talk about how having a kid nuked my ability to waste time on dumb arguments, turned my 2-hour gym sessions into 45-minute efficiency missions, and forced me to kill a bunch of ego just to survive. Less stewing in drama, more doing reps — in the garage and in life.We also get into screen addiction and babies: my daughter going full Gollum over the phone, why we basically had to break up with FaceTime, and my fantasy of going full flip-phone while still needing Venmo, maps, banking, Amazon, and to run an entire career as a new comedian in 2025.It ends kinda wholesome: how the holidays hit different now, why small-kid years are this fleeting magical window, and how I’m trying to stop living for “the next thing” and actually enjoy the mess I’m in. If you like relatable comedy, funny life stories, and listening to an Austin comedian overthink fatherhood in real time, this is it.Come see a show in Austin, tell a friend about the pod, and rate the pod unless you’re a hater.#AustinComedy #FunnyPodcast #DadLife
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