Episode Details

Matt Buechele attends a City Hall wedding and wonders whether love is real and lasting or simply about finding someone to ride the life roller coaster with when the world gets scary.

Then Matt sits down with comedian Chloe Radcliffe to talk about her journey from managing soda inventory at Target to stand-up, screenwriting, and her solo show Cheat. They discuss speech and debate, finding comedy after getting laid off, writing a movie for a major studio before knowing how to write a movie, and the terrifying experience of realizing nobody in the room knows what they’re doing. Chloe also opens up about cheating, monogamy, desire, emotional affairs, and why turning the worst parts of yourself into comedy can feel like a form of bloodletting.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Chloe Radcliffe, screenwriting, phone addiction, hometowns

00:05:25 Overcoming phone addiction and managing career anxiety 

00:11:07 Channeling ambitious energy into stand-up comedy and writing 

00:17:12 Transitioning from speech and debate to comedy stages 

00:22:45 Navigating corporate life at Target HQ and supply chain work 

00:28:10 Leaving corporate supply chain for full-time comedy 

00:33:50 Selling movie pitches to Sony without experience

00:39:25 Invisible industry work and Hollywood screenwriting realities 

00:44:50 Creating the solo show Cheat and sharing radical honesty 

00:50:15 Exploring emotional cheating and the psychology of infidelity 

00:55:40 Examining love versus desire in modern relationships 

01:01:05 Baby talk and lack of dishonesty impact relationships

Topics:

Managing soda inventory at target hq

Speech and debate as comedy training

Pitching to Sony without experience

Learning studio screenwriting on the job

Managing screen time and phone habits

Compulsive radical honesty with bosses

Origin of the solo comedy show Cheat

Sleeping with the FedEx delivery guy

Navigating love vs. sexual desire

Defining the lines of emotional affairs

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