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Joel Wachowski

Joel Wachowski

Creative & Analytical Marketing Lead at General Motors, comedian, and author of "Honolulu Blues: How Loving a Losing Team Created a Winning Man"

Jul 31, 2026

54:42
What was your rock bottom, Joel?
54:45
No, my rock bottom is...
54:49
So I wanted to be a writer before I was a comedian and I went all in on it, right? So I got one thing published, like the first thing I ever wrote and I was like, oh, I'm going to be a novelist.
54:59
So I locked myself in a room and I drank all the whiskey.
55:03
I took all the speed.
55:05
I smoked cigs and I ended up... like basically drinking myself to death.
55:11
I needed 14 blood transfusions.
57:38
man so you know you impressed me on so many levels i've been love watching you from a distance you know we we know each other but we're not close friends or anything but i i've been following the the shit out of everything you do uh the big wachowski is kind of like it's it's very inspiring um which is your non-profit um where you raise money for organ donation through a basketball tournament how many years has that been running now

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