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No, no.

That, I, I went to, uh, New York and, uh, took over MTV Networks and, uh, did that un- until I, uh, uh, I got a call from, uh, Russell Reynolds, the big search firm.

And they said, "We got a job for you.

You c- you qualify for this.

Definitely.

And I remember you first as an employee, a fellow employee at MTV, MTV Networks many years ago, decades ago at this point.

When did you when did you start doing stand up comedy? Like, were you doing comedy at that point?

Um, I, you know, I, I futzed around like it sort of like in the late nineties with it, but not really, you know, it was just kind of seeing maybe I want to try it.

Then I started studying media entertainment management.

I worked for MTV Networks.

So I've seen it all.

I've done it all.

My guest today is Jim Shearer, the Director of Communications at Fox Rehabilitation, a clinician-owned, mission-driven healthcare organization dedicated to rehabilitating lives by believing in the strength of older adults.

Shearer is also known as a host on MTV Networks from 2002 to 2014, where he hosted MTV2's Subterranean, VH1's Top 20 Countdown, and hosted a whole host of different interview shows and live performances.

Jim has also been the host at SiriusXM for 10 years, and since 2010, hosted The Brujaha, a podcast about a band near and dear to my heart, the Beastie Boys.

And on this episode, we're going to talk about Jim's career at MTV and his transition into healthcare.

I really do, as a person.

Julie McGrath from MTV Networks said this to me one time.

It was a amazing piece of advice.

She said to me, "Don't get promoted out of the thing you love."

She entered the working world without a roadmap for the extraordinary career she would ultimately create, and then built it, one opportunity, one risk, and one leap at a time.

She began her career at MTV Networks in 1984, working her way up through the organization with early chapters at HBO Downtown Productions and the Comedy Channel, which would eventually become Comedy Central.

Then, at only 30 years old, Suzette took an enormous leap, moving to Singapore to help launch MTV Asia and two 24-hour television channels serving audiences across the Far East.

And she was only getting started.