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<v Speaker 1>Excited to have a comedy call today with Nurse Blake.

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<v Speaker 1>He's doing his Shock Advised tour and this looks like

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of fun. First of all, thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>taking the time to chat. How long have you been

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<v Speaker 1>doing stand up comedy.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been even standing up for about four years now.

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<v Speaker 2>I never thought when I got into nursing I would

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<v Speaker 2>be doing comedy, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, But the thing that's cool. You do such a

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<v Speaker 1>great job of taking what you do for like a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty serious job. You know, think about nursing. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty serious job. But you find a way to share

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<v Speaker 1>some stories and make it very lighthearted and fun. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's necessary.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, nursing is one of the hardest jobs

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<v Speaker 2>out there. We work twelve hours NonStop, don't even get

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<v Speaker 2>key breaks or time for lunch. But I say, like

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<v Speaker 2>nurses are probably some of the funniest people out there,

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<v Speaker 2>because one of the ways we get through the shift

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<v Speaker 2>is with our very dark, sometimes inappropriate humor. Because you're right,

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<v Speaker 2>we see life, we see death, we see patients that

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<v Speaker 2>put for breeze cans up their butt. I mean, we

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<v Speaker 2>smell it, we cut it, and you know, we got

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<v Speaker 2>to get through the shift with some lighthearted humor.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and I'm a stand up comic in Sioux Falls,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's another comedian here who happens to be a nurse.

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<v Speaker 1>His name is Joey, and so I get to hear

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<v Speaker 1>kind of his perspective on things. And then the other

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<v Speaker 1>thing that's cool when he comes to a show. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of his nurse friends come to the shows as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that there are a lot of nurses

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<v Speaker 1>who go, you know what, I need to laugh because

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<v Speaker 1>of the stuff I see every day. They just need

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to take a little break and chuckle.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, I'm telling you my shows they are so loud.

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<v Speaker 2>These nurses are so ready to have a night out

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<v Speaker 2>because they never get the chance to do it because

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<v Speaker 2>most of the time when we put them pay time off,

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<v Speaker 2>we get it denied. We don't even get vacations, so

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<v Speaker 2>nurses they just call out, which is so funny. They

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<v Speaker 2>come in party buses, they come in custom T shirts,

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<v Speaker 2>they are allowed. They the first thing they do is

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<v Speaker 2>they hit that liquor bar and they these theaters. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>you better make sure you have enough back at tequila

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<v Speaker 2>for my shows because these nurses, they they're dehydrated, so

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<v Speaker 2>when they can.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to be heavily medicated by the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the show. Just so you know, yes, they are. They are.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, in addition to doing stand up comedy, you

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<v Speaker 1>are a social media influencer and you're on all of

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<v Speaker 1>these different platforms and you're doing some fun stuff on there.

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<v Speaker 1>What made you decide to do that? And was that

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<v Speaker 1>something that you were nervous at first? Because I'm wondering if,

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<v Speaker 1>like the place where you work as a nurse, do

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<v Speaker 1>they get upset that you're posting videos or do they

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<v Speaker 1>not really care?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they definitely didn't like that. So I no longer

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<v Speaker 2>you know a nurse in the hospital anymore because hrs

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<v Speaker 2>want to prove me because you know, one thing I

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<v Speaker 2>want to do is I love to advocate for nurses.

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<v Speaker 2>So if ever a hospital is treating their staff that

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<v Speaker 2>I am going to call them out. We are going

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<v Speaker 2>to go on strike, you know, we're going to bring

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<v Speaker 2>some light to the situation. So hospitals are definitely afraid

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<v Speaker 2>to hire me because I'm very outspoken and I will

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<v Speaker 2>make fun of them. But yeah, I started on social media.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, like you said, nursing is a very hard job,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just needed an outlet to kind of share

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<v Speaker 2>my story and connect with other nurses. So back in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen, I started posting videos on Facebook, and nurses

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<v Speaker 2>around the world we're watching and comedy and sharing, and

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<v Speaker 2>I realized that no matter if you're a nurse and

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<v Speaker 2>you're up Australia, Canada, we all go through pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>the same thing. So it was really cool to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of build this community online and then realize that hey,

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<v Speaker 2>nurses want more, they want to come out, they want

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<v Speaker 2>to see me live, they want to connect with other nurses,

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<v Speaker 2>and they started doing comedy.

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<v Speaker 1>Shows and it's gone well one hundred and fifty city tour.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty darn good man, it's pretty insane.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really cool to see nurses kind of from all over,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. I'll do a show wherever there's a hospital

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<v Speaker 2>and there's pretty much a hospital everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Absolutely. And you had a chance recently to perform

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<v Speaker 1>on the Netflix is a Joke Festival, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>there's some huge names on there, Chelsea Handler, Chris Rock,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, and then Nurse Blake. How does it feel

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<v Speaker 1>to be shoulder and shoulder with some of those gigantic

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<v Speaker 1>names in comedy?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's pretty awesome. You know, they all wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to show me pictures of the rashes and I'm like, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a nurse and I'm off the clock. I

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<v Speaker 2>just I'm just doing my comedy show. So it's really

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<v Speaker 2>fun to interact and engage with them and to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of bring this new audience of nurses into, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the comedy space in the comedy world.

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<v Speaker 1>So when people come out to a show and get

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<v Speaker 1>a chance to see Nurse Blake, how different is what

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<v Speaker 1>they see on stage from what they see on social media?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it like night and day difference.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to get a lot more of me, braw

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<v Speaker 2>and unfiltered, for sure. You know, I'm more vulnerable, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>more honest, I'm more open. You're gonna get my whole

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<v Speaker 2>story of growing up in Florida to my parents and

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<v Speaker 2>just my wild family. I have down here to life

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<v Speaker 2>a nursing school and life as a nurse. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>definitely a more.

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<v Speaker 1>Wrong personal And you're going to be in the neighborhood here,

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna be in Cedar Rapids, Iowa November seventh, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to's gonna be in uh November two in Pueblo, Colorado,

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<v Speaker 1>So we're kind of in between those two. So, like

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<v Speaker 1>I was saying before we got on the air, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to see if we can maybe route you through

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<v Speaker 1>this area. But no matter what, it's worth the drive,

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<v Speaker 1>even if you have to go a little ways to

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<v Speaker 1>see him, it's going to be well worth the drive.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's going to be such an awesome night. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have to be an help scare to come

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<v Speaker 2>to my show. You probably your mom's probably a nurse,

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<v Speaker 2>your a or you probably dated a nurse. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you dated one of us, I'm so sorry because we

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<v Speaker 2>are so toxic. We are red flag.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Nurse Blake, thank you for your time. I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Sean, appreciate it again.

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<v Speaker 1>Nurse Blake. It's the Shock Advice Tour. You can see

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<v Speaker 1>the entire tour schedule at Nurse Blake dot com. Something

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