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Joel Cohen on How to Lose a Marathon & Writing for The Simpsons

Category: Health
Duration: 00:44:50
Publish Date: 2017-09-08 05:59:11
Description:

Joel H. Cohen is a Canadian writer who has written for Saturday Night Live, Suddenly Susan and The Simpsons. He penned the famous season three episode of "Flaming Moe's." Joel received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1988 from the University of Alberta. He was born in Calgary.

Outside of writing for "The Simpsons", he's also the author of the best-selling book "How to Lose a Marathon"  — a hilarious retelling of Joel's training for and running the NY Marathon.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • 2013 NYC Marathon…the documentation
  • Getting off the couch (an idiots guide)
  • Post-Marathon contemplation…what just happened?
  • How to keep going?
  • Inspirations
  • Self Reflection, what did I learn about this process?
  • How to prepare for the marathon.
  • What is the next challenge?
  • Time travel and sculling and coxswains (pronounced cock son!)
  • Favorite Video Games
  • “Less velour”
  • Running motivations as applied to life
  • “The Simpsons” (Yes, admit you sung that) and keeping it fresh
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