Nick Von Wackerbarth: Confronting Depression by Following Your Passions
Episode description
Themes: COVID, Comedy, Podcasting, Woke Ideology
Nick Von Wackerbarth began his career in the Alberta oilfields at a young age in a position with a huge amount of responsibility managing a large oil company. Once COVID hit, he found himself falling into depression with the weight of his company's employees on his shoulders and with the awareness that he wasn't following his passion. After his first mediation session ever, he realized podcasting was his dream and started pursuing that route. Nick is now a podcaster and comedian in Edmonton.
In this episode we talk about:
☑️ Nick's journey from blue collar work in the Alberta oil fields into working on his dream of becoming a podcaster and comedian.
☑️ His disgruntled education at University of Alberta teaching and enforcing woke ideology.
☑️ The highs and lows of journeying into the Edmonton comedy scene, handling failure and success with grace and humility.
☑️ The American and Canadian comedy scene and the revitalization that's happening within movies and comedy.
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