Meet Wil Sylvince - My Favorite People

On this week’s episode, comedian Wil Sylvince, one of Trevor’s favorite people, joins Trevor and Dave for a loose, funny conversation about comedy, soccer, wearing your own merch, and the strange routes people take into stand-up. A longtime friend, Wil brings the kind of chemistry and storytelling that only comes from years of friendship and life together on the road.

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00:00 - Intro
02:22 - Haiti Makes the World Cup & Chaos Before the Podcast Starts
05:00 - Will’s Sleep Problems & Life Doing Late Night Comedy
08:02 - Growing Up Haitian in Brooklyn & Feeling Like Outsiders
10:50 - Trevor and Will’s Comedy Cellar Friendship Story
12:10 - Therapy, Sleep, and Immigrant Attitudes Toward Mental Health
17:19 - Will the Engineer: Curiosity, Electronics & Comedy
18:12 - Papa Doc, Dictatorship & Why Will’s Parents Fled Haiti
22:18 - Dictators, Oppression & How Evil Systems Stay Powerful
26:47 - Will’s Solar Paint Idea & Engineering Mindset
28:36 - How Will’s Parents Escaped Haiti
32:25 - Will’s Father Secretly Sabotaging Papa Doc’s Military
35:28 - Starting Over in America as Haitian Immigrants
38:20 - Racism in Boston & Haitian Immigrant Reality
43:10 - Trevor Relates South African Apartheid to Haitian Stories
47:41 - Papa Doc’s Secret Police & Living in Fear
49:15 - Divide and Conquer: Slavery, Fear & Informants
58:03 - Growing Up in Brooklyn With Strict Haitian Parents
01:00:10 - Respecting Women, Family Values & His Grandmother
01:01:52 - Losing His Grandmother, Mother & Father
01:04:15 - The Harsh Reality of the American Healthcare System
01:08:14 - Trevor Shares His Mother’s Hospital Experience
01:11:18 - How Healthcare Became Controlled by Corporations
01:15:24 - Discovering Comedy Through Rodney Dangerfield & Joan Rivers
01:20:03 - Meeting Dougie Doug & Starting Stand-Up Comedy
01:24:13 - Bombing on Stage for the First Time
01:27:13 - “Interpretate,” Language Mistakes & Why Will Is Naturally Funny
01:30:58 - Getting Booed at Black Comedy Clubs
01:35:18 - Working in Robotics While Chasing Comedy
01:38:39 - Haitian Parents vs Choosing Comedy as a Career
01:39:40 - Will’s Mother Accidentally Seeing Him on TV
01:46:22 - Making It at the Comedy Cellar
01:48:30 - Touring With Katt Williams & Legendary Comedy Stories
01:49:39 - Trevor’s First Big Break in Los Angeles Thanks to Katt Williams
01:57:10 - Aziz Ansari’s Movie “Good Fortune” & Acting
02:01:36 - Boxing, Discipline & Why Will Started Training
02:02:50 - Strict Religion, Fear of Girls & His First Hug
02:05:09 - Losing His Virginity at 24
02:06:30 - Health Journey, Weight Loss & Giving Up Sugar
02:13:30 - Trying Exotic Foods & Becoming a Pescatarian
02:14:20 - Writing a Haitian Boxing Movie
02:15:32 - Why Will Never Takes Nights Off From Comedy
02:17:08 - The Infamous Sprinter Van Road Trip Story