Cheating, Screenwriting, and Finding Your Voice | Chloe Radcliffe

Matt Buechele attends a City Hall wedding and wonders whether love is real and lasting or simply about finding someone to ride the life roller coaster with when the world gets scary. Then Matt sits down with comedian Chloe Radcliffe to talk about her journey from managing soda inventory at Target to stand-up, screenwriting, and her solo show Cheat. They discuss speech and debate, finding comedy after getting laid off, writing a movie for a major studio before knowing how to write a movie, and the terrifying experience of realizing nobody in the room knows what they’re doing. Chloe also opens up about cheating, monogamy, desire, emotional affairs, and why turning the worst parts of yourself into comedy can feel like a form of bloodletting. Chapters: 00:00:00 Chloe Radcliffe, screenwriting, phone addiction, hometowns 00:05:25 Overcoming phone addiction and managing career anxiety  00:11:07 Channeling ambitious energy into stand-up comedy and writing  00:17:12 Transitioning from speech and debate to comedy stages  00:22:45 Navigating corporate life at Target HQ and supply chain work  00:28:10 Leaving corporate supply chain for full-time comedy  00:33:50 Selling movie pitches to Sony without experience 00:39:25 Invisible industry work and Hollywood screenwriting realities  00:44:50 Creating the solo show Cheat and sharing radical honesty  00:50:15 Exploring emotional cheating and the psychology of infidelity  00:55:40 Examining love versus desire in modern relationships  01:01:05 Baby talk and lack of dishonesty impact relationships Topics: Managing soda inventory at target hq Speech and debate as comedy training Pitching to Sony without experience Learning studio screenwriting on the job Managing screen time and phone habits Compulsive radical honesty with bosses Origin of the solo comedy show Cheat Sleeping with the FedEx delivery guy Navigating love vs. sexual desire Defining the lines of emotional affairs FOLLOW THE SHOW ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatsoundslikealot/   ►Threads: https://www.threads.com/@thatsoundslikealot   FOLLOW MATT BUECHELE ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattbooshell/   ►TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@mattbooshell   ►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mattbooshell.bsky.social  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices