First Day Back

Stitcher and Tally Abecassis

First Day Back is a documentary podcast series about people facing and trying to overcome life’s most challenging moments. Each season, host and creator Tally Abecassis tells the story of someone attempting their own personal comeback.In 2019, First Day Back is back. On May 3rd 2017, comedian Jason Weems collapsed on stage from an asthma attack. His heart stopped beating for a full 5 minutes. Jason was lucky enough to be revived by a member of the audience. Now the Baltimore comedian is dealing with his death the only way he knows how: by making jokes about it. Jason wants to tu...

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First Day Back

Episodes (25)

Feb 27, 2019 S3E6: Unknown
Feb 20, 2019 S3E5: The Countdown
Feb 13, 2019 S3E4: Pulling for Every Breath

First Day Back

Feb 27, 2019
29¼ minutes
27 MB

We follow Jason in the hours leading up to the taping of his much-anticipated special. The excitement builds as his friends and family all gather at the theater. When Jason steps onto that stage, will he have transformed his near death experience into something meaningful?

First Day Back

S3E6: Unknown

Stitcher and Tally Abecassis

00:00 -29:21