On 2nd Nov 2021 Jimmy recorded an appearance on the Jordan B Peterson podcast (Ep 233 – Carr on Comedy). This was the year that Jimmy’s 2^nd book, Before and Laughter, was released and he did a LOT of podcasts to promote it. All worth a listen!

When listening to older interviews it’s worth bearing in mind the context as this was the same month as the release of the Netflix special, His Dark Material, but before Natural Born Killer (April 2024). Both of them resulted in a “joke controversy” – just different reasons.

One of the topics was the Understand Myself test (which has been touched on in the Self Authoring test post).

Podcast video chapters

[00:00] Intro

[01:47] Jimmy’s 15’ Head

[03:05] Biggest Venues

[07:22] Comedy & Collab

[13:06] Half-filled Rooms

[15:25] Laughter

[18:47] Satire & Self-deprecation

[23:20] Comedy & Perspective

[25:18] Physiological Effects

[27:49] Live Shows

[32:43] Carr’s ‘Understand Myself’ Assessment

[35:04] Contempt & Responsibility

[40:37] Backstage Life

[44:52] Nature & Nurture

[47:54] Flow

[55:36] Christianity

[01:01:15] The Promise of an Afterlife

[01:05:22] Understanding Myself II

[01:09:40] Love Languages & Personality

[01:11:15] Hard Times

[01:13:41] Best Ever Comedians

[01:21:20] Live Shows II

[01:24:04] Evading Cancellation

[01:26:33] Jokes & Truth

[01:29:55] Carr’s Appreciation for Jordan

[01:32:50] Outro