Jimmy makes his 2nd appearance on Modern Wisdom (details of first one – here). This was recorded in Austin, Texas on May 21^st, 2005. The day before Jimmy had been on the Joe Rogan Experience and before that (19^th) was his 4^th Kill Tony record.

Decoding The Secrets Of A Meaningful Life

00:00 Why Jimmy Is A Fan Of Modern Wisdom
06:46 Creativity Can’t Be White Knuckled
20:56 If You Want An Interesting Life, Do This
31:04 Finding Your Life’s Direction
48:26 How Fatherhood Changed Jimmy Carr
55:44 The Delayed Happiness Syndrome
1:04:40 The Nobility Of Drudgery
1:11:22 Taking Pleasure From The Ordinary
1:17:22 Why UK Comedians Are So Special
1:26:38 Lessons From A Stag Party
1:36:09 The Relationship With Your Inner Critic
1:51:43 Doing Less But Better

Mentions / recommendations

For more recommended books – see here

• Morgan Housel – Same As Ever
• Morgan Housel – Podcast
• Will Storr – The Status Game
• Iain McGilchrist – The Master And His Emissary – The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
• Milan Kundera – Slowness

Mentions (for those of you who may have English as a 2nd language).

• Naval Ravikant
• Andrew Schultz (US comedian)
• Matt Rife (US comedian)
• Dave Chappelle (US comedian)
• George Mack
• Joe Rogan (US comedian)
• Tim Ferriss (US entrepreneur and investor)
• Morgan Housel (US financial author)
• Jordan B Peterson
• Peter McGraw
• Frankfurt School / Post Modernism
• Foucault
• Saint Lawrence, Patron Saint of Comedians
• Socrates
• The Killers
• George Bernard Shaw
• Taylor Swift
• Bruce Springsteen
• Alain de Botton / School of Life (British author)
• Vatican II
• Plato
• Zarathustrans
• Nietsche (Philosopher)
• John Lennon (The Beatles)
• Buddhism
• Andrew Tate
• Will Smith
• Chris Rock (US comedian)
• Iron Maiden / Bruce Dickinson
• Chairman Mao
• Chappelle in Melbourne story
• The Comedy Mothership
• Chappelle’s club in Yellow Springs
• Jerry Seinfeld (US comedian)
• Louis CK (US comedian)
• Adam Rowe (English comedian)
• Fin Taylor (English comedian)
• Vittorio Angelone (Irish-Italian comedian)
• Netflix
• Kill Tony / Tony Hinchcliffe
• Thom Sweeney (tailor)
• Brass Monkey cold plunge
• Sam Harris – Waking Up app
• Walt Disney
• Alex Hermozi (US entrepreneur)
• Oasis
• Coldplay
• Greg McKeown – Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less