A new interview has dropped on New Zealand radio channel, NewstalkZB. The Mike Hosking Breakfast show (June 12th).

13 minutes of audio – you will need to be in NZ to listen (or have VPN).

Due to the time difference this was recorded on June 4^th. Jimmy had been on stage in Basingstoke and then got on the phone to speak to Mike.

I have to say I always love the Aus / NZ radio shows as they seem genuinely interested and ask decent questions.

Apart from what is mentioned in the text of the link above – they cover:

• Every 3 years get to go to NZ and miss winter
• Work is more fun than fun – works as much as he possibly can
• Cancellation is a new word for what used to be “getting dragged in the press”
• So long as your own audience doesn’t cancel you, you are golden
• The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr – at this point only one episode had been released, when asked how it had gone the jocular answer was “well the cheque didn’t bounce”
• There’s a lot of content out there and, if you watch something you are not enjoying for more than 5 minutes, that’s on you
• It was fun to be spontaneous and to improvise with other comedians
• Depression is thinking about the past and anxiety is when you are thinking about the future – he has a propensity to be a little bit anxious
• Mike asked about the Alison Hammond Big Weekend show – Jimmy talked about how, as we get older, we lose “play” and that going to see someone on stage (in any format) is watching someone playing
• When asked about success – he said it depends on your metric and what you want from life
• Talked about writing new material each show and that, by the time he gets to NZ, it will have evolved a bit
• When asked how he spoke to Joe Rogan for 3 hours, Jimmy said Joe is genuinely interested in other people
• When asked where the fun was in going to somewhere like Invercargill Jimmy talked about other comedians who “do New Zealand” but only go for 1 night in Auckland
• Mentioned that he was playing New York this month and that, somewhere like that, people have other options. With Invercargill it’s likely there isn’t much else going on.
• Who makes his suits – Thom Sweeney. Feels like he should dress up “for work”, especially when people have paid good money to go and see him