Jimmy Carr on Risk, Comedy & The Business of Making People Laugh 

Richard Farleigh is from Dragon’s Den (BBC) and is an entrepreneur. City AM is a London newspaper, covering the financial markets.

A new podcast with Jimmy was released December 8^th 2025.

The Chapter list, below, looks like the same old topics (certainly, for me, who has watched a lot of podcasts) but, as a businessman, he’s trying to dig into them from a unique perspective.

• 00:00 – Introduction
• 01:12 – Welcoming Jimmy Carr
• 02:30 – Leaving Shell & taking risks
• 06:45 – The wisdom of crowds in comedy
• 10:05 – Understanding Jimmy’s persona
• 13:20 – Childhood, humour & psychology
• 18:40 – Dyslexia, learning & performance
• 22:55 – What makes a comedian succeed
• 27:30 – The business of being funny
• 31:50 – Talent, discipline & joke writing
• 36:10 – Why audiences matter
• 40:55 – Failure, luck & opportunity
• 45:15 – Comedy industry changes
• 49:30 – Social media, Netflix & the new model
• 54:20 – AI, creativity & the future of comedy
• 58:50 – Competition vs collaboration
• 1:03:10 – Jimmy’s career philosophy
• 1:07:20 – What’s next for Jimmy Carr
• 1:09:40 – Closing thoughts