“We’re At The Beginning Of A Revolution”

This was renamed as I watched.

While in Texas on July 13^th 2026 Jimmy recorded a new episode of the Modern Wisdom podcast with Chris Williamson.

Around 1 hour 24 Jimmy talks about teaching someone how to write jokes – referencing his forthcoming book On Jokes (here).

Links to people / things mentioned:

• How many gigs last year? – here
• Mark Fisher – here
• Mazlow’s Hierarchy of Needs – here
• Kaizen – Japanese continuous improvement philosophy – here
• Chesterton’s Fence – here

Other names mentioned: Matt Rife, Andrew Schulz, Rory Sutherland, Eckhart Tolle, Plato, Zarathustrans, Friedrich Nietzsche, René Girard, Alec Hormozi, Warren Buffett, Saint Lawrence, Chairman Mao, Hitler, Elon Musk, Dave Chappelle, The Royle Family, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Barack Obama, Andy Burnham, Bernie Sanders, Pope Gregory, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Bob Mortimer, Vic reeves

Booklist (here) mentions: Scott Galloway, Morgan Housel, Bill Perkins, Neil Howe, Peter Turchin, Aldous Huxley, Iain McGilchrist, Derek Parfitt

Chapters

0:00 How Many Shows Has Jimmy Done This Year?
0:43 Why Jimmy Never Gets Stressed on Tour
3:57 Why We’ve Become So Anxious
18:47 Is Optionality Making Us Miserable?
23:52 Why Broken Promises Keep Costing You
27:45 The Power of Unshakeable Self-Confidence
29:43 Jimmy’s Relationship With Gratitude
33:29 Give Your Brain Better Problems to Solve
39:53 How Comedy Shows Expand Conversations
48:14 Is Social Media Stealing Our Souls?
52:52 Stop Waiting for the Perfect Conditions
57:22 Are We Living in the Good Old Days?
01:00:17 Can the UK Be Fixed?
01:06:53 Address the Problems Whilst They’re Small
01:14:08 Why Anyone Can Be a Comedian
01:20:27 The Science of Why Jokes Work
01:22:34 Why Great Comedy Breaks the Rules
01:24:12 Can You Teach Someone to Be Funny?
01:26:23 The Oldest Joke Formula Still in Use
01:27:27 How Podcasting is Influencing Comedy
01:33:17 Let Your Obsession Become Your Advantage
01:43:27 How Do We Solve the Drug Crisis?
01:56:33 What British People Still Don’t Understand