Chris Williamson has started a new podcast format – Rabbit Hole – and the guests in this one are:

• Jimmy Carr
• George Mack – a writer, marketer, and entrepreneur.
• Harry Dry – a marketer, copywriter and writer

I’m assuming this was recorded on July 13^th judging by the suit Chris has on and Jimmy’s heavy touring schedule (see images in this post).

Jimmy was in Texas, at the time, to record this solo Modern Wisdom episode (here).

Update: George Mack has added some nice images to his X account here.

0:00 Who is the Batman of Lagos De Moreno?

2:17 Is the British Pound Overvalued?

6:32 Jimmy Carr for Prime Minister?

8:30 Can You Guess This Victorian Slang?

12:40 Why Word Choice Makes or Breaks a Joke

17:47 Are All Relationships Transactional?

33:42 The Unexpected Upside of Being Cancelled

36:21 Why We’ve Forgotten How to Build Friendships

42:18 Why Are Americans More Optimistic Than Brits?

44:41 The Secret to Truly Original Writing

54:28 Which Industry Will Disappear Next?

59:36 Is AI Killing Conspiracy Theories?

01:06:02 Are Smartphones the Real Epidemic?

01:08:26 Why We Need to Learn to Be Bored Again

01:11:49 Do Meditation Retreats Need AI Chatbots?

01:17:01 Are Mental Health Problems Really Societal Problems?

01:20:03 Is Gambling More Popular Than Reading?

01:31:18 Is Belief the Secret to Great Writing?

01:37:44 How GLP-1s Are Killing Gastric Band Surgery

 01:38:46 Is Mr Bean the World’s Biggest Comedy Star?

01:45:17 When Did Criticism Replace Encouragement?

01:52:15 The Best Rules of Great Communication

01:55:36 Is Living Longer Actually a Good Thing?

 02:05:22 Who Should Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister?

Mentions:

Peep Show, Trump, Charles Darwin, Christopher Nolan, Finnegan’s Wake, Charles Dickens, Alex Hormozi, foul weather friends, James Corden, Dunbar, Jeff Green, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Hunter S Thompson, George Orwell, Gerald Ratner, Carrot in a Box / Sean Lock / 8oo10c, Gavin and Stacey, Big Fat Quiz, Harry Potter, ChatGPT, Coronavirus, Eric Weinstein, Jonathan Haidt, Jhana practice, Chesterton’s Fence, Mark Fisher, Winston Churchill, Stoner (John Williams), Pearl Jam, Morgan Housel, Kanye, Norm MacDonald, Lee Mack, Peter Kay, Michael McIntyre, Stewart Lee, Rowan Atkinson, Mr Bean, Russell Howard, Brian Johnson, Mark Twain, Dominic Cummings, Roger Bootle

Jimmy’s quote of “Conformity is a coffin and heresy is a cradle” is a twist on Robert Green Ingersoll’s “Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin”