When does your mind relax? When does your critical voice, you know, shut up and allow you to do your thing? It's something i'm obsessed with. I have found that the second i wake up, i put a computer on my lap, i will have my funniest, most interesting ideas before the day has intruded. If you just say, im maint to talk for 20 minutes without stopping about what movies i might want to make, it'll mainly be garbage. But at some point youre your unconscious, i'll offer something up that you didn't know there. You do have to get bored and comfortable with yourself and allow yourself to fail and just babble.
Kara and Scott discuss the shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Also, Snap Inc.’s stock spiral, and Paypal and Klarna layoffs. Then, they’re joined by Friend of Pivot Judd Apatow to discuss the state of comedy, harnessing creativity, and his new documentary, George Carlin’s American Dream.
Send us your Listener Mail questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or via Yappa, at nymag.com/pivot.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices