Learn the lessons behind the laughter, learned from over 20 years in the world of comedy.

Jimmy Carr is an award-winning comedian, writer and TV host for shows including, ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats’, ‘Roast Battle’, and ‘Big Fat Quiz Of The Year’.

In this conversation Jimmy and Steven discuss topics such as, why we don’t think about death enough, how to speak so people listen, the power of imposter syndrome, and how to find out what you want to do in life.

00:00 Intro

02:01 How Are You, Jimmy?

03:07 Every Single Person Has Life Dysmorphia

08:59 What Is the Point of All This Work?

12:35 What Is Our End Goal?

14:08 People Crave the Success Not the Journey

16:47 You Should Be Feeling Imposter Syndrome

18:45 I Entertained My Sick Mother

19:54 The Unmeasurable Stuff Is the Important One

24:29 Depression

25:46 Men's Mental Health

27:30 What Is It to Be a Man

33:25 Losing My Religion

33:52 How Do You Deal with Grief in Your Life?

35:19 The Passing of Sean Lock

38:27 Business Is Life

39:12 The Issue Is Young People Are Not Given Enough Agency

41:52 How Comedy Teaches You to Be a Good Communicator

45:06 The Importance of Taking Risks

52:38 How To Deal with Rejection

55:31 Knowing Who You Are & What You Want to Do

58:44 Is It Motivation, Luck or Talent?

01:02:14 Being Cancelled

01:06:12 Would You Erase Your Worst Moments?

01:15:26 Artificial Intelligence

01:26:37 Self Expression

01:30:51 Jimmy's Eating Disorder

01:35:31 Advice to Younger People

01:38:25 Why You Should Sweat the Small Stuff

01:42:45 Having Confidence

01:43:40 Netflix Special

01:46:09 Dave Chapelle Attack

01:50:38 What Would You Tell Your Kids?

You can watch Jimmy’s new Netflix stand-up special, ’Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer’, out on the 16th April 2024.

You can purchase tickets for Jimmy’s brand-new international tour, ’Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny’, here: https://bit.ly/49u9iex

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