2020-04-16
1 小时 17 分钟My guest today is acclaimed comedian, writer, actor, podcaster, and producer Pete Holmes.
So I don't know if you've noticed, but long term listeners have probably keyed in on this.
I have been sitting down with a number of people in the world of comedy stand up lately.
I think because stand up tends to be this world where people choose to live in a space of constantly examining, commenting on, and pushing the envelope of not only their own existence and life and the little and the big things in it, but also around the broader experience of the human condition.
And that fascinates me.
They've kind of become the philosophers of sort of like the modern world, and I want to know what's underneath that.
That is a lot of what Pete explores in his recent memoir as well.
It's called comedy sex God.
And by the way, that is not sort of like comedy sex God as in two adjectives and a person, but three different topics that are deeply meaningful to him.
And also in his long running podcast, you made it weird.
We dive into the deep end of the pool today really quickly with a no holds barred exploration of family and faith, atheism, mysticism, comedy, parenting, love, and how they all tie together and inform each other.
Fun context, fact here.
Also, this conversation is part of our LA sessions where we spent a few weeks recording in southern California.
On this day in particular, we taped in Pete's garage behind his house on a semi reclined old couch, just kind of past the elliptical trainer that we would step around to get to it.
Pete had a cozy blanket pulled chest high over his pajamas as we both kind of laid back and sat there with our microphones.
I loved every part of this experience, and I hope you will, too.
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