#284 — The Funny Business
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Waking Up with Sam Harris
4.6 • 29.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Sam Harris speaks with Judd Apatow about his career in comedy. They discuss his new documentary on George Carlin, why so much comedy ages badly, Carlin's drug use, how Judd structures his work, using improv in his films, adventures in parenthood, what is worth worrying about, the downside of fame, advice for creatives, the unique properties of standup comedy, the problem of political fragmentation, the consequences of not believing in free will, and other topics.
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| 0:40.0 | Okay, well the last episode on guns and gun violence caused some consternation, especially |
| 0:55.1 | for people outside of the US, listening from Europe or Canada or Australia. |
| 1:02.4 | I don't think I have more to say on the topic. |
| 1:06.0 | It seems that clearly articulating that I was recommending policies far more restrictive |
| 1:13.0 | than anyone in the gun safety community in the United States was insufficient to spare |
| 1:18.8 | me the wrath of those of you who think we should just scrap the Second Amendment and |
| 1:24.5 | confiscate all firearms. |
| 1:27.3 | If any of you see a path toward doing that, well then by all means, describe that path. |
| 1:33.2 | And honestly, there have to be 5 million people for whom gun ownership is basically a |
| 1:40.9 | religion. |
| 1:41.9 | So unless we were going to fight a civil war with these people to confiscate their guns, |
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