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The James Altucher Show

543 - Why We're Going to Fail as an Empire & Other Jokes Drawn From History: Comedians & History Hyenas Hosts Yannis Pappas and Chris Distefano Make Me Laugh For Hours

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Business, Education

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2020

⏱️ 96 minutes

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"Comedians Yannis Pappas and Chris Distefano are two cuties with smoothies who go WILD for history and nature." I didn't write this. It's on the website for History Hyenas, one of the most hilarious podcasts out there. We recorded this episode to just have fun. But it's also full of a lot of history. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram Hey! If you made it to the end of the episode, then you heard about the special contest I have going on right now. Here are the details for how to enter: STEP 1: Text a friend with the link to this episode. And make sure to tell them WHY you think they'd get value from listening STEP 2: Then take a screenshot of your text and email it to me at askaltucherpodcast@gmail.com STEP 3: That's askaltucherpodcast@gmail.com And remember, you can increase your chances as much as you'd like. Every person you text about the episode is a new entry! There's no limit. So thanks. And goodluck! ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.6

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:12.6

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.3

Yeah, so you guys are, you're not historians, no.

0:18.9

But so what?

0:19.9

Like, we're not even really full about it.

0:21.5

Yeah, we're not even fully straight guys.

0:23.0

Yeah.

0:24.0

We're not really full anything.

0:25.0

We're not full anything.

0:26.0

We're all almost of one thing, but we feel like, you know, the money was always going

0:29.4

to come second.

0:30.4

Like, we just started to be full, full of history.

0:31.9

We love calm, but we're comedians that love history.

0:33.7

So we were like, we're not working about like, how are we going to make every dollar?

0:37.0

And it's like, just put the product out.

0:39.2

And now we're seeing the money come.

0:41.0

It's a freeing feeling.

0:42.0

I feel like I'm back in school being a class clown again, except nobody can kick me out

0:45.6

of school now.

0:46.6

Well, the thing is, that's how you're going to make money because that's when you're uniquely

0:50.6

you 100% of your talents come to the forefront instead of like, oh, I got to learn how to like

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