#953 - Jimmy Carr - Decoding The Secrets Of A Meaningful Life

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Jimmy Carr is a comedian, television host and an author. Having made his career out of cutting jokes and brutal roasts, today Jimmy Carr reveals a more introspective side. Jimmy opens up about his favorite parts of life, the best bits of his show, and the wisdom he's picked up along the way. Expect to learn why Jimmy is such a fan of the show, and how his thinking has been influenced but the MW podcast ecosystem, how to know what you should be doing with your life, ways to overcome anxiety and dealing with the balance of meaning and pleasure, what life is like on the road for Jimmy, how Jimmy has learned to enjoy his time better, and where he finds gratitude, how fatherhood changed Jimmy for the better, how to become someone worth becoming, and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular Flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom Get the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: See Jimmy live at www.jimmycarr.com Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a big deal for me because I listen to the show so much. I absolutely love it. I slightly could fanboy about the whole thing. I really love I love what you do. I love this show. I'm nervous about it because I kind of go, well, normally it's an expert for somebody to say. And I'm like, oh, I've got dick jokes if you need to. Well, that do. Why are you such a
0:24.2	fan of it? I don't know. I think the breadth of the subject matter. And I think that thing of going,
0:29.0	it's in a, there's a lot of, it's that signal and noise. There's a lot of noise out there.
0:34.9	And I love the idea that I listen to this show and even stuff that I'm,
0:39.7	well, maybe I wouldn't read that book, but I'm interested in listening to them for an hour and a
0:43.7	half or two hours. And then oftentimes it is something where someone says something and you go,
0:48.5	wow, that's brilliant. I've got to go and look at their channel or I'm going to go and find
0:52.0	something. So I'm using it almost kind of as a,
1:01.3	your research as a resource for me. And I think a lot of people talk about diet and exercise.
1:06.8	And they talk about how it makes them feel and they're eating right and they're staying away from processed foods and they look fantastic. And then you ask them what they're watching and they go, yeah, I'm watching Love Island,
1:14.3	but like the old series and I'm smashing through it.
1:17.5	And I don't know if you're aware of Love Island, but it's, it's for, it's for terrible people
1:22.3	doing terrible things.
1:23.6	And the idea that you go, that information diet is such an important thing of like, I think you said it here where you're sort of a, if you tell someone the last five podcasts they listen to, it's a pretty good read on who they are and what they want to do. And I love, the other thing I love about this show is I think it's got, it's aiming up.
1:45.0	Everything seems to be like the way that you conduct interviews and the way that you engage
1:50.0	with people, it seems to be you're trying to bring the best out of them, which I like anyway.
1:55.0	It's very positive to listen to.
1:57.0	But it's also that everyone you have on is trying to make your life better.
2:04.4	It's very well-intentioned as a show.
2:06.6	I think it's terrific. And the transformation in you, I think, has been sort of extraordinary.
2:12.7	The journey to this is just kind of amazing.
2:16.5	When I see you.
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