Hello you're listening to Under the Skin from Luminary with me Russell Brown.

This week I spoke with Conan O'Brien.

Conan O'Brien is a comedian writer, podcast and producer and the longest working of all current

US late night talk show hosts with 26 years on our screens

which he doesn't like to have celebrated because he thinks it's like a prize for

longevity or for as he said for staying at the party too long.

He is currently hosting his show Conan on T.B.

Shot entirely on phones and Zoom calls from his home.

His podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs Friends is available on Apple,

podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Friends, is available on Apple,

Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Google, wherever you get Podcast.

Well, we had a really good chat on it.

Both on his podcast, Como No Brian Needs a Friend,

and it's on my podcast, Under skin. On it we took the first time he met and he

described very beautifully seeing me backstage on his talk show and how I was pacing and I believe

he said like a lion and if you're going to pace

pace like a goddamn predatory big cat. He then talked about childhood that's bloody good bit we talked about both finding out sort of

of gin and purpose through comedy I did talk about the sex industry in Bangkok as

you would imagine I didn't really intend to do that but I think I was talking about

the nature of approval and that set up a running joke that along with a beautiful

reference to synthetic saliva and broth in a sense through a stitch the whole

show together. Before we get into the episode with Conan who actually you know

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