David Sedaris's Best

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

Vox Media Podcast Network

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

This week is part one of Good One’s two-part series on written comedy, you know, comedy in ~book form~ Host Jesse David Fox’s guest this week is humorist David Sedaris, the bestselling author of the books Calypso, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and many more. He is also a regular contributor to The New Yorker. The pair sit down and chat about how David’s writing process compares to that of a stand up’s, what type of person makes a good character, and where to find the best public bathrooms in New York City, especially during Covid Times. You can buy David’s newest book, The Best of Me, wherever books are sold. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:28.0	Hello and welcome to Good One a podcast about jokes. I'm your host Jesse David Fox. Each episode a guest comes on to play a clip of one of their jokes and then discusses how they wrote it and how it fits into
1:33.2	what they're trying to do with their comedy. This episode is the first part of
1:36.8	our two episode series about written comedy, you know like books and stuff. The
1:41.5	guess this week is arguably the most prompt
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