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What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott

Did D.E.I Just D.I.E? - with Simon Evans

What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott

Geoff Norcot / Keep It Light Media

Comedy

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Simon Evans joins me one week late but full of interesting take on whether the nickname 'Rachel from accounts' is sexist & whether Starmer is the man to lead the charge on AI. We also wonder whether events in the US have finally changed the direction of travel on aggressive DEI. Plus I disclose why my father's memorial plaque makes him sound bisexual.  Order the PAPERBACK EDITION of my book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Bloke-Decoded-Everything-explained/dp/1800961308/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Watch my COMEDY SPECIAL on YouTube https://youtu.be/YaxhuZGtDLs  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What most impulse. Hello and welcome to this week's what most people think and this is, well, there's a lot of news coming and there's a big week coming up for me personally but because we're recording this on monday at half 10 i can't tell you all of it but put

0:25.6

this way you'll be hearing more of me on the radio should you listen to certain radio stations and

0:30.3

i'll also my stand-up will be on a streaming service very soon but no not netflix okay because

0:36.2

if it was netflix i wouldn't be here. I'd be in

0:39.4

the Bahamas. You know, for me and my guest this week, Simon Evans, if we both had Netflix

0:44.2

specials, you wouldn't be sitting in the open. Where are you? You're in a park at the moment recording

0:49.1

this. I'm in a very agreeable part of London, to be honest. I'm sitting outside the quarter

0:53.2

cafe on Castle now,

0:54.9

which is an extraordinarily desirable road that leads away from Hammersmith Bridge into Barnes.

1:01.0

Stayed with a friend here last night in his little basement flat, but he's got a baby.

1:04.9

So I didn't think it would be safe to record the podcast there.

1:07.6

But yeah, I can't complain. I am outdoors and I am layered up, but it is a very

1:11.9

desirable part of London. Okay. I'm a man on the scene. And, you know, you are, we were just

1:17.4

talking before we went on air. I sort of mentioned to you one of the extra stories that we're going

1:21.7

to discuss today. And you said, it's fine. You know, I did headliners on G.B. News last night. And we sort of jokingly spoke about

1:27.8

being news fit, whereas once upon a time we were gig fit. The industry's changed, doesn't it,

1:33.1

mate? I mean, radio streaming services, clips. Do you remember when we just used to do some gigs

1:38.3

Thursday or Saturday and earned a pretty good income? I mean, I'm still off the pace. My agent is

1:43.4

explaining to me now that the money is

1:45.0

in reels, influencers, actual stand-up comedian to become influencers, create a couple of reels for a brand

1:51.6

in their own home and have been a pocketed enough to go away for the weekend off the back of that.

1:56.4

They don't even have to do sort of the circuit, the open mic spots or anything now. I still feel

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