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Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

E235. Comedy Is Kat Timpf's Religion

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, News, News Commentary

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Kat Timpf, co-host of Gutfeld! and author of You Can't Joke About That , sits down with Bridget to discuss writing a book about some of her most intimate, traumatic, and gut wrenching experiences. They talk about the importance of being able to joke about your own trauma, why humor is healing and we have to be allowed to joke about everything, people who try to police your grief, how grief is so misunderstood in this country, and the weird things that can happen when you’re grieving. They also cover why safe spaces aren’t real, expecting the world to revolve around your feelings, the idea that intention doesn’t matter, being able to talk about the people you’ve lost, the reality of watching someone die, outrage culture, why erasing things we find offensive from our past is not the answer, why coming after the arts is sinister, and why art is a necessary tool for reviving humanity.  Sponsor Links: Storyworth - https://bit.ly/storyworth-wiw Your Welcome Podcast - https://bit.ly/WiW-YourWelcome

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0:00.0

This week we welcome co-host of Gutfeld, comedian and author, Cat Tenth.

0:05.1

I think usually the people who are upset about these things are the people who haven't gone through it yet.

0:11.0

So they're like not mad at me for calling my mom my dead mom. They're just mad that they

0:14.8

think about dead moms for a second. Right. And if that's what it is, then just say that. You know,

0:21.3

just be like, yeah, I don't like to think about my mom dying so much better than like,

0:26.0

don't say that. You know, the way you're handling your own grief, that's wrong. Because you're

0:30.8

just a jerk. Like you're seriously just such a jerk. And for me, as I, you know, that's my whole

0:35.9

chapter. And then the last chapter is called, you know, comedy is my religion. Yeah. Because it

0:42.0

provides a lot of the same things like healing physically even, you know, the chemicals that get

0:46.7

released in your brain or he can be healing like good for your immunity physically, emotionally

0:51.3

healing can provide meaning to otherwise completely traumatic experiences. I mean, all the stuff

0:57.8

that I went through, I was able to also provide meaning to me by, you know, writing this book and

1:02.7

creating from it. This is Watkins. Welcome with Bridget Pettissey. I'm Bridget Pettissey. And you

1:08.4

are welcome.

1:21.2

You know the drill. Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friends,

1:26.0

send smoke signals, whatever. We love your feedback and we want to hear from you.

1:30.4

If you like our work and want to support us, the best way to do that is join Fettissey.com.

1:36.2

You'll get access to behind-the-scenes content, outtakes, discounts on merch,

1:41.0

and the ability to submit questions for some of our upcoming guests. Support your favorite,

1:46.3

scrappy little internet heroes at Fettissey.com. All right. I'm with Cat Timp, everyone. Welcome

1:53.3

to Watkins. Welcome. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited. Thanks for being here. I was

1:58.5

reading your book. I'm like, this is like a sister from another mister. Thank you. You know,

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