Ep. 10 - Jeff Birk - Comedian, Presenter, Mormon

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Birk is a comedian who has worked with the likes of Jay Leno, Kevin James and Wanda Sykes. He is also a respected trainer and presenter who has spoken to corporations around the world. You may know him from his work in films such as The Home Teachers and Saints and Soldiers: The Void. Jeff talks about the early days of comedy, being a presenter, getting married later than planned, adopting a beautiful daughter and how being a member of the church affects it all. It is a fun, touching and entertaining conversation.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
0:08.9	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:13.1	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:21.6	Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:26.1	This is episode 10.
0:27.7	We are now in the double digits, and we so appreciate you tuning in every week.
0:32.6	My name is Sean Rapier.
0:34.3	I'm your host.
0:35.1	If I sound a little bit different, I am just getting over a cold and unfortunately
0:40.3	kind of lost my voice. So I apologize that I sound this way. But fortunately, during the interview
0:46.3	this week, we recorded it a few days ago. And my voice is totally normal. So you don't have to
0:52.5	put up with this for the entire episode.
0:55.1	But our interview this week is incredible. Mr. Jeff Burke, he is a comedian, an actor, an author, a presenter, and just an all-around great guy.
1:24.3	Thank you. Friends, today we have got an incredible guest here in the studio, in studio, live with me, no less.
1:26.1	And so glad to have him.
1:27.1	He is an actor.
1:30.6	He is a comedian. He is an all-around great guy and an amazing presenter. We're going to talk about all this stuff. Mr. Jeff Burke,
1:35.7	Jeff, welcome. Oh, Sean, you're so dear. That's his real voice. Look at those rosy cheeks
1:41.8	sitting across you. I just want to pinch them in pod world out there.
1:46.8	If you could sit here and see this beautiful man, I just want to lay you down and roll you all over the floor and just...
1:57.0	Anyway, should I do it?
1:59.1	Yeah, sure, Jeff.
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