How to Be Nice, With Comedian Josh Gondelman
The Upgrade by Lifehacker
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4.6 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Josh Gondelman, a.k.a. “The Nicest Guy in Comedy,” joins us this week to talk about what being nice really is, when it’s a quality that is NOT helpful, and the difference between “nice-ness” and “goodness”. Josh is Peabody- and Emmy-winning comedy writer who has worked on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and is currently the senior staff writer and producer for the Showtime series Desus & Mero. He also has a stand up album out called “Dancing on a Weeknight” and new book called, “Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results”.
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| 1:09.1 | I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor-in-chief of LifeHacker. And I'm Alice |
| 1:12.8 | Bradley, Lifehacker's deputy editor. And today we're talking about how to be nice. You know how you're a |
| 1:18.8 | tightly wound Scrooge who never does anything generous for anyone? I do, Melissa, thanks. And you know |
| 1:24.5 | how you're a curmudgeonly shrew who would sooner drown a litter of puppies and hold the door for me? |
| 1:28.6 | I do. I do know that. Well, we wanted to see if it was possible to be just a shred nicer this holiday season. |
| 1:35.9 | While we know that being sarcastic and cutting is a good defense mechanism and makes you fun at parties, when is it actually good to be nice? |
| 1:42.8 | There must be sometimes when it's helpful. When does |
| 1:45.0 | nicest do more harm than good? Does being nice make you a good person? To help us answer these questions, |
| 1:50.2 | we're joined by the so-called nicest guy in comedy comedian Josh Gondelman. Part of it is I have a sweet |
| 1:57.5 | temperament that is like not as common in men. |
| 2:01.6 | You know, I used to teach preschool and I think when I say that on stage, people are not surprised. |
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