Imperfections, Nuance, and Humanity with comedian Alex Edelman
A Bit of Optimism
The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Great comedians have the ability to point out some of the madness, ridiculousness, and nuance that exists in the world.
Alex Edelman is already one of the greats. His current show, "Just For Us," is a transformative experience for his audiences, as he regales them with his experience as an unwelcome interloper at a meeting for white supremacists.
Our conversation was just as enlightening. We discussed how imperfections are beautiful, how seeing humanity in others is the first step to peace, and if IHOP is good, evil, or something in-between.
This is...A Bit of Optimism.
For more on Alex and his work check out:
https://www.justforusshow.com/
https://www.alexedelmancomedy.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Tune into the new podcast, Stories from the Village of Nothing Much, like Easy Listening, but for fiction. |
| 0:08.0 | If you've overdosed on bad news, we invite you into a world where the glimmers of goodness in everyday life are all around you. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm Catherine Nikolai and I'm an architect of Cozy. |
| 0:20.0 | Come spend some time where everyone is welcome and the default is kindness. |
| 0:24.0 | Listen, relax, enjoy. |
| 0:27.0 | Listen to stories from the Village of Nothing Much, |
| 0:29.0 | on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:32.0 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:35.0 | Walter Isaacson set out to write about a world-changing genius in Elon Musk and found a man addicted |
| 0:40.8 | to chaos and conspiracy. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm thinking it's idiotic to buy Twitter because he doesn't have a fingertip feel for social emotional networks. |
| 0:49.0 | The book launched a thousand hot takes, so I sat down with Isakson to try to get past the noise. |
| 0:53.6 | I like the fact that people who say I'm not as tough on musk as I should be are always |
| 0:58.2 | using anecdotes from my book to show why we should be tough on musk. |
| 1:02.0 | Join me Evan Ratliff, for On Musk with Walter Isixon. |
| 1:06.0 | Listen on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:10.0 | Professional dancer Cheryl Burke has been part of Dancing with the Stars since the very beginning. |
| 1:17.0 | 26 seasons of the Samba, the Rumba and the Charcha, 24 partners, six finals and two Mirror Bull trophies. |
| 1:26.5 | She knows all the secrets, the behind the scenes arguments and the affairs, the flings, |
| 1:31.5 | the flirting and the fighting |
| 1:33.2 | listen to sex lies and spray tans on the iHeart radio app |
| 1:37.2 | Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts |
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