Lessons from Last Week Tonight

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🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Jeff Maurer, stand-up comedian and former Last Week Tonight writer, joins Andrew to discuss how he went from working at the EPA to writing for John Oliver, why Democrats need to learn how to add sugar, Trump's entertainment value, and the decline in institutional trust. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CJ6qi1YmEV8 Follow Jeff Maurer: https://twitter.com/jeffmightbwrong | https://imightbewrong.substack.com Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That was me for nine years.
0:01.4	I was a speed trader for the EPA during the day
0:03.8	and then stand up comic at night.
0:05.8	All right, so here we go.
0:07.2	So you started moonlighting as a comedian
0:09.0	at the ripe old age of 24.
0:11.7	When do most comedians start getting in front of people?
0:15.3	One thing I believe very firmly is that nobody's funny
0:17.8	until 25.
0:19.2	That's a pretty good rule.
0:21.2	You can sometimes see people who are younger than that
0:24.1	and you can kind of tell they're gonna be funny.
0:26.4	But then they're old.
0:27.4	They're maybe not funny yet.
0:28.4	They're not funny yet because...
0:30.3	No life experience.
0:31.5	Interesting.
0:32.3	No perspective.
0:33.0	The brains aren't developed.
0:34.0	Exactly. Yeah.
0:36.0	I mean, they're not good at anything.
0:38.2	They're in the early 20s.
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