Nate Bargatze: Creativity, Comedy + Never Settling
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Chase Jarvis
4.8 • 649 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2023
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, comedian Nate Bargatze joins me to discuss his rise to success in the world of stand-up comedy. Hailing from Tennessee, Nate's unique brand of clean, relatable comedy has earned him a loyal following and critical acclaim. We talk about his experiences touring nationally and internationally, working with comedy legend Chris Rock, and balancing his stand-up career with writing for television.
Some highlights we explore:
- The journey to becoming a stand-up comedian, including the challenges and lessons learned along the way
- Finding inspiration in family and childhood experiences to create comedy material
- The importance of clean comedy and relatability in connecting with audiences
- Touring the country and the world as a comedian, and adapting to different cultures and audiences
- Working with Chris Rock on the Total Blackout Tour, and the lessons learned from the experience
- Balancing a career in stand-up with writing for television, and the benefits of working in both mediums
- Nate's tips for crafting jokes and storytelling, including the importance of being authentic and finding your own unique voice
Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | You got to be obsessed with even the reaction that you get from the thing that you're putting out, whatever that thing is. And you have to be so good at that thing. Don't spread stuff out. And you've got to learn from mistakes. I never try to give too much advice or if someone's like, what can you, what shortcut can you take? There's no shortcut. The shortcut is that there's no shortcut. There's never, I remember someone told me once, you're like career, it's longer than |
| 0:22.6 | you want, but quicker than you think. |
| 0:24.6 | And you want to make it immediately. |
| 0:26.6 | It doesn't happen. |
| 0:27.6 | I've done this 16 years. |
| 0:29.6 | That's not a crazy long time. |
| 0:31.6 | It feels like forever, because I did it every day for 16 years, every single day. |
| 0:36.6 | In whatever business, if you do it enough, |
| 0:39.2 | three years, it's like dog years. |
| 0:41.3 | Like that's why I'm moving to New York, |
| 0:42.5 | because I performed every single day. |
| 0:44.0 | So my 16 years is 20 to 25 anywhere else in the country. |
| 0:53.1 | Hey everybody, what's up? |
| 0:53.7 | It's Chase. Welcome to Summer School 2023. What is summer school? |
| 0:58.2 | Summer School is a selection of podcasts that I have recorded over the past 10 years. Just a handful of podcasts that I have personally curated, selected. I want to integrate into the normal flow of the show. |
| 1:12.4 | We're still having micro shows and guests, but there's a handful of episodes that were |
| 1:16.4 | especially meaningful, powerful, and this is voted on by you, either popularity through downloads, |
| 1:23.2 | through commentary on social, or they were especially impactful for me for some reason and i thought that |
| 1:28.8 | you should hear them so welcome to summer school 2023 today's episode is nat bargazzi the comedian |
| 1:37.9 | now if you do not know nate's work consider today's intro an absolute gift. He is on a rocket ship, |
| 1:47.5 | one of the top up-and-coming comics in the game. I don't even know if you can say up-and-coming |
| 1:50.8 | anymore because he's selling out arenas. Now, I believe after listening to today's show, |
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