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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Russell Brand FINALLY Opens Up: Escaping A Lifetime Of Anxiety, Addiction & Finding Love!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Education, Business

4.517.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Russell began his career in stand up comedy, gaining recognition at the ‘Hackney Empire New Act of the Year’ in 2000. In the same year he became a video journalist for MTV. In 2004, Russell achieved his break as a presenter for ‘Big Brother’s Big Mouth’, and reached worldwide fame in the 2008 film, ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’. Since then he has appeared in the films, ‘Get Him To The Greek’, ‘Despicable Me’, and ‘Arthur’. He has also released the best-selling books, ‘My Booky Wook’, ‘Booky Wook 2’, ‘Recovery’, ‘Revolution’, and ‘Mentors’. In 2014, he launched his political-comedy web series The Trews, followed by the ‘Under the Skin with Russell Brand’ podcast in 2017. His show ‘Stay Free with Russell Brand’ broadcasts daily on Rumble. Follow Russell: Instagram - https://bit.ly/44lf0gr Twitter - https://bit.ly/3Pvt1Eh TikTok - https://bit.ly/44lCNwR YouTube - https://bit.ly/3Pt4Hmq Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Travel is a huge part of my life so it's an area that I'm always trying to improve and optimize and Uber who are a sponsor of this podcast are known for their convenient car rides.

0:08.6

However, did you know they also cover trains now too? Uber has a new feature where you can book trains on the app, which has been

0:17.2

particularly useful for me when I'm doing talks up and down the country in Manchester and

0:20.8

Birmingham and so on.

0:21.8

Having all my travel options in one place in one app is really, really convenient.

0:26.4

There's no booking fee and you can also get 10% of your train fare back as Uber credits to spend across the Uber suite, including Uber Eats,

0:34.4

rides and trains. It's win-win. So click on trains and coaches in the Uber

0:38.7

app right now to book your tickets. Terms and conditions apply. So check the Uber app for details and let me know how you get on.

0:44.6

That's a brilliant evil question. It's evil. I've asked so many people this question. No one's ever wanted to answer it.

0:49.6

Well, here I am.

0:51.6

Yeah. Russell Brand is one of the most famous comedians in the world.

0:55.0

Actor and Arthur.

0:57.0

He's one of the most amissible performers on the planet.

0:59.0

You don't want to be around when the laughter stops.

1:02.0

Your earliest years are particularly hard to read. Drugs

1:06.9

and self-harm, your mother's illnesses. How do we go on the journey of changing?

1:11.6

Wow, this is proper diary of the CEO stuff.

1:15.0

There is deep spiritual appetite within all of us for connection,

1:19.0

but we have a culture that is predicated upon individualism and materialism.

1:24.0

My initial solution to feeling disconnected and lonely

1:29.4

was to try and become famous. If you are using impermanent means to achieve a permanent solution, you can

1:39.2

only fail. But what I would say is, is in that loneliness, in that sense of I'm not good enough, I'm worthless,

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