The Karol Markowicz Show: Dave Barry on Humor, Life Lessons, and Finding Joy in Florida

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Pulitzer Prize–winning humorist Dave Barry joins Karol to share his journey from small-town Pennsylvania to becoming one of Florida’s most beloved writers. He reflects on how humor has evolved, the art (and nerves) of public speaking, and why laughter matters now more than ever.

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0:40.7	Hi and welcome back to the Carol Markowitz Show on IHeartRadio.
0:44.8	My guest today is Dave Barry.
0:47.0	Dave is a humor writer who has written many books, including the novel Swamp Story,
0:51.6	which I read while giggling my face off on trains and airplanes.
0:56.6	His substack is called Dave Barry's substack. You should definitely check it out. So nice to have you on, Dave.
1:02.7	Thanks, girl. Thanks for having me.
1:04.6	I'm a really big fan of yours, and I've read a lot of your books and just a lot of your work over
1:09.3	the years. I think you are hilarious. And I have to say that the one book I haven't read is best date ever, a Florida man
1:17.2	defends his homeland. I'm a relatively new Floridian. It'll be four years in January. Why do you
1:24.4	love Florida? What is it about this great state? Well, first of all, I'm a humor writer.
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