You're Wrong About Bill Burr

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

Vox Media Podcast Network

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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This week on 'Good One' comedian and actor Bill Burr sits down for a conversation about the trajectory of his career, from his early, angry days to his Broadway run and his two-time Emmy nominated special, 'Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years', streaming now on Hulu. The album, 'Drop Dead Years', is available August 1 anywhere you stream music. 00:00 Intro 00:00:52 Funniest thing that happened this week 00:03:19 His most recent special 00:06:22 Having a breakthrough 00:12:55 Regretting jokes 00:19:20 Going "Woke" 00:28:08 Politicians and comedy 00:32:12 Having kids 00:43:45 Taking mushrooms 00:48:32 Huge venues 00:53:08 Doing Broadway 00:57:58 Losing Bob Saget 01:02:08 The Conan O'Brien Mark Twain Prize 01:10:22 The Laughening Round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:26.3	This is Good One. I'm Jesse Day Fox, senior writer at Vulture, and author of Comedy Book.
1:30.3	My guest this episode is Bill Burr. We talk about his newest special, Drop Dead Years, his run on Broadway in Glengarry, Glen Ross, and mostly how, through becoming a father, losing friends, and doing mushrooms, he has fundamentally grown as a person, and his comedy reflects that.
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