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Comedy as the Last Circus People, Waiting on the CIA Call
from Inside the Cia (with John Kiriakou) · #54
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10 minMore riffing about the guest being a "disgrace," a tangent about working as a dog/house sitter among celebrities, a bit about a Ralph conversation on comics being "the last circus people" versus hardworking younger generations, and jokes about fantasy record deals and DM sliding.
- 7:58Tim compares the CIA's claims about being unfair to their actual history of misconduct.
- 8:13They're bringing on a former CIA agent who was jailed and wrote books after objecting to the torture program.
- 9:24Tim wants the agent's perspective to balance out their pretty negative view of the agency.
- 9:56It's a major failure on the agent's part professionally to call into their cynical show.
- 11:27Tim says he respects anyone willing to talk to them, especially if they need alimony payments.
- 12:19They joke about asking the CIA agent about bread crumbs when he calls in.
- 13:07Tim says he's been waiting for ISIS or Mossad to recruit him.
- 13:59Tim describes being in a phase where things are going well but he lacks the wealthy friends with Hamptons houses that come with real success.
- 15:15Ralph pointed out that everyone on their network is either a drug addict or a former drug addict with no real family relationships.
- 15:32Comics are the last circus people—a weird, corny world disconnected from how regular people actually live and work.
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