The Death of Legacy Comedy and the Rise of Podcasts

• 1:13:44Tim calls stand-up comedy the best art form and the biggest high you can get on stage.
• 1:14:05He'll keep performing until his audience dies of old age.
• 1:14:21Tim attacked a Spotify CEO, calling him a pedophile, which cost him a deal.
• 1:14:43Spotify still judges him against outdated metrics while his old show isn't even on YouTube anymore.
• 1:14:57The lack of censorship on Spotify has been a huge improvement over YouTube's fear-driven approach.
• 1:15:23People always hate when someone gets a big deal and starts making money, immediately claiming they sold out.
• 1:15:35Joe lost 50% of his audience when moving to Spotify, sending Jamie into a frothy panic.
• 1:16:24Josh Rogan's reporting on gain-of-function research led to Fauci and the NIH being exposed for funding it in Wuhan.
• 1:17:27Fauci's documentary was so vain YouTube removed the dislike button because of it.
• 1:17:55Fauci insists that criticizing Anthony Fauci is the same as criticizing science itself.
• 1:18:58Explaining what he does to his kids isn't easy, but it would be just as hard explaining if he were a hitman.
• 1:19:44Corporate structures and HR departments make it nearly impossible for people to express genuine opinions.
• 1:20:28Friends constantly want Joe to promote their weed deals and other business opportunities on the show.
• 1:21:07Tim changes his phone number frequently and now has four phones labeled A, B, C, and D to manage access.
• 1:21:23Joe jokes that Tim is the funnest character among all his recent guests.
• 1:21:36Joe reflects on having had many good guests over the last seven or eight years.

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