Comedian Josh Johnson On: Handling News Cycle Anxiety, His Insane Work Ethic, and Why AI is BS
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Comedian Josh Johnson On: Handling News Cycle Anxiety, His Insane Work Ethic, and Why AI is BS

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 20261 hr 11 min
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Plus: Why acceptance isn't the same as resignation, a trick for gaining perspective, and the role faith plays in his life. Josh Johnson is an Emmy-nominated writer, stand-up comedian, actor, and NAACP award-winner from Louisiana by way of Chicago. He was just named as the newest correspondent on Comedy Central's Emmy & Peabody Award-winning program The Daily Show, where he was previously a writer for the past six years. Johnson is also a former writer and performer on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he made his late-night debut in 2017. In addition, he is Comedy Central's...

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Extraordinary work ethic and the kind of healthy obsession he has with comedy and stay tuned because after I say thank you we actually have a long and really interesting discussion about AI and his.

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Hey everybody welcome to the 10% happier podcast on your host Dan Harris today we have a fascinating range and super interesting conversation with the comedian Josh Johnson. We talk about how wild the mind is we talk about dealing with the anxiety of the news cycle the difference between acceptance and resignation his. Extraordinary work ethic and the kind of healthy obsession he has with comedy and stay tuned because after I say thank you we actually have a long and really interesting discussion about AI and his. Very powerful negative feelings about AI just a little bit more on Josh before we dive in here he is one of.

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the hosts and correspondents on The Daily Show, on Comedy Central. He's got a comedy special, an excellent one, on HBO Max called Symphony. And on his YouTube channel, he, and this gets to his work ethic, he has for three years posted a new hour of comedy every week.

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Take that in, a new hour of comedy every week for three years. Josh Johnson, a rising star in the comedy world, really interesting, Really smart. Josh Johnson, welcome to the show.

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