Sam Morril: Jokes, Outrage, and the New Rules of Comedy

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Comedian Sam Morril joins Trevor and Eugene to talk about comedy in a world addicted to outrage, how algorithms shape our taste, why nuance is disappearing, and what it means to be a comedian when everyone is watching with a scoreboard in their hand. If you haven't already.... Subscribe to the channel here: http://bit.ly/SubscribeTrevorNoah Or follow the podcast on your other favorite platforms... SiriusXM - Apple Podcasts - https://bit.ly/WhatNowOnApplePodcasts Spotify - https://bit.ly/WhatNowOnSpotify 00:00:00 - Cold Open – The Sweaty Entrance 00:00:52 - The Art of Being Late (and Pretending You’re Not) 00:03:10 - Why Driving Tests Shouldn’t Be a One-Time Thing 00:05:40 - A Laughing Jury Is Never a Hanging Jury 00:08:12 - Is Standup Art or Just Really Well-Timed Chaos? 00:10:36 - Hollywood Endings vs. Real Life Disappointment 00:14:10 - Writing Jokes in a Society Addicted to Rage 00:17:42 - The Tribalism of Taste – Why No One Likes Anything Quietly 00:21:03 - Comedy During the End of the World (Literally) 00:24:55 - Rooftop Shows, Parking Lots, and the Comedy Survival Era 00:28:40 - New York in the Pandemic – Sirens, Tents, and Existential Fog 00:32:18 - Algorithms Are Predicting Your Soul (Badly) 00:35:04 - Why Everything Feels Like Winning or Losing a Culture War 00:38:21 - Book Bans, Context Collapse, and the Death of Nuance 00:41:55 - The Rat War – Exterminators with Hockey Sticks 00:46:38 - How Pain Becomes Punchlines (and When It’s Too Soon) 00:49:22 - Breakups, Bitterness, and Joke Half-Lives 00:52:40 - Growing Up Loud in a Quiet Family 00:56:02 - Adoption, Identity, and Becoming the Fun Uncle 01:00:18 - Touring Burnout and the Tyranny of “More” 01:03:50 - The Reluctant Hero of Modern Comedy 01:08:25 - Berlin, Berghain, and Non-Judgmental Parties 01:11:20 - Why Standup Remains the Last Honest Art Form 01:14:40 - Sam’s Noir Obsessions – The Movies That Still Matter 01:18:50 - Wrap-Up – Comedy, Chaos, and What Now?