1 00:00:00,020 --> 00:00:05,860 Austin: I think the main takeaway is I should not be given a wish because I will use it very frivolously. 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,400 Austin: So maybe give a better thought leader the wish. 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:14,000 Austin: Maybe that's what I'll be. I'll wish that somebody else can make this wish that 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,140 Austin: has a better perspective on the world. I want no responsibility. 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,880 Danny: Hi, and welcome to 5 Random Questions, the show with unexpected questions 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,060 Danny: and unfiltered answers. 7 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:29,200 Danny: I'm your host, Danny Brown. and each week I'll be asking my guests five questions 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,160 Danny: created by a random question generator. 9 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:34,420 Danny: The guest has no idea what the questions are and neither do I, 10 00:00:34,620 --> 00:00:36,320 Danny: which means this could go either way. 11 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,020 Danny: So sit back, relax and let's dive into this week's episode. 12 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:45,040 Danny: Today's guest is Austin Grey. An Austin-based comedian and writer who can't 13 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,860 Danny: help but laugh at the little things, Austin loves to write self-indicting essays 14 00:00:48,860 --> 00:00:51,620 Danny: that use comedy as a shield and also a spotlight. 15 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,540 Danny: He's also the host of Rambler, Live from the City That Never Works, 16 00:00:55,540 --> 00:00:59,560 Danny: a podcast audio diary from inside a city addicted to being addicted. 17 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,840 Danny: So, Austin, welcome to 5 Random Questions. 18 00:01:03,340 --> 00:01:06,920 Austin: Thanks, Danny. It's great to be here. I'm excited. Excited to see where we go 19 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,280 Austin: and what questions are about to pop up for us. 20 00:01:09,830 --> 00:01:13,030 Danny: Well, this is always the fun little part as well, because it's like the gentle 21 00:01:13,030 --> 00:01:15,590 Danny: easing into whatever lies ahead. 22 00:01:15,750 --> 00:01:18,810 Danny: So this is always a nice, gentle start as well. So good to have you here. 23 00:01:18,890 --> 00:01:20,490 Danny: I appreciate you being on the show today, mate. 24 00:01:20,990 --> 00:01:22,510 Austin: Right. Thank you. Thanks for having me. 25 00:01:23,290 --> 00:01:28,110 Danny: And as I mentioned in the introduction, you're a comedian who's also got the podcast. 26 00:01:28,410 --> 00:01:32,550 Danny: Do you take inspiration from some of the audience interactions for your podcast 27 00:01:32,550 --> 00:01:35,130 Danny: and vice versa, or are they two separate things? 28 00:01:35,130 --> 00:01:39,350 Austin: Yeah, I would say they're mainly two separate things, but I'd be lying if this 29 00:01:39,350 --> 00:01:43,030 Austin: podcast just wasn't influenced by every single thing in my life. 30 00:01:43,410 --> 00:01:48,090 Austin: It's very much so me just rambling about what I've seen recently and what's 31 00:01:48,090 --> 00:01:50,570 Austin: inspired me, what's influenced me. 32 00:01:50,570 --> 00:01:55,790 Austin: And interestingly enough, as I've written for the podcast and started sharing, 33 00:01:56,210 --> 00:02:00,150 Austin: smaller things are more noticeable in their larger impact. 34 00:02:00,550 --> 00:02:05,650 Austin: So definitely audiences influence what I find funny and what I want to share. 35 00:02:06,010 --> 00:02:09,690 Danny: And instead of crowd work, how do you find crowd work? Because I've spoken to 36 00:02:09,690 --> 00:02:11,730 Danny: a couple of comedians before on the podcast, well enough. 37 00:02:12,290 --> 00:02:15,450 Danny: And one of the chaps I work with does improv. 38 00:02:16,190 --> 00:02:20,410 Danny: And it's always interesting to hear each one's, you know, take on audience work 39 00:02:20,410 --> 00:02:22,950 Danny: and do they like it, do they not like it. So what's yours take on it? 40 00:02:23,190 --> 00:02:26,430 Austin: Yeah, it's definitely a learned art, for sure. 41 00:02:26,690 --> 00:02:27,850 Austin: It's not something I think a 42 00:02:27,850 --> 00:02:31,250 Austin: lot of people like to go up and do crowd work and just like to chit chat. 43 00:02:32,250 --> 00:02:35,990 Austin: It's a learned art. I think when it's on, it's perfect. 44 00:02:36,510 --> 00:02:40,730 Austin: Sometimes the audience doesn't realize it's a joke and that can be brutal. 45 00:02:40,970 --> 00:02:42,210 Austin: It can go sideways quickly. 46 00:02:44,470 --> 00:02:48,170 Austin: But as long as the audience is an engaged audience and they're there to have 47 00:02:48,170 --> 00:02:52,650 Austin: fun, it's really my favorite thing to do when the audience is there to be the comedian themselves. 48 00:02:53,090 --> 00:02:54,970 Austin: Sometimes it's not quite as fun. 49 00:02:55,660 --> 00:02:59,860 Danny: I hear you. I could imagine if you're up there on a stage in the spotlight and 50 00:02:59,860 --> 00:03:03,220 Danny: you're not getting a reaction, I can imagine what that could be like for sure. 51 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:07,440 Danny: And as I mentioned, you've got your podcast. 52 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:13,560 Danny: And what I found interesting before we get into your random questions is your 53 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,620 Danny: podcast description mentions, we're not interested in answers, 54 00:03:16,780 --> 00:03:18,820 Danny: but I'm going to ask you a lot of questions. 55 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:24,680 Danny: So how do you feel you'll do on 5 Random Questions that's all about your answers? 56 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:29,100 Austin: I think you'll find my answers to your questions may not be complete answers either. 57 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:33,200 Austin: So we'll see if there's other questions that come up as I'm answering. 58 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:36,540 Austin: It's the old political move, you know, answer a question with a question. 59 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,500 Austin: That's the best way to avoid an answer. So I'll try my best to give complete 60 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:43,520 Austin: answers and take through it. 61 00:03:43,620 --> 00:03:47,200 Austin: But I never know where it's about to head. So fair warning. 62 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,500 Danny: That's good enough for me. Good enough for me. So without further ado, 63 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,800 Danny: then, are you ready to jump into the 5 Random Questions hot seat? 64 00:03:56,380 --> 00:03:57,640 Austin: Absolutely. Let's get into it. 65 00:03:58,220 --> 00:04:03,540 Danny: All right. Let's bring up the random question generator. Okay, Austin. 66 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:07,360 Danny: Nice, easy one, I feel, too, to jump into for question number one. 67 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:09,840 Danny: How have you changed since you were younger? 68 00:04:11,180 --> 00:04:15,620 Austin: That's a good, that's a reminiscent question that I don't think I was ready 69 00:04:15,620 --> 00:04:18,060 Austin: for that deep of a question. Yeah. 70 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,100 Austin: It's interesting what has changed and what hasn't changed. 71 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,780 Austin: Funnily enough, as a child, I would probably say I was more introverted. 72 00:04:27,140 --> 00:04:32,800 Austin: I got a lot of energy from books, a lot of energy in my academics. 73 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:39,700 Austin: But I think that energy came from a place of being someone who likes to please 74 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:43,800 Austin: and likes to have people please with my performance and what I'm doing. 75 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:48,000 Austin: And funnily enough, as I get older, I find the easiest way to please people 76 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,960 Austin: and get them happy with me is to entertain them. 77 00:04:52,620 --> 00:04:58,200 Austin: And so it kind of has evolved from this place of being a very expert student 78 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:03,440 Austin: to being a bit more of a entertainer out in the wild, kind of doing random things, 79 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,460 Austin: doing things that people will react to and people will interact to. 80 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:11,000 Austin: Still with the end result of trying to make them happy and trying to bring a 81 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,660 Austin: smile to their face. It just went from getting A's on your report card, 82 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:18,660 Austin: bringing a smile to your family, your parents' face, to telling a good joke 83 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:20,820 Austin: that lands is what brings a smile to your friend's face. 84 00:05:21,020 --> 00:05:26,980 Austin: So definitely same motive, but I guess different result, interestingly enough. 85 00:05:27,420 --> 00:05:31,620 Danny: And you mentioned there about wanting to make people happy. Is that something 86 00:05:31,620 --> 00:05:33,780 Danny: that's just always been like a natural thing? 87 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:39,340 Danny: And this isn't an indictment on parents, 88 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:44,620 Danny: family, etc or teachers or whatever or friends was it looking for approval from 89 00:05:44,620 --> 00:05:48,620 Danny: your circle whoever that circle may have looked like or was it just natural 90 00:05:48,620 --> 00:05:50,840 Danny: to you that you wanted to please people? 91 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,840 Austin: That's a fantastic question and, 92 00:05:55,380 --> 00:06:00,140 Austin: As far as I can remember, I've always wanted to be somebody who pleases my circle 93 00:06:00,140 --> 00:06:05,180 Austin: and is, you know, a good student, a good child, a good son, a good friend. 94 00:06:05,460 --> 00:06:07,080 Austin: But, you know, is it nature or nurture? 95 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:11,360 Austin: My family definitely has all the similar tendencies across my family. 96 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,460 Austin: We're all people who, you know, like to be engaged and I like to make people 97 00:06:15,460 --> 00:06:19,280 Austin: around us comfortable and like to make people around us have a good time and enjoy themselves. 98 00:06:19,540 --> 00:06:21,760 Austin: And was I born like that genetically? 99 00:06:22,300 --> 00:06:25,720 Austin: Possibly. I mean, it almost seems like it. But then again, we all had the same 100 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,140 Austin: upbringing and the same environment. 101 00:06:27,620 --> 00:06:32,680 Austin: My dad is a coach or was a sports coach. And so it's definitely very much so 102 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,420 Austin: like, I want to tell you what I want you to do and you're going to go execute it. 103 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:41,000 Austin: And I can't help but say I'm sure that had something to do with my desire to 104 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,320 Austin: do what I'm asked to do in a positive way. 105 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,880 Danny: Yeah, and I think that's a good thing. I think that the world needs more people 106 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:53,180 Danny: that want to please and help others, you know, and make others happy. 107 00:06:53,820 --> 00:06:59,840 Danny: I think that certainly in the last 10 years, whatever you want to look at it, 108 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:05,860 Danny: it just seems that we've kind of moved away from serve to self, if you like. 109 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:12,240 Danny: And I feel it's a good thing to want to, you know, make other lives enjoyable. 110 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,060 Danny: So, you know, like I say, no critique on anybody there. I just wanted to make 111 00:07:16,060 --> 00:07:18,880 Danny: that clear, I just wanted to, you know, but it's great to see that. 112 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:22,880 Austin: There's plenty to critique Perinzion, but we'll give them a pass on that one. 113 00:07:24,780 --> 00:07:29,100 Austin: There's definitely a selfishness to society these days. Maybe it's always been 114 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:31,020 Austin: there, we just haven't noticed it. 115 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:37,440 Austin: Maybe less opportunity to be selfless. So I definitely think in any way you 116 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,360 Austin: can be and serve the people around you. 117 00:07:39,740 --> 00:07:43,220 Austin: In my opinion, it's what we're here for, to make everybody's life more enjoyable 118 00:07:43,220 --> 00:07:46,100 Austin: and to have a collective, enjoyable experience. 119 00:07:47,140 --> 00:07:53,260 Danny: Well, I like that. And as I say, I like that a lot. I think it's a really nice outlook to have. 120 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,180 Danny: So I'm all for that and kudos to you for that. And I feel that's a great way 121 00:07:57,180 --> 00:08:03,380 Danny: to end your time on question one. and let's have a look at what question number two brings up. 122 00:08:04,460 --> 00:08:08,360 Danny: All right. Question number two, Austin. And because of your background as a 123 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:14,660 Danny: comedian, writer, et cetera, and also a podcaster, I like this one from a question point of view. 124 00:08:14,740 --> 00:08:18,280 Danny: So question two, what are your favorite topics to talk about? 125 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:22,660 Austin: This is a this is a loaded one so i'm 126 00:08:22,660 --> 00:08:25,400 Austin: a contrarian at heart and i'm going to be honest i would never tell that 127 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,240 Austin: to uh in the middle of a conversation but uh i'm a 128 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,460 Austin: contrarian and i i like to take the opposite side 129 00:08:31,460 --> 00:08:35,000 Austin: of something that someone else is passionate about um 130 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,980 Austin: so basically all the things that you're not supposed to talk about at 131 00:08:37,980 --> 00:08:40,760 Austin: the dinner table are my favorite topics to hit on you 132 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,580 Austin: know politics um being being a being 133 00:08:43,580 --> 00:08:46,460 Austin: a good one um and challenging the status quo 134 00:08:46,460 --> 00:08:50,120 Austin: um but also sports you know getting into someone's against 135 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,740 Austin: someone's favorite sports team and telling them why they're kind of 136 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:55,560 Austin: a little trash talk is always a good time but it kind 137 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:58,440 Austin: of goes back to the first question where it's about people for 138 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,360 Austin: me and i want to talk about something that the other person 139 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,920 Austin: is passionate about um conversations get rather dull if it's me talking the 140 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:10,840 Austin: entire time so i don't know how this is gonna go but uh it will be fine but 141 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:15,380 Austin: uh i uh i definitely like uh to have the other person passing it and engaged 142 00:09:15,380 --> 00:09:18,740 Austin: and poking holes in their point of view and getting them going. 143 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,900 Danny: And you mentioned there about being contrarian and you love to offer the counterpoint 144 00:09:23,900 --> 00:09:28,780 Danny: to someone else's beliefs, topics, understanding of a certain topic, for example. 145 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:33,940 Danny: So you mentioned family, close family, and you like to make each other happy. 146 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,340 Danny: So based on that, if you're going to get a Thanksgiving get together, 147 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:40,360 Danny: everybody's around the table and you're talking Maybe politics, 148 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:45,720 Danny: maybe religion, maybe sports, anything that you always get to very much opposing sides generally. 149 00:09:46,380 --> 00:09:50,140 Danny: With your mindset of also wanting to, you know, please and make people happy, 150 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,920 Danny: is there any topic that you tend to or conversation you've found in the past 151 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,800 Danny: where you've had this back and forth and you've realised, oh, 152 00:09:56,860 --> 00:09:58,460 Danny: this is going down a path I shouldn't go any longer? 153 00:09:59,350 --> 00:10:00,250 Danny: And you've pulled back 154 00:10:00,250 --> 00:10:04,090 Austin: Oh many many times um i 155 00:10:04,090 --> 00:10:06,830 Austin: have a i have a rule i think every comedian should live by is 156 00:10:06,830 --> 00:10:10,470 Austin: um it's too far when it's not funny um if 157 00:10:10,470 --> 00:10:14,630 Austin: if people are laughing and engaged you're you're right on the knot if it's no 158 00:10:14,630 --> 00:10:19,090 Austin: longer funny you went too far and i know that's uh not really a fair rule because 159 00:10:19,090 --> 00:10:22,750 Austin: you never you normally don't know it's not funny until you present it but um 160 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:27,250 Austin: a large part of cancel culture i feel like is people getting offended by these jokes 161 00:10:27,350 --> 00:10:30,230 Austin: and in my opinion it's because the jokes are malicious they're not 162 00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:32,970 Austin: funny but they're coming they're saying things that are 163 00:10:32,970 --> 00:10:36,590 Austin: just shock humor um to get people surprised to 164 00:10:36,590 --> 00:10:39,510 Austin: get people riled up there's no real innovation no real thought 165 00:10:39,510 --> 00:10:43,050 Austin: behind the joke and i think when people know that intent behind what you're 166 00:10:43,050 --> 00:10:48,290 Austin: saying is to be ironic or be funny and honestly a huge part of humor is irony 167 00:10:48,290 --> 00:10:53,010 Austin: so you got to know if i say one thing that i'm really kind of meaning the other 168 00:10:53,010 --> 00:10:57,150 Austin: and highlighting how crazy what I'm saying actually is. 169 00:10:57,590 --> 00:10:59,290 Austin: But, oh my gosh, it goes too far. 170 00:11:00,470 --> 00:11:04,770 Austin: More than once in my life, and it's always a beet red moment in my life because, 171 00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:07,270 Austin: like you said, I don't want to offend somebody. 172 00:11:07,510 --> 00:11:12,910 Austin: I find an argument and discussion stimulating, and I like to think that other people do as well. 173 00:11:13,110 --> 00:11:16,550 Austin: But I don't want it to be a negative thing. And it shouldn't be. 174 00:11:16,890 --> 00:11:18,970 Austin: Arguing doesn't necessarily have to always be negative. 175 00:11:19,410 --> 00:11:24,370 Austin: It can be a civil discourse that can bring about good new ideas. 176 00:11:24,630 --> 00:11:27,950 Danny: Well, that's a really good point you made about the difference between comedy 177 00:11:27,950 --> 00:11:31,490 Danny: stroke satire and just pure maliciousness. 178 00:11:31,990 --> 00:11:35,210 Danny: One of my favorite comedians, George Carlin, always, you know, 179 00:11:35,310 --> 00:11:41,370 Danny: his mantra was you can basically make humor out of anything, but never punch down. 180 00:11:42,490 --> 00:11:45,690 Danny: Punch straight ahead and make sure that you're at a level playing field. 181 00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:49,470 Danny: If you're giving someone, you can take it back. Never punch down because that's an easy cop out. 182 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,620 Danny: What what's your sort of like get out of jail free card if you like if you realize 183 00:11:54,620 --> 00:11:58,000 Danny: if you're on stage and you realize oh this isn't going i'm i'm now upsetting 184 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:03,880 Danny: someone have you got like a a process you now do or do you stop and say i apologize 185 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,960 Danny: we'll move on what's your what's your take there but how do you do yeah 186 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:11,940 Austin: I try to move on um as as quick as possible i i don't i i would like to apologize 187 00:12:11,940 --> 00:12:16,780 Austin: after the show um if i try like i truly offended someone um because like i said 188 00:12:16,780 --> 00:12:18,480 Austin: That's never, ever my intent. 189 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:21,200 Austin: My intent was to bring happiness, to bring laughter. 190 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:25,520 Austin: And in fact, that's quite the opposite thing. Sometimes you offend someone and 191 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:29,940 Austin: they may leave, which is the biggest gut punch because you get no opportunity 192 00:12:29,940 --> 00:12:32,400 Austin: to remedy it. But I normally don't address it on stage. 193 00:12:32,660 --> 00:12:35,940 Austin: Like I said, it makes me really beet red and awkward. 194 00:12:36,540 --> 00:12:39,960 Austin: And so, unfortunately, it shuts off my creative spirit. 195 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:43,640 Austin: I try to get away from it and run as fast as I can in the other direction. 196 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,940 Austin: It um maybe someday i'll be uh comfortable 197 00:12:46,940 --> 00:12:50,080 Austin: enough to uh you know loop back around and 198 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,440 Austin: and ad lib off of it and maybe do some crowd work off of it with that person 199 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:59,100 Austin: make fun of myself um would probably be my preferred route there and uh and 200 00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:03,640 Austin: probably lean into like an archetype of uh some you know redneck or some uh 201 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,320 Austin: extreme liberal uh it go from there so yeah. 202 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:11,080 Danny: Well i always wonder as well and this is just me stereotyping so i apologize 203 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,660 Danny: if this is completely off off cuff sorry off you know 204 00:13:15,260 --> 00:13:21,120 Danny: off base but um there's a stereotype that um a lot of americans don't understand 205 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:27,080 Danny: irony whereas it's more like a european kind of humor kind of thing do you think 206 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:32,180 Danny: that's true and if so is that maybe where misunderstandings can happen on your 207 00:13:32,180 --> 00:13:33,780 Danny: you know your comedy stage for example 208 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:41,200 Austin: I think Americans don't have as developed of a sense of irony as many Europeans do. 209 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:50,300 Austin: I think the best example is The Office, where the UK version was a lot more 210 00:13:50,300 --> 00:13:53,280 Austin: subtle and quiet than the American version, 211 00:13:53,340 --> 00:13:57,300 Austin: which is very in-your-face with Steve Carell doing insane tactics. 212 00:13:57,560 --> 00:14:02,040 Austin: There's still some of the ironic portions. And what's funny is a lot of people 213 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:03,180 Austin: will tell me they don't like The Office. 214 00:14:03,180 --> 00:14:06,580 Austin: Um well not a lot of people don't like the office but a lot of people that don't 215 00:14:06,580 --> 00:14:10,180 Austin: like the office will tell me they don't like it because um it's uncomfortable 216 00:14:10,180 --> 00:14:15,240 Austin: i think that uncomfortableness is the irony and kind of the the lack of grasping 217 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:19,900 Austin: what's ironic there uh will you remind me that the name of who is the the boss 218 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:22,800 Austin: in the office in the uk version i can see his face but yeah so. 219 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,400 Danny: It's david brent um who's uh played by ricky jivey 220 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:30,860 Austin: Yes and and ricky has this sense of humor that's very much so ironic. 221 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:35,720 Austin: And he did, I believe, the Oscars or Grammys a few years ago. 222 00:14:35,820 --> 00:14:38,880 Austin: And he did a pretty brutal, 223 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:44,220 Austin: opening monologue. And I don't think it went as well in the U.S. 224 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,460 Austin: As it might have gone in Europe. Just because... 225 00:14:47,530 --> 00:14:52,670 Austin: Uh we're a group that takes ourselves so serious um we don't we don't love not 226 00:14:52,670 --> 00:14:56,910 Austin: they don't love being the punch the run the joke um because we fail to realize 227 00:14:56,910 --> 00:15:02,590 Austin: that it's ironic so um i uh i do think europeans maybe have a better grasp on 228 00:15:02,590 --> 00:15:04,670 Austin: irony than the americans well. 229 00:15:04,670 --> 00:15:07,490 Danny: I mean they did invite him back four times i think he did it five times in a 230 00:15:07,490 --> 00:15:09,130 Danny: row right what was it the golden globes maybe 231 00:15:09,130 --> 00:15:11,770 Austin: Yeah the golden globes that's what it is yeah um. 232 00:15:11,770 --> 00:15:13,310 Danny: So maybe who knows maybe 233 00:15:13,310 --> 00:15:15,310 Austin: Somebody understood Yeah. 234 00:15:15,710 --> 00:15:18,790 Danny: Exactly. I saw the audience and the dollars coming. I thought, 235 00:15:18,890 --> 00:15:20,210 Danny: yeah, let's get this guy booked back on. 236 00:15:20,590 --> 00:15:23,550 Danny: Yeah, no, it's like you say, I mean, stereotypes are hard because sometimes 237 00:15:23,550 --> 00:15:25,610 Danny: they're proper stereotypes, other times they're not. 238 00:15:26,230 --> 00:15:30,970 Danny: And I've obviously had many, I've got many American friends and had many American guests on the show. 239 00:15:31,010 --> 00:15:33,310 Danny: And it's always nice to sort of break down, well, that's not quite true. 240 00:15:33,410 --> 00:15:34,630 Danny: This is maybe true, et cetera. 241 00:15:35,230 --> 00:15:38,230 Danny: But yeah, I think Irene is one of these ones as well. Even as someone from the 242 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:42,370 Danny: UK that now lives in Canada, I find Canadians have got very much a similar sense 243 00:15:42,370 --> 00:15:44,090 Danny: of humour as the Brits or us. 244 00:15:44,470 --> 00:15:48,650 Danny: From the uk but there's still that fine line at times between irony and satire 245 00:15:48,650 --> 00:15:52,090 Danny: and knowing the exact you know where that's where that's being crossed 246 00:15:52,090 --> 00:15:57,090 Austin: Yeah i think uh every region every audience has a different sense of humor um 247 00:15:57,090 --> 00:16:01,190 Austin: so to say you know a full audience america you know has always prided itself 248 00:16:01,190 --> 00:16:05,510 Austin: on being a melting pot so surely there's somebody here who gets irony um but 249 00:16:05,510 --> 00:16:07,990 Austin: um in general you know it probably is a little, 250 00:16:08,730 --> 00:16:12,610 Austin: A little more towards sensationalism and shock humor in America than maybe the 251 00:16:12,610 --> 00:16:16,210 Austin: little ironic tidbits here and there in the dry comedy. 252 00:16:16,570 --> 00:16:20,330 Danny: Well, I think what we'll do, and I appreciate it, I think we'll work together 253 00:16:20,330 --> 00:16:23,870 Danny: to break these barriers down. And we'll continue to do that as we look at more questions. 254 00:16:23,970 --> 00:16:26,110 Danny: So are you ready for question number three, 255 00:16:26,350 --> 00:16:26,970 Austin: Austin? Absolutely. 256 00:16:27,810 --> 00:16:30,930 Danny: All right. Let's see what comes up on question number three. 257 00:16:31,450 --> 00:16:36,810 Danny: Okay. What's your ideal, question three, what's your ideal way to celebrate your birthday? 258 00:16:37,390 --> 00:16:40,210 Austin: Uh this past birthday was probably my 259 00:16:40,210 --> 00:16:43,690 Austin: favorite birthday i've had of all time so i probably can just describe um 260 00:16:43,690 --> 00:16:47,290 Austin: this one i recently moved into a house which 261 00:16:47,290 --> 00:16:51,070 Austin: is a big upgrade for me in my condo life it did come with roommates which has 262 00:16:51,070 --> 00:16:56,090 Austin: been an adjustment but uh it's nice to have the uh square footage um to be able 263 00:16:56,090 --> 00:17:00,030 Austin: to host and entertain i'm a big entertainer like i said and so uh i invited 264 00:17:00,030 --> 00:17:05,950 Austin: probably 30 30 close friends um to uh my birthday this year at my house um for 265 00:17:06,170 --> 00:17:09,150 Austin: a halloween i'm a i'm a october i'm a scorpio 266 00:17:09,150 --> 00:17:11,890 Austin: if any of your listeners are into astrology so uh 267 00:17:11,890 --> 00:17:15,510 Austin: had a nice scorpio halloween party in 268 00:17:15,510 --> 00:17:18,490 Austin: october and everybody came dressed up there was 269 00:17:18,490 --> 00:17:21,650 Austin: some really insane outfits um and 270 00:17:21,650 --> 00:17:25,870 Austin: then a couple of people brought you know the gift of alcohol which was quickly 271 00:17:25,870 --> 00:17:30,450 Austin: shared with the whole group um and it went very late um my guitar was brought 272 00:17:30,450 --> 00:17:34,630 Austin: out around uh two in the morning which is a terrible terrible sign which means 273 00:17:34,630 --> 00:17:38,870 Austin: go home So that's the final call for everyone to leave. 274 00:17:39,810 --> 00:17:42,790 Austin: But it was a great time because I was with the people I like the most, 275 00:17:43,010 --> 00:17:45,610 Austin: with the friends I like the most that care about me and that I care about. 276 00:17:46,230 --> 00:17:49,450 Austin: Somebody brought a cookie cake and didn't have a candle. 277 00:17:50,190 --> 00:17:54,350 Austin: So they took a pretzel I bought and put a piece of tissue on top of the pretzel 278 00:17:54,350 --> 00:17:57,910 Austin: and lit it on fire so they could sing me happy birthday and have me blow it out. 279 00:17:58,130 --> 00:18:02,230 Austin: Just spontaneous stuff like that that show you care about each other and you're 280 00:18:02,230 --> 00:18:04,110 Austin: going to do whatever and have a good time with each other. 281 00:18:04,690 --> 00:18:08,370 Danny: That sounds awesome. Like, A, there's so many good things there because you've 282 00:18:08,370 --> 00:18:09,610 Danny: just moved into the new house. 283 00:18:10,250 --> 00:18:12,550 Danny: You're surrounded by friends. There's nothing for fans. It's all fun. 284 00:18:12,950 --> 00:18:16,370 Danny: You've got the guitar out. It's funny, you mentioned David Brent from The Office in the UK. 285 00:18:16,850 --> 00:18:20,270 Danny: His favourite, or one of his favourite lines was in an episode where he was 286 00:18:20,270 --> 00:18:22,710 Danny: having like a team meeting. He says, Gareth, go get the guitar. 287 00:18:22,890 --> 00:18:26,310 Danny: So he got his guitar status thing, etc. It's just reminding me of that. 288 00:18:26,810 --> 00:18:30,950 Danny: And I feel, is that generally how you would prefer to have, if you could have 289 00:18:30,950 --> 00:18:37,090 Danny: any birthday celebration you want, no budget limitations, no location limitations. 290 00:18:37,290 --> 00:18:41,210 Danny: Would you always want to go for that kind of close friends only? 291 00:18:41,510 --> 00:18:43,650 Danny: Or would you ever want to have a big kind of bash? 292 00:18:43,950 --> 00:18:48,390 Austin: No, I would always want it to be close friends only. I was thinking about that, actually. 293 00:18:49,710 --> 00:18:53,930 Austin: I can't remember what TV show, but somebody threw a big birthday party every year. It was a big event. 294 00:18:55,130 --> 00:19:00,950 Austin: It wouldn't be as fun. Like I said, I find the purpose in life sharing love 295 00:19:00,950 --> 00:19:03,410 Austin: with each other and making everybody have an enjoyable experience. 296 00:19:03,690 --> 00:19:06,050 Austin: And I feel like you lose that the bigger the audience. 297 00:19:06,390 --> 00:19:13,110 Austin: Even in comedy, some venues are so unintimate that there's no way you can do crowd work. 298 00:19:13,250 --> 00:19:16,630 Austin: I don't know how some of these comedians who are doing these specials are able 299 00:19:16,630 --> 00:19:18,470 Austin: to do crowd work like they do. 300 00:19:18,630 --> 00:19:21,750 Austin: It just seems so disconnected from the audience. 301 00:19:21,950 --> 00:19:27,230 Austin: But I'm a person that craves intimacy in not a romantic way, 302 00:19:27,310 --> 00:19:29,030 Austin: but in just a platonic way with your friends. 303 00:19:29,690 --> 00:19:33,610 Austin: It's a fun thing for me and it's what I enjoy the most Yeah. 304 00:19:33,750 --> 00:19:37,710 Danny: It's interesting you mention that about the crowd working, the comedians I've 305 00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:38,890 Danny: seen some of my favourite comedians 306 00:19:39,390 --> 00:19:45,390 Danny: now get more successful and play in massive venues so Jimmy Carr for example 307 00:19:45,390 --> 00:19:50,450 Danny: UK comedian, started off fairly small stand-up TV shows and now he's doing these big stadiums. 308 00:19:50,530 --> 00:19:54,930 Danny: He still seems to be good but I feel like to your point it's like when you watch 309 00:19:54,930 --> 00:19:58,350 Danny: your favourite indie band and they're playing little dive bars and then all 310 00:19:58,350 --> 00:20:02,430 Danny: of a sudden get a massive record deal and they're playing Wembley Stadium Jets Stadium etc 311 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,520 Danny: Something disappears, you know, when you have that. 312 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:11,740 Danny: But yeah, I like the intimacy. And I guess with birthdays especially, 313 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:16,200 Danny: if you're having a big birthday each year, now you're trying to top the previous year. 314 00:20:16,260 --> 00:20:19,760 Danny: And it gets to some stage where it's a diminishing return that you cannot top it. 315 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,080 Austin: Absolutely. I can just imagine like sparklers and go-go girls coming through 316 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:25,680 Austin: the door with a birthday cake. 317 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,500 Austin: And the morning show, there's a Steve Carell 318 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:33,980 Austin: at his birthday and steve martin pops i mean martin short pops out of a cake 319 00:20:33,980 --> 00:20:38,820 Austin: with uh with rocket dancers behind him i don't think i'll ever have the wealth 320 00:20:38,820 --> 00:20:42,960 Austin: to be able to do a birthday party at that level and i'm very comfortable where 321 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,680 Austin: i'm at trying to out beat the next year so well. 322 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:51,520 Danny: As an introvert i'm not about crowds i i you know i i feel comfortable if i 323 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,600 Danny: know people as you mentioned and you've got that comfort level i wouldn't feel 324 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,540 Danny: comfortable at a big party i'd be in the corner eating the cake or the pretzel 325 00:20:58,540 --> 00:21:02,320 Danny: stick with the candle light on and just stand there that would be me in the corner there 326 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:07,920 Austin: It's funny but i think most uh comedians are uh introspective people and they 327 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,440 Austin: are very perceptive and parties can probably be a little overwhelming a lot 328 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:15,720 Austin: of times and uh it's too much to take in all at once so absolutely. 329 00:21:16,650 --> 00:21:18,970 Danny: Well, I like that. And as an October birthday person myself, 330 00:21:19,030 --> 00:21:23,210 Danny: I'm just beyond you, though. I'm a Libra. So I must be, you must be early October. 331 00:21:23,550 --> 00:21:24,630 Danny: I'm like smack in the middle. 332 00:21:25,090 --> 00:21:25,250 Austin: Yeah. 333 00:21:25,750 --> 00:21:27,430 Danny: But yeah, it's a good time of year to have a birthday as well, 334 00:21:27,510 --> 00:21:29,250 Danny: because you're in that sort of fall, autumn period. 335 00:21:29,390 --> 00:21:32,670 Danny: So you can, you know, have colors in that. If you have an outdoor party, 336 00:21:32,790 --> 00:21:34,830 Danny: you've still got a nice temperature to have an outdoor party. 337 00:21:34,970 --> 00:21:36,430 Danny: It's a nice time of year to have, I feel. 338 00:21:36,430 --> 00:21:40,890 Austin: Absolutely. I live in Austin, Texas. So the summer it's like, 339 00:21:41,070 --> 00:21:45,950 Austin: you don't go outside unless there's a body of water that you can get in so that 340 00:21:45,950 --> 00:21:47,030 Austin: you don't have heat exhaustion. 341 00:21:47,890 --> 00:21:52,790 Austin: So it was an indoor outdoor party and it actually rained torrentially during the party. 342 00:21:52,790 --> 00:21:57,670 Austin: And I had some people get stuck in a little tent outside and I was trying to 343 00:21:57,670 --> 00:22:02,390 Austin: throw them drinks so that they could have something to stay hydrated while they're 344 00:22:02,390 --> 00:22:07,690 Austin: in the tent but it was definitely an event and it was a good time. 345 00:22:07,970 --> 00:22:10,910 Danny: You wake up in the morning and the tent's no longer there. It's halfway to another 346 00:22:10,910 --> 00:22:12,210 Danny: state floating down the river. 347 00:22:12,570 --> 00:22:15,490 Austin: The chairs in the tent were just stuck in the mud. It was like, 348 00:22:15,530 --> 00:22:19,690 Austin: so it's definitely an event pulling those out of the mud. 349 00:22:19,870 --> 00:22:22,930 Danny: I like it. I like it. And I like that answer. So thank you for that. 350 00:22:23,490 --> 00:22:27,870 Danny: Let's have a look at what question number four brings up. 351 00:22:28,590 --> 00:22:32,490 Danny: Question four. What accomplishment are you most proud of? 352 00:22:33,550 --> 00:22:34,550 Austin: That's a... 353 00:22:36,260 --> 00:22:39,580 Austin: That's a hard one. There's definitely a recency bias. 354 00:22:42,220 --> 00:22:47,880 Austin: The first thing that pops in my head is I recently lost around 65 pounds in 355 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,460 Austin: the last, I guess, two years. 356 00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:56,120 Austin: And I am pretty proud of that accomplishment because I did it for health to 357 00:22:56,120 --> 00:23:01,180 Austin: make sure I have a long life, a long mobile life where I can get around and do things. 358 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:04,800 Austin: So I would be remiss to say that I'm not very proud of that. 359 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,400 Austin: And that's probably what I'm most proud of at the moment. 360 00:23:07,580 --> 00:23:10,540 Austin: You know, it's funny how things that you're most proud of when you're younger 361 00:23:10,540 --> 00:23:13,180 Austin: and doing other things kind of disappear. 362 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:16,600 Austin: They don't disappear necessarily, but the farther away they get, 363 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:17,820 Austin: the less proud you are of them. 364 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:23,880 Austin: Like I think in high school, how important it was that I got into a good college. 365 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,420 Austin: And then you get into the good college and you go to the great college. 366 00:23:27,580 --> 00:23:30,440 Austin: And suddenly all your friends also got into the good college. 367 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:35,620 Austin: And the accomplishment that getting into that good college once was is not as 368 00:23:35,620 --> 00:23:37,740 Austin: big of a deal because everybody that you know also did it. 369 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,400 Austin: So, yeah, I'm going to stick with it. I'm going to stick with losing that weight, 370 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:44,160 Austin: and hopefully keeping it off here in the future. 371 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,520 Danny: Well, that's amazing. Hey, congratulations for that. That's kudos. 372 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,720 Danny: What brought the, if you don't make me ask, what brought the weight on earlier? Was it just like... 373 00:23:53,270 --> 00:23:57,710 Danny: Like lack of movement were you in a rut what was the cause there are 374 00:23:57,710 --> 00:24:01,030 Austin: Yeah it's a great question and um i was always 375 00:24:01,030 --> 00:24:03,730 Austin: a heavier child um i grew up 376 00:24:03,730 --> 00:24:06,550 Austin: playing uh football there's a term for women or used 377 00:24:06,550 --> 00:24:10,570 Austin: to be for women that's not for men but you'd be in a pretty plus sizing um unfortunately 378 00:24:10,570 --> 00:24:15,170 Austin: it's just husky for men which is not as as nice of a sound but uh i was a bigger 379 00:24:15,170 --> 00:24:21,370 Austin: child uh struggled with uh i guess just being born that way most of my family 380 00:24:21,370 --> 00:24:24,090 Austin: it's on the on the bigger side my dad I was a football player. 381 00:24:24,470 --> 00:24:27,630 Austin: I was a football player, and weight is an important aspect. 382 00:24:28,030 --> 00:24:29,830 Austin: Football as in American football. 383 00:24:30,190 --> 00:24:31,670 Danny: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Not the proper football. 384 00:24:32,210 --> 00:24:38,570 Austin: Not the one with the ball that you roll around. But so it was important to be 385 00:24:38,570 --> 00:24:40,530 Austin: of size so that you can mass, moves, mass. 386 00:24:41,090 --> 00:24:44,630 Austin: I got done playing football and lost a little bit of weight, actually. 387 00:24:44,810 --> 00:24:50,650 Austin: But then college and COVID happened, and I ballooned up during COVID. 388 00:24:50,870 --> 00:24:54,790 Austin: I actually spent some time at home. and my dad's 6'4", like I said, 389 00:24:54,930 --> 00:24:57,670 Austin: played college football was a large fella and, uh, 390 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:04,820 Austin: I went and stepped on the scale at my hometown house, and it was like 265, 391 00:25:04,820 --> 00:25:08,320 Austin: and he comes behind me, and he steps on the scale, and he's 255. 392 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,800 Austin: I was like, oh, absolutely not. I'm not going to weigh more than my dad. 393 00:25:12,940 --> 00:25:17,360 Austin: My dad, I call Biggin because of his stature. I'm not going to be weighing more than Biggin. 394 00:25:17,660 --> 00:25:21,980 Austin: So after that, I was like, I have to do something. We have to get this weight down. 395 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:27,020 Austin: So those lifestyle changes, activity was definitely one, walking more, eating healthier. 396 00:25:27,020 --> 00:25:31,180 Austin: It was it wasn't it was more so not eating too much but eating unhealthy is 397 00:25:31,180 --> 00:25:35,760 Austin: so much fast food and options you can go to canes or in and out burger and get 398 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:41,260 Austin: a 1200 calorie meal and and not and still be hungry afterwards so that's what it was. 399 00:25:41,260 --> 00:25:47,040 Danny: Yeah no and it's funny you know it's like healthy food is so expensive whereas 400 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:51,540 Danny: cheap you know like the fast food is bad for you is real cheap and i feel i 401 00:25:51,540 --> 00:25:56,700 Danny: know like there's been so many documentaries etc and studies etc about that do you feel like 402 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,520 Danny: and I don't know who'd be responsible retailers probably 403 00:26:01,540 --> 00:26:04,500 Danny: markets that are selling food etc companies that 404 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:07,380 Danny: make them do you feel there needs to be a sort of change in mindset where we 405 00:26:07,380 --> 00:26:11,280 Danny: have to make healthy food and healthy choices and healthy education at schools 406 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:17,240 Danny: I guess more easily accessible as opposed to just going down a block on one 407 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,620 Danny: main street and you've got five fast food places but only one salad bar is that 408 00:26:21,620 --> 00:26:23,940 Danny: a really basic example right 409 00:26:23,940 --> 00:26:30,700 Austin: No it's a great example it's a result of what I would say capitalism and that the salad bar, 410 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,540 Austin: the greens wilt relatively quickly and this frozen patty at McDonald's is going 411 00:26:34,540 --> 00:26:39,480 Austin: to be good for my entire life. I don't know if it expires. 412 00:26:41,340 --> 00:26:45,380 Austin: So there definitely should be an effort, I think, in the U.S. 413 00:26:45,540 --> 00:26:49,760 Austin: To make sure that what we're eating is up to standards of health. 414 00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:52,720 Austin: But ultimately, I don't think a regulation... 415 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:58,820 Austin: It's what fixes that. It has to be a lifestyle, complete lifestyle change. 416 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,520 Austin: If you look at the diets of some of the European countries, they don't have 417 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,840 Austin: particularly healthy diets, but they have active lifestyles. 418 00:27:06,060 --> 00:27:09,600 Austin: They don't sit at a desk for eight hours a day and work away. 419 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,140 Austin: So it's a whole cultural change, in my opinion, more so than just saying, 420 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,720 Austin: oh, we're going to have more healthy options to eat. Yeah. 421 00:27:18,430 --> 00:27:23,290 Austin: It's so hard for me to pick a salad bar over Cane's any day of the week. 422 00:27:23,650 --> 00:27:28,030 Austin: So unless I have some sort of internal motivation, even if Cane's was $20 and 423 00:27:28,030 --> 00:27:31,670 Austin: the salad was $10, I'd probably still find myself at Cane's every once in a while. 424 00:27:31,970 --> 00:27:36,630 Austin: So it's a mixture. It's a whole mixture, and it's a case-by-case, 425 00:27:36,770 --> 00:27:39,670 Austin: person-by-person war that you kind of have to fight in your own head, in my opinion. 426 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:44,350 Danny: No, that's a good point about the COVID when the pandemic hit, 427 00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:45,650 Danny: and obviously everybody was at home, 428 00:27:46,210 --> 00:27:49,510 Danny: which i feel could also helps maybe um 429 00:27:49,510 --> 00:27:52,950 Danny: like when you when you think of remote working for example 430 00:27:52,950 --> 00:27:56,130 Danny: um and obviously it gives you a much better work-life 431 00:27:56,130 --> 00:27:59,150 Danny: balance much healthier work-life balance but i found i 432 00:27:59,150 --> 00:28:01,810 Danny: used to work in toronto um before i moved where we are 433 00:28:01,810 --> 00:28:04,970 Danny: now which is like a really small village about three hours north so i'd 434 00:28:04,970 --> 00:28:07,830 Danny: commute two hours each way every day then i'd sit under a desk 435 00:28:07,830 --> 00:28:10,670 Danny: for eight hours um so i put on weight 436 00:28:10,670 --> 00:28:13,690 Danny: um as well over the pandemic uh so i 437 00:28:13,690 --> 00:28:17,110 Danny: put on weight because of all that commute but during pandemic because i was 438 00:28:17,110 --> 00:28:21,010 Danny: at home i could finish and get outside and go for a walk etc much like you did 439 00:28:21,010 --> 00:28:25,330 Danny: and i found that helped a lot whereas now there's a lot of mandates to get people 440 00:28:25,330 --> 00:28:29,010 Danny: back into the office and i wonder that to your point you know all the cultural 441 00:28:29,010 --> 00:28:33,550 Danny: side if that's going to make it harder for people to continue i 442 00:28:33,550 --> 00:28:37,710 Austin: I can't imagine it not it's just you give up so much of your life and the frustrating 443 00:28:37,710 --> 00:28:40,790 Austin: part is you give up so much of your life in a commute, sitting in a car, 444 00:28:41,310 --> 00:28:46,610 Austin: going to in front of an office, and you could spend so much of that time productively in your own life. 445 00:28:46,810 --> 00:28:50,790 Austin: You're giving that to the company in reality. You're not giving it to yourself, 446 00:28:50,810 --> 00:28:52,330 Austin: but even though it's your own personal time. 447 00:28:52,930 --> 00:28:58,170 Austin: So I can't imagine it helping. I think I lost 10 pounds when I used to work 448 00:28:58,170 --> 00:28:59,650 Austin: in person, moved to remote. 449 00:28:59,850 --> 00:29:04,510 Austin: And that first six months I moved to remote, I lost like 10 pounds because suddenly 450 00:29:04,510 --> 00:29:08,370 Austin: I had time to actually go to a gym and enjoy the gym. So, 451 00:29:08,860 --> 00:29:11,440 Austin: Although I do still hate the gym with everything in my being. 452 00:29:12,020 --> 00:29:15,200 Austin: But it's a lot easier when you're not brain dead from driving in traffic for 453 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,020 Austin: an hour to go get back in the traffic and go to the gym. 454 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,480 Danny: Yeah, exactly. The last thing you want to do, you finish the day's work, you're tired. 455 00:29:22,740 --> 00:29:27,440 Danny: You know you want to work out, but your brain's saying you should and your body's saying no. 456 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,580 Austin: Yeah, exactly. I'm tired. I'm done. Let me go to sleep. 457 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,300 Danny: Exactly. Well, hopefully. And again, like I say, kudos to you for that lifestyle 458 00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:39,260 Danny: change. Hopefully, you know, more people can have the opportunity to do that 459 00:29:39,260 --> 00:29:42,420 Danny: if culture allows for that. So fingers crossed. 460 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,200 Austin: Fingers crossed. Absolutely. Fingers crossed. 461 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:49,300 Danny: And on that note, let's have a look at what question number five is. 462 00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:53,400 Danny: And I feel this is a good one, actually, to finish off your time in the hot seat here, Austin. 463 00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:58,780 Danny: Question five. Would you rather be granted three wishes of your choice 10 years 464 00:29:58,780 --> 00:30:01,440 Danny: from today or be granted one wish today? 465 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,180 Austin: It's complex because I have to think about what my wishes, three wishes and 466 00:30:06,180 --> 00:30:13,300 Austin: one wish would be I'm a finance person so there's a time value of money too if you get a scientific. 467 00:30:13,300 --> 00:30:14,160 Danny: About it I 468 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:20,020 Austin: Guess I could wish for any amount of money so maybe not that maybe no need to 469 00:30:20,020 --> 00:30:22,760 Austin: get that scientific I'm gonna go, 470 00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:28,980 Austin: I'm gonna go with one wish today because who knows in 10 years I don't know 471 00:30:28,980 --> 00:30:33,460 Austin: if do I get to make a wish from the grave so you never know You never know what's going to go. 472 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:38,160 Austin: So I go one wish today, which kind of starts to beg the question of what that wish would be. 473 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:43,000 Austin: The give me answer that makes me look like a hero is I'd wish that the culture 474 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,360 Austin: in America allowed for everyone to live a healthy lifestyle. 475 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:51,060 Austin: That is not what I would use the wish on, to be clear. But that would be a good one. 476 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:56,540 Austin: So it'd probably be something like some skill or something that I could instantly have. 477 00:30:57,390 --> 00:31:01,390 Austin: I find enjoyment in. But as I think through that, part of the enjoyment comes 478 00:31:01,390 --> 00:31:03,530 Austin: from learning the skill. So probably not that. 479 00:31:04,010 --> 00:31:06,550 Austin: I don't know. I mean, I think about it. 480 00:31:06,910 --> 00:31:08,890 Danny: Well, I think that's what I like about it as well. It's like, 481 00:31:08,890 --> 00:31:11,790 Danny: say, I mean, you've got the easy choices. All right, make me super rich. 482 00:31:12,310 --> 00:31:16,510 Danny: Make me super, a beautiful partner, for example. 483 00:31:16,770 --> 00:31:20,630 Danny: You know, any of the sort of the typical, you know, materialistic things that, 484 00:31:20,730 --> 00:31:23,030 Danny: yeah, would bring happiness, but I guess maybe long term might not. 485 00:31:23,390 --> 00:31:26,490 Danny: You know, so, and then, let's see, because you've got one wish, 486 00:31:27,150 --> 00:31:32,530 Danny: is it something that can do more for many or is it more for you that allows 487 00:31:32,530 --> 00:31:34,130 Danny: you to do more for many, et cetera? 488 00:31:34,630 --> 00:31:38,890 Danny: And I totally agree with your point about you may be dead in 10 years. 489 00:31:38,970 --> 00:31:41,310 Danny: Hopefully you're not. Hopefully you're not putting it out there right now. 490 00:31:41,610 --> 00:31:44,310 Danny: But you may be dead. So that's a wasted three wishes. 491 00:31:44,750 --> 00:31:48,150 Danny: I guess your first wish could be, no, it couldn't be because it's 10 years from 492 00:31:48,150 --> 00:31:50,770 Danny: now. Your first wish could have been, keep me alive for 10 years, 493 00:31:50,830 --> 00:31:52,370 Danny: but you can't do that. That's not allowed. 494 00:31:53,430 --> 00:31:56,830 Austin: You know three other years alive at that point with no wishes i 495 00:31:56,830 --> 00:31:59,610 Austin: think uh i think it would have to be something for to help the many 496 00:31:59,610 --> 00:32:05,090 Austin: um because something as i was thinking through it you know a large part of like 497 00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:08,510 Austin: where you get happiness from life in my opinion is from the process of getting 498 00:32:08,510 --> 00:32:12,830 Austin: there if i wish for anything i really really wanted right now um and instantly 499 00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:16,430 Austin: got it i wouldn't i don't think i'd really want it anymore it kind of goes back 500 00:32:16,430 --> 00:32:18,830 Austin: to those accomplishments that you have earlier in life. 501 00:32:19,550 --> 00:32:23,690 Austin: You want that accomplishment and you're working so hard to get there. 502 00:32:23,790 --> 00:32:26,630 Austin: And that's what's bringing you purpose and bringing you joy. 503 00:32:26,870 --> 00:32:32,150 Austin: And then once you get it, it's an accomplishment and it's great and you're super 504 00:32:32,150 --> 00:32:35,070 Austin: proud of yourself, but it's not where you get the joy from, in my opinion. 505 00:32:35,170 --> 00:32:38,830 Austin: You get the joy from all the hard work and doing something hard and proving 506 00:32:38,830 --> 00:32:40,450 Austin: to yourself that you can do something hard. 507 00:32:40,930 --> 00:32:46,450 Austin: So I don't know if I would want money. it's not my money I don't know if I want 508 00:32:46,450 --> 00:32:52,490 Austin: love I didn't earn love I was given love I think I want something for the group to benefit from, 509 00:32:53,260 --> 00:32:56,120 Austin: Maybe we could bring Richard Pryor back from the dead or something like that 510 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:59,280 Austin: so that everybody could get one more show or something. 511 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,920 Danny: Now we're talking about Richard Pryor and George Carlin double bill for one night only. 512 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,660 Austin: There we go. Now that's a wish I could get behind. 513 00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:13,640 Danny: I'm there 100%. I like the fact that it's about, and again, and there's nothing 514 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,860 Danny: wrong with it, it could be super easy to say, well, end world hunger. 515 00:33:16,860 --> 00:33:19,820 Danny: But that also brings other issues that 516 00:33:19,820 --> 00:33:22,900 Danny: you that you know we don't even think about when it comes to what'd 517 00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:26,320 Danny: be easy to do but then you've got these issues you know um if you make it easy 518 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:32,140 Danny: for people to eat does that take away skills of farming you know culture cultivating 519 00:33:32,140 --> 00:33:36,800 Danny: etc so yeah it's i like that answer where it's for the many bit that'd be super 520 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:41,440 Danny: cool to get like richard prior back on stage what a what a just what a legend he was i 521 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,440 Austin: Think the main takeaway is uh i should not be given a wish because i will use 522 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:51,580 Austin: it very frivolously so maybe give a better thought leader the wish uh we could 523 00:33:51,580 --> 00:33:54,840 Austin: we could maybe i'll just be i'll wish that somebody else can make this wish 524 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,760 Austin: that has a better perspective on the world. 525 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:04,660 Danny: That is very matter of you and again you know kudos for taking you know away 526 00:34:04,660 --> 00:34:07,680 Danny: the responsibility to put it on your shoulders and like put on someone else's 527 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:11,880 Danny: shoulders that doesn't want that responsibility either yeah 528 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,100 Austin: You do it i don't on it. 529 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:18,100 Danny: Awesome well i i love that answer and i i appreciate your time and the random 530 00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:22,340 Danny: question hot seat austin as is only fair i've had you on the hot seat for about 531 00:34:22,340 --> 00:34:27,620 Danny: 35 minutes now so it's now time to hand over the question asking baton to you yeah 532 00:34:27,620 --> 00:34:31,600 Austin: And so i think i have a good one uh but i do this a lot and i wanted to get 533 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:36,600 Austin: see if you do it as well um but i will state things that i am confident are 534 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:40,140 Austin: true to later find out that I was in fact lying, 535 00:34:40,420 --> 00:34:43,660 Austin: but didn't know I was lying. It was, I was just misguided. 536 00:34:43,860 --> 00:34:47,160 Austin: So I wanted to know what was the dumbest thing, if you've done it, 537 00:34:47,240 --> 00:34:52,900 Austin: and if you have, what's the dumbest thing you stated as a fact that you later found out to be false. 538 00:34:53,790 --> 00:34:59,350 Danny: So, funnily enough, my wife says I'd be really good at Balderdash, the game Balderdash. 539 00:34:59,610 --> 00:35:02,810 Danny: I don't know if you guys have got it in the States. Is Balderdash a thing in the States? 540 00:35:03,010 --> 00:35:03,730 Austin: I don't think I've seen it. 541 00:35:04,370 --> 00:35:09,770 Danny: Okay, so basically you tell what you're stating a fact, but it's actually a lie. 542 00:35:10,010 --> 00:35:13,250 Danny: So you tell something and then the audience has got to guess, 543 00:35:13,330 --> 00:35:16,050 Danny: like the people playing the game, I've got to guess, is that an actual fact 544 00:35:16,050 --> 00:35:17,210 Danny: or is it a lie that you've made up? 545 00:35:17,530 --> 00:35:18,750 Austin: We call that politics. 546 00:35:20,230 --> 00:35:26,710 Danny: There you go. I hear you on that one. because I tend to make crap up but I say 547 00:35:26,710 --> 00:35:31,530 Danny: it with such conviction so it's a little bit slightly different from your question 548 00:35:31,530 --> 00:35:40,170 Danny: I will make stuff up just for fun with such belief and stubbornness that's correct that my wife, 549 00:35:40,370 --> 00:35:46,030 Danny: especially my kids my kids just hate me for it are trying to work out is that true or not 550 00:35:46,850 --> 00:35:52,530 Danny: and I'm trying to work out I'm trying to remember an example recently um 551 00:35:53,180 --> 00:35:56,660 Danny: where I'd say something known for a fact that's a lie. 552 00:35:57,220 --> 00:36:01,480 Danny: And it's not true. And not a malicious lie, but I'd just be so steadfast in 553 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:06,020 Danny: my belief that, and I'd just continue to make it up as I go along with little facts. 554 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:10,180 Danny: So I guess for one example would be, and this is like a really crappy one from 555 00:36:10,180 --> 00:36:12,820 Danny: a few years back, but How Friday Got Its Name. 556 00:36:13,660 --> 00:36:15,620 Danny: I'd talk about days of the week and how they got their names. 557 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:17,500 Danny: I'd say, do you know How Friday Got Its Name? 558 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,100 Danny: And you go, yeah, it's to do with the Latin Gregorian calendar or whatever that 559 00:36:21,100 --> 00:36:23,960 Danny: used to be, would be the answer back. But I say, no, no, no, no, no. 560 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:28,340 Danny: Friday got its name from my ancestors in Scotland, the Celts. 561 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:31,920 Danny: And it's basically back in the day when, you know, the Highlanders and that 562 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:36,940 Danny: were living off the land to get their proteins, have to go out and hunt, 563 00:36:37,060 --> 00:36:41,180 Danny: you know, Highland cows and bulls and stuff like that and bring it back. 564 00:36:41,540 --> 00:36:45,180 Danny: And normally they just bring it back and maybe, you know, eat it raw and a lot 565 00:36:45,180 --> 00:36:48,660 Danny: of them would get upset stomachs and they'd die because there's no doctors, et cetera. 566 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,980 Danny: So a lot of people were dying and the big chiefs always say, 567 00:36:51,980 --> 00:36:54,920 Danny: well we have to do something better than this so what they decided to 568 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,720 Danny: do then was get the animal fat and put it over the fire 569 00:36:57,720 --> 00:37:00,560 Danny: in a big melting pot and that got really hot then 570 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,600 Danny: they could put the meat on fry it so every 571 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,620 Danny: day would become a fry day so but 572 00:37:06,620 --> 00:37:09,680 Danny: they don't do that once a week because that's when they go out hunting so friday 573 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:16,060 Danny: became friday so i stuck with that for years um and i had to come clean with 574 00:37:16,060 --> 00:37:20,780 Danny: my wife and she was so yeah every time i come out with a statement now she'll 575 00:37:20,780 --> 00:37:24,560 Danny: double check me because she knows that I could be going down a different path. 576 00:37:25,380 --> 00:37:28,580 Austin: It was your wife that was going around telling this. She thought was for a fact 577 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:30,780 Austin: true was that Friday came from frying a cow. 578 00:37:31,180 --> 00:37:31,820 Danny: Yeah, exactly. She was the 579 00:37:31,820 --> 00:37:33,640 Austin: Way it was actually like. 580 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:38,840 Danny: Yeah, exactly. She was telling her friends at work and her mom and stuff. 581 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:44,620 Danny: So when I told her, nope, that was not a good... She was fine, but she was pissed. 582 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,640 Austin: Whoops. Oh, that's a good one. 583 00:37:48,020 --> 00:37:51,380 Danny: Yeah, so I hope... I think that kind of answers your question, 584 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:52,680 Danny: but that's a good one, I like that. 585 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:57,120 Austin: It absolutely does, thank you. Yeah, I find myself, 586 00:37:58,580 --> 00:38:01,360 Austin: I'm not dumb, but it's just sometimes, you know, somebody tells you something 587 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,840 Austin: that cows are fried on Friday and that's why it's called Friday. 588 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:04,840 Austin: You're excited to share. 589 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:09,800 Austin: And it turns out you're wrong. It's always the most embarrassing thing. 590 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:17,340 Danny: And that's, I think, as long as you're so convicted in your belief, you can fool people. 591 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,320 Danny: You know, it's when it starts getting super ridiculous and you can start to 592 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:21,760 Danny: feel yourself break. You think, OK. 593 00:38:22,140 --> 00:38:26,160 Danny: It goes back to your, maybe your first question, your first answer, 594 00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:30,400 Danny: where you realize you're going too far. So you need to move on a step back and 595 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:31,300 Danny: say, okay, come and clean. 596 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:35,640 Austin: It's a balancing act. Everything in life is a balancing act. It goes to lying as well. 597 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:42,200 Danny: 100%. 100%. Well, Austin, I have really, really enjoyed having you in the random 598 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,260 Danny: question hot seat today. 599 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:47,520 Danny: For our listeners that want to know more about you, your podcast, 600 00:38:47,780 --> 00:38:51,880 Danny: maybe where to catch a live show, a stand-up, if they're in your vicinity, etc. 601 00:38:52,340 --> 00:38:55,760 Danny: Where's the best place to connect with you online and listen to your podcast, all that good stuff? 602 00:38:56,020 --> 00:39:04,420 Austin: Yeah. Yeah, ramblerlive.com, R-A-M-B-L-E-R live.com is where I host my podcast 603 00:39:04,420 --> 00:39:06,020 Austin: and post everything that I'm doing. 604 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:10,780 Austin: So if you go check out that website, it'll be fantastic. Got my emails on there. 605 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:11,820 Austin: Feel free to shoot me an email. 606 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:15,400 Austin: I'm not very popular, so I will actually reply to it. 607 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,960 Austin: So yeah, look forward to it. 608 00:39:18,420 --> 00:39:20,820 Danny: Awesome. And as always, I will leave that link in the show notes. 609 00:39:21,020 --> 00:39:23,900 Danny: So whatever app you're listening on or you're listening to this on the website, 610 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:28,000 Danny: just check the show notes out for the episode and the link to Austin's website 611 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,300 Danny: will be there and you can hop on over and do all that good stuff that you just mentioned. 612 00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:36,120 Danny: So again, Austin, I really appreciate appearing on today's 5 Random Questions. 613 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:38,600 Austin: Awesome. Thank you. It was a good time. I had a great time. 614 00:39:40,210 --> 00:39:43,450 Danny: Thanks for listening to 5 Random Questions. 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