Arthur C. Brooks

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1,407 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 9 Jul

Arthur C. Brooks’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Blocks: I Wish I Knew w/ Neal Brennan · Happiness Expert Dr. Arthur C. Brooks · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

So Jerry comes up afterward and he says, that joke could kill.

That's the first thing I thought, you're telling that wrong.

Uh-huh, I'm telling it wrong.

He says, there's too many words and leave out Ted Bundy because people are seeing Ted Bundy's face who is an actual serial killer who killed a bunch of women.

That's not funny.

You stepped on your joke by personalizing the joke.

You agree?

But the whole point is that I was doing it wrong.

And I learned, how do I learn?

I learned from the people who were doing the same thing and making it look fresh.

Yeah.

So when I watch you, for example.

Mm-hmm.

you're making it it's it's like you're you're doing it for the first time even though you're doing it for the 400th time so the timing is impeccable but it's sort of funny to you because it looks like it just occurred to you and that's technique and timing yeah and that's super important in my line of work too yeah i learn a lot more from comedians than i learned i gave sam harrison note when i saw his show did you yeah

They are.

And part of it is just because they're not very well trained in homiletics at Catholic seminaries.

Which is a mistake.

It's a mistake.

It is a mistake.

Part of it is because so many people need to come back and they're repelled by the lack of technique and because it's boring.

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