Joshua Citarella

I didn't choose to be in a house that was filled with mold.

I didn't choose to have the genetics that mean that that's something that I'm particularly susceptible to.

And it starts to get you to see...

the lives of other people, especially people that are going through unfortunate circumstances.

I'm already...

I'm pretty high on the empathy scale as it is, but this really sort of brought it into reality.

It wasn't just an abstract idea.

It was something that really sort of had grown corn.

In terms of my sort of political opinions, I still, mercifully, comedians have the I'm just a comedian thing.

I have the I'm just an idiot or I'm just a bro thing.

I wouldn't say it's influenced my politics massively.

It would influence some policy stuff.

I've always been, especially coming from the UK, has been the single biggest determining factor in terms of how I think about healthcare.

I think that it's fucking barbaric that every country doesn't have a nationalized health service.

For me to, I remember I went to New Orleans, 2019.

and I was giving this ghost tour from this lovely man, and it was so fun, and we finished up, and he was telling me about how him and his girlfriend have both got cracked teeth or something, and he was working, you know, like got a good bit of tips, working like a pretty good job, and he has a day job.

And he said, if you get hit by a bus, you better walk it off.

And what he was highlighting is something I would learn like five years later, which is the number one reason for bankruptcy in America is medical bills.

And I'm like, okay, so you get...

injured and you need to decide whether or not you get fixed.