Ep. 63: "I'm Not A Terrorist..."

In 2009, an old man died in a California nursing home. His obituary included not just his given name, but a long list of the pseudonyms he’d been known to use. In this classic 2019 episode, we trace the life of Riley Shepard, a hillbilly musician, writer, small-time con man and, ...  Show more

Last week, we looked at the hidden beliefs that can leave us feeling stuck in life. This week, in the second part of our conversation with behavioral scientist Dave Evans, we talk about radical acceptance. Dave shares why accepting reality as it is can be so difficult — and why i ...  Show more

Seth Meyers jokes about politics in his Netflix special, "Lobby Baby". 

Why do socially liberal comedians clean up in late night television, while social conservatives dominate talk radio? Dannagal Goldthwaite Young is the author of "Irony and Outrage: The Polarized Landscape of Rage, Fear, and Laughter in the United States." She joins Heaton to disc ...  Show more

0:00 -start 9:00 - Marvel is just Bollywood movies for Americans 13:30 - When Vir started doing stand up in India 19:30 - Why comics are going to JAIL for jokes 56:30 - where does comedy go in India in the future? 1:09:16 - on a flight where someone has died 1:30:00 - American Ca ...  Show more

Have a listen to Fake the Nation, a recent addition to the Headgum family! Hosted by Negin Farsad, everyone's favorite Iranian American Muslim Comedian Podcast Host with Black Hair and Red Glasses, Fake the Nation is a comedy show that isn't afraid to talk about news, culture, an ...  Show more