Snapshot · Last Podcast On The Left
Stephen King personally wrote every episode of Golden Years, Lisey's Story, and Storm of the Century — a level of creative control rarely seen in television.
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Ben Kissel delivers the Acorns pitch — framed around the app's 'potential screen' tool and a squirrel-burying-acorns metaphor — noting that over 14 million customers have invested over $27 billion through the platform, with a $5 new-account bonus on offer. Henry follows with IXL, an adaptive K-12 learning platform that personalizes to each child's pace, promoted with anecdotes about his household and aspirations for his kids to read To Kill a Mockingbird. The IXL deal offers listeners an exclusive 20% off via ixl.com/left.
Dino DeLaurentis told Stephen King he was going to direct Maximum Overdrive despite King never having been to film school or directed anything before. King learned on the job and says he could do a better one next time.
Stephen King cited Mike Flanagan as the director who best understands his stories, with Jack Bender also praised for his ability to produce quality work on low budgets and tight schedules.
The music conservatory Mark Manson attended had a dropout rate of approximately 87–90%, illustrating how few people reach the 'religious' stage of commitment to a creative calling.
A novel called 'Call Me, I'll Hide the Body' triggered a 14-publisher bidding war and sold for $2.4 million before critics alleged it was predominantly written by AI.
John Mulaney cold-texted Robby Hoffman out of nowhere to offer to produce her Netflix special, which became Wake Up.
Robby Hoffman posed as a courier to hand-deliver her spec script directly to the president of HBO Canada early in her career.
Robby and Mulaney filmed two shows in one night for the Netflix special; after the first they knew they had it, so the second was a victory lap.
Jimmy Carr performs up to 300 shows a year, often doing two shows per night, which he says reduces nerves rather than increasing them.
Jimmy Carr says that speaking at roughly 92 beats per minute is the optimal cadence for comedy and public speaking, including political speeches like Obama's.
The oldest recorded joke appears in a Roman book called 'The Lover of Laughter' and is still funny — a barber asking how a man wants his haircut, who replies 'in silence'.
Jimmy Carr argues that comedians like George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Dave Chappelle have permanently expanded the conversational Overton window on sex, politics, and taboo topics.
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