{"id":295711,"date":"2025-04-18T20:32:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-87-the-jester-is-not-the-king\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T20:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:32:51","slug":"the-catholic-culture-podcast-87-the-jester-is-not-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-87-the-jester-is-not-the-king\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Culture Podcast: 87 &#8211; The Jester Is Not The King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"date\">Oct 6, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Watch on YouTube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ve9oqQpCrI<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy McLellan is a Catholic stand-up comedian who, strangely,<br \/>\nis huge is Pakistan. He joins the show to discuss the woke takeover<br \/>\nof comedy, the nihilistic dogmas of many comedians, the<br \/>\nrelationship between comedy and suffering, and the ethics of the<br \/>\nword \u201cretarded\u201d. Thomas describes his past experience doing open<br \/>\nmics and Jeremy gives him some pointers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1:07] \u201cDo CHILDREN Belong in Church?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[3:24] The woke takeover of comedy; contrarianism and nihilism;<br \/>\ncomedy and truth<\/p>\n<p>[11:18] The dogma of comedians: anything goes to get a laugh<\/p>\n<p>[17:35] Jeremy and Thomas compare notes on open mics<\/p>\n<p>[24:08] The comic must draw the audience into his world<\/p>\n<p>[27:26] Jeremy&#8217;s conversion to Catholicism and relationship with<br \/>\nhis large Muslim audience<\/p>\n<p>[36:03] The best joke Jeremy has ever heard<\/p>\n<p>[40:17] The ethics of the word &#8216;retarded&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>[48:13] Comedy and trauma; processing pain through humor<\/p>\n<p>[51:42] The dangers of identifying with our sins and<br \/>\npathologies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy McLellan\u2019s YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/underthefigtree\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/underthefigtree<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Online Great Books opens a new enrollment period on October<br \/>\n13th. Join the waiting list via this referral link to get 25% off<br \/>\nyour first three months!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hj424.isrefer.com\/go\/ogbmemberships\/tmirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/hj424.isrefer.com\/go\/ogbmemberships\/tmirus\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Episode 27 with Online Great Books\u2019 Scott Hambrick\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-27-always-wanted-to-study-great-books-heres-how-youll-actually-follow-through-scott-hambrick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-27-always-wanted-to-study-great-books-heres-how-youll-actually-follow-through-scott-hambrick\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like<br \/>\nthe show, please consider supporting us! <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/donate\/audio\">http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/donate\/audio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n      var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n      if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n      js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n      js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.8&appId=834757889913083\";\n      fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicculturepodcast.libsyn.com\/87-the-jester-is-not-the-king-jeremy-mclellan\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct 6, 2020 Watch on YouTube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ve9oqQpCrI Jeremy McLellan is a Catholic stand-up comedian who, strangely, is huge is Pakistan. 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