Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps (private feed for ccravensands@gmail.com)

SZEPS WORLD TOUR - NICK CAVE on Faith, Melancholy, & Stardom

Nick Cave is one of Australia’s biggest musical exports. But after forty years as a rockstar - and the death of two sons - he's become something else: A unofficial poet laureate and philosopher king through his online letters project, The Red Hand files. Nick sat down with Josh in London on the Szeps Live World Tour to discuss songwriting, grief, faith... and, as a bonus, to critique some of Josh's recent episodes. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

SZEPS WORLD TOUR - JIMMY CARR, COMEDY LEGEND

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit uncomfortableconversations.substack.comJimmy Carr is one of the most successful stand-up comics on earth.His hilarious, brutal crowd work is a viral sensation. His Netflix specials are smash hits. He hosts huge UK television panel shows and is currently touring the US, UK & Europe (and Australia and New Zealand early next year) with his latest live show, JIMMY CARR: LAUGHS FUNNY. Jimmy and J…

Chris Best & Hamish McKenzie on Reinventing Media from the Ground Up

In the wake of their new funding round that vaulted Substack into the billion-dollar-valuation club, Substack’s founders Chris Best and Hamish McKenzie join Josh to unpack their original vision, the battle with algorithms and legacy media, the fight over free speech, and where the platform goes next. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

SZEPS WORLD TOUR – COLEMAN HUGHES on Race, Trump & Power

He’s been grilled before Congress, clashed with Bill Maher, and built a reputation as one of the most interesting young intellectuals in America. Coleman Hughes doesn’t just write and broadcast, he also plays a mean jazz trombone, bringing the same contrarian rhythm to politics as he does to music. During the Szeps Live World Tour’s jaunt through New York, Josh and Coleman sat down to dive into race, identity, Trumpism, and whether the Left can find its groove again. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

SZEPS WORLD TOUR – MEGHAN DAUM on What You’re Not Supposed to Say

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit uncomfortableconversations.substack.comAs the Szeps Live Around-the-World Podcast Marathon barrels along, Josh and his long-suffering producer, Jono, cruise their rented convertible into the hills of Northeast Los Angeles. There, they track down the ultimate iconoclast, Meghan Daum - former Los Angeles Times columnist, humorist, defender of sanity and all-round cultural firebrand. Meghan's i…