


In that year, I lived in San Francisco which I describe is the only time I was ever young because I was unsure of what I was going to do. They’re looking for an entry-level person who understood the food scenes and I did. I had no experience in food or marketing. I tell this story so much I don’t know if it’s true but it’s true which he goes, “You’re too sensitive to work here and too much of an intellectual living in Los Angeles.” I moved to San Francisco and worked in the food industry. Eventually, I was let go and it was very nice the person who had asked me to move to LA for this job he was like, “You got to get out of here.” Answering the phone and talking on the phone, I was bad. I was bad at all portions of the job which were filing, I was bad at it. I first tried to work in the entertainment industry. It was a thing that I came through later in life.

The truth is, and I thought about this a lot because writing about comedy or writing in general was not my first plan. Jesse, if you weren’t working as a writer or podcaster, what would you be doing? This is the most interview question of everything we’ll talk about. Anytime I’m forced to do this I want to be entertaining and I feel pressure, don’t worry. I don’t think in my podcast as a conversation, it is an investigation using the person to explore themselves so I try to talk a little as possible. There’s a reason why I interview people and specifically interview people not have people on to have conversations. I won’t be judging your questions I’ll mostly be thinking about my ability as an interview guest. Welcome Jesse.īefore I get into this I have to say, I feel this weird sense of pressure interviewing another podcaster. A podcast about jokes in which not surprisingly a comedian comes on and discusses one of his or her jokes. In 2017, Jesse launched his podcast, Good One. Jesse is a writer who works at New York Magazine, first as a blogger and then a comedy columnist for New York Magazine’s pop culture site. Talking About Jokes with Jesse David Fox In 2017, Jesse launched his podcast, Good One: A Podcast About Jokes, in which comedians discuss their jokes. Jesse David Fox is a writer who works at New York Magazine, first as a blogger and then a comedy columnist for New York Magazine’s pop culture site.
