Russell Brand is fodder for a lot of tabloid gossip, but in The Cat Ranch he's just a guy having an honest conversation. Marc sits down with Russell to talk about addiction, sobriety, childhood obesity, monogamy and, of course, comedy. This episode is sponsored by Audible.
Luv-oo, what a great interview. I have loved Mr. Brand. Listen to his old BBC2 radio shows... Sooo funny. Not to feed into his ego or anything, but I Love his mind! You did a fantastic job in asking fantastic, insightful questions. I have always thought of you as talented, insightful and Brill. ("brilliant to us Brittish"). Cheers!
Russell Brand was the first time I noticed this phenomenon in my own life. I saw a special of his about five years back and my two thoughts were: 1. this is pretty funny, and 2. this guy would have seriously pissed me off ten years ago. I remember trying to suss out exactly how narcissistic he really was, and the impression I got was pretty well confirmed by this episode: he's self aware, but the narcissism jokes are pretty well researched -- based on a thorough study of the field.
Good show.
The discussion of self-centeredness was most entertaining and insightful. Mostly because I identified with the emotions described and so then was able to feel like the episode was all about me.