I Don't Know About That Jim Jefferies

Frank Sinatra also put firecrackers in peoples shoes? What's this guy's deal? Our expert Daniel Van Kirk teaches us all about the shenanigans Ol' Blue Eyes got up to.

This was recorded live at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, CA on May 21, 2024.

BIO:

Daniel Van Kirk is a stand-up comedian whose comedy has charted at #1 on Apple Music. He just released “Rose Gold,” his first special and second album, available on YouTube. Daniel has been named a “Comic To Watch” by Comedy Central as well as one of JFL’s 42 in Toronto. You may know him from his characters on Bob’s Burgers (FOX), Physical (Apple TV+), Central Park (Apple TV+), and the lead in the feature film, Wine Club (Prime). Daniel can also be heard every week on the hit podcasts, "Pen Pals" with Rory Scovel, and co-hosting "Dumb People Town" with The Sklar Brothers.

IG: @danielvankirk

Website: danielvankirk.com

Rose Gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JYdB7LWEjQ

CHAPTERS:

0:00 -- Intro

8:36 -- Judging a Book by It's Cover

12:29 -- Daniel Van Kirk Intro

15:56 -- Questions

28:56 -- Grading

43:27 -- Best Photo of Sinatra

1:10:28 -- Sinatra Was an Asshole

1:14:13 -- Camilla Cleese's Story

1:17:21 -- Dinner Party Fact

DMT and Ayahuasca? What’s the difference? What are they? Jim couldn’t even fake his way through these questions. Good thing our podcast shaman Professor David Nutt was here to guide Jim his Ayahuasca journey.

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BIO:

Prof. David Nutt is the Founder of Drug Science and the Edmund J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology. He serves as the Head of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Centre for Academic Psychiatry within the Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London. He has also chaired the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. For over twenty-five years, Prof Nutt has served as the editor of the Journal of Psychopharmacology, and he acts as a psychiatry drugs advisor to the British National Formulary. He has written over 500 original research papers and 31 books. Notably, his book for the general public, 'Drugs Without the Hot Air' , earned him the Transmission book prize in 2014 for Communication of Ideas.

Twitter: @ProfDavidNutt

The Drug Science Podcast - https://www.drugscience.org.uk/podcast

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 — Ads

2:20 — Theme Song

12:27 — Judging a Book by It’s Cover

14:37 — David Nutt Introduction

18:35 — Questions

24:08 — Jim’s Ayahuasca Diet

26:55 — Ads

38:47 — Grading

39:43 — Answers

44:28 — The Great Tradition

50:30 — How Old Is Too Old?

1:13:25 — Australian Ayahuasca Guide

1:14:33 — Dinner Party Fact

Is Magic the Gathering only for nerds? The answer may surprise you, almost as much as it surprised Jim thanks to our expert Dan Black (@danblackattack).

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The consensus is in: Jim doesn’t understand how polls work. Luckily our expert Joshua Doss knows enough within a margin of error (that’s a polling term!)

Josh’s Socials:

TikTok: @appliedscience11

IG: @josh_doss5

 

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Jim don't know sh*t about poop. Our expert Dr. Will Bulsiewicz helps him out.

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Jim may know Australia but does he know Austria? Thank goodness historian Stephen Beller is on the podcast to tell us everything Jim doesn't know.

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GUEST BIO: Steven Beller was born in London, England and educated at Cambridge University; since 1989 he has lived in the USA. He has written widely on Austrian, Jewish and Central European history. His books include A Concise History of Austria (Cambridge, 2006), Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938: A Cultural History (Cambridge University Press, 1989); Herzl (Halban, 1991); Francis Joseph (Longman, 1996); ; Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2008, 2015); Democracy: All That Matters (Hodder, 2013). He also edited and introduced the anthology Rethinking Vienna 1900 (Berghahn, 2001). His latest book is The Habsburg Monarchy 1815-1918 (Cambridge, 2018). He is currently an independent scholar resident in Washington DC.