Cal Newport's Slow Productivity was the gift I didn't know I needed. Oh yeah, here's my website before I forget: https://www.leahrenee.co/ I read the book Slow Productivity in one day because it was *that* good. Now I'm wondering how I can apply it to my stand up comedy and naturally the first place I went was Ireland.

I am interested if the slow food movement would work in comedy. I'm also interested in some of the fun offline clubs and phone-free events, like Summerween! I'm not as interested in Norway's gloriously ridiculous Slow TV but I applaud them for being so Norwegian (my maternal grandparents are from Bergen). And my other ancestors were Irish Seanchaí.

Find your place in the episode:

00:50 Slow Productivity by Cal Newport

02:05 Educated by Tara Westover (episode coming soon)

03:05 The three tenets of slow productivity

04:50 My sticky note method for book notes

05:50 Guesting on Women Folk Revival + how to get back into reading

08:25 The slow food movement (Carlo Petrini)

09:45 What is slow media?

10:55 Offline clubs, Silent Book Club & dinner with strangers

14:15 Slow media habits: longer essays, fewer tabs

15:35 Norway's SlowTV cracks me up

17:20 Can comedy be slow? Fast vs. slow comedy

19:05 Fast Food Comedy is Taking over

21:50 Comedy showcases & hacky crowd work

22:50 UK vs. US comedy: novels vs. essay collections

23:55 Irish Seanchaí & Eddie Lenihan's fun weasel folklore

26:50 Oral storytelling traditions & Orality and Literacy

29:15 Hack comedy vs. nourishing comedy

33:10 Comedians who do it right: Bamford, Gaffigan, Vine, Glanc, Regan

36:50 Quality takes time: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jane Austen, Jewel

40:50 Cozy comedy with candles?

42:10 What I'm reading now

43:40 Podcasting vs. stand-up lifestyle

44:45 Book recommendations por favor

Stuff I mentioned this episode:

Slow Productivity by Cal Newport

Educated by Tara Westover

Imperial Twilight by Stephen R. Platt

Orality and Literacy by Walter Ong

Calypso by David Sedaris

I'm Dying Up Here by William Knoedelseder

Women Folk Revival podcast: ⁨@womenfolkrevival⁩

My episode:

https://youtu.be/-DZK8LDIHkI?si=1_kYGd4X4OFdxAZq

My Imperial Twilight book review: https://youtu.be/YfERMrrskWQ

Listen to more of these to learn about quitting social media, books, comedy, and much more:

→ https://youtu.be/YfERMrrskWQ

→ https://youtu.be/yKZPaA1b-XA

Here is how to find Leah Renee other places:

Website: https://www.leahrenee.co/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leahreneecomedian

Substack: https://substack.com/@leahreneecomedian

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LeahReneeComedian/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahreneecomedian

IG: https://www.instagram.com/leahreneecomedian/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahcreative/

#slowmedia #calnewport #slowcomedy #Seanchaí #slowtv #quittingsocialmedia #bibliophile

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Leah Renee is a comedian based in Philadelphia and New York City.

She’s storyteller comedian with a uniquely personal perspective on culture, religion, gender roles andmotherhood. Leah's comedy offers a warm and distinct hug and wagging finger in a crowded field of Tinder/Trump/Am-I-right? jokes.

Four time Edinburgh Fringe performer Leah's shows have been described as:

"Funny, daring and quite surprising in places with laugh out loud moments of wryness, poignancy, shock and tenderness."

EdFringe Review ★★★★★

"Renee’s exploration of the realities of Mormon life...is eye-opening, funny, well told and, ultimately, very interesting."

One 4 Review ★★★★

Thanks for listening! See more of Leah's stuff at leahrenee.co

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