The Charlie Kirk Show - Who is George Janko? with George Janko
Aired: 2024-06-11
Duration: 47:21


=== Welcome George Jenko (03:04) ===

[00:00:00]  Hey everybody, George Janko joins the program.
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=== Arizona Home Grounds (10:49) ===

[00:03:04]  What's up?
[00:03:04]  Hi, hi.
[00:03:05]  Welcome.
[00:03:05]  It's super easy.
[00:03:06]  You're in Arizona.
[00:03:07]  It's just right down the street.
[00:03:09]  Not down the street, but it's like I've never shot anything in Arizona.
[00:03:12]  So this is like my home place.
[00:03:13]  You have an open invite.
[00:03:14]  That was a fun podcast we did.
[00:03:16]  That was so awesome.
[00:03:17]  And the audience really, really loved it.
[00:03:19]  I was excited.
[00:03:20]  Yeah, we got to do like part two, part three.
[00:03:22]  Oh, I'm down.
[00:03:22]  I'm down.
[00:03:24]  My podcast is basically me learning and absorbing.
[00:03:27]  And man, when I sat down with you, like I said in the beginning of it, I walked away just being like, I feel like a little, I bought a suit afterwards, bro.
[00:03:33]  I was like, all right, I feel like I could rock this now.
[00:03:36]  I feel like I know a little bit more.
[00:03:38]  But yeah, hopefully I get to learn a little bit more from your perspective and help my country grow.
[00:03:43]  You're a great interviewer because it's honest.
[00:03:46]  It's very clear that you want to learn from the people you're interviewing.
[00:03:48]  Yes.
[00:03:48]  It's not just a shtick.
[00:03:50]  Well, my dad, when I was growing up, my dad used to always tell me, absorb.
[00:03:54]  Like, don't act like you know everything.
[00:03:56]  You'll never know anything.
[00:03:57]  So, when I sit with my guests, I know a lot of people like they try to like stump them or ask them questions, stuff like that.
[00:04:04]  And my buddy, when I first started, he's like, just act like it's a dude on the elevator.
[00:04:08]  Because if I'm in the elevator with somebody, I never could just sit quietly and I'll just sit and I'll talk to them.
[00:04:14]  And he's like, within like just a few levels of a floor, what you can get this guy to open up about.
[00:04:19]  And I think that's just because I truly care.
[00:04:21]  So I brought that to my podcast.
[00:04:23]  So are you the type that talks to people on airplanes?
[00:04:25]  Oh, yeah.
[00:04:26]  Oh, yeah, I do.
[00:04:27]  So you're that guy.
[00:04:28]  I'm that guy.
[00:04:28]  I can't say that.
[00:04:29]  And also, I fart on planes and I never admit it.
[00:04:32]  I'll just look like, what is that?
[00:04:33]  What is that smell?
[00:04:34]  That's gross.
[00:04:35]  What's that?
[00:04:36]  Do you always point to somebody else?
[00:04:37]  No, I never, I never lie, but I just don't.
[00:04:40]  I guess I lie.
[00:04:40]  I never pointed at somebody.
[00:04:41]  So you're always trying to strike conversation with the person next to you.
[00:04:45]  Yeah.
[00:04:46]  Have you always been that way?
[00:04:47]  Always.
[00:04:48]  The reason why is just because I went, okay, if we're talking about planes, if you're looking down, I always get overwhelmed by how many people there is.
[00:04:54]  Like if you look down, like in the plane or just in the world, in the world.
[00:04:58]  If you look down from the plane, you're like, man, the earth is huge.
[00:05:02]  There's so many people.
[00:05:03]  I get so anxious sometimes knowing that I won't be able to meet everybody.
[00:05:07]  I get so anxious.
[00:05:09]  I want to meet everybody.
[00:05:11]  So it's fair to say you're an extrovert.
[00:05:13]  Oh, yeah.
[00:05:14]  Yeah, yeah.
[00:05:14]  Unless I'm sad.
[00:05:15]  And actually, I was really happy.
[00:05:17]  I went through a stage of my life where I was sad because now I understand why people are quiet is because they're dealing with their own things.
[00:05:23]  So now when I see somebody sad, I really try to like.
[00:05:25]  So being around people charges you up.
[00:05:28]  You get more energy being around people.
[00:05:29]  Dude, it's as cheesy as it sounds.
[00:05:32]  It's like when I meet somebody, I just go, why did God create you?
[00:05:35]  Like, I just get so excited about it.
[00:05:37]  That's amazing.
[00:05:38]  I get so excited about it because I know there's a lot of people, but if you look at how big the universe is, the chances of you being born is like crazy rare.
[00:05:47]  And I don't think people really understand how rare it is to be like born.
[00:05:50]  So I don't care where you're at in life.
[00:05:53]  I just want to know who you are because you might not think you were meant to be here, or maybe you're full of yourself and you think you deserve everything.
[00:06:00]  Regardless of who you are, like God created you.
[00:06:02]  So I'm so excited to meet you in the character that you're at because you might develop, you might get better, you might get worse.
[00:06:09]  And for me to learn from where you came from or who you are, it's just way too exciting for me to like pass by on it.
[00:06:14]  So I want to just take a second, go step back, introduce kind of yourself for the audience that might not know.
[00:06:19]  The younger audience knows, by the way, you're very, very popular.
[00:06:21]  I can't tell you.
[00:06:22]  I went into Starbucks and, you know, Chop Shop recently locally.
[00:06:26]  Yo, saw you on George Jenko, saw you on George Jenkins, like tons of people messaging us.
[00:06:30]  Let's go.
[00:06:30]  Let's go.
[00:06:31]  So you have a huge following, very well respected.
[00:06:33]  Thank you so much.
[00:06:33]  For years.
[00:06:34]  And I want to kind of go through that story.
[00:06:36]  But for those that don't know, who is George Jenko?
[00:06:40]  George Janko is just a kid who liked to entertain when I was a kid.
[00:06:44]  And when I grew up, I went to Hollywood and I kind of went into different rooms and I realized that I have certain type of talents and I try to enheighten them.
[00:06:53]  And I think 11 years in the industry, I met Jesus where he kind of was like, hey, like, let's do this fully together.
[00:07:01]  And when I threw away everything that I wanted for myself and really dedicated my talents for him, he just threw everything at my feet.
[00:07:09]  Now, I understand the kingdom, like search for the kingdom and the rest shall follow.
[00:07:14]  I'm just a man who's here just trying to use his talents for God.
[00:07:17]  And if it's from talking on a podcast or if it's like I'm on stage telling jokes, if I'm not trying to make you laugh, I'm trying to show you the truth.
[00:07:26]  And I just kind of been going on this way.
[00:07:28]  So is it fair to say your kind of uptick was on a certain podcast, right?
[00:07:33]  Yeah, I was on Impulsive.
[00:07:34]  Yeah.
[00:07:35]  I don't know if you're okay talking about it.
[00:07:36]  Oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
[00:07:37]  I started making internet skits with a good friend.
[00:07:40]  His name was Logan.
[00:07:41]  And he invited me to his podcast.
[00:07:43]  Before he was like huge?
[00:07:45]  He was famous when I met him, but not where he is now.
[00:07:48]  He wasn't just like.
[00:07:49]  No, no, no.
[00:07:50]  He's a superstar now.
[00:07:51]  Like that guy is everywhere.
[00:07:53]  But when I met him, he was just, you know, like an internet creator.
[00:07:57]  And he, and you know, it's so funny because a lot of people get uncomfortable asking me about Logan because they think that I'm like, I hate him or I'm angry with him.
[00:08:04]  But no, I learned everything from him.
[00:08:07]  Like that man taught me a lot of things in and out.
[00:08:09]  I might not agree with him or work with him right now, but everything that I've had was given first from God, but he used Logan to open those doors.
[00:08:16]  So I never started to work on content together.
[00:08:19]  Is that right?
[00:08:20]  Yeah, he basically started putting me in his videos because he thought I was talented.
[00:08:24]  And from there, we just started creating things left and right.
[00:08:26]  And then it kind of grew.
[00:08:28]  And it went super viral.
[00:08:29]  And so you were kind of a co-host of the show.
[00:08:31]  Is that fair?
[00:08:32]  Yeah.
[00:08:32]  I was the third, uh, the third wheel on Impulsive.
[00:08:37]  I don't know.
[00:08:38]  I mean, I don't know about that.
[00:08:39]  I like it.
[00:08:40]  I like it because when they said that and the comments said that, or however they felt about it, I enjoyed it because then I got to watch God work.
[00:08:48]  I went from being a third wheel on a podcast to, I think, one of the, I think my shows are one of the biggest coming up.
[00:08:54]  And I think I give all the glory to God.
[00:08:56]  So, and so you're a comedian?
[00:08:58]  Yep.
[00:08:59]  I think that's one of the hardest jobs.
[00:09:01]  I think it's the, it's like the most fun, but I understand why people think it's hard.
[00:09:05]  Do you know why?
[00:09:06]  I mean, I perform all the time.
[00:09:07]  Yeah.
[00:09:08]  And by the way, you're good, dude.
[00:09:10]  Oh, you're very superior.
[00:09:11]  No, I'm going to give you a second because you invited me to the town hall thing.
[00:09:15]  Yeah, that was fun, wasn't it?
[00:09:16]  And first of all, I'm going to be talking like Trump right now because he invited me to go meet Trump.
[00:09:20]  I just posted a picture, which you just said.
[00:09:22]  Trump was nice enough to want to take a pic with you and all that.
[00:09:24]  Dude, you were working to get him on your show.
[00:09:26]  By the way, I was taking a picture with him.
[00:09:28]  He slides by.
[00:09:29]  He goes, Mr. President, George Django's show is incredible.
[00:09:32]  And I sat there and I felt like I was on a Disney show.
[00:09:34]  Like, it didn't even feel real.
[00:09:35]  I was like, this is crazy that my show has gotten to this level.
[00:09:39]  But when I was there, I saw you come on stage and no notes, no nothing.
[00:09:44]  You weren't reading from anything, but you were just talking from the heart.
[00:09:46]  And dude, I just got to say, from just a creator from this side of the world, like I am inspired by you by like a lot.
[00:09:53]  The fact that you stand up for what you believe in, you do it in such a great way, the fact that you could get the crowd to get excited about what you're passionate about and the way you do it with such a loving heart.
[00:10:04]  I have so much to take notes from.
[00:10:06]  So I'm excited.
[00:10:06]  That's very good to me.
[00:10:08]  That's easy compared to what you have to do.
[00:10:10]  And I'll tell you why.
[00:10:11]  I'll prove it.
[00:10:12]  I have to be interesting.
[00:10:14]  You have to be funny.
[00:10:15]  Yeah, but that's that.
[00:10:16]  That's a lot.
[00:10:17]  No, hold on.
[00:10:18]  Being funny is a lot more pressure because being interesting is just being not boring.
[00:10:24]  And by the way, I know the audience, but being funny, that's a lot of because you could bomb.
[00:10:30]  Yeah.
[00:10:31]  Have you ever bombed?
[00:10:34]  You know what?
[00:10:35]  Thank God I have it because I think I came from social media where if I'm doing bad, I know that it's fine to do bad.
[00:10:41]  So when I'm on stage and I was doing bad, I would make light of it.
[00:10:45]  So you read the audience really well.
[00:10:47]  I got very good at that.
[00:10:48]  So my talents were understanding people.
[00:10:52]  Even when I was on the show and they would make jokes towards me, I wouldn't just run with it or I turn it into something.
[00:10:57]  So I'm able to work with the crowd.
[00:11:00]  So thank God I haven't had a situation where I like I stress and think about a day that I bombed on stage.
[00:11:05]  No, I haven't.
[00:11:07]  Not like that.
[00:11:08]  But if that day comes, I think that comes with every job, you know.
[00:11:11]  Especially in kind of live performance.
[00:11:13]  That's the only sweating part is because Joe Coy got to mentor me.
[00:11:17]  And I have a show in Arizona, thank God, in two months from now, but it's sold out completely.
[00:11:21]  Are you serious?
[00:11:22]  Yeah.
[00:11:22]  How many tickets?
[00:11:23]  I think it's 55, no, 550 or 600 tickets, I believe.
[00:11:28]  And the first time I did a show, it was like, we couldn't sell the tickets.
[00:11:32]  And this one is sold out two months.
[00:11:33]  But the one thing that Joe taught me, he goes, never sell a ticket unless you're absolutely certain they would buy it again.
[00:11:41]  And so that was the thing that worried me.
[00:11:42]  It's not necessarily like, oh, I got to make sure I'm making them laugh all the time.
[00:11:46]  I just want to, I want them to walk away feeling something.
[00:11:49]  So it's like a podcast stand-up type of thing where I'll make you laugh, but also show you the things that I've learned in life.
[00:11:54]  And the first show that I did, every single person that bought a ticket would wait out like literally a huge line just to give me hugs on the way out.
[00:12:02]  And I told them, I was like, hey, I'm not doing a meet and greet, but I'll hug you guys on the way out.
[00:12:06]  Dude, people waited for hours just to look at me and say, hey, I really love that show.
[00:12:09]  So I was like, okay, cool.
[00:12:10]  I'm onto something.
[00:12:11]  Joe told me that if they do this, then it's good.
[00:12:14]  So we put up another show and it just sold out like instantly.
[00:12:17]  And so are you going across the country?
[00:12:19]  So I was just doing a test to see where I've come because my show's so new.
[00:12:22]  We didn't know exactly where we're going to do it.
[00:12:24]  So we tested a club.
[00:12:25]  We did well.
[00:12:26]  Now we're going to be testing a theater soon.
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[00:13:29]  So let me drill into this here.
[00:13:32]  So the prep, you have a comedy show coming up in Phoenix.
[00:13:37]  So it's a podcast.
[00:13:38]  It's the George Janko show live.
[00:13:39]  So basically, do you have guests or?
[00:13:42]  So I might have a surprise guest, but as of right now, no, I just want to come.
[00:13:46]  Basically, what I want to do is get the audience involved.
[00:13:49]  So the audience will have a mic as well.
[00:13:50]  So if they want to get involved, it's like an improv show, but a podcast.

=== Live Audience Interaction (02:21) ===

[00:13:54]  So they'll be able to laugh with them and say, this guy wants to joke around, but and the guy in the third row wants to talk about something serious.
[00:14:01]  So we'll just on.
[00:14:02]  So this is really improv.
[00:14:04]  Yeah.
[00:14:04]  That's even harder.
[00:14:06]  It's my strong suit, though.
[00:14:07]  I feel like it's a little bit more natural.
[00:14:09]  Like, say, if I bomb there, it's less stressful.
[00:14:11]  So I asked this question and I no judgment.
[00:14:14]  Yeah, yeah.
[00:14:14]  Okay.
[00:14:15]  Do you swear?
[00:14:16]  I've been trying to clean my mouth.
[00:14:17]  So like on my podcast, I haven't sworn and that's bled into my real life.
[00:14:22]  I'm not judging.
[00:14:23]  I'm curious because I find that comedians use swearing as fillers to try to make jokes funny when they're not funny.
[00:14:29]  Ironically, it's a great question because when I first started, I realized I would cringe at myself because I overswore from being nervous.
[00:14:36]  Like when you're on stage and you just drop an F-bomb, people just naturally laugh at that.
[00:14:40]  So you'll drop like seven F-bombs in like two seconds and you're like, whoa.
[00:14:44]  But then I would watch the way my mother would cringe.
[00:14:46]  And I'm like, I can't have my mother cringe in my show.
[00:14:48]  So like I started cleaning up my act slowly but surely.
[00:14:52]  But yeah, no, I'm not judging at all.
[00:14:54]  I mean that.
[00:14:54]  No, no, no, I know that.
[00:14:55]  I know that.
[00:14:56]  Because some of the great comedians swear.
[00:14:57]  I just find that in modern comedy, it's become like a filler where you're like, all of a sudden, you're like, and then I said, F you, and everyone laughs.
[00:15:05]  Yeah, especially with that voice.
[00:15:06]  That was great.
[00:15:06]  I really like that.
[00:15:07]  Whatever, right?
[00:15:08]  And you're like, wait, but why is that funny, right?
[00:15:11]  Well, it's everybody.
[00:15:12]  So comedy is different for everybody, everybody's taste.
[00:15:14]  Some people like really, really dark humor.
[00:15:16]  There'll be comedy that me and you will listen to and it will completely disgust us and we wouldn't want anything to do with it.
[00:15:21]  But other people would find that hilarious.
[00:15:24]  And then I just got to find my audience, right?
[00:15:27]  And I thought the most organic way is just to grow myself and then the audience will grow with me.
[00:15:32]  So if I'm cleaning up my mouth in real life, then I'm going to be cleaning up my mouth on stage.
[00:15:36]  No, no, for sure.
[00:15:38]  And again, I'm not live comedy.
[00:15:40]  The idea of having to go up and people voluntarily paid money, pay money, and they say, be funny.
[00:15:46]  Yeah.
[00:15:47]  That's again, I get, I do perform, I've done probably 3,000 speeches across the country, right?
[00:15:53]  Everywhere.
[00:15:53]  The idea of just be interesting, fine.
[00:15:57]  Now, Andrew says, oh, Charlie, you could be funny, but that's not the point.
[00:16:00]  Being funny is different than the pressure of, like, I am here.
[00:16:04]  Okay, funny man, say something.
[00:16:06]  Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:16:07]  I've had a bad day.
[00:16:08]  I got fired.
[00:16:09]  I paid 50 bucks to be here, funny man.
[00:16:12]  It's worse when you go out and people introduce you as that.

=== Spiritual Career Focus (15:46) ===

[00:16:15]  They're like, oh, this guy's super funny.
[00:16:16]  Oh, no, no, that's the worst.
[00:16:17]  And I'm like, yeah.
[00:16:18]  I don't envy you for that.
[00:16:21]  I mean, I mean that.
[00:16:23]  And so working through that, how do you write your jokes?
[00:16:27]  Just basically, like, I'll see a situation.
[00:16:29]  I'll just tell my point of view on it.
[00:16:31]  It's kind of like podcasting or speaking.
[00:16:33]  I think like the more natural you are at it, and then you have to do timing, right?
[00:16:36]  So like if I'm telling a joke, if you hear somebody who doesn't know how to tell a story, it takes so long.
[00:16:42]  And you're like, bro, get to the point.
[00:16:43]  And so basically, that's what I have to do to myself.
[00:16:45]  I have to just cut up the story and get it there quicker.
[00:16:47]  Yes.
[00:16:48]  You want to get rid of the fat.
[00:16:49]  Also, you have to make it relatable.
[00:16:51]  So if I'm talking about me at the airport, I'm going to talk about the things that I know that me and Charlie deal with.
[00:16:56]  Yes.
[00:16:56]  So when people are sitting there, they feel like, oh, this guy goes exactly.
[00:17:00]  No, that's a deep point because true comedy is rooted in truth.
[00:17:03]  So George, I want to keep going into this here.
[00:17:06]  And by the way, let's put Cut53 up before I forget.
[00:17:08]  This is your picture with President Trump.
[00:17:11]  Yeah.
[00:17:11]  And he might be a guest on the George Jenko show.
[00:17:14]  You know, that picture meant a lot to me.
[00:17:16]  And I really want to say thank you so much for giving me this picture.
[00:17:18]  Oh, no.
[00:17:19]  I mean, it was not.
[00:17:20]  I told the Trump team, I said, hey, we have this.
[00:17:22]  And they said, you mean George Shanko?
[00:17:23]  He's like, I used to watch with Logan Paul.
[00:17:24]  I said, done.
[00:17:25]  So it was easy.
[00:17:26]  Yeah.
[00:17:27]  You're a well-known guy.
[00:17:28]  Thank you.
[00:17:28]  I appreciate that.
[00:17:29]  That picture means a lot because my parents, they came to this country.
[00:17:32]  I'm a first generation.
[00:17:34]  And so being able to work hard enough for the president to acknowledge what I'm doing is something crazy.
[00:17:42]  And I really want to inspire other people to bring their talents to do something for their country because I'm so excited that my parents came to this country.
[00:17:48]  That's so beautiful.
[00:17:49]  I could do anything to help this country out.
[00:17:52]  And the fact that I'm doing that with my platform, it just, it makes my heart really warm.
[00:17:56]  Is that the first member your family who's met a president?
[00:17:59]  Yeah.
[00:17:59]  That's pretty awesome, isn't it?
[00:18:00]  I remember the first time it was president.
[00:18:02]  I didn't meet Obama, obviously.
[00:18:03]  But I knew Trump beforehand.
[00:18:06]  But when he became president, I was like overwhelmed because it was the first person in my whole family to ever meet a president.
[00:18:12]  It's like that's a direct line from George Washington.
[00:18:14]  It's a direct line from Abraham Lincoln.
[00:18:16]  There's only been like 44 of them.
[00:18:19]  I mean, technically 45, but some serve non-consecutive terms.
[00:18:22]  46, yeah.
[00:18:23]  But it's crazy.
[00:18:23]  Like you think you're ready and then you stand up and you're like shake his hand.
[00:18:26]  I blacked out that whole time I was standing next to him.
[00:18:28]  I didn't remember anything.
[00:18:29]  You don't remember anything.
[00:18:30]  I just remember you sliding in and gassing me up and I'm like, yo, this is a dream.
[00:18:33]  But like, it was cool, man.
[00:18:35]  It's, it's.
[00:18:36]  Because it's bigger than Trump.
[00:18:37]  It's the office.
[00:18:38]  Yeah.
[00:18:38]  Well, he's regardless of how you feel about him.
[00:18:41]  He's, he was leading the country.
[00:18:42]  And God willing, maybe he leads the country again.
[00:18:44]  And I could just respect a man that like is doing something for the land that we live in.
[00:18:49]  Amen.
[00:18:49]  You know what I mean?
[00:18:49]  That's Jeremiah 29, 7, right?
[00:18:51]  Demand the peace to the welfare of which you are in, the land of which you are in.
[00:18:55]  So you are getting, you're getting this comedy space.
[00:18:58]  Your show's doing amazingly well.
[00:18:59]  You have nearly 3 million subs on YouTube.
[00:19:01]  Thank you.
[00:19:02]  Yeah.
[00:19:02]  What being in this space and what do you now know and what do you use in your career that you wish you would have known five or six years ago?
[00:19:12]  Fully give everything to the Lord.
[00:19:15]  Everything.
[00:19:16]  Before I used to say that, but not act that.
[00:19:19]  And I think that a lot of our fears dictate what we serve.
[00:19:23]  And so I would be scared.
[00:19:24]  I don't have enough financial freedom.
[00:19:26]  So I worshiped money.
[00:19:28]  I was scared that I wasn't relevant enough.
[00:19:30]  So I worshipped glory.
[00:19:32]  And that came with so much death because everything that I worshiped died.
[00:19:37]  And so when I fully committed every work to Christ, it just, even if I'm here or if I'm here, I'm at peace.
[00:19:45]  That is above my understanding.
[00:19:47]  So I just want to be at peace doing God's will.
[00:19:50]  And I feel like right now I've kind of been riding that wave.
[00:19:53]  I love that.
[00:19:54]  And so for people that say they just want to be famous and they want to be, what is your, what is your, not advice, but just what wisdom do you have for a young person where they want to be famous more above anything I want to be an influencer?
[00:20:06]  I don't think it's bad that you want to be famous, but find her a better purpose of why you want to be famous.
[00:20:11]  If you just want it just for people to dap you up and feel like you're cool, then you're just, trust me, that's more hell than it is heaven.
[00:20:19]  If you want to do something to be famous so you could help your family or a POV, like for example, you're standing around and you're educating people, young people, then there's a reason to be famous.
[00:20:29]  And don't run away from it because a lot of people feel ashamed.
[00:20:32]  Like, oh, like, I shouldn't feel that way.
[00:20:33]  But if you feel in your heart that you want to be noticed for something you're doing, then work very hard.
[00:20:40]  How did you become a serious Christian?
[00:20:42]  Was there a moment where you were because you were raised Christian.
[00:20:46]  Yeah.
[00:20:46]  So you've always known Christ.
[00:20:48]  Yes.
[00:20:49]  But when did you really make it?
[00:20:50]  And what happened that made you make it a priority?
[00:20:53]  Absolutely.
[00:20:53]  That's an easy question.
[00:20:55]  And, you know, it's so funny.
[00:20:56]  I knew you were going to ask me that, and I wanted to make sure that I say it in a proper way.
[00:21:00]  And it was easy enough as this.
[00:21:02]  When I grew up in that home, I was poured by my mother with that Holy Spirit, right?
[00:21:06]  So like when you feel that Holy Spirit, especially with people you love, you feel alive.
[00:21:11]  You feel like you could run through walls.
[00:21:13]  You feel like any mountain could move as soon as you tell it to move.
[00:21:16]  And then when I came out on my own and I was with my peers that are sadly, maybe they're godless or they don't know who God is.
[00:21:23]  I felt their energy and their energy was death.
[00:21:25]  And that came, I became who I was around.
[00:21:27]  I'm a sheep, right?
[00:21:29]  So I became what I was around and I felt every day that I was dying.
[00:21:33]  And when I was at the very, very top of my life and my career and everybody was congratulating me, I was shocked that I felt the worst I've ever felt in my life.
[00:21:42]  And then so I gave it all up.
[00:21:43]  I gave it all to God.
[00:21:44]  And then I thought it was going to put me away from the industry.
[00:21:48]  But he had other plans for me.
[00:21:51]  And I became way more successful than I was when I was just chasing it on my own.
[00:21:55]  And for his purpose, your podcast and YouTube channel is one of the most just plainly, outspokenly Christian platforms out there.
[00:22:03]  It wasn't made.
[00:22:04]  Dude, it's so funny because when people say that, I got nervous because I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, I don't want to push people away from like the show.
[00:22:10]  But I mean, if you're in any field, you kind of just speak about what you believe in and what you have faith in.
[00:22:16]  Well, not everyone does, though, George.
[00:22:17]  I have to interrupt.
[00:22:18]  Some people are fake or they'll have a belief and they're afraid to say it.
[00:22:22]  Because, I mean, being a Christian in today's culture comes at a price.
[00:22:26]  Yeah, but I believe that whatever you practice, you have faith in.
[00:22:28]  So even if you practice something you don't believe in, you still worship it.
[00:22:32]  So if you're say you're fake behind scenes, but you still act a certain way, well then, my friend, you are that regardless.
[00:22:38]  No, that's true.
[00:22:38]  Yeah.
[00:22:39]  So become how you act.
[00:22:40]  So I just would have open conversations like this and have it be real.
[00:22:44]  And so when people ask me about my problems or how I solve it or what I deal with it, everything is rooted to me from like Christ.
[00:22:49]  So I have to speak about it.
[00:22:51]  If I don't, then I feel like I'm denying where I'm actually getting my source from.
[00:22:54]  Amen.
[00:22:55]  And so your platform is growing and you have, you've had all sorts of different types of guests.
[00:23:03]  The Cliff Connectal, is that how you say it?
[00:23:07]  Yeah.
[00:23:07]  Tell us about that interview and your relationship with him.
[00:23:10]  You say he saved your life.
[00:23:12]  Yeah, yeah.
[00:23:12]  Which is so funny because me and him both say that Jesus did.
[00:23:15]  And when I see comments, I'm like, no, I agree, but I just said that in that moment.
[00:23:19]  So Cliff was one of my favorite guests that I have on my podcast.
[00:23:23]  I would see him on TikTok and he would just go to schools and kind of like how you do, but from the politics standpoint, he would just do it for his views on faith.
[00:23:31]  And I loved it because he was such a peaceful man.
[00:23:34]  And my favorite part about him is when I was with him, I know it sounds really cheesy, but I felt like he brought heaven wherever he went.
[00:23:40]  Like when I was with him, I just felt so much more at peace.
[00:23:42]  I felt so calm.
[00:23:44]  Like nothing stressed me out.
[00:23:45]  And he was able to like educate me on my way out of anxiety or depression.
[00:23:50]  And so when I learned that from him and I was like, man, you have to come on my show because what you're doing for me, you could do for so many others.
[00:23:57]  And when he did do that, just like kind of you, I grew a friend.
[00:24:01]  And so it's cool.
[00:24:02]  Like God put me in a place where I have a strong platform, but I'm also making great allies, great allies.
[00:24:08]  And he's an, you would say, an apologist, right?
[00:24:10]  Meaning he goes and he contests for the truth in the public arena.
[00:24:14]  I don't know exactly what his title is, but he just debates in such a profound way.
[00:24:19]  Like the way he does it, I'm just kind of like, I don't even, I wouldn't be able to have those like ways of doing it.
[00:24:24]  And, you know, I read a Bible verse where it says that God will give you a mouth when he needs you to speak about something.
[00:24:30]  And I just feel like that man's just walking around with the Holy Spirit in his mouth.
[00:24:34]  For people that are thinking about becoming Christians or bringing Christ into their life, what is your message to them?
[00:24:44]  Have the best time of your life.
[00:24:46]  There's nothing greater than that.
[00:24:47]  There's literally nothing greater than that.
[00:24:48]  I would trade every single thing, including my loved ones.
[00:24:51]  Like there's not one thing or not one person that I love more than my relationship with Christ.
[00:24:57]  It's untradeable.
[00:24:58]  You have to kill me before I stop doing that.
[00:25:00]  It is my whole life.
[00:25:01]  So enjoy, like, and go into it with an open mind and an open heart for sure.
[00:25:07]  Yeah.
[00:25:07]  And have you seen yourself, your walk deepen the more you study and the more you walk with Christ?
[00:25:14]  Yeah, I think a lot of people get worried because they feel like they have to be perfect to go hang out with him.
[00:25:19]  And that's so, so, so far from the truth.
[00:25:22]  I think that's the best thing the devil tries to get you to do is like, wait, you want to go stand before God?
[00:25:29]  And you're like, well, yeah.
[00:25:30]  But when you walk with God as a filthy man, I'll use myself as an example.
[00:25:34]  I was so, so, so out of touch with where I needed to be.
[00:25:38]  Was this recently?
[00:25:40]  When I was lost, and I said a prayer, I said, Lord, take my feet where you want them to be, not where I want them to be.
[00:25:45]  And sometimes you get so scared asking for that because you don't want to lose the things that you love.
[00:25:49]  Or sometimes you get scared, but I would toss everything that I love just to have five minutes to have that Holy Spirit with me.
[00:25:56]  It's incredible.
[00:25:57]  When you speak, okay, let me give you the last thing I'll say is this.
[00:26:01]  The word became flesh.
[00:26:03]  Yeah, John 1.
[00:26:04]  And I believe that when you read the word, you really have that relationship with Christ.
[00:26:09]  So if you pray, ask God to open up your eyes and ears to him and search for him like hidden treasure because it's the greatest treasure on this earth.
[00:26:17]  Amen.
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[00:27:25]  So, George, you have a significant younger generation that listens to you, Generation Z millennials.
[00:27:33]  They're the most depressed, suicidal, alcohol-addicted, drug-addicted generation in history.
[00:27:37]  Why do you think that is?
[00:27:41]  I don't know.
[00:27:41]  I was thinking about this the other day.
[00:27:43]  In the beginning, when Adam and Eve kind of took from that fruit and they ate it, they were overwhelmed by wisdom and it kind of destroyed them.
[00:27:51]  And I think that now we have that in our own hands.
[00:27:54]  So when we try to like doctor ourselves or help ourselves and we're just going online and we're just looking at feeds, I think it's destroying people's like POV of their own life.
[00:28:05]  And so I think it's really hard, especially for a young man or a young woman to like try to grow and learn who they are and they're confused and they have millions of people pouring into who they should be.
[00:28:17]  If I had that growing up, I would also be lost.
[00:28:20]  So as a grown man, it affects me.
[00:28:23]  So I just would think that hopefully in the future with moderation, they'll learn how to put their phones away, maybe pick up their Bible or spend time with their family, be in the real world.
[00:28:33]  I think that would help them.
[00:28:34]  I think they're anxious because they just have a lot to look at and they feel like they're having FOMO and they don't.
[00:28:41]  I feel like that might be it, but I could be completely wrong.
[00:28:44]  Do you think that as America has become more secular away from God, that's played a big role?
[00:28:50]  Of course.
[00:28:51]  I mean, if you take light out of the room, it becomes dark.
[00:28:54]  And if you take life out of something, it becomes dead.
[00:28:57]  And so I feel like this generation is going to make a comeback, though.
[00:29:01]  I'm not going to lie.
[00:29:02]  I do feel it in my heart.
[00:29:03]  I'm seeing these young kids just like being so hungry for God that I think it's going to make a huge swing back.
[00:29:09]  There was this verse in the Bible where the disciples are like very, very confused why Jesus was even hanging out with a prostitute.
[00:29:17]  And yet she was like washing his feet, anointing his feet, and she was sobbing and using her hair to wash his feet.
[00:29:24]  And he turns to his disciples and he goes, look how much heart she has for me because she's so far away from me.
[00:29:29]  And so I think that, yeah, we are far away, but I think that that hunger could be a roaring hunger that could push us way back to Christ.
[00:29:37]  There's a debate right now in certain Christian circles as to the most effective way to win over young people.
[00:29:44]  And everyone has different opinions.
[00:29:46]  Do you think that we should, let's say, let's give an example.
[00:29:51]  The homosexual issue or the trans issue, they say majority of young people are cool with that stuff.
[00:29:56]  Therefore, we should meet them where they're at and we should be careful how we communicate biblical truths.
[00:30:02]  Another camp will say, no, the truth is the truth.
[00:30:05]  You must let it be free.
[00:30:07]  You shouldn't be cruel in your presentation, but you shouldn't water anything down.
[00:30:10]  Where do you fall on that debate?
[00:30:12]  I just say, do it exactly how Jesus did.
[00:30:14]  He never backed down from the truth, but he also did it in such a loving way with compassion.
[00:30:19]  I think if you're doing it with hatred in your heart, then how could they ever believe in you or trust you?
[00:30:23]  And we don't know what their homes were like.
[00:30:25]  And also, I deal with sexual sin in my own world.
[00:30:28]  So for me to point my finger at somebody else is too harsh.
[00:30:31]  So what I would do is one, I think the most important way for us to show who Jesus is is act like Jesus.
[00:30:37]  And the best way to preach is by your actions.
[00:30:40]  And if it's, if it's needed, use words.
[00:30:44]  And so, by the way, our team is tracking.
[00:30:46]  Your Trump photo now has 65,000 likes in one hour.
[00:30:49]  Wow, let's go.
[00:30:50]  That's a lot.
[00:30:51]  Let's go, Trump.
[00:30:52]  That's 65,000.
[00:30:53]  It's pretty impressive.
[00:30:55]  So this generation needs Jesus.
[00:30:58]  I mean, everyone needs Jesus.
[00:30:59]  And so let's talk about your personal life.
[00:31:01]  You're now engaged.
[00:31:02]  Congrats.
[00:31:02]  Thank you.
[00:31:03]  So tell us about that.
[00:31:05]  Dude, it was the greatest, greatest gift that God could ever give me.
[00:31:08]  And Proverbs explains that.
[00:31:10]  But when I met her, I wasn't where I was.
[00:31:13]  Like spiritually, financially, physically, emotionally.
[00:31:17]  Like I was just this young kid bouncing around like, oh, maybe I'll date this girl.
[00:31:21]  Maybe I'll not.
[00:31:22]  And when I met her like fully, like we were taking it seriously, I was like, oh, I have to provide.
[00:31:28]  And that providing scared me.
[00:31:31]  And I feel like sometimes fear could push you in a great direction.
[00:31:34]  I mean, wisdom comes from fearing the Lord.
[00:31:36]  So when I feared that I could fail her, it pushed me towards the Lord.
[00:31:39]  I'm like, all right, God, like, how do if I'm going to actually have a family and I can't just be doing these social media things up and down, up and down, up and down.
[00:31:46]  So, like, I want you to take my career.
[00:31:49]  And then from there, he shaped me as a character.
[00:31:52]  So, God presented her to me, but I knew I wasn't ready yet.
[00:31:56]  So, I presented myself in front of the Lord and He made me a man who's ready, if that makes any sense.

=== God Shaped Character (08:49) ===

[00:32:01]  Yes, of course.
[00:32:02]  And so, the wedding will be soon?
[00:32:05]  Yeah, you know, it's so funny because you pushed us on it.
[00:32:06]  You're like, you don't have a date.
[00:32:08]  And I actually unapologetically pushed.
[00:32:09]  Thank you, sir.
[00:32:10]  Yes, of course.
[00:32:11]  She was a little more of the waiver.
[00:32:12]  It was you were like the most enthusiastic for it.
[00:32:15]  She was like, she gets so nervous that she feels that people are like, oh, she doesn't want to get married.
[00:32:19]  She gets so nervous about that.
[00:32:21]  She's very sweet, by the way.
[00:32:23]  Our show is so brand new.
[00:32:24]  Yes.
[00:32:25]  When I proposed to her, my show wasn't even anywhere where it was now.
[00:32:28]  And so it just skyrockets.
[00:32:29]  So we were working, we're working, we're working.
[00:32:31]  But that doesn't negate the fact that I got to go and make sure that it's finished and done.
[00:32:36]  It's not just something to get done.
[00:32:37]  It's something to celebrate.
[00:32:39]  No, 100%.
[00:32:39]  But I feel like I'm living in sin until I get it done.
[00:32:41]  So in my mind, I'm like, no, there's a lot of truth to that.
[00:32:44]  Yeah.
[00:32:45]  There's a lot of truth to that.
[00:32:46]  Yes.
[00:32:47]  So it will hopefully be soon?
[00:32:48]  Very soon.
[00:32:49]  Yeah, it's the best.
[00:32:51]  The covenant and you enter a whole new thing.
[00:32:54]  And just so everyone understands, is that there is a profound difference between not being married and being married.
[00:33:01]  The relationships are completely different.
[00:33:04]  You become one.
[00:33:04]  Yes, you do.
[00:33:05]  And everything is then looked into the context as this is a permanent covenant.
[00:33:10]  Oh, I mean, I became so much better when she just walked in.
[00:33:13]  I couldn't imagine when God blesses the marriage.
[00:33:15]  And then with children, God willing.
[00:33:17]  God willing.
[00:33:17]  Right?
[00:33:18]  And you know, it's so funny before, I'm like, nah.
[00:33:20]  But now I'm like, wow, I would love that.
[00:33:21]  That would be such a, it's so funny because like even myself as a Christian man, the world kind of makes you feel like you shouldn't have kids.
[00:33:27]  And you're like, oh, just go have fun, take care of yourself.
[00:33:30]  But then like, it's so lonely.
[00:33:31]  Yeah.
[00:33:32]  So what do you look at your reaction?
[00:33:34]  There is this TikTok trend of dinks.
[00:33:37]  Do you know what dinks are?
[00:33:38]  No.
[00:33:38]  Dual income, no kids.
[00:33:43]  You could do a whole thing on this.
[00:33:44]  You could do a whole comedy routine.
[00:33:46]  So a dink is someone who is married and they say, we don't want to have children.
[00:33:50]  We like traveling.
[00:33:51]  Yeah.
[00:33:52]  What is your biblical reaction to that?
[00:33:56]  My biblical reaction is: I think that if it's in the heart of somebody who maybe can't have a child, like that's sad.
[00:34:02]  No, no, no.
[00:34:03]  This is not it.
[00:34:03]  Oh, they just.
[00:34:04]  No, no.
[00:34:04]  Trust me.
[00:34:04]  I have a heart for the baron.
[00:34:06]  Yeah.
[00:34:06]  So does God, by the way, repeat it.
[00:34:07]  And I say, I'm talking about, so there's other, there's also dink wads, dual income, no kids with a dog.
[00:34:15]  That's me, actually.
[00:34:16]  I have a dog.
[00:34:17]  No, I know, but you're not married.
[00:34:19]  I'm just messing with you.
[00:34:20]  Dogs are great.
[00:34:20]  But let's, what does it say for a generation that says, I don't want to do the hard thing, such as have children?
[00:34:27]  All right, easy.
[00:34:29]  If you are moving in a way that maybe doesn't please God, and this is going to be hard for people to like swallow because it's a very strong statement.
[00:34:37]  But anything you do that doesn't please God is not going to please you because you were designed to worship and obey him.
[00:34:43]  So if you're moving in a way that like, oh, I don't want kids because if it's a prideful, like, no, I want this and that, you're robbing yourself.
[00:34:49]  The same way that that young man did drugs at a young age because he thought it was cool.
[00:34:53]  In that time, he thought it was right.
[00:34:55]  But later on, it caught up to him and it destroyed him.
[00:34:58]  So if you're thinking about yourself now in a selfish way, it will catch up to you, especially when you're older and you're getting a little bit more lonely and you have no seeds that are going to come and take care of you.
[00:35:09]  I want children not just to take care of me when I'm old, but that is a very, very big thing to have.
[00:35:13]  When you're old and you look at your children's children and they're all, there's like a, that is the biggest blessing in anything.
[00:35:19]  And you're multiplication.
[00:35:20]  You're robbing yourself.
[00:35:20]  That's why God says, be fruitful and go multiply.
[00:35:23]  It's not because he's like, I need more because he could just take dirt and make more.
[00:35:29]  Of course.
[00:35:29]  He's doing it for you.
[00:35:30]  It's going to be really, really, really special.
[00:35:32]  So, you know, I just pray for them.
[00:35:34]  I pray that their eyes open.
[00:35:35]  And maybe they need to get out of the system because when you do have kids, you have to give up your life for them.
[00:35:39]  You can't just go ahead.
[00:35:40]  No, that's you die to yourself.
[00:35:42]  Yeah, so go have fun, but then make sure you come back and plant your roots.
[00:35:46]  It is the death of narcissism when you have children.
[00:35:50]  Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.
[00:35:51]  For sure.
[00:35:52]  You'll learn one day.
[00:35:52]  You'll see.
[00:35:53]  How many kids you have?
[00:35:54]  Two under two.
[00:35:55]  And you just had one in May.
[00:35:56]  Yeah, so we have two under the age of two.
[00:35:59]  Helps.
[00:35:59]  You got a special prize for that, I'm told.
[00:36:01]  Is it true the terrible twos?
[00:36:02]  Is that a true thing?
[00:36:04]  Well, we're not there yet.
[00:36:04]  So we're under two.
[00:36:05]  Oh, I thought you said, okay, got you.
[00:36:07]  So the whole thing is if you have two kids under two, it's complete mayhem.
[00:36:11]  Yeah, just wait until both of them turn two, and then we'll circle back.
[00:36:13]  Yeah.
[00:36:13]  And you're going to be like, I wish I was a dink doink or whatever.
[00:36:16]  No, a dink wad.
[00:36:17]  Yeah.
[00:36:18]  A wad dink or whatever they call it.
[00:36:21]  So the culture is moving very quickly in this secular direction.
[00:36:27]  But I agree.
[00:36:28]  I think there is a movement back.
[00:36:30]  It requires courageous truth tellers and people that are willing to say what is right and good and true and beautiful in God's eyes.
[00:36:38]  You have made a decision where you say, I'm going to speak openly about Christianity.
[00:36:45]  I'm going to post a picture of Trump.
[00:36:47]  I just don't care.
[00:36:48]  And you do have stuff to lose and something to lose, but you seem to not really care about that.
[00:36:53]  Why?
[00:36:54]  You know, I changed my attitude.
[00:36:55]  I used to say, I don't care.
[00:36:56]  I don't care.
[00:36:57]  It's just to kind of like have my chest out and not have people like kind of persuade me into things.
[00:37:02]  But the truth is, I do care.
[00:37:03]  I care so much that if this destroys my career, but I know that's something that God wants me to do, then the whole world could turn against me.
[00:37:10]  But if God has favor for me, then it's like, good luck, buddy.
[00:37:13]  You know what I mean?
[00:37:13]  Like, I have the confidence in my Lord.
[00:37:16]  So I don't really worry.
[00:37:17]  If I know that I'm walking the way that God wants me to walk, I don't have the fear of it.
[00:37:22]  I've had the ups and downs in my career where I've had a career, then I've lost a career, and then I've had a career and I lost a career.
[00:37:27]  And throughout that, the only joy I had is with Christ.
[00:37:30]  So if I could, like, think about it, if you could go save a human being right now, would you not?
[00:37:34]  If somebody was choking, you'd save it.
[00:37:36]  You'd have to.
[00:37:36]  Yeah, I believe you're biblically commanded to do that.
[00:37:38]  So if I know that I could sell you a program on why I'm happy, 10 steps.
[00:37:43]  Yeah, there's no 10 steps.
[00:37:44]  It's one step.
[00:37:45]  Humble yourself in the eyes of God.
[00:37:47]  And then everything else will follow.
[00:37:49]  So, yeah, of course I'm going to talk about it.
[00:37:51]  Because my goal isn't to get to heaven with all my riches.
[00:37:54]  My goal is to look at God and say, look what you used me as.
[00:37:57]  I was one of your favorite tools.
[00:37:59]  And that would please me enough.
[00:38:00]  Amen.
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[00:38:59]  So what is your, I got two questions left that I want to ask.
[00:39:02]  We can go anywhere.
[00:39:03]  What is your favorite book of the Bible or part of the Bible that has really impacted your life?
[00:39:06]  Or what are you currently studying?
[00:39:07]  What in the word is speaking to you right now?
[00:39:09]  Easy.
[00:39:10]  Proverbs.
[00:39:11]  I think when I was broken and I didn't know how to behave, I just one day was just asking God.
[00:39:16]  I was like, I got to read.
[00:39:17]  Where do I start?
[00:39:18]  It gets overwhelming.
[00:39:20]  When I was really taking Bible seriously, because before I just read a passage, like I get a notification, I'll just read that Bible verse.
[00:39:27]  And like, that wasn't enough.
[00:39:29]  And so when I really took it seriously, I dove into Proverbs.
[00:39:32]  And man, if you read my Bible, it's just soaking wet.
[00:39:35]  It's like dry tears on it.
[00:39:37]  Just because I would read it and I felt like when I was lost and I was confused, it was like my God who created the whole universe was speaking directly to my heart.
[00:39:47]  I just, it was so overwhelming and I felt so not alone and I felt so safe and so protected and so loved.
[00:39:57]  It grew my like addiction to his word.
[00:40:00]  And so if you're lost and you don't know where to start, read Proverbs because it's just a king who asks God for wisdom.
[00:40:06]  And it is just.
[00:40:08]  And God gives it generously.
[00:40:09]  So it's a detour.
[00:40:11]  I'm really bothered by all the I understand the exceptions, but people that read their Bibles on their phones.
[00:40:17]  Yeah.
[00:40:18]  Because of what you said, you have like a tactile relationship.
[00:40:22]  It has been with you throughout all of your journeys, throughout all of your suffering, where it's only that, where, you know, people that read on their phone, they all this, your phone is used for other things as well.
[00:40:34]  It distracts you.
[00:40:36]  And so are you a big physical Bible guy?
[00:40:38]  Yeah, 100%.
[00:40:39]  100%.
[00:40:39]  I have, I just carry three things with me at all times.
[00:40:42]  My Bible, my journal, and my pencil.
[00:40:44]  So you're always journaling?
[00:40:47]  I'm a huge journaler, by the way.
[00:40:48]  It changed hundreds of these.

=== Eddie Murphy Influence (06:31) ===

[00:40:50]  Because you know why?
[00:40:50]  When you're anxious and you think about a lot of things and you have to put it down on a piece of paper, it makes you reflect what's more important.
[00:40:56]  And so you could really kind of just walk through your feelings.
[00:41:00]  I really, I know a lot of people have a therapist, but when I went through it, instead of getting a therapist, I was like, I'm going to journal.
[00:41:07]  When you went through a mental battle, like I went through like a lot of anxiety and depression, which is really funny because throughout life, I never had that.
[00:41:14]  How old were you when that happened?
[00:41:16]  When I was doing impulsive, that's when you were.
[00:41:19]  Yeah, when I was at the top of my career, at the time, top of my career.
[00:41:22]  Yeah, it was, I basically went through a whole lot.
[00:41:24]  And by the way, I had a weird life growing up.
[00:41:26]  I was bullied so hard they changed me out of schools.
[00:41:28]  I couldn't graduate from the school that I was going to.
[00:41:31]  When I was chasing things, there was a lot of drama that I dealt with, but I flew by them like it was meaningless.
[00:41:36]  Like it was so much fun.
[00:41:37]  It didn't bother me.
[00:41:39]  But when I went through turbulence, I think that was the best thing that could ever happen to me because now I'm able to explain to people how to get out of it.
[00:41:48]  I had to go through it.
[00:41:49]  Why do you think at the top you had the anxiety and depression?
[00:41:52]  Why do you think that was?
[00:41:53]  Because I was too busy for God.
[00:41:54]  That's a good answer.
[00:41:55]  Yeah.
[00:41:56]  So, George, how can people support you, follow you, all the platforms?
[00:42:01]  You know, just pray for me.
[00:42:03]  I think the rest will come.
[00:42:05]  I don't need you to subscribe or like or do any of that.
[00:42:09]  If you're home, just pray for me and God will do the rest.
[00:42:12]  So final, everybody in a craft looks up to somebody and they'll say that is the best.
[00:42:19]  So what comedians in your craft do you consume most?
[00:42:24]  For example, I listen to Dennis Prager, Tucker Carlson, Rush Limbaugh.
[00:42:28]  Yeah.
[00:42:29]  Like those are my three where I just consume it and I want to be as good as they were.
[00:42:35]  Love Tucker.
[00:42:35]  Great.
[00:42:37]  I believe in mentors.
[00:42:39]  So like if you find somebody you're like really like.
[00:42:41]  So who would be your mentor?
[00:42:42]  I have one right now.
[00:42:43]  His name's Joe Coy.
[00:42:44]  No, he's like number one on Netflix right now.
[00:42:45]  He's the best.
[00:42:46]  He's a huge deal.
[00:42:47]  Eddie Murphy's great.
[00:42:48]  Do you know Eddie?
[00:42:49]  I don't know him personally.
[00:42:51]  I loved Chris DeLia.
[00:42:53]  Chris DeLia is crushing it.
[00:42:56]  Man, like there, obviously we have like the greats, but as of right now, when I just zone in on how I want to do storytelling, Joe Coi just taught me so much.
[00:43:05]  So what is your, I've never listened, but I listened to your show, but not the comedy.
[00:43:08]  What is your style of comedy?
[00:43:10]  Is it more stories?
[00:43:11]  Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:43:11]  Did you notice this?
[00:43:12]  Did you notice that?
[00:43:14]  Basically, like I did this when I was growing up and I just brought it to the stage.
[00:43:17]  If I wanted to kind of educate you on my point of view, like even if it's gospel related or if it's like about work or trying to motivate you, I always did it in a funny way.
[00:43:26]  So I just kind of tell stories that I learn from, like learning arcs that is just my POV, like from being raised by my parents and just making it funny.
[00:43:34]  Or like how I deal with my podcast and guests, but I'll just make it funny.
[00:43:39]  So it's like, I'm basically what I want to do is I want to take everything that I was blessed to learn that God kind of put me through and be able to do that in a funny way.
[00:43:47]  It's like it's easier to swallow when you could laugh.
[00:43:49]  For sure.
[00:43:50]  Yeah, and so the comics that you admire.
[00:43:55]  Eddie Murphy, do they also have that?
[00:43:57]  They have the ability to tell us.
[00:43:58]  Does Jerry Murphy do stand-up comedy too?
[00:44:00]  Eddie Murphy does stand-up comedy.
[00:44:02]  Oh my God.
[00:44:02]  I don't know.
[00:44:03]  I've only seen him in movies.
[00:44:04]  No, you have to go watch.
[00:44:05]  Is that right?
[00:44:06]  He's the greatest.
[00:44:06]  Did he still do it?
[00:44:07]  He's the greatest of all time.
[00:44:09]  He still does it.
[00:44:10]  I don't think he does it anymore.
[00:44:12]  Okay, so it was a little old.
[00:44:13]  This is not my world.
[00:44:14]  Yeah, he's wearing a red jumpsuit.
[00:44:17]  He was like 20 or like 20.
[00:44:18]  No, he was like younger than 20.
[00:44:20]  You would put him as one of the best ever.
[00:44:21]  No, no, no.
[00:44:22]  He is the best ever.
[00:44:23]  Better than Chris Rock, better than Jerry.
[00:44:24]  He destroys everybody.
[00:44:25]  No, no, no.
[00:44:25]  Jerry Seinfeld is nowhere near him.
[00:44:28]  And I don't care if I get cooked for that.
[00:44:29]  Jerry Seinfeld is like, good job.
[00:44:30]  You had a great show.
[00:44:31]  But like, stand-up, no shot, bro.
[00:44:33]  No shot.
[00:44:34]  What about it was so...
[00:44:36]  He's the best.
[00:44:37]  Like, if you watch him and then just, dude, do you like, like, watch me and then watch him, you'll be like, well, George, why are you even doing stand-up?
[00:44:43]  Like, there's no comparison.
[00:44:44]  Like, he is the greatest.
[00:44:46]  If you were to say, just for our audience, what about him was he was the Michael Jordan of comedy, according to you.
[00:44:50]  He was the Michael Jordan and the Michael Jackson, all in one.
[00:44:53]  Like, he's, he's like...
[00:44:54]  What about it, if you were to say, it's just...
[00:44:56]  Dude, when he went on stage and the way he performed, the way he told a story, the way he got you engaged, the way he could improv in that moment, he could grab a microphone with no material probably and outshine and outperform any man on stage.
[00:45:11]  His way of talking and the way he like works.
[00:45:13]  And you think no one's ever come close to that?
[00:45:15]  I think Dave Chappelle is great because he's not only fighting back to the nonsense, which I love.
[00:45:22]  He's standing on his business.
[00:45:23]  I don't think Eddie Murphy had to deal with that.
[00:45:25]  So Dave Chappelle is not only doing it at the same level, but he's doing it for where people could learn from.
[00:45:30]  And also he's paving a way.
[00:45:32]  We wouldn't be able to speak that brave if it wasn't for Dave Chappelle getting canceled every two seconds.
[00:45:37]  So I feel like that kind of gives him his own lane.
[00:45:39]  But Eddie Murphy is like, dude, just like, dude, it's hard to explain.
[00:45:43]  But if you're not going to be able to do it, I feel as if there hasn't been a lot of Eddie Murphy in the last like 10 years.
[00:45:47]  It's just he's kind of gone.
[00:45:49]  So check about this.
[00:45:50]  So he's been, he hasn't done it in years, right?
[00:45:52]  Stand-up you.
[00:45:52]  Yeah, yeah, years, years, years, years.
[00:45:54]  But still, if you play his and anybody new, he destroys them.
[00:45:58]  I mean, there's still like up-and-coming greats like Shane Gillis.
[00:46:01]  I think he's amazing.
[00:46:03]  Yeah, I'm told.
[00:46:03]  Beautiful dogs.
[00:46:04]  Yeah, I don't watch a lot of comedy.
[00:46:06]  You have to.
[00:46:06]  It's too much swearing for me.
[00:46:10]  See that?
[00:46:10]  That's called the comedic beat because I just stared at you.
[00:46:13]  I heard somebody laughing like that.
[00:46:14]  That's good.
[00:46:15]  Yeah, I don't know.
[00:46:16]  Hang out with people that swear.
[00:46:18]  I know it annoys you, but you can kind of press through it.
[00:46:21]  I do press through.
[00:46:22]  Again, I can.
[00:46:23]  I have a very...
[00:46:24]  I've seen clips of Shane Gillis.
[00:46:25]  I think it's hilarious.
[00:46:27]  I think it's fine if it's generally funny, but when it's just filler, like...
[00:46:31]  No, his is funny.
[00:46:32]  Okay, no, that's funny.
[00:46:33]  His is funny.
[00:46:33]  It is very dirty.
[00:46:35]  It is very, very dirty.
[00:46:36]  I'm not a big fan of dirt.
[00:46:36]  That's why I like Seinfeld.
[00:46:38]  You love Trump, right?
[00:46:39]  Yes.
[00:46:40]  Just go watch his Trump bit.
[00:46:41]  I think you would enjoy it.
[00:46:42]  Yeah, just watch it by clips, man.
[00:46:45]  You're in a great business.
[00:46:45]  You know that they say stand-up comedy is one of the fastest-growing sectors.
[00:46:50]  That's crazy.
[00:46:50]  I didn't even think of it.
[00:46:51]  As far as ticketing and it's just exploding.
[00:46:54]  Yeah, it's live ticket sales in the country.
[00:46:57]  So I thought money came from social media and performing, but live performances is like a whole different level.
[00:47:03]  Gotta go.
[00:47:04]  George Janko, thanks, Momentum.
[00:47:05]  It was a pleasure.
[00:47:05]  That was really great.
[00:47:06]  Check out all the social media and pray for him.
[00:47:08]  Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
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