Interview with Melbourne Comedian Luke Leonard, who is a returning guest because a lot has changed since we spoke in Novmber 2016. Luke has a MICF show called Mirth, which you can see at the Imperial or Dirty Secrets, for dates check out the Luke Leonard – Comedian page on Facebook or the MICF Guide. You can also find an image of Luke at the Face of Comedy exhibition currently running at ACMI - these original works by Matt Hofmann celebrate the talented individuals that make comedy happen. And for the back-story to this podcast, check out Episode #041 for the first MAA interview with Luke.

We discuss: Glossing over horror in the name of humour, the importance of narrative in comedy, reflecting on his mental state at the time of the last podcast (Nov 2016) and the complete 180 turnaround since that time, alcohol being part of the comedy workplace, skateboarding at age 36, being a “Getting Shit Done Guy”, the 1 Giant Mind app, our shared love of Andrew Johnson, a lesson in tolerance from an audio book mispronunciation, words from parents being truth, success from ignoring advice about back pain, the un-sought-out challenge from Bryan Cranston, holding anger in the lower back and finding a way to release it, friendship circle changes, how Luke quit alcohol, Luke’s superpower (adaptable optimism and refusal to give up), the irrelevance of hope,and Luke's message to just be cool, prepared and flexible.