EPISODE 404

You Are the Punchline With JP Sears

If you follow politics at all, your head must be on a swivel (and hurting) with all of the upheaval going in America and abroad. In many cases, promises were made but not kept which may be making you rethink some of your recent choices at the ballot box and even squirm a bit.

Comedian JP Sears dissects these recent events and, like the deft, wise humorist he is, reminds us that giving our power as citizens way too easily on promises not delivered makes us the punchline of the joke, a lesson all of us can learn from as we create a better destiny for ourselves and the world this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about JP and his work on his website. Check out his new adventure, the Better Man Project, on YouTube. Follow him on social media via Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Rumble.

SHOW NOTES

2:51 JP leaves the standup comedy world.

9:32 “As a country, how did we get to this place where THAT can happen?”

17:28 Feeling gratitude for living through the COVID era.

23:22 The devil in the world right now gives us plenty of opportunities to look inside ourselves and ask, how am I doing this

29:33 Our blind spots are easy sources for laughter.

36:21 Comparing our shadow work to bowel movements.

44:07 JP and Paul do some “yin-yagging.”

53:48 “If Trump is a joke, what is the punchline?”

1:06:04 The dual lack of common sense and wisdom is becoming fatal on a societal scale.

1:16:52 What really matters the most to you?

1:24:44 The defeat of U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) in the 2026 House primary.

1:46:42 The Bibi Files.

1:52:38 How do we create our destiny?

RESOURCES & FURTHER READING

Milo of Croton

The myth of Midas’ Golden Touch

The Modern Wisdom podcast

Isaiah 45:7

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg

The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy

Voices of the First Day by Robert Lawlor

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

The Epstein Files scandal

The Shawn Ryan Show on YouTube

Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded by Maxwell Maltz

Paul’s solocast on Shadow Work

Paul’s podcast conversations with Sean O’Laoire, Anne Helfer, James Hollis and Mark England and Kimberly Kesting

The work of Adam Smith, Laozi (Lao Tzu), Louis Hamilton and Earl Nightingale

Tao Te Ching: The Book of Meaning and Life by Richard Wilhelm

Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax

Paul’s appearance on London Real

The Alex Jones Show on Spreaker

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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music

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