Kira Davis: Suburbs, Fatherhood, and Canadian Comedians

0:00 – Intro: Kira Davis of RedState
1:04 – Why Canada produces great comedians
2:31 – Theory one: draft dodgers and artist communities
3:27 – Theory two: working-class roots and Norm Macdonald
4:39 – The Kids in the Hall's influence on Lou
5:13 – Learning to be funny outside of improv class
6:13 – Kids who can't banter freely anymore
7:33 – Lou's little brothers and Andrew Dice Clay
8:50 – Laughing so hard it hurts: pork fried rice
10:21 – People who don't want the lockdowns to end
11:35 – Op-eds about fear of returning to normal
12:53 – Losing the experience of laughing together
13:27 – Grandparents who haven't met the baby
16:25 – Dying alone in isolation
18:19 – Lou leaves New York for New Jersey
19:56 – Everyone in California has a contingency plan
21:15 – From Gary, Indiana, to the suburbs
22:34 – Why Kira isn't leaving California
23:21 – What the suburbs offer
24:18 – Running for governor and the head of the household
24:49 – Why moving is so hard
27:02 – Good people everywhere, even Scary Gary
29:26 – The New York vs. LA fallacy
30:18 – Why Lou had to leave his apartment
31:52 – Followed home over a mask
32:29 – A new life and room for his son to roam
33:08 – Kids are the thing
35:05 – Lou's old Facebook post about protective dads
37:06 – How fatherhood changed Lou's mind
39:05 – Lou's teenage sex poems and wrap-up