Joy, a Podcast. Hosted by Craig Ferguson – Details, episodes & analysis

On this week's episode of The Joy Podcast, Craig sits down for a pleasant chat with his old friend and acclaimed author, Salman Rushdie. The friends catch up and talk about Salman's new book, The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories which is available today wherever you get your books. The conversation is not only about Salman's book, but the two discuss art, philosophy, religion, and even the art of humor. It's a breezy hour of two friends and book fans catching up and we're just hanging out watching it. 

Have a question for Craig? Drop him an email at craigfergusonpodcast@gmail.com, send him a message on social media, or drop a comment below.

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Craig is also on the road. Dates and tickets can be found here https://www.thecraigfergusonshow.com/tour

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About the Joy Podcast Storied late-night talk host Craig Ferguson brings his interview talents and singular world view to a discussion of the modern state of JOY, sitting down with notable guests from the worlds of entertainment, science, government, and more. How's our Joy doing? Bridled? On life support? Where do we find joy in a world that seems by any rational measure to be collapsing around us?

After spending some time in Texas, Craig has made his way to Arizona. Why? Well because he's going to his first ever Monster Truck Rally. Last week it was his first rodeo, this week MONSTER TRUCKS!

So, brew your cuppa and tune in for the guest this week, which is you. Time for some tweets and emails.

Have a question for Craig? Drop him an email at craigfergusonpodcast@gmail.com, send him a message on social media, or drop a comment below.

Craig is also on the road. Dates and tickets can be found here https://www.thecraigfergusonshow.com/tour

Meet Lisa Ammerman, a Peabody Award-winning producer, journalist, and media executive. She was the Senior Producer of The Late Late Show and it was great to catch up and go down the memory lane of the Late night days! She has produced television for CBS, NBC, and PBS, as well as developed and produced podcasts for clients such as Audible, Wondery, iHeart, Disney Music, Universal Music Group, Microsoft, and Sony. She co-founded the award-winning, independent podcast company Treefort Media in 2018 and prior to that, she originated the role of Vice President, Talent Booking at CBS Entertainment. EnJOY!

Meet Craig's long time friend Mike Massimino. He served as a NASA Astronaut from 1996 until 2014, flew in space twice and became the first human to tweet from space. His new book titled Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut's Guide to Achieving the Impossible is available here: https://shorturl.at/uwGKR or anywhere you get your books. EnJOY! 

Rita Wilson, an American actress, singer, and producer. Listen to Craig & Rita talk about religion, Rita's family history and her home town of Los Angeles. EnJOY! 

eet Craig's dear friend Kathy Kinney. She is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian. In the late 1990s she starred in the sitcom The Drew Carey Show as Mimi Bobeck, the outrageously made-up, flamboyantly vulgar, and vindictive nemesis of Drew Carey. This is a good one. EnJOY!

The greatest Tom Papa is on this week's episode of JOY. Judd Apatow said it the best: "Tom Papa isn't just one of our most hilarious comic minds, he is also a big-hearted observer of the human condition." Listen to Craig and Tom simply having a great time hanging out together. EnJOY!

Meet Kimbal Musk, he is a restaurateur, chief, and entrepreneur. In this first ever field trip episode of Joy, Craig visits Kimbal at his house in Colorado and Kimbal makes him his famous & very delicious scrambled eggs. They talk about food, culture and Burning Man! Kimbal's new book titled "The Kitchen Cookbook: Cooking for Your Community" is out on March 12th, 2023 and you can pre-order it now on Amazon here: https://shorturl.at/bh167 EnJOY!

In Craig's words: "Welcome to Pete Holmes. Comedian and philosopher. We talk about God quite a bit so be prepared to disagree and be annoyed or perhaps to agree and be pleased or maybe even all of these things at the same time with a few chuckles thrown in. EnJoy." Pete's brand new stand special called I AM NOT FOR EVERYONE is available on Netflix now! Go watch it!

This week on JOY, Craig's dear friend Adriana Trigiani. Adriana is The New York Times best selling author of 20 books in fiction and nonfiction, award-winning filmmaker, and host of the blockbuster Facebook Live show, "Adriana Ink". She now hosts the "You Are What You Read" podcast, deep, surprising, and humorous conversations with the great cultural figures of our time about the books that built their souls. EnJOY.