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Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the edge. Today my guest is Duncan Trussle.

Duncan is a writer, producer, and stand-up comedian. His TV credits include

MAD TV, curb your Curb Your Enthusiasm,

and Funny or Die presents drunk history.

As a stand-up comedian, Duncan regularly performs

at premier comedy venues around the country. He has an interest in modern

Buddhism and is also a cancer survivor. Duncan Trussle is also a regular guest on Joe Rogan's podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience,

and he hosts his own podcast, The Duncan Trussle Family Hour, in which Duncan and a guest explore a diverse range of topics

including art, society, politics, and religion. In this episode of

Insights at the Edge, Duncan and I spoke about how Duncan brings mindfulness into his life and

works with what Pemma Chodron calls the pause. We also talked about his personal experiences, both with cancer and with debilitating depression,

and how these experiences changed him.

Finally, we talked about Duncan's experience of the Earth as a living being,

and how he understands the quote from Alan Watts

that the apple tree produces apples and the earth produces humans.

Here's my conversation with the very open-hearted, wise and funny Duncan Trussle.

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