Episode 63: Quinn Larrabee - The New York Jester
Episode notes
Quinn Larrabee is a satirist and Substacker, based in New York City.
(00:00) Defaulting to New York
(02:00) Early Love of Writing
(04:00) Quiet Kid, Red Hair, and Fiction
(06:15) Discovering Comedy as Expression
(08:10) Substack and the Pandemic Pivot
(10:05) The Play Party Awakening
(12:00) Finding the First Voice
(14:15) From Erotica to Satire
(17:20) The Brooklyn Trope and Floor Parties
(20:00) Writing About Entitlement
(22:40) From King to Jester
(26:00) The Firing That Freed Him
(28:20) How Satire Finds Its Subjects
(31:00) Aiming Up: The Art of Ridicule
(35:15) Outsiders in the Room
(39:20) Doing the Work and Other Essays
(45:30) The Performance of Authenticity
(49:50) Writing, Flow, and Full-Time Risk
(52:30) The Role of the Satirist
(54:50) Losing Empathy in the Modern Age
(56:40) Redefining Success and Not Giving Up