125: Privilege, the Psychology of Economics and Moral Licensing (with Barry Ferns)

About this episode

Barry Ferns discusses his journey from homelessness to owning a successful comedy club while sharing insights on economics.

Barry Ferns from Barry's economics joins Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti for a chat about his journey from homelessness to owning London's best comedy club, Angel Comedy, and teaches us things he learned along the way. Massive thank you to Barry and his team for hosting us, filming and even editing this podcast! Talal's been travelling a lot for work lately and this wouldn't have been possible without Barry's superb team. They filmed us with three cameras so if there was ever a time to join the Patreon and watch the full video episode, it's now! Click here to join now! Check out Barry's Economics on YouTube , learn the truth about money and stop getting your financial advice from rich w@nkers who don't give a hoot about you! Pre-order Alexei's book here . Come see The Alexei Sayle Podcast LIVE with Diane Morgan at The Roundhouse, Camden on 2nd August! Get tickets here . Get tickets to see Alexei in conversation at the Rik Mayall Festival in Droitwich Spa, 5th June here ! Be a comrade and support the show! Become a Patron and get access to the video version of the podcast, live episodes and more - patreon.com/AlexeiSaylePodcast Send your fan art, thoughts and questions to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alexei Sayle, Talal Karkouti

Guest: Barry Ferns

Topics covered

• privilege
• psychology of economics
• moral licensing
• homelessness
• comedy club
• financial advice

Keywords

• privilege
• economics
• comedy
• homelessness
• financial advice
• moral licensing
• Angel Comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Angel Comedy, Barry's Economics, Patreon, Apple Podcasts, Tarboosh Records

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