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Dom Joly: Trigger Happy TV, Conspiracy Theories, and Surviving Bear Grylls
Season 2
Episode 13
Published 2 years, 2 months ago
Description
Dom Joly invented a format, watched it become a global phenomenon, spent years explaining why the American version wasn't quite the same thing, and has since investigated the conspiracy theory that Finland might not exist.
Dom Joly is a British comedian, broadcaster, and author best known for Trigger Happy TV, and for a career that has expanded into travel writing and conspiracy theory investigation, most recently with The Conspiracy Tourist.
- The creative risks behind Trigger Happy TV — and how something that simple became so influential
- What happened when the format travelled internationally, and why translation is always more complicated than it looks
- The misunderstood moments in his career — including This is Dom Joly and why he still wants to talk about it
- His time on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls — what he expected and what happened
- Why conspiracy theories are more interesting as a subject than their believers
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