Journey Of A Joke Feat. Varun Grover | Punjabi Trauma

On this episode of Journey Of A Joke we learn so much from Varun Grover. Right from his relation to pens, notebooks to the chilling effect in comedy. We dive deeper into how he juggled directing his film and building his comedy special at the same time. Episode Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:39 - Why Varun Loves Journey Of A Joke 4:32 - From First Mic to First Video 20:55 - Stand up writing process 34:04 - Building Punjabi Trauma bit 42:23 - At what point should one record and release stand up? 51:18 - Varun's notes 54:06 - Punjabi Trauma Breakdown 59:55 - Letting go of material 1:01:47 - Pens! 1:05:41 - Political Comedy & The Chilling Effect 1:20:58 - Audience QNA 1:22:44 - "Have you bombed at shows?" 1:23:10 - "What's Varun's process of devising political material?" 1:30:21 - "How does Varun decide a joke will evolve across sets?" 1:32:08 - "Varun's facial expressions!" 1:33:26 - "Pehli baar dhamki kab mili?" 1:35:28 - "TOTA!" 1:36:05 - "How to create the first tight 5 mins?" 1:39:15 - Varun's riyaz and the Hunter song Punjabi Trauma | Standup Comedy by Varun Grover - http://tiny.cc/e4gz001 Previous Seasons: Season 1 - http://y2u.be/MYk9EZb7CKE Season 2 - http://y2u.be/i-dRytrcbg4 Season 3 - http://y2u.be/wmNZMPYOeBQ Season 4 - http://y2u.be/OpyMuRccSm4 Season 5 - https://tinyurl.com/mrx5v5cn Season 6 - https://tinyurl.com/yc5k5ybz Abish Mathew - https://www.instagram.com/abishmathew Varun Grover - https://www.instagram.com/vidushak #abishmathew #VarunGrover #journeyofajoke #standupcomedy