Nate Bargatze Doesn't Mind if You Think He’s an Idiot

Nate Bargatze, the stand-up comic with the highest-grossing comedy tour of 2024, has serious aspirations to build a theme park called “Nateland” in his home state of Tennessee. On the latest edition of The Interview, Bargatze explains his desire to make entertainment the whole family can enjoy.

00:00 - Introduction
02:37 - Nate Bargatze on authenticity
06:37 - The experience of being a clean comic
08:12 - Using family for material in comedy
09:45 - Nate’s dad, the magician
12:45 - Aesthetic transformation
15:40 - Big Dumb Eyes and Bargatze’s feelings on reading
18:00 - Comedic intelligence and day-to-day life
20:00 - Why Nateland?
22:00 - Nate Bargatze’s plan for the future
23:30 - Second call
25:35 - Bargatze’s 2016 Trump joke on "The Tonight Show"
28:00 - On Bargatze’s drive and future ambitions
32:00 - Faith in comedy
35:47 - Life after comedy

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