Russell Peters: My Story

Russell Peters is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor and producer of Indian descent. He was the first comedian to be given a Netflix stand-up special. Now based in Los Angeles, Russell still tours to sell-out stadium crowds around the world. #comedy #story #podcast 💥Join us on our Journey to 1 Million Subscribers💥 SPONSORED BY: Manscaped. Get 20% off and free shipping when you use the code TRIGGER20 at https://www.manscaped.com/ SPONSORED BY Fum - Head to www.tryfum.com/TRIG and use code TRIG to save an additional 10% off your order today. Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro 01:55 How Russell Got Into Comedy 08:37 Working in Canada 10:08 Russell’s Biggest Comedy Regrets 13:48 Are Accents Racist? 18:25 Why Russell Headed to the UK 20:25 Sponsor Message: Manscaped 22:00 Working With Patrice O’Neal 26:24 Russell’s Return to America 29:56 The Act that Made Russell Popular 36:18 Characters in the LA Comedy Scene 38:35 When Russell Knew He Had Made it 43:30 The Comedians Russell Looked Up To 45:55 Sponsor Message: Fum 47:48 How Comedy Has Changed 57:14 Russell’s Thoughts on Matt Rife 1:01:55 Was Russell Lucky? 1:03:48 Why Russell Envies Konstantin 1:06:28 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?