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But Are You Happy?

Unguarded: Josh Thomas' Autism Was Hiding In Plain Sight

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Description

You might think Hollywood celebrities are happier than the rest of us, but are they really? Josh Thomas doesn’t think so.

Josh is a wildly funny and successful comedian, known for creating one of Australia’s best comedy dramas Please Like Me, which he wrote based on his own life.

In this chat, he talks about success, creativity, being diagnosed with autism and ADHD as an adult, and what living in Hollywood has taught him about happiness.

Listen to the full But Are You Happy episode with Josh Thomas here. 

THE END BITS

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Read: When Aussie comedian Josh Thomas made it in Hollywood, he found one major part that 'sucks'.

GET IN TOUCH:

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CREDITS:

Host: Clare Stephens

Guest: Josh Thomas

Producer: Tahli Blackman

Audio Producer: Scott Stronach 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.