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Chinwag Podcast
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2023
chin-wag: to have a chat, a friendly conversation.
Actor Paul Giamatti joins forces with author and philosopher Stephen Asma for a freewheeling series of conversations that dive deep (like, really, really deep) into the wilderness of the mind.
Featuring prominent guests from diverse fields, Chinwag is esoteric in the best way possible, as Paul and Stephen delve into anything and everything: Are we living in a simulation? What’s the most perfect sentence in literature? Is Bigfoot interdimensional? Science, the occult, philosophy, magic mushrooms… it’s all fair game!
Unexpected, hilarious, and maybe even profound - Chinwag is all about having a really, really good chat.
Actor Paul Giamatti joins forces with author and philosopher Stephen Asma for a freewheeling series of conversations that dive deep (like, really, really deep) into the wilderness of the mind.
Featuring prominent guests from diverse fields, Chinwag is esoteric in the best way possible, as Paul and Stephen delve into anything and everything: Are we living in a simulation? What’s the most perfect sentence in literature? Is Bigfoot interdimensional? Science, the occult, philosophy, magic mushrooms… it’s all fair game!
Unexpected, hilarious, and maybe even profound - Chinwag is all about having a really, really good chat.
91. ENCORE: Ruddiculous Holiday Party
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This holiday season, we’re looking back at one of our favorite guests of 2024, with an encore incomparable Paul Rudd recorded live from Brooklyn! Two Pauls and one Stephen dive into fears, phobias, and weird childhood memories, exploring everything from stage fright to public speaking. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Chinwag without creepy puppets, recurring nightmares, and tales of real-life bears on a movie set. Ring in the joy, laughs, and a touch of weirdness-perfect for the holiday season!
Paul Rudd is an American actor known for films like Clueless, Anchorman, and his role as Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Paul Giamatti is a Golden Globe award winning actor and producer. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art.
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This holiday season, we’re looking back at one of our favorite guests of 2024, with an encore incomparable Paul Rudd recorded live from Brooklyn! Two Pauls and one Stephen dive into fears, phobias, and weird childhood memories, exploring everything from stage fright to public speaking. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Chinwag without creepy puppets, recurring nightmares, and tales of real-life bears on a movie set. Ring in the joy, laughs, and a touch of weirdness-perfect for the holiday season!
Paul Rudd is an American actor known for films like Clueless, Anchorman, and his role as Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Paul Giamatti is a Golden Globe award winning actor and producer. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art.
🥳🎁🎄
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Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼
IG: chinwagpod
Tik: www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod
Website: chinwagpod.fm
YT Channel: www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod
Send your stories, Qs, or thoughts to 📧 questions [at] chinwagpod [dot] fm
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90. The Great Fortean Taylor Swift Conspiracy
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🐰👣😱 Paul and Stephen welcome back Ian Simmons from the Fortean Times for another dive into the eccentric, the uncanny, and the downright bizarre. In this episode, the trio explores everything from conspiracy theories’ transformation from quirky fun to dangerous obsession, to the KLF’s wild antics, including burning a million pounds and wielding fake machine guns. They also venture into giant ra...
89. The Reel Mind: AI Through Film
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🤖🎞️🧬 Transcend into Office Hours with Professor Asma as he breaks down the consciousness of artificial intelligence through the lens of iconic films. He examines how movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ex Machina, and After Yang tackle the question of whether AI can truly possess consciousness-or even the will to exist-delving into emotions, desires, and memory. Do you need language to be consci...
88. The Twilight Zone and the Matrix We Live In
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📺🤖🧐 We’re dipping into the Wagbag as Paul and Stephen kick off a fascinating journey into the Twilight Zone, sparked by a letter from Christopher! Join the lads as they share their favorite episodes like “Time Enough at Last,” “To Serve Man,” and “The Eye of the Beholder,” and celebrate the genius of Rod Serling. The conversation broadens to explore early Hollywood television, highlighting Serl...
87. ENCORE: Hanksgiving
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🦃🎞️⏳ As we approach Thanksgiving, we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations with the legendary Tom Hanks. Paul, Stephen, and Tom discuss the speed of information, ChatGPT, cognitive dissonance in AI, and even question the use of Waze to beat traffic. How have our memories changed since the advent of cell phones? Are acting skills useful when it comes to writing a book? Plus, Tom still ...
86. Were Neanderthals Cannibals? + AI With Professor Avi Loeb
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🤖🔭😱 Join Paul and Stephen for a double feature that kicks off with a captivating letter from Bree, who’s asking a question that takes us back in time: What happened to the Neanderthals? Were they victims of cannibalism, or was it something else entirely? Then, as a bonus, they continue their mind-expanding conversation with Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb! Together, they dig into how artifi...
85. Chinwag Storytime -- Paul Reads H.P. Lovecraft (Part 3)
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🌌☄️☠️ In this third and final installment, Paul reads aloud the eerie saga of The Colour Out of Space, one of his favorite stories from the master of cosmic horror, H.P. Lovecraft. So far in our reading, we felt the creeping dread as the Gardner farm transformed under the influence of a sinister meteorite. Strange colors, twisted vegetation, and a growing sense of madness gripped Nahum Gardner ...
84. Chinwag Storytime -- Paul Reads H.P. Lovecraft (Part 2)
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🌌☄️☠️ In this second of three hair-raising installments, Paul continues reading the eerie saga of The Colour Out of Space, one of his favorite stories from the master of cosmic horror, H.P. Lovecraft. As we return to the shadowed countryside west of Arkham, the strange events at the Blasted Heath intensify. Following the meteorite crash on Nahum Gardner's farm, unnatural transformations have be...
83. Chinwag Storytime -- Paul Reads H.P. Lovecraft
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🌌☄️☠️ In this first of three spine-tingling installments, Paul reads aloud the eerie saga of "The Colour Out of Space", one of his favorite stories from the master of cosmic horror, H.P. Lovecraft. Set in the remote, shadowed countryside west of Arkham, the story takes us to the desolate Blasted Heath, where strange things have begun to take root. After a mysterious meteorite crashes on Nahum G...
82. First Contact with Professor Avi Loeb
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👽🤖👀 Get ready for a mind-bending special episode of Chinwag, where Paul Giamatti and Steven Asma dive deep into the future and the search for alien life with Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb! But that's not all-Dr. Loeb also takes us on a cosmic journey through his cutting-edge research on interstellar objects and alien space trash. Could we be on the verge of discovering ancient tech from a...
81. Witch Trials 101
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🧙♀️🐈⬛🧪 What kind of mischief were the Windsor witches into? Were they shapeshifters? And what’s the deal with black cats? Professor Asma dives into the infamous stories of witchcraft and witch trials, exploring the dark, mysterious history behind them. The Professor sheds light on the use of Voodoo dolls within witchcraft, while also breaking down real-world, practical theories about the Sale...
80. Sexy Black Magic
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🪄🪄🪄 Recorded live at @Spotify Studios: get ready for a spellbinding adventure as Paul and Stephen dive into the mystical world of alchemy and black magic with Lodge 49 creator Jim Gavin! Ever heard of the shadowy figure Comenius or the immortal legends of like Joan of Arc and Saint Germain? Well, buckle up because we’re throwing in scorpios, the mysterious Voynich Manuscript, and, of course, a ...
79. Members Only: Secret Societies and Alchemy
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🧙♂️✨👺 Join Paul and Stephen on a wild ride through forgotten lore, secret societies, and the mystical world of alchemy recorded live at @Spotify Studios in Los Angeles! Our hosts join forces with special guest Jim Gavin, creator of Lodge 49 and novelist extraordinaire. The trio unravels the hidden links between the Masons and the Templars, delving into their evolution from Europe’s first banke...
78. CHINWAG LIVE: Dragon Out the Big Questions
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🐲🐲🐲 Join Paul and Stephen for a wild, off-the-rails Q&A session at their live taping in Portland! Brace yourself as they tackle burning questions like: What will future myths look like? What exactly is a eunuch? And which creature made its debut in cave paintings? Things get Freudian fast-yes, that kind of Freudian-and just when you think it can’t get weirder, the conversation turns to John Mac...
77. CHINWAG LIVE: Monsters, Myths, & Murder
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👿👿👿 Recorded live from Portland’s Revolution Hall, Paul and Stephen are back with part two of their deep dive into myth and mayhem! This time, they unravel the wild legend of the Minotaur. Starting on the ancient Island of Crete, they trace the rise of King Minos, Queen Pasiphae’s bizarre infatuation with a divine bull, and the birth of the fearsome Minotaur, Asterius. You’ll get the full story...
76. CHINWAG LIVE: A Unicorn and a Narwhal Walk Into a Bar
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76. CHINWAG LIVE: A Unicorn and a Narwhal Walk Into a Bar
75. Prof. Loeb: Have aliens sent us a gift?
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75. Prof. Loeb: Have aliens sent us a gift?
74. ENCORE: Even Psychopaths Suffer Burnout with Candice DeLong
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74. ENCORE: Even Psychopaths Suffer Burnout with Candice DeLong
72. CHINWAG LIVE: Were the Wolves At?
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72. CHINWAG LIVE: Were the Wolves At?
71. CHINWAG LIVE: The Werewolf Experience
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71. CHINWAG LIVE: The Werewolf Experience
70. Mark Mothersbaugh is DEVOted: Part 2
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70. Mark Mothersbaugh is DEVOted: Part 2
69. DEVOlution with Mark Mothersbaugh
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69. DEVOlution with Mark Mothersbaugh
68. On Disability & Monsters (with Riva Lehrer)
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68. On Disability & Monsters (with Riva Lehrer)
67. Fortean Times Talk (with Ian Simmons)
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67. Fortean Times Talk (with Ian Simmons)
Bonus-wag: Burning Questions with Bill Hader
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Bonus-wag: Burning Questions with Bill Hader
64. CHINWAG LIVE: Bill Hader Unleashed and Waggin'
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64. CHINWAG LIVE: Bill Hader Unleashed and Waggin'
Thank you for this Christmas Encore -- such a great episode, as usual. Happy Holidays to all.
Crazy good podcast great people all around
Great podcast thank you
This channel is a treasure ..!! Please consider covering the recent 'drone' hysteria in NJ and tie it in with the 'War of the Worlds' phenomenon in 1938 that also took place in NJ. And as an added bonus, the Japanese Balloon Bombs in 1944. They were deployed from Japan and floated to US soil, and some actually killed American citizens.
noice!
She tried to say goodbye but she stumbled
Poor Dr. Phil. The classic conundrum of who is there to care for the doctor?
The Parkinson interview is in three parts and it is very entertaining.
the band KLF that's talked about here had a big hit song in the U.S. called "3 A.M. Eternal" it's a great song, and i'm sure Paul at least heard it when he was at the clubs in the 90's then
KLF also collaborated with Tammy Wynette on their single Justified and ancient".
@@debschaefer7820 They talked about ancients of mu mu, a pacific lost continent. i think also have been known as leMUrians? the mu part? i bought KLF albums and singles. didn't know they were so big at the time nor that they had literally burned the money. kind of cool. listened to a song of theirs just a couple of weeks ago. it's legit good music.
Tommy, Burnt Offerings. I've been waiting for you Ben...
You know it's a reliable story when it's being retold 20 years later and the story includes the detail that they were all fucked up on drugs
Someone, link the video!!
I’ve been scared of Oliver Reed ever since I saw Tommy as a kid… he was always super intense, no matter what role he played.
this guy really is your best third mic, he's like the zany professor that leads you two on adventures, i say he really should be on 4 times a year tho
that. was the best arnie impression ever.
This is great
She didn't even TRY? 😂
Dwight Schrute
He just wants you to be your best. Dude is just positive
I did not say I knew him, I said he grabbed me by the arm on stage once!!!
Thanks for this, Prof. Asma. I have no doubt that AI, or whatever it soon becomes known as, will integrate with life on Earth. I honestly stay away from it because it will soon replace human critical thinking, and probably emotional thinking, too. The excellent movie "She" showed how this might happen. Humans are in for quite an evolution-bending ride. Oh well. Wag on!
Where is this from
I so wanna be Bill Hader's friend. He seems like the more fun guy!!!! Bill, if you are out there and would like another friend, I am here for you.
Squatchcoin is huge.
I love these two!! Two of my very favorites!
Paul & Stephen, the so called “drones” or U.F.O’s are extremely active now up and down the coasts of the U.S. now. Especially the east coast centering on New Jersey. Some are reported to be the size of a bus, some the size of a compact car, some are noisy, some are silent. Some travel in groups of large numbers. I haven’t seen any of them myself yet.
A buddy I haven’t spoke to in years has been sending me pictures of them daily. Before that I had no interest in the story. But since then I have heard they have no heat signature. Absolutely UAPs. Although I’m not convinced all of them are considering the Port and Starboard lights.
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This would be so much better if this wasn't just audio!
Hader is criminally talented and under-appreciated. I'll never look at Women in Love the same way again lolllll
You guys should have Mike Williams on about Beatles conspiracies
16:48 start of Swift
It makes one wonder what Echo and the Bunnymen were getting up to… Incidentally, being a person who has friends in places both high and low, if you will, Fentanyl (or ‘Fetty’) has taken its toll amongst the less cautious drug users. Narcan has become a necessary addition to the household medicine cabinet.
there is such a thing as a fentanyl patch, which allows absorption over a prolonged period. i doubt one touch of a powder would do the same. surely 1st responders all wear gloves anyway, and as a general advice to anyone anywhere, never touch your eyes as this can introduce a virus into your system, let alone drugs. not that anyone is touching strange powders, then rubbing their eyes, but you never know.
Wag On!
WAG ON!
I’m just amazed that it was bill hader dropping that brick while we’re watching Spider-Man back in 02 lol
Would love an entire episode just on Rod Serling - the simulation is fun to theorize about but is ultimately just masturbatory bullshit and doesn't really matter, popularized by pseudo techy-intellectuals in a quest to push AI. AI sucks, btw - corporations are pushing hard on it to reduce labor/increase layoffs, but it's pretty much a mess wherever it's implemented.
Nice podcast. But too many add breaks.
24:33 A person who "fears nothing" and gets nervous speaking in public? I think if she is confronted by a shark, she is simply "not aware" of how scared she is.
"I didn't say I knew Oliver Reed I said I saw a funny video of him once"
I fing love bill hader
Great thoughts on Descartes and the Simulation Theory toward the end of this! I now need to read Descartes, who I know about but haven't much considered. My view is that we are in a simulation of some kind. The weirdness of quantum physics so at odds with Newtonian physics leading us to create mindbendingly powerful AIs with quantum-generated engineering that will likely soon "take over," whether we want them to or not, is proof enough for me. It's likely the multiverse, whatever it becomes to our level of knowledge, is one of our future AIs dreaming.
Is there a list somewhere of the movies discussed in this podcast? I would love to watch them. I guess I can just go to the transcript and try to create a list myself if no one else has already done that.
I just quickly scrolled through the transcript and wrote down the names of the movies mentioned. I apologize if I missed any. 2001 a space Odyssey, Ex Machina, Upgrade, After Yang, Transcendence, Wings of desire, The matrix
Anyone find this clip?
This is crazy! I was born into a cult got out when I was 14, stop believing in it around 18
excellent episode! we've seen all those movies except for upgrade and after yang with colin farrell. movie time tonight!
That actually says a lot about James Franco, considering Bill wasn't famous when they did Spiderman.
I enjoyed this Prof. Asma!
Last night, went to a book talk about Martin Van Buren with author James Bradley. Someone asked who would play Martin Van Buren if there was a movie based on his life. Paul's name was mentioned. However, he is John Adams!
Now ive got to go and look for it...🤷♂️
BH is a national treasure not unsimilar to that of Ken burns please for the love of god someone ANYONE support pbs
If a CHINWAG takes place but Paul isn’t a part of it, is it a CHINWAG?
I’m going to start selling shirts that say: Where’s Paul?
My guess is he's filming acting roles?