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No Woo-Woo for Sarah Vowell

No Woo-Woo for Sarah Vowell

FromPaul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma


No Woo-Woo for Sarah Vowell

FromPaul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Oct 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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Paul and Stephen love their history, so who better for this Chinwag than brilliant essayist, author and historian, Sarah Vowell?
Listen in as they contemplate the tricky business of retelling history that doesn’t live up to the current moral code. Which President is the biggest zero? The least sexy? And what did Benjamin Harrison – our 23rd president – actually do while in office? You know you want to know!
All that and a front row seat to Sarah’s midlife crisis spent watching a difficult camel birth. Not enough? Well Sarah’s not into all that “woo woo stuff”, but a chance moment at the town pump in Ennis, Montana challenges her literal mind. 
BONUS: Sarah’s unvarnished thoughts on cowboys and why they call it a “10 gallon hat” (no one actually knows - write in and tell us your theory!)  

Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor and producer. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art.
Sarah Vowell is an author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress. She has written seven nonfiction books on American history and culture including Assassination Vacation, The Wordy Shipmates, and The Partly Cloudy Patriot. She was also the voice of Violet in the 2004 animated film The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel.
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Released:
Oct 4, 2023
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chin-wag: to have a chat, a friendly conversation. Actor Paul Giamatti and Stephen Asma, author and philosopher, join forces 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. New episodes drop Wednesdays for free here: http://apple.co/chinwag Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod ?? YT: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod Website: http://chinwagpod.fm For Treefort details ?‍♂️ on over here Site: https://treefort.fm Twitter: https://twitter.com/TreefortMedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/treefort.fm/