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22 JAN

Aliens 101

👽🛸👾 Brace yourself for an intergalactic Chinwag as Professor Asma brings you into Office Hours to take on the ultimate extraterrestrial thought experiment: how would we deal with aliens? From UN protocols and risk management strategies to spotting laser pulses and heat signatures, they explore the practical, the philosophical, and the downright bizarre. Stephen looks at sci-fi classics like HG Wells’ War of the Worlds, and contemporary works like Zixin Liu’s Three-Body Problem. Do aliens think like us, or is their science beyond our logic? Could ancient Cambodians have glimpsed serpentine visitors from the stars? And is it possible to think of aliens as modern-day gods? This cosmic wag is out of this world—don’t miss it! 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. 👽🛸👾 ========= Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼 IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod Website: http://chinwagpod.fm YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod Send your stories, Qs, or thoughts to 📧 questions [at] chinwagpod [dot] fm ========= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Jan

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32 min
05/06/2024

Séances, Skeptics, and ... Spirit Trumpets!

🎺🎺🎺 Open your mind as Paul Giamatti and Stephen Asma talk about accessing the spirit world with investigative journalist Leslie Kean — the very journalist who broke the groundbreaking 2017 UFO story to The New York Times and introduced the world to the Pentagon’s UFO videos. The trio delve into the esoteric world of ectoplasm and explore its weightlessness, spider-webby texture, and the peculiar sound it emits through spirit trumpets. But the questions don’t stop there. Can spirits possess a man’s vocal cords and speak through him? Leslie shares her firsthand account of witnessing such phenomena, including the levitation of a man and objects in a room. Join Paul, Stephen, and Leslie on this metaphysical journey where reality crosses into the ethereal! Chin-word of the week: AMORPHOUS 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. Leslie Kean is an investigative journalist who co-authored a series of groundbreaking stories on UFOs for The New York Times from 2017 to 2022. She is the author of two books: UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record and Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife which was turned into a Netflix docuseries. 🎺🎺🎺 ========= Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼 IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod Website: http://chinwagpod.fm YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod Send your stories, Qs, or thoughts to 📧 questions [at] chinwagpod [dot] fm ========= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

05/06/2024

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1h 5m
31/05/2023

SO YOU THINK YOU’RE A STARSEED?

🌟🌟🌟 Recorded Live in Denver at SeriesFest 2023, Paul Giamatti and Stephen Asma talk to a live audience about the trendy topic of Starseeds, a cosmic mystery whose content has over 1 billion views on TikTok. Also in this episode: the reading of Akashic records, and Exorcism: is this still a thing? Bonus: Paul is left utterly baffled by the coronation of King Charles. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art. Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor and producer. 🌟🌟🌟 New episodes drop Wednesdays for free... n(🧊) 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31/05/2023

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53 min
11/10/2024 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Mail-wag: An Exquisite Corpse of a Letter

📫🧟‍♀️🦶 Let’s take a look back into the Mailbag as Paul and Stephen take you on an exquisitely nonsensical letter filled with delightfully odd non sequiturs from a lovely gent named Graham. From Graham’s collection of semi-related words, Paul and Steve dive into the world of etymology, slang and Paul’s best pair of pants. Don’t miss this ridiculous and enlightening chat! 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. 📫🧟‍♀️🦶 ========= Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼 IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod Website: http://chinwagpod.fm YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod Send your stories, Qs, or thoughts to 📧 questions [at] chinwagpod [dot] fm =========

11/10/2024 · Bonus

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10 min
19/07/2024 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Bonus-wag: Pretty Is Boring

💄🪞🎪 Paul and Stephen discuss the concept of 'freaks' and freak shows with award-winning portraiture artist, writer, and curator, Riva Lehrer. What was the societal impact and moral implications surrounding “freak shows” historically? And did you know people with unique physical traits used to invite intellectual elites to observe them as an educational opportunity? Then, Paul, Stephen and Riva chinwag about P.T. Barnum’s notorious exploitation of his exhibits, The Mütter museum (a Chinwag favorite!) and the bond many disabled people feel with museum exhibits of anomalous bodies. Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor and producer, and the self-proclaimed Emperor of Neptune. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art. He also is the acting Minister of Triton for the Chinwag. Riva Lehrer is an award-winning artist, writer and curator who focuses on the socially challenged body. She is the author of the memoir Golem Girl, and her work has been featured at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Yale University, and The United Nations. For more information, visit rivalehrerart.com. 💄🪞🎪 ========= Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼 - IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ - Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod - Website: http://chinwagpod.fm - YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod Send your stories, Qs, or thoughts to 📧 questions [at] chinwagpod [dot] fm =========

19/07/2024 · Bonus

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20 min
24/02/2022

Michael Ian Black

Is the point of this episode for Governor Kasich to convince Klepper and comedian Michael Ian Black to listen to Justin Bieber? Ooh baby, you better Belieb it! The thoughtful and hilarious Michael Ian Black comes on to talk about how he learned to expose his vulnerabilities and open up more, why there’s so much obsession around political divides and cancel culture, and how Kasich & Klepper teaming up reminds him a lot of his friendship with Meghan McCain. Michael’s latest book, “A Better Man: A (Mostly) Serious Letter to My Son” is available now and listen & subscribe to Michael's podcasts, MIKE AND TOM EAT SNACKS and OBSCURE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24/02/2022

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56 min
22/09/2022

Scott A. Small

Don’t forget, this is an episode to remember. Dr. Scott A. Small, neuroscientist and director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University, talks with Kasich & Klepper about why forgetting is not always a failure of our memory and how sleep helps us clear our minds. They also discuss how we are constantly cluttering our brains with today’s social media instead of making true connections as well as the healthy benefits of forgetting some of the pandemic and other traumatic world events. Scott’s book, FORGETTING: THE BENEFITS OF NOT REMEMBERING is available now wherever you get your books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22/09/2022

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1h 1m
24/05/2024 · BONUS

Mailwag: War of the Worlds & Penis Clairvoyance

📻✋🏼♆ It’s back to the WagBag we go! This week, Chinwag listener Scott S. writes in with an account of his grandfather’s panic during Orson Welles’s famed 1938 The War of the Worlds broadcast. Paul recalls his own grandfather’s memory of that fateful broadcast, as well as that of the Hindenburg! Then, Barbara C. writes us with a fascinating tutorial of different types of intuitives. There are so many ways folks deign to read the future, including tarot cards, palms, crystal balls, and yes, penis shapes. And can you guess the most asked question by women to psychics? It might not be what you think! Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor and producer, and the self-proclaimed Emperor of Neptune. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art. He also is the acting Minister of Triton for the Chinwag. 📻✋🏼♆ ========= Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼 IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod Website: http://chinwagpod.fm YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod Send your stories, Qs, or thoughts to 📧 questions [at] chinwagpod [dot] fm ========= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24/05/2024 · Bonus

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26 min
29/09/2022

Celinda Lake and Ed Goeas

Midterms are right around the corner. What issues REALLY matter most to voters? Who will win the House and the Senate? Will Trump and Biden face off again in 2024? To get the answers, Kasich & Klepper turn to Celinda Lake, one of the country’s top Democratic pollsters, and Ed Goeas, a prominent republican pollster and partner at Tarrance Group. They explain how polling accuracy has changed over the decades, why people often lie to pollsters, and whether voters really care about civility in politics. They also discuss where abortion rights, immigration, climate change, crime, and the economy rank in importance to voters going into the November elections. Celinda Lake and Ed Goeas’ upcoming book, “A QUESTION OF RESPECT: Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation” is available for pre-order now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29/09/2022

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57 min
27/11/2024

ENCORE: Hanksgiving

🦃🎞️⏳ 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 recalls his Bosom Buddies co-star Peter Scolari’s lines from 1980 and shares a baseball/acting analogy that puts it all in perspective. Why are time travel fantasies the perfect escape, and where does Tom dream of going? What’s the logic of time travel, and what would be better: going back to the past or moving forward into the future? Tom shares cautionary food for thought from Thornton Wilder and Charlton Heston, along with lessons gleaned from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes. Also, what are the rules of infidelity in time travel, and has there ever been a true golden age? Tom explains what it means to be a “presentist,” why he’s a bit of a skeptic, and joins the guys in exploring whether or not human nature has really changed over time. 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. Tom Hanks is a 2-time Academy Award winning actor, writer and author. His novel The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece is a New York Times Best Seller. His charitable coffee line, Hanx: For Our Troops, can be found at givehanx.com or on instagram @givehanx. All profits go to those who serve, and their families. 🦃🎞️⏳ ========= Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼 IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod Website: http://chinwagpod.fm YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod Send your stories, Qs, or thoughts to 📧 questions [at] chinwagpod [dot] fm ========= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27/11/2024

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1h 9m

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Top Shows

Aliens 101

Séances, Skeptics, and ... Spirit Trumpets!

SO YOU THINK YOU’RE A STARSEED?

Mail-wag: An Exquisite Corpse of a Letter

Bonus-wag: Pretty Is Boring

Michael Ian Black

Scott A. Small

Mailwag: War of the Worlds & Penis Clairvoyance

Celinda Lake and Ed Goeas

ENCORE: Hanksgiving

Mail-wag: An Exquisite Corpse of a Letter

Bonus-wag: Pretty Is Boring

CHINWAG STORYTIME: The Gift of the Magi

Mail-wag: Paul and Stephen Invade a Listener's Dreams

Mail-wag: Fairies, Fables, and Freaky Encounters!

Mail-wag: Now I Speak Welsh?

Mail-wag: W.C. Fields and What Not To Do On Acid

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