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Think Again - a Big Think Podcast

108. Jeff Garlin (Comedian) – K.I.S.S.

Think Again - a Big Think Podcast

Big Think / Panoply

Arts, Society & Culture

4.6594 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. Since 2015, the Think Again podcast has been taking us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpected conversation starters from Big Think’s interview archives. Today, one of our wildest episodes ever, with comedian Jeff Garlin, who cuts one of our surprise clips short to call B.S. on neuroscience and complexity. Wikipedia succinctly describes Jeff Garlin as a comedian, actor, producer, voice artist, director, writer, podcast host and author. You might know him best from Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he produced and acted in as Larry David’s friend and manager Jeff Greene, whose relationship with his wife was one of the most harrowing things I’ve ever seen on television. Jeff co-wrote, directed, and stars in the 2017 film Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie as the befuddled yet capable Detective Handsome. Surprise conversation starter interview clips in this episode: Neuroscientist Beau Lotto on Perception, Documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux on Scientology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Huh, have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?

0:03.0

Not much to it, is there?

0:06.0

Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.

0:10.0

Mmm, that is good.

0:13.0

Now that's what Asani should sound like.

0:16.0

Go all crisp in with walkers.

0:18.0

Delicious.

0:20.0

Hey there, I'm Jason Gatz and you you're listening to Think Again, a Big Think podcast.

0:29.5

Started in 2008, Big Think is a kind of online think tank of big ideas from some of the most

0:34.7

creative thinkers on the planet.

0:36.5

On the podcast, we revisit these ideas in new and different ways.

0:40.1

Our producers surprise me and my guests with short interview clips from Big Thinks

0:44.1

archives, ideas that we didn't necessarily come here expecting to discuss.

0:48.5

I'm very, very happy to be here today with Jeff Garland.

0:51.6

Wikipedia succinctly describes him as a comedian, actor, producer,

0:55.2

voice artist, director, writer, podcast host, and author. And you might know him best from

1:00.1

Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he produced and acted in as Larry David's friend and manager,

1:05.0

Jeff Green, whose relationship with his wife was one of the most harrowing things I've ever seen

1:09.9

on television. Tomorrow, Handsome, a Netflix mystery movie, premieres on Netflix, obviously. Jeff co-wrote, directed, and stars in it as the befuddled yet capable detective handsome.

1:21.6

Welcome to think again, Jeff.

1:22.6

It's so wonderful to be here.

1:25.6

It's really, really, really good to have you. So I want to start with, you know, digging around on the internet, somewhere it says that you, that Jimmy Durante is why you got into comedy.

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