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146. Think Again LIVE with Kristen Radtke (graphic novelist) – The Fascination of What's Difficult

Think Again - a Big Think Podcast

Big Think / Panoply

Arts, Society & Culture

4.6594 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This episode is really something different. It’s a live show we did on April 21st in Green Bay Wisconsin, as part of Untitled Town Book and Author Festival, now in its second year. I’d never been to Green Bay before. Nice town! You may know about the cheese and the football, but did you know that the Red Hot Chili Peppers once fled from the police due to an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction at a concert and spent the night hanging out at a local fan’s house? I learned this and much, much more from the wonderful people I met there. What’s great about live shows is that anything can happen, and so to preserve that feeling in all its glory, we’re not editing this one too much. So grab your popcorn, sit back, and imagine yourself in sunny, snow-covered (yes, snow in late April) Green Bay, WI. Our guest is graphic novelist and Believer Magazine Art Director Kristen Radtke, author of IMAGINE WANTING ONLY THIS. Surprise conversation-starter clips in this episode: Gene Luen Yang on art and empathy Chris Hadfield on information and authority Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?

0:04.2

Not much to it, is there?

0:06.2

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

0:10.9

Mmm, that is good.

0:12.9

Now that's what Asani should sound like.

0:15.8

Go all crisp in with walkers.

0:19.0

Delicious.

0:20.3

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

0:29.9

This episode is really something different.

0:32.4

It's a live show that we did on April 21st in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as part of Untitled Town Book and Author Festival,

0:40.0

now in its second year. I'd never been to Green Bay before. Nice town. You may know about the

0:45.6

cheese and the football, but did you know that the red hot chili peppers once fled from the police

0:50.2

for an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction at a concert and spent the night hanging out at a local

0:55.1

fans' house. I learned this and much, much more from the wonderful people I met there. What's great

1:00.5

about live shows is that anything can happen, and so to preserve that feeling in all its glory,

1:05.8

we're not editing this one much. So grab your popcorn, sit back, and imagine yourself in sunny, snow-covered,

1:12.8

Green Bay, Wisconsin.

1:18.0

Thank you so much.

1:21.9

A film critic, a New York Times film critic recently was talking about how during Oscars time, people are always

1:30.6

saying, I want to thank, I want to thank my publicist, I want to thank, et cetera, and that

1:35.8

it's a peep of hers because you don't want to thank, you thank or you don't, right?

1:41.8

So thank you, Untitled Town for having us thank you brown county library

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