20. Jesse Ventura (Wrestler, Governor) – Off the Grid/Life on Mars
Think Again - a Big Think Podcast
Big Think / Panoply
4.6 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2015
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like? |
| 0:04.3 | 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. |
| 0:20.0 | Hi there, I'm Jason Gott, and you're listening to Think Again, a Big Think podcast. |
| 0:26.7 | Big Think is an online forum for big ideas from the world's most creative thinkers and doers. |
| 0:32.2 | With the Think Again podcast, we're striking out into uncharted and dangerous territory. |
| 0:36.4 | We want to see what happens when experts are asked to respond to interview clips on topics they may or may not have any knowledge of. |
| 0:42.3 | We want to jump into the unknown with no script, no preparation. |
| 0:46.3 | Every week our producers dig deep into Big Things archives to find ideas that are innovative, timely, or timelessly thought-provoking, |
| 0:53.3 | and the clips are always a surprise |
| 0:55.2 | to my guests and to me. Today, I am very psyched to be joined by Jesse Ventura. He's the former |
| 1:01.0 | governor of Minnesota, former U.S. Navy Frogman, a pro wrestler, and movie actor, and the author |
| 1:06.8 | of seven books. His latest book, American Conspiracies, Explores Things the Government |
| 1:11.7 | Doesn't Want You to Know About, including the corporate conspiracy to deny climate change. |
| 1:16.6 | Welcome to think again, Jesse. Nice to be here. |
| 1:19.6 | I cannot wait to get into our conversation with today's guest, Jesse Ventura, but before I do that, |
| 1:26.2 | I just want to ask you you when you get a chance, |
| 1:28.5 | listeners, to please take five minutes, go online to podsurvey.com forward slash think. |
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