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#278 – Skye Fitzgerald: Hunger, War, and Human Suffering

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Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Science, Society & Culture, Technology

4.713.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Summary

Skye Fitzgerald is a two-time Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, his films include Hunger Ward, Lifeboat, and 50 Feet from Syria. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Hunger Ward (movie): https://hungerward.org
Lifeboat (movie): https://lifeboatdocumentary.com
50 Feet from Syria (movie): https://50feetfromsyria.com

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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:34) – World hunger
(12:37) – Hunger Ward
(35:04) – Language
(40:15) – Famine
(50:59) – Authoritarianism
(57:27) – Storytelling
(1:11:01) – Access
(1:15:24) – Trust
(1:19:06) – Film equipment
(1:23:52) – Editing
(1:30:21) – Filmmaking
(1:43:20) – Favorite Films
(1:54:28) – Lifeboat
(2:01:53) – Breaking rules
(2:04:48) – Fear
(2:08:27) – 50 feet from Syria
(2:13:24) – Money and distribution
(2:21:02) – Advice for young people
(2:24:07) – Books
(2:26:01) – Darkest moments
(2:30:32) – Meaning of life
(2:32:30) – Mortality

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following is a conversation with Skyfist Gerald, a two-time Oscar-nominated documentary

0:04.7

filmmaker who made the film's hunger ward about the war in Yemen, lifeboat, about the search

0:11.2

and rescue operations off the coast of Libya, and 50 feet from Syria about the war in Syria.

0:20.4

And now a quick few second mention of his sponsor. Check them out in the description. It's the

0:24.5

best way to support this podcast. We got Notion for note-taking,

0:29.7

Mis-in-main for fashion, better help for wellness,

0:33.1

on-it for focus, and 8-sleep for rest. Choose wisely my friends.

0:38.6

And now onto the full ad-rees. As always, no ads in the middle. I try to make this

0:43.0

interesting, but if you skip them, please still check out the sponsors. I enjoy their stuff,

0:47.1

maybe you will too. This show is brought to you by Notion, a note-taking

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wiki project management, and much more in one space that's simple, powerful, and beautifully

1:02.9

designed. People just don't shout out about telling me how much they love Notion.

1:07.6

The teams, programming teams, design teams, engineering teams, that's what I work with.

1:12.4

Editors, creative teams as well, they use Notion. They use Notion for the collaboration aspects.

1:18.1

So it's not just individual note-taking, it's also the collaboration. And that's actually the

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latter thing is what Notion wants me to tell you about. Which is that it's a full-on operating

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system for running every aspect of a startup. It's running a special offer for said startups.

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You get up to a thousand bucks off Notion's team plan by going to Notion.com slash startups.

1:42.2

To give you a sense that's almost the year of free Notion for a team of 10. Go to Notion.com slash

1:47.9

startups. That's Notion.com slash startups. This show is also brought to you by Mis in a main.

1:55.2

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