30 - Jon Ronson

Paul McKenna's Positivity Podcast

Global

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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My guest today is an internationally renowned journalist, screenwriter, BBC documentary film maker and award winning radio broadcaster. He is also the author of nine books including ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’ which was made in to a Hollywood movie where he was portrayed by Ewan McGregor. I am talking today with Jon Ronson….

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0:00.0	This is a global, original podcast.
0:02.7	Paul McKenna's positivity podcast.
0:06.2	Hello, this is Paul McKenna, and welcome to the positivity podcast.
0:10.1	My objective is to interview the most interesting people in the world, and in the next 30 minutes, get insights and even discover how it is that they do what they do, what makes them unique and fascinating, their success
0:21.8	mindset, and certainly what keeps them positive.
0:27.3	My guest today is an internationally renowned journalist, screenwriter, BBC documentary
0:32.1	filmmaker and award-winning radio broadcaster.
0:35.5	He's also the author of nine books, including The Men Who Stare at Goats,
0:38.8	which was made into a Hollywood movie where he was portrayed by Ewan McGregor.
0:42.6	I'm talking today with John Ronson.
0:45.0	Because I still didn't really want to be a writer.
0:46.7	I thought, I'm not sure if I'd been like a pop star or an actor or something.
0:50.8	The paranoia is more mysterious to me than their belief. I'm sort of interested in
0:55.1	how our minds, you know, spiral into places that they shouldn't. I've got about four
1:01.9	great hours in me of writing where my head is completely clear and so I don't want to waste that.
1:19.1	Hello John.
1:20.2	Oh, how are you doing?
1:21.2	I'm doing great.
1:22.2	It's lovely to see you.
1:23.2	Can I ask you,
1:25.2	how would you describe what it is that you do?
1:29.7	Well, the kind of annoying word is storytelling.
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