375 - Chris Paine (Filmmaker/Environmentalist)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2019

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Chris Paine is an American filmmaker and environmental activist. His notable works as director include the documentaries Who Killed the Electric Car? Revenge of the Electric Car and Do You Trust This Computer? Paine received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for Who Killed the Electric Car?

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0:00.0	Radio Manu, Papa Tzango.
0:02.3	Hello, tangentially speaking listeners.
0:30.8	I'm not here to blow smoke up anyone's ass, but I did just want to take a moment to say that this podcast has been a meaningful constant in a world of change.
0:41.4	Not the change is necessarily a bad thing. Of course, it can be great. In fact, one of the biggest changes of my life was a result of this podcast.
0:52.2	After hearing Chris talk about Spain for so many years and comparing the differences between Spanish and American culture, I decided that I wanted to see it for myself.
1:02.2	But not just go for a couple of weeks and come back because a lot of times people go on vacation. They come back and you wonder if they really brought back anything with them at all.
1:15.0	So I actually went there for a year and lived in Taudanglish and it was awesome.
1:23.0	The other person that really inspired me to go to Spain was Professor McGuire. I had his class for a summer and it was great.
1:34.0	He was extremely passionate about Spanish and particularly about Spanish culture. It was contagious.
1:44.0	I realized for the first time that it was actually possible to live abroad and to travel and to live in a way that was radically different than anything you'd ever done before.
1:59.0	That was okay. I would have loved to have talked about Spain with Mr. McGuire but unfortunately he passed away a few weeks.
2:09.0	After that class ended suddenly with a heart attack which was strange because you saw him every day, five days a week, and then all of a sudden things changed.
2:27.0	Anyway, I really enjoyed the podcast Chris.
2:34.0	I would love to hear more literature and poetry commentary. I really miss that stuff from the Oregon days that you were doing the podcast man.
2:46.0	That stuff is important and we want to hear it.
2:50.0	Alright, much love.
2:53.0	Hello, Tangentialers.
2:55.0	Shemus, Sim, Nathan and the doc with the Shem exercise cock.
3:01.0	I'm speaking from Saringkot in Nepal and I'm coming to the end of three months of traveling through India and Nepal.
3:09.0	I just want to say that none of it had anything to do with listening to your podcast for the past three years.
3:16.0	I just thought I'd let you know because I'm nice. Cheers.
3:21.0	Hi Chris and all you tangentially speaking listeners. This is Quinn from Portland, Oregon in the US.
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