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4 The Subjectivity of Memory

Topics

Earwolf

Comedy

4.8643 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2013

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In Episode Four of "Topics", Michael and Michael discuss the age old question "if a tree falls in the woods but no one is there to hear it did it make a sound?", Hume's Theory of Induction, Steve Jobs, Thanksgiving turkey and The Civil War."Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.

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0:00.0

It's topics with Michael Ian Black and Michael Schoalter, the podcast, where two people known, you know, primarily for comedy, really kind of get into the bigger questions of life.

0:22.3

Yeah.

0:24.9

And, you know, the focus here really isn't on being funny.

0:31.1

No.

0:33.4

I think if that happens, if something funny happens, that's okay. It's not like we're going to edit that out.

0:42.3

Oh, I agree. I totally agree with that. I don't think the goal of this is to be unfunny.

0:48.2

Right. Right. You know, I'm not, I'm not specifically trying to be so serious about the big topics, you know.

0:57.0

Well, you have to be able to laugh at, you know, at the big topics.

1:00.8

You have to be able to laugh.

1:02.8

But we're not trying to make jokes.

1:05.5

We're not, we're not the whole thing.

1:07.0

We're not here trying to make jokes.

1:08.6

No.

1:08.8

I think that's, that's kind of the point.

1:10.6

Well, I think a lot of times people think, oh, they're comedians, you know, all they want to do is

1:15.0

joke around. And yeah, I like to joke around, but I also like to think about things too.

1:19.5

Yeah. Yes, yes. I mean, I'm the same way. I love joking around. You know, I love, you know, having a good laugh or, you know, getting, getting silly or whatever.

1:32.2

Of course.

1:33.4

And you and I have gotten, you know, silly over the years and we've had some great laughs.

1:37.8

And it's, you know, I remember those times with great fondness.

1:42.4

But I also know that we've had some long conversations about some really serious stuff.

1:48.1

Yes, yes.

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