83. Matt Taibbi (Journalist) – Bread and Circus

Think Again - a Big Think Podcast

Big Think / Panoply

Arts, Society & Culture

4.6 • 594 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. The Think Again podcast takes us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpected conversation starters from Big Think’s interview archives. Hard-hitting, darkly funny journalist Matt Taibbi has reported on on politics, media, finance, and sports, winning the National Magazine Award for Commentary in 2008 and is the author of three NYTimes bestsellers on politics and culture. For Rolling Stone, continuing in the tradition the magazine started with Hunter S. Thompson’s coverage of Nixon’s 1972 presidential campaign, Taibbi has covered the last four election cycles. His dispatches from the 2016 election circus are the basis of his new book Insane Clown President.In this week's Think Again, Jason and Matt talk about Hunter S. Thompson, family, career, media, and, inevitably, President Donald Trump. Surprise conversation starter interview clips in this episode: Susan David on our unhealthy obsession with happiness, and Tim Wu on celebrities as modern-day gods. About Think Again - A Big Think Podcast: You've got 10 minutes with Einstein. What do you talk about? Black holes? Time travel? Why not gambling? The Art of War? Contemporary parenting? Some of the best conversations happen when we're pushed outside of our comfort zones. Each week on Think Again, we surprise smart people you may have heard of with short clips from Big Think's interview archives on every imaginable subject. These conversations could, and do, go anywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Huh, 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.
0:11.0	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	Hey there, I'm Jason Gottz, and you're listening to Think Again, a Big Think podcast.
0:29.5	Started in 2008, Big Think is a kind of online think tank of big ideas from some of the most
0:35.5	creative thinkers on the planet.
0:37.6	On the podcast, we revisit these ideas in new ways.
0:40.8	Our producers surprised me and my guests with short interview clips from Big Thinks
0:45.5	Archives, ideas that we didn't come here expecting to discuss.
0:49.1	I'm very happy to be here today with journalist Matt Taibi.
0:52.3	He's reported on politics, media, finance,
0:55.2	and sports, winning the National Magazine Award for Commentary in 2008. He's also the author
1:00.8	of three New York Times best-selling books on politics and culture. For Rolling Stone,
1:06.2	continuing in the tradition, the magazine started with Hunter S. Thompson's coverage of Nixon's
1:10.8	1972 presidential campaign.
1:13.2	Taibi has covered the last four election cycles.
1:17.1	His dispatches from the 2016 election circus, crazy house, mad people, bouncy bus are the basis
1:25.6	of his new book, Insane Clown president. Welcome to think again, Matt.
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