Bonus-wag: Natasha Lyonne on Aliens, Bigfoot and Ghosts

Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma

Treefort Media & Touchy Feely Films

History, Society & Culture, Science

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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👻🥞🥤 Natasha shares her beliefs in the possibility of aliens, ghosts and Bigfoot, introduces the Fermi Paradox to the conversation with Paul and Stephen, enjoys a pancake lunch, and tells the story of her life with Rootbeer the dog. Bonus: Did Natasha’s dog Rootbeer get plastic surgery or consult a psychic? Tune in to this week’s Bonus-Wag to find out! Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor and producer. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art. Natasha Lyonne is an actor, director, writer and producer whose recent projects include Netflix’s Orange is the New Black and Russian Doll, which she also co-created, wrote, produced & directed. Next she’ll appear in the film His Three Daughters and the 2nd season of Peacock’s Poker Face. She also directed the new Netflix comedy special Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees! 👻🥞🥤 ========= New eps of CHINWAG drop Wednesdays for free... n(🧊) Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼 IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod Website: http://chinwagpod.fm YOUTUBE x CHINWAG Playlists ▶️ YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod Full episodes playlist: https://bit.ly/chinwagYT Animated shorts: https://bit.ly/chinwaganimations Send your stories, Qs, or thoughts to 📧 questions [at] chinwagpod [dot] fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody it's Paul Giamotti speaking. Stephen Asmas I live and breathe.
0:10.0	How are you sir? I'm doing well. Are you familiar with NPR's throughline podcast?
0:15.0	Yeah, it's an excellent podcast and I've been listening to it for a while.
0:18.0	Yeah, you're a listener. Yeah. I love this show. Every week they go back in time to understand the present because you can't
0:25.1	fully understand the moment we're living in without knowing where we've been, right?
0:28.6	Very true.
0:29.6	And on every episode of NPR's throughline, the host take a story from the news and go back to where it started.
0:34.8	They seek to answer one important question, how did we get here?
0:38.3	It's interesting stuff.
0:39.5	They have some amazing topics I think our audience will find intriguing.
0:42.5	There was a recent one about the scientist who tried to stop the aging process
0:46.5	because he deemed old age to be a disease that he could cure.
0:50.5	So it gets into all kinds of weird stuff.
0:52.6	Wow. Eternal youth, our fear of aging, our fear of death,
0:55.6	that traces he feelings back thousands of years.
0:58.2	It's remarkable discussion.
0:59.8	So very cool stuff.
1:01.3	If you're interested in learning about how the past informs the present,
1:04.7	you'll love the Thru Line podcast from NPR. On NPR's Thru Line, the Past is brought back to life,
1:10.8	and listeners get to go inside the stories from then that shape the world we live in now.
1:15.6	Past is shrouded in mystery, correct Steve?
1:18.0	It is.
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