David Mamet

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.6 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He first gained acclaim in the 1970s with plays like Sexual Perversity in Chicago, American Buffalo, and later the landmark Glengarry Glen Ross, which earned him both a Pulitzer and a Tony nomination. A founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company, Mamet’s prolific career spans theater, television, film, and essays. Mamet’s most recent play, Henry Johnson, premiered in 2023 and is currently being adapted for the screen. Starting May 9th, Henry Johnson will be available for rental directly through the film’s website - and will also be screening in theaters across the country, including stops in Dallas (May 6), Santa Monica (May 9), and a weeklong run at Bryn Mawr Film Institute in Pennsylvania (May 9–13). ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: Athletic Nicotine https://www.athleticnicotine.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Squarespace https://squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ LMNT Electrolytes https://drinklmnt.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Sign up to receive Tetragrammaton Transmissions https://www.tetragrammaton.com/join-newsletter

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0:00.0	Atheneum is a new podcast on the Tetragrammatine Network.
0:10.0	Do you know about the connection between Charlie Manson and M.K. Ultra?
0:14.5	The U.S. government's mind control operation?
0:18.7	What if everything you thought you knew about the Manson murders was wrong?
0:23.6	Join Ayesha Akambi for a once-in-a-lifetime in-depth conversation with Tom O'Neill,
0:29.9	author of The Runaway Bestseller Chaos, Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the 60s.
0:51.3	In this limited deep dive series, Tom O'Neill unpacks his 20-year investigation into the CIA's mind control program, linking it to Charles Manson and the disturbing secrets buried in America's history. From missing FBI files to Hollywood cover-ups,
0:54.8	government surveillance, LSD,
0:56.8	and the dark collapse of the 60s hippie dream.
1:00.6	This is the story behind the story.
1:04.0	It's not true crime.
1:05.4	It's true.
1:06.3	Chaos.
1:08.2	Hear it on Athenium,
1:09.9	the new podcast on the Tetragrammaton podcast network, available wherever you get your podcasts.
1:16.1	Truth isn't just stranger than fiction. It's far more dangerous.
1:23.6	Coming soon on the Atheneum podcast.
1:33.0	Okay. Coming soon on the Athenian podcast. Tetragrammaton.
1:39.0	Tetragrammaton.
1:40.3	Tetragrammaton. Tetragrammaton. I think I've been very fortunate because I never got an education, so all either was read all the time.
2:00.0	What are your thoughts on education in general?
2:02.2	Well, it's interesting that you should say that, because for years I wanted to write a book
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