Justin Theroux Hits Peak Chinwag

Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma

Treefort Media & Touchy Feely Films

History, Society & Culture, Science

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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🧘🏻‍♂️🧘🏻‍♂️🧘🏻‍♂️ Paul and Stephen are joined by Paul’s old friend, perpetually youthful actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux. Learn all you ever wanted to know about the Oakwoods temporary housing in LA from former inhabitants Paul and Justin. Then rattlesnakes in Runyon Canyon, coyotes in Central Park, and how the Lindbergh kidnapping made pitbulls popular and led to Petey the dog on The Little Rascals. Stephen and Justin reveal a few delicacies they’ve enjoyed overseas, like coffee made from civet cat poop and bird’s nest soup. Then, Justin on living in China, Buddhism, his experience learning meditation from David Lynch, dyslexia, and how breathwork can help prevent forward-thinking anxiety. All that and the question of preserving isolated cultures or introducing them to life-changing medicine and say, Ranch dressing. Dive in! This one reaches peak Chinwaggin’. Chin-word of the week: PERSEVERATION 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. Justin Theroux is an actor, producer, director and screenwriter who’ll next be appearing in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Beetlejuice. 🧘🏻‍♂️🧘🏻‍♂️🧘🏻‍♂️ ========= 🚨🚨🚨 ANNOUNCEMENTS 🚨🚨🚨 🗳️ Chinwag was nominated for a 2024 Webby as BEST SERIES, please vote here https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2024/podcasts/features/best-series (until April 18th)! 🎟️ New live taping alert!! CHINWAG is coming to Boston on Friday April 19th ➡ https://chinwagpod.fm/boston Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼 IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod Website: http://chinwagpod.fm YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod 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	This is Stephen Asma.
0:05.0	And I'm Paul Giamotti and this episode of the Chinwag is sponsored by Better Help.
0:12.3	Paul, we both try to exercise and stay healthy.
0:15.1	I do yoga, you swim.
0:17.1	All this is good for the heart and it helps us physically.
0:20.0	But what about exercising the brain?
0:21.8	Uh-huh.
0:22.4	I mean, we do a lot of that on the chin wag,
0:25.0	that's for sure.
0:25.9	We sure do.
0:26.7	A lot of heavy lifting with the old cerebellum, Steve.
0:29.4	That's right.
0:30.2	But sometimes, you know, it helps to talk to somebody and I think therapy has helped me access pent-up emotions and processing stuff that's happened.
0:38.5	That's kind of like intense in life and it really helps me find me a deeper understanding of like who I am and how I became who I am.
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1:17.0	This episode is brought to you by Kraken.
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