Patton Oswalt and The Mandela Effect

Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma

Treefort Media & Touchy Feely Films

Society & Culture, History, Science

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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😈😈😈 Recorded live in Austin at SXSW, Stephen Asma and Paul Giamatti learn about Patton Oswalt’s current obsession with The Mandela Effect and take a wild detour through Shakespeare, demons, horror movies and goo pods. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art. Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor and producer. Patton Oswalt is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer. 😈😈😈 New episodes drop Wednesdays for free... n(🧊) Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼 YT: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod Website: http://chinwagpod.fm For Treefort details 🏄‍♂️ on over here Site: https://treefort.fm Twitter: https://twitter.com/TreefortMedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/treefort.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I have a whole theory that mankind went completely bonkers with the invention of photography.
0:14.0	That when you could actually see the most accurate representation of yourself,
0:19.0	that drove people crazy.
0:21.0	That before that, there was a way you could still I don't know
0:24.3	just to literally be able to see yes you could idealize things you could do all kinds
0:30.4	of manipulate it in a way and now you. Now of course you can manipulate it again
0:34.9	and you could then too.
0:36.7	But it's like, and it wasn't, it's never inaccurate.
0:39.4	It's never gonna be a completely accurate representation of you.
0:42.6	But I do think that that drove people crazy.
0:44.3	So I'm always curious, what the fuck it must have been like
0:46.7	to be an actor before film and photography?
0:50.0	I mean, it must have been really freaky to people.
0:52.1	If you came out and you played the devil
0:53.9	in the middle ages people must have been like oh fuck that guy he's the
0:57.8	fucking devil yeah that motherfucker is actually the devil well also I think up
1:02.3	until the early 1900s acting was looked upon as a very low profession.
1:08.2	It was not plumbing or something.
1:10.2	It was literally, no plumbers were like a blip like that guy has a trade this guy puts on
1:15.1	dead people's hair and makeup and luns around on stage and says he's Julius Cies just
1:19.4	fucking nuts like they were not true Hello, welcome to the Chin-Wag podcast. We're broadcasting live from the South by South
1:41.0	we're not live. What am I talking about? But we're at the
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