Paul Giamatti, King of Neptune + Demonology 101

Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma

Treefort Media & Touchy Feely Films

History, Society & Culture, Science

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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🧜‍♂️👻👹 Paul and Stephen hit Town Hall in Seattle for a wild audience Q&A. Paul’s crowned King of Neptune, a Brooklynite gets deep with hardcore Buddhist philosophy, and Bigfoot? He’s back—and Stephen’s sure he’s still out there, buried somewhere. Fans fire off questions about ghosts, cryptids, mermaids, and Guillermo del Toro… Later, Stephen drops a demon-hunting masterclass in Office Hours, featuring St. Anthony, St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Heinrich Kramer, the Inquisitor. Buckle up, Waggers—this one’s a ride! Paul Giamatti is a Golden Globe award-winning actor and producer. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art. 🧜‍♂️👻👹 ========= 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	Hey Harry. Hello mate. Got any tips for the football? Your best bet is to head over to bet Victor.
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0:19.2	Neil. My name's not Neil.
0:22.4	I know, but it rhymes.
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0:42.2	18 plus opt in and bet on any football marketing at odds of evens or greater no, cash out seven-day expiry terms and conditions apply.gamblerware.org. Hey, fans of Chinwag, this is your pal, Stephen Asma, and I want to tell you about my new YouTube channel called Professor Asma's Guide to Unusual Knowledge.
0:45.9	Remember when you were a kid pretending to be a dinosaur or an astronaut?
0:51.4	That wild imagination didn't just disappear. It's alive and well in everything we do as adults.
0:55.0	Professor Asma's Guide is here to bring that sense of wonder back,
0:58.8	exploring vertigo-inducing questions about life, reality,
1:02.0	and the curiosity cabinet we call the human mind.
1:04.6	And I'll be taking you on some intellectual armchair adventures from the comfy chair in my living room.
1:07.0	Each episode is a playful yet scholarly exploration of the curious and the unknown.
1:11.5	With real research, a healthy dose of skepticism, a will to believe, a touch of wonder, facts, the mysteries, and the space to decide what it all means for yourself.
1:21.2	Are you into Barnumask humbug, shadow histories, existential questions, occult theories and practices?
1:28.7	Then please subscribe to my YouTube channel, Professor Asma's Guide to Unusual Knowledge. Can't wait to see you there.
1:34.3	I'm giving a real treat. And then we're heading into
2:02.4	office hours where I'm giving a special lesson on all things demonic. So this is going to be
2:08.4	about demons and the sort of history and culture around demons and really how you can, you know,
2:13.3	battle the creatures if you need to at some point. So this is a wild one.
2:18.4	Let's get started.
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