Penn Jillette

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🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Penn Jillette - The Air We Breathe (no alcohol, no caffeine) Penn describes what performing magic and writing a novel have in common, talks about Bill Maher and the difference between a cynic and a skeptic, identifies his favorite illustration of America's First Amendment, warns of the peril of technology's capacity to take geography out of tribalism, and discusses the concept behind his new novel, Random.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dedicated with Doug Brunt.
0:04.0	You have just gained access to an exclusive insider's look at the lives and works of some of your favorite authors,
0:10.0	and hear conversations with the world's greatest writers as they discuss their writing lifestyle, creative process,
0:17.0	latest work, and behind-the-scenes revelations.
0:20.0	Welcome to Dedicated dedicated i'm your host
0:24.9	Doug brunt today we have pen jillette he is world famous as part of the magic duo pen
0:29.3	teller but today we're going to take a closer look at his writing and i think like all good
0:34.6	sleight of hand will discover that his gift for writing has been there all along
0:38.5	and contributes to everything he does.
0:40.5	He's the author of 11 books, including two novels.
0:43.5	His latest is the novel Random.
0:45.7	And welcome to the show.
0:46.9	Thanks for having me.
0:47.9	Thanks for having me.
0:48.9	It's great to have you here.
0:49.9	I wanted to start with your early life.
0:51.9	You were born in Massachusetts.
0:53.2	Born in Western Massachusetts. You have to say that, because people think Massachusetts is Boston, and they think that it's hip and intellectual, or it's Dorchester, or it's tough. But there's this whole section of Western Massachusetts, before you get further Western, where it gets like Car carowack country where it gets like all rich
1:13.1	people from new york live there's this little section of dead factory towns that's just fentanyl
1:18.6	a little more rough and tumble yeah it's really it's very funny but it feels it's massachusetts
1:24.5	but it feels maybe a little more like west virginia like the old school Patriots fans, not this, you know, new...
1:29.4	Yeah, well, I'm not a sports guy.
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