The Nature of Fun, Part 2
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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4.3 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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What exactly is "fun" and how does it differ from other concepts related to quality and experience? Robert and Joe explore the question in this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Joel Stein. I want you to close your eyes and imagine a pocket watch. |
| 0:05.7 | It's moving from side to side. You're getting very sleepy. |
| 0:11.6 | Great. Now that I've hypnotized you against your will, you're going to start liking long-form journalism. |
| 0:16.2 | Like so much. You're going to listen to a podcast where the host interviews a writer about their long-form story every week. |
| 0:23.6 | I'm that host. |
| 0:25.0 | Listen to Story of the Week on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:30.3 | I'm Danish Ward's host of Stealing Superman, a new I Heart original podcast about the most unlikely art heist of all time. |
| 0:40.6 | It was Nick Cage's own personal national treasure. |
| 0:44.9 | At a 1999 New Year's Eve party, someone snatched Cage's priceless comments. |
| 0:52.4 | But who? Listen to Stealing Superman on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you find your favorite shows. |
| 1:00.7 | Where were you in 92? Bouncing your butt to Sir Mixlot? |
| 1:04.4 | Wondering if you, like Billy Ray Cyrus, could pull off a moment? |
| 1:07.2 | Now I had as a podcast all about it. I'm Jason Longfied and on my new show, Where Were You in 92, we take a ride through the major hits. |
| 1:13.8 | One hit wonders and shocking scandals that shaped the wildest 12 months in music history. |
| 1:17.5 | You know, the president came after me. Everybody had time, one, or it was madness. |
| 1:22.1 | Music was magic and I had completely burned that to the ground. |
| 1:26.4 | I realized I'm the forbidden fruit. |
| 1:29.2 | So listen and follow Where Were You in 92 on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. |
| 1:38.7 | Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 1:42.1 | Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lam. |
| 1:52.2 | And I'm Joe McCormick and we're back with part two of our series on fun. |
| 1:56.4 | Of course, we all roughly know what fun is. You know fun when you see it. |
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