The Truth is Out There: Ep. 75

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Our Jewish guest this week is actor David Duchovny, whose latest novel, Bucky F*cking Dent, follows a Red Sox-loving father and son during the 1978 World Series. He tells us how fox Mulder, the fictional FBI agent he played on The X-Files, would feel about James Comey right about now, his favorite X-Files meme, and his long-lost Yale Ph.D. thesis on magic and technology in 20th century fiction. Our Gentile of the Week is John Cleese, whose memoir, So, Anyway, is out in paperback. The legendary British comedian and actor tells Liel about the first time he heard a good Jewish joke, why The Hangover is a terrible movie, and how the Black Knights from Monty Python and the Holy Grail might just be a metaphor for Jewish history. Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes and more. Email us with comments, questions and kvetches at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com—we'll share our favorite notes on air. Sponsored by Harry’s: Enter code UNORTHODOX at checkout to get a free post shave balm. Music Credits: “Unorthodox Theme Song” by Golem “Egg Man” by The Beastie Boys "Main Title Theme from Californication" by Tree Adams & Tyler Bates “David Duchovny” by Bree Sharp “Mailtime” from Blues Clues “Planta Baja” by Tres Tristes Tangos “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” by Eric Idle, performed by the Traditional Jazz Band of Brasil

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0:36.0	Here in Inorthadox, we like to engage in, you know, just like regular adult discussion. But sometimes things get like a little out of hand and there will be swears.
0:40.0	So hide them, hide them kids.
0:42.0	Hide the swears or hide the kids? kids I had the swears or hide the
0:43.9	kids no we're not gonna hide the swears that's from hide your wife hide your kid like you
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0:51.1	yep like 2008. Huh? Yep.
0:53.0	Hello Jews!
0:59.0	This is Unorthodox the weekly podcast from tablet magazine.
1:02.3	I'm Mark Oppenheimer, joined as ever by tablet deputy editor Stephanie Butnick.
1:06.4	Hi.
1:07.4	You see, since we got the complaint that I never put you first, it's all you all the time.
1:11.8	And then I got, we got the correction to the the complaint which was that I was pretty much always first always and tablet senior
1:16.9	Those are alternative facts. Yeah, Stephanie and tablet senior writer Leahlebowitz
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