Tim Blake Nelson (Extended) | Reading is Cool

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In the latest edition of "That's Yeet. Dabbing on Fleek, Fam!" Late Show writer and board-certified young person Eliana Kwartler tells Stephen why reading books is the hottest new trend among the youths. Next, acclaimed actor Tim Blake Nelson ("Holes," "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," and "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") shares a thoughtful take on the difference between a movie star like Brad Pitt and a successful character actor like himself. Hear Tim and Stephen parse out the advantages of the novel as a mode of storytelling in this podcast exclusive extended interview, and find Tim’s new novel, “City of Blows,” out now in paperback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	John Stewart is back at the Daily Show, which means he's also back in our ears on the Daily Show,
0:05.2	Ears Edition Podcast. Listen to the Daily Show, Ears Edition, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:11.2	Hi, I'm Joe Dante. Legendary Director Joe Dante, and I'm Josh Olson.
0:15.0	Oscar-nominated screenwriter Josh Olson.
0:17.0	And nobody loves movies as much as we do.
0:20.0	Nobody's sane.
0:21.0	And we have a podcast.
0:22.0	Each episode we tracked out other filmmakers,
0:24.0	comedians, rock stars, authors, and artists and talk to them about movies.
0:28.0	But not about their movies, everybody does that. We talk them about the movies they
0:31.7	love and the movies that have well made
0:33.6	them who they are which is why we call our show the movies that made me. From
0:37.4	legendary giants to this year's Oscar winners. We know them all and we've seen them
0:41.2	so check out the movies it made me,
0:42.8	the movie lovers' podcast.
0:44.3	Available everywhere you find good podcasts.
0:46.7	Well, actually, it's available wherever you find podcasts, even the bad ones,
0:49.6	but ours is really good.
0:50.6	Back to the idea.
0:55.0	It's the idea.
0:57.0	It's the late show pot show with Stephen Colbay.
1:05.0	Folbé. Folbé.
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