Tim Minchin Discussing Science, Culture, & Comedy
The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss
4.4 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2022
⏱️ 122 minutes
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Summary
Tune in for an excellent conversation between Tim Minchin and Lawrence Krauss. They dive into a variety of interesting subjects, such as Tim Minchin's upbringing, his scientific interests, comedy, culture, the state of the world, and even a few of Tim Minchin's current projects that is he working on now.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Lawrence Krause and welcome to the Origins Podcast. |
| 0:11.5 | This episode is with the amazing Tim Minchin. |
| 0:15.4 | The first time I heard him sing a single song, I became a fan, |
| 0:18.5 | and ever since then, I try and follow everything he does. His musical, |
| 0:24.1 | Matilda, is simply brilliant. And I have enjoyed every interaction I've had with Tim. In fact, |
| 0:32.5 | we interviewed him for our movie The Unbelievers. I was so happy after a bunch of years to finally |
| 0:37.6 | catch up with him remotely when he was in Australia and we talked about everything from his |
| 0:43.9 | early childhood to why he understands science so well, what might make him upset and then discuss |
| 0:51.3 | social issues, the state of the world, his current projects, and I think |
| 0:56.7 | you'll find it fascinating as well as incredibly entertaining. Tim is a remarkable human being, |
| 1:03.5 | and I'm privileged to know him, and I'm so happy he agreed to be on the podcast to spend time |
| 1:09.8 | with us here. So I hope you enjoy Tim Minchin. |
| 1:13.9 | If you're watching this podcast on YouTube, I hope you'll consider subscribing to our YouTube |
| 1:19.9 | channel because only a small fraction of the many, many people who watch the show actually |
| 1:26.3 | subscribe. |
| 1:27.3 | And if you do, you'll get notices of upcoming episodes and other things we'll be. of the many, many people who watch the show actually subscribe. |
| 1:30.2 | And if you do, you'll get notices of upcoming episodes and other things we try and produce for our YouTube subscribers. |
| 1:34.5 | Also, the program is produced by the Origins Project, |
| 1:37.5 | trying to bring science and culture more broadly to humanity. |
| 1:41.5 | And I hope some of you will either consider supporting that foundation or supporting us |
| 1:46.5 | through subscribing to this podcast through Patreon. |
| 1:50.4 | Either way, enjoy the podcast and enjoy Tim Minchin. |
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