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Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything

Where does real art come from? (three fakes)

Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything

Benjamen Walker & Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Hitler and Goebbels read Walter Benjamin in the bunker, Orson Wells discovers the magic of the fake crowd.

Plus, a profile of artist Lynn Hershman Leeson.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You are listening to Benjamin Walker's theory of everything.

0:05.0

At Radio Topia, we now have a select group of amazing supporters that help us make all our shows possible.

0:13.0

If you would like to have your company or product sponsor this podcast, then get in touch.

0:18.0

Drop a line to sponsor at radiotopia.fm. Thanks.

0:24.0

The folks who make our fellow Radio Topia show everything is alive.

0:28.0

The interview show in which all of these subjects are inanimate objects are bringing you something different this year.

0:35.0

Right now in the everything is alive feed, you'll find a brand new special mini series called The Animals.

0:42.0

An interview show in which all of these subjects are animals.

0:46.0

You'll get to know a beaver, a jellyfish, a flamingo, and more, all sharing the trials and tribulations of what it's like to live elsewhere in the food.

0:53.0

Like everything is alive, it's funny, informative, and poignant.

0:58.0

Here's the sample.

1:00.0

My name is Jerry Dra. You can see me, okay?

1:03.0

Okay, good. I'm a jellyfish, so that's why I always check with people.

1:08.0

We're celebrities in the natural world.

1:10.0

You know, that's the thing about being a butterfly that I don't think people understand is the pressure.

1:14.0

This is my son Joseph, and we are kangaroos.

1:18.0

Joseph, we should say you are currently still in the pouch.

1:22.0

Yeah, I live in a pouch, still.

1:24.0

Okay, it's awesome. It's like nature's pocket.

1:27.0

Humans have a phrase, eager beaver.

1:30.0

Are you not a slur? I never know if that's a slur.

1:33.0

When I look at a peacock, I don't see the king of birds.

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