Episode 137

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16th May 2023

Is It Really Ignorance? with Owen Black

Owen Black, one of the most interesting conversationalists I know, is a writer and once-a-year comedian on his birthday. Hot off his 35th birthday set, my old standup buddy and I talk about his travels, upbringing, relationship to Blackness, and his new Instagram project.

Content warning: walking through town eating gelato in the South of France, hymn raising, Brazil, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, starving and waiting in line at the same time, the curse of infinite variety, dying before your partner.

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Music = Future: "Use Me" / James Blackshaw: "The Cloud of Unknowing" / Johnnie Frierson: "Miracles"

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Comedian Dave Maher interviews artists and activists about death, their lives, and the afterlife.
What happens when we die? What if this is the afterlife? Comedian, coma survivor, and former Pitchfork writer Dave Maher ("This American Life") asks artists, entertainers, and activists for definite answers to these unanswerable questions.
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