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    34. Paul F. Tompkins (Comedian) – A Tiny, Cosmic Threat

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    34. Paul F. Tompkins (Comedian) – A Tiny, Cosmic Threat

    FromThink Again - a Big Think Podcast

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    34. Paul F. Tompkins (Comedian) – A Tiny, Cosmic Threat

    FromThink Again - a Big Think Podcast

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    30 minutes
    Released:
    Feb 20, 2016
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Shockingly well-dressed comedian Paul F. Tompkins, host of Spontaneanation and the television show No, You Shut Up! joins host Jason Gots for improvised singing and conversation on subjects ranging from supervillains to presidential debates.Also! We debut our amazing new theme song from the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
    Released:
    Feb 20, 2016
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    We surprise some of the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. With host Jason Gots and special guests Neil Gaiman, Alan Alda, Salman Rushdie, Mary-Louise Parker, Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Saul Williams, Henry Rollins, Bill Nye, George Takei, Maria Popova, and many more . . . You've got 10 minutes with Einstein. What do you talk about? Black holes? Time travel? Why not gambling? The Art of War? Contemporary parenting? Some of the best conversations happen when we're pushed outside of our comfort zones. So each week on Think Again, we surprise smart people you've probably heard of with hand-picked gems from Big Think's interview archives on every imaginable subject. The conversation could go anywhere. SINCE 2008, BIG THINK has captured on video the best ideas of the world’s leading thinkers and doers in every field, renowned experts including neurologist Oliver Sacks, physicist Stephen Hawking, behavioral psychologist Daniel Kahneman, authors Margaret Atwood and Marylinne Robinson, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, painter Chuck Close, and philosopher Daniel Dennett.