Episode #1476
Patton Oswalt
Books mentioned
Guns, Germs, and Steel
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Transmetropolitan
Mentioned by Patton Oswalt · at 01:13:07 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Boys
Mentioned by Patton Oswalt · at 01:13:07 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Patton Oswalt discusses how the pandemic may affect public health, social safety nets, food systems, work, and everyday life, alongside economic inequality, regulation, polarization, and online accountability. He and Joe also explore anxiety, artificial intelligence, simulation theories, cultural criticism, career pressures, and Oswalt’s experiences with psychedelics and LSD.
What they talked about
- JRE moving exclusively to Spotify
- COVID-19 testing and lockdown experiences
- Vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 severity
- Spanish flu comparison and pandemic response
- Comedians' financial struggles and saving advice
- Trump's handling of the pandemic and politics
- Joan Rivers and generational comedy shifts
- Patton's new special 'I Love Everything' and LSD story
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