Best Art Ish Theory Podcasts (2025)

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# 691 - Jerry O’Connell & Captain Bad Boy 1:39:20

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I sit down with actor, Jerry O’Connell. We talk about “Stand By Me”, being married to Rebecca Romijn, life as a child star, his parents, raising kids, and much more! Follow Jerry IG: https://www.instagram.com/mrjerryoc The Permission to Party World Tour starts September 18th! Go to https://www.bertbertbert.com/#tour2 for tickets! ------------------…

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Something's Burning: Animal Control + Impossible Meat with Joel McHale and Grace Palmer | S6 E02 1:41:00

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Joel McHale and Grace Palmer come by the kitchen to chat about season 4 of their show, Animal Control. And, since Grace is vegetarian, I try my hand at Impossible Meat... news flash –the smell is aggressive. We also talk about the best way to drink Diet Coke, how much money I make and how awesome New Zealand is. Follow Joel: https://www.instagram.c…

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Fiction and the Fantastic: Stories by Jorge Luis Borges 13:16

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Jorge Luis Borges was a librarian with rock star status, a stimulus for magical realism who was not a magical realist, and a wholly original writer who catalogued and defined his own precursors. It’s fitting that he was fascinated by paradoxes, and his most famous stories are fantasias on themes at the heart of this series: dreams, mirrors, recursi…

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# 690 - Jeff Foxworthy is Definitely a Redneck 2:18:03

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I sit down with comedian, Jeff Foxworthy to talk about doing Johnny Carson, The Blue Collar Comedy Tour, his in-laws, comedy writing, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, and much more! Follow Jeff YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JeffFoxworthyofficial IG: https://www.instagram.com/realjefffoxworthy The Permission to Party World Tour starts September 18…

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Something's Burning: LeeAnn’s Classic Country Cookin’ w/ Katherine Blanford + Shane Torres | S6 E01 1:09:18

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With Bert away, LeeAnn’s stepping in to cook for Shane Torres + Katherine Blanford. She’s serving up some of her famous country cookin’ – just the way her grandmother did. And while she scratch-makes biscuits, she’s learning all about Shane + Katherine’s new podcast, life on the road with Bert, and how Katherine’s Uncle Pop came to be. Follow Shane…

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions' by Jean-Paul Sartre 15:22

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What is an emotion? In his Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions (1939), Sartre picks up what William James, Martin Heidegger and others had written about this question to suggest what he believed to be a new thought on human emotion and its relation to consciousness. For Sartre, the emotions are not external forces acting upon consciousness but an a…

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# 689 - Whitney Cummings & Ms. Pat Fly with Me 1:52:43

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I sit down in a jet with Whitney Cummings & Ms. Pat. Follow Whitney: https://www.instagram.com/whitneycummings Follow Ms. Pat: https://www.instagram.com/comediennemspat The Permission to Party World Tour starts September 18th! Go to https://www.bertbertbert.com/#tour2 for tickets! --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: Butche…

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Something's Burning: Tiffany Haddish, Antonia Lofaso + LeeAnn | S5 E25 1:40:31

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Bert’s out and LeeAnn is IN... along with a guest chef (Antonia Lofaso) and everyone’s favorite –Tiffany Haddish. Antonia’s making a summer pasta and a delicious ice cream sundae for the ladies while they talk about lady things, alpha men, and colonics. Follow Tiffany: https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyhaddish Antonia: https://www.instagram.com/chef…

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Novel Approaches: 'Our Mutual Friend' by Charles Dickens 17:27

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'Our Mutual Friend' was Dickens’s last completed novel, published in serial form in 1864-65. The story begins with a body being dredged from the ooze and slime of the Thames, then opens out to follow a wide array of characters through the dust heaps, paper mills, public houses and dining rooms of London and its hinterland. For this episode, Tom is …

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# 688 - John Driskell Hopkins Brings it 1:41:58

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I sit down with musician, John Driskell Hopkins. We talk about joining the Zac Brown Band, growing up in Georgia & Florida, early gigs, his experience with ALS, and John plays my favorite song of his! To help accelerate promising research, find a cure, and put an end to ALS once and for all, check out “Hop on a Cure” here: https://www.hoponacure.or…

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Something’s Burning: Bert’s Assistants Spill Secrets | Andrew, Peter + Kyle | S5 E24 1:27:28

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My former and current assistants, Andrew Hobson, Peter Juliano + Kyle Shaffer, come by the kitchen to relive some of their favorite memories of the road. We make our bus specialty, Snee-Sny-Snackers, out of all the Something’s Burning leftovers from the week and toast to the upcoming tour. It’s a roast of ME, some of the comedians that I travel wit…

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Love and Death: Family Elegies by Wordsworth, Lowell, Riley and Carson 13:47

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Seamus and Mark look at four elegies written for family members, ranging from the romantic period to the 2010s, each of which avoids, deliberately or not, what Freud described as the work of mourning. William Wordsworth’s ‘Elegiac Stanzas Suggested by a View of Peele Castle’ (1807) is an oblique memorial to a brother that seems scarcely able to men…

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# 687 - Jim Jefferies & The Snake 1:42:48

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I sit down with comedian Jim Jefferies. We talk about reality shows, going out with Russell Crowe, couples therapy, his Dad, little league games, and much more! Check out Jim’s new Netflix special, Two Limb Policy, and The Snake finale on FOX both out on August 12th! Follow Jim IG: https://www.instagram.com/jimjefferies YT: https://www.youtube.com/…

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Something's Burning: Reliving My WWE Choke Slam Debut with Grayson Waller + Austin Theory | S5 E23 1:36:34

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WWE stars Grayson Waller + Austin Theory stop by the kitchen for a recap of my WWE Monday Night Raw appearance with Tom... and bask in the glory of my epic choke slam. I make a traditional Australian brekkie and we chat about Aussie women, a wrestler’s diet, and why Emily Sears and I blocked each other. Purchase tickets to WWE’s biggest event of th…

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Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley 32:30

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Born from grief, exile, intellectual ferment and the ‘yearwithout a summer’, Frankenstein is a creation myth with its own creationmyth. Mary Shelley’s novel is a foundational work of science fiction, horrorand trauma narrative, and continues to spark reinvention and reinterpretation. In their fourth conversation together, Adam Thirlwell and Marina …

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# 686 - Brian Austin Green’s First Kiss 1:44:14

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I sit down with 90210 star, Brian Austin Green. We talk about Tony Hawk, being on 90210, Dancing with the Stars, his rap career, Luke Perry, first kisses, and much more! Follow Brian IG: https://www.instagram.com/brianaustingreen My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: Brunt …

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Something’s Burning: Oz The Mentalist’s Mind Games Make Bert Cry | S5 E22 1:22:50

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Oz the Mentalist swings by the kitchen – and it does not disappoint. My sister, Kottie, her podcast partner, Sam, and their sons are all wowed by the mind games… and the crab legs.Follow Oz the Mentalist:https://www.instagram.com/ozthementalistCheck out Sam and Kottie’s podcast “Don’t Worry About It” https://www.instagram.com/dontworryaboutitpodcas…

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'The Thing' by Martin Heidegger 15:31

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What does it mean for a jug to be a jug? Or for any thing to be called a ‘thing’? In his 1950 lecture ‘Das Ding’, Heidegger attempts to cajole his audience away from their everyday way of seeing the world as consisting of objects that can be represented objectively, and into the kind of thinking that ‘responds and recalls’. For Heidegger, the world…

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# 685 - René Vaca’s Dad Calls From Prison 1:52:02

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I sit down with comedian, René Vaca. We talk about his friend Ken Flores, Disney adults, his Dad’s story, the ICE raids and much more! Follow René YT: https://www.youtube.com/@renevacacomedy IG: https://www.instagram.com/renevacacomedy My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: …

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Something's Burning: Little People Make Good Hot Sauce! | Brad Williams + Chris Porter | S5 E21 1:35:50

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Comedians Chris Porter and Brad Williams stop by the kitchen for some Haitian Hot Chicken… and we’re putting Brad’s new hot sauces to the test. We also talk about Gallagher 2, Harvey Weinstein, and a bunch of other problematic topics. Check out Brad’s tour + hot sauce: https://www.bradwilliamscomedy.com Check out Chris’ tour: https://www.chrisporte…

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Novel Approaches: ‘The Mill on the Floss’ by George Eliot 16:49

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The Mill on the Floss is George Eliot’s most autobiographical novel, and the first she published after her identity as a woman was revealed. A ‘dreamscape’ version of her Warwickshire childhood, the book is both a working-through and a reimagining of her life. Ruth Yeazell and Deborah Friedell join Tom to discuss the novel and its protagonist Maggi…

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# 684 - Nate Jackson is Melting 1:37:46

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I sit down with comedian Nate Jackson to talk about stage proposals, his new special, crowd work, his comedy club, his Dad the jump rope king, his rise as a comic, and much more! Check out Nate’s Netflix special “Super Funny” now! Follow Nate YT: https://www.youtube.com/@NateJackson IG: https://www.instagram.com/mrnatejackson My new special “Lucky”…

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Something's Burning: Breaking Down Ticket Prices With The Black Keys | S5 E20 1:29:49

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Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, more commonly known as the Black Keys, stop by the kitchen for some shrimp + grits and crispy chicken skins. We also break down GOOD music and I offer them a gig on my new show they might not be able to say no to. Plus, we breakdown ticket prices for concerts, News Flash: it’s not the artists. Check out The Black Ke…

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Love and Death: War Elegies by Whitman, Owen, Douglas and more 12:09

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As long as there have been poets, they have been writing war elegies. In this episode, Mark and Seamus discuss responses to the American Civil War (Walt Whitman), both world wars (W.B. Yeats, Wilfred Owen, Rudyard Kipling, Keith Douglas) and the conflict in Northern Ireland (Michael Longley) to explore the way these very different poems share an an…

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# 683 - Giggles & Tears with Chanel West Coast 1:44:42

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I sit down with Chanel West Coast to talk about, Rod Dyrdek, leaving Ridiculousness, Fantasy Factory, Rob & Big, her music career, becoming a Mom, and much more! Follow Chanel YT: https://www.youtube.com/@ChanelWC IG: https://www.instagram.com/chanelwestcoast My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! --------------------------------------…

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Fiction and the Fantastic: Mikhail Bulgakov and James Hogg 32:13

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James Hogg’s ghoulish metaphysical crime novel 'The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner' (1824) was presented as a found documented dating from the 17th century, describing in different voices the path to devilry of an antinomian Calvinist, Robert Wringhim. Mikhail Bulgakov’s 'The Master and Margarita', written between 1928 and 19…

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Something's Burning: LeeAnn’s Lasagna + Loud Music with Strawberry Fuzz | S5 E19 1:17:51

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Venice-based band Strawberry Fuzz is out with a new album – and stops by the kitchen to talk about it. It’s a family-style Italian feast with warm, marinated olives and LeeAnn’s famous lasagna. We also have a heart-to-heart about who is actually famous around here. Check out their new album, Miller’s Garage - https://open.spotify.com/album/43vXOnMe…

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# 682 - Off-air with Radio Legend Big Boy 2:06:41

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I sit down with LA radio legend, Big Boy to talk Hip-hop, Weight Loss, Riots & Radio. Follow Big Boy YT: https://www.youtube.com/BigBoyTVyt IG: https://www.instagram.com/bigboy My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: Butcher Box - Right now, ButcherBox is offering our listene…

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Something’s Burning: Squid, Kimchi, and Carbonara on Pizza?? | Brad Leone + Steph Tolev | S5 E18 1:44:58

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Chef Brad Leone and comedian Steph Tolev stop by… so I crank up the pizza oven Brad gave me, and we have a feast. We’re all getting our hands dirty with squid pie, a kimchi Korean pie, and a Carbonara pizza I’ve been dying to try… make sure to check-out Brad’s YouTube channel – and check out Steph’s new special "Filth Queen" on Netflix!Follow Brad …

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'The Will to Believe' by William James 17:29

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Most of what we believe we believe on faith, even those beliefs we hold to be based on scientific fact. This assertion lies at the heart of William James’s essay ‘The Will to Believe’, originally delivered as a lecture and intended not so much as a defence of religion as an attack on anti-religion. James’s target was the ‘rugged and manly school of…

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# 681 - Andy Frasco & His Growing Pains 1:19:55

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I sit down with musician, Andy Frasco. We talk about AI LeeAnn, BDSM test, messy hotel rooms,working too much, his new album, and much more! Andy Frasco & The U.N.’s new album “Growing Pains” is streaming everywhere now! Follow Andy YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndyFrasco IG: https://www.instagram.com/andyfrasco My new special “Lucky” is streaming…

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Something’s Burning: Wrestle Mania + Restaurant Impossible w/ Robert Irvine + Gail Kim | S5 E17 1:35:03

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Power couple Robert Irvine and Gail Kim stop by the kitchen to chat about two of my favorite things… wrestling and food. Robert gives me some culinary tips while I serve up one of HIS ramen recipes, and Gail and I geek out on WWE. We also may or may not have a new side-biz with Guy Fieri.Follow Robert Irvine:https://www.instagram.com/chefirvineFoll…

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Novel Approaches: 'Aurora Leigh' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 17:55

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‘I want to write a poem of a new class — a Don Juan, without the mockery and impurity,’ Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote to a friend in 1844, ‘and admitting of as much philosophical dreaming and digression (which is in fact a characteristic of the age) as I like to use.’ The poem she had in mind turned out to be her verse novel, Aurora Leigh, publi…

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# 680 - Being Fool-ish with Rickey Smiley 2:15:22

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I sit down with Rickey Smiley to discuss HBCU’s, being a Que Dog, the black experience in comedy, his kids, and his special FOOL-ISH. Watch Rickey’s special FOOL-ISH on Hulu! Follow Rickey IG: https://www.instagram.com/rickeysmileyofficial/?hl=en My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! ---------------------------------------------------…

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Something’s Burning: A Real NASCAR Experience | Tailgate Special | S5 E16 1:08:29

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We’re poppin’ up a tailgate at one of NASCAR’s biggest races, the Coca Cola 600, in Charlotte NC. I’m bringing two of my barbeque buddies to help me make brisket biscuits for the fans. And Justin Marks, from Trackhouse Racing, and Noah Gragson - #4 - swing by the tent for a little race talk and fan interaction.Follow Noah Gragson: https://www.insta…

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Love and Death: 'In Memoriam' by Tennyson 12:28

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Tennyson described 'In Memoriam' as ‘rather the cry of the whole human race than mine’, and the poem achieved widespread acclaim as soon as it was published in 1850, cited by Queen Victoria as her habitual reading after the death of Prince Albert. Its subject is the death in 1833 of Tennyson’s friend Arthur Hallam at the age of 22, and in its 131 s…

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# 679 - Ben & Matt Get Wings (DOGMA) with Kevin Smith 2:24:48

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I sit down with Kevin Smith to discuss the return of his film Dogma, theory of stand up, mispronouncing celebrities names, how LeeAnn is in love with his house, and much more. Go see Dogma in 4K in theaters June 5th! Follow Kevin IG: https://www.instagram.com/thatkevinsmith/ My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! ----------------------…

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Something’s Burning: British Rock Bands + English Breakfast | The Struts | S5 E15 1:27:59

3M ago1:27:59

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British rock band, The Struts, is in the kitchen for an English Breakfast inspired by my love of Jamie Oliver. They also teach me the right way to way to eat beans… and I cook up a Big Mac Taco. And of course I make them sing. And it’s totally worth it.Follow The Struts:https://www.instagram.com/thestrutsThis episode is brought to you by Original G…

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Fiction and the Fantastic: Tales by Jan Potocki and Isak Dinesen 15:05

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‘With Potocki,’ Italo Calvino wrote, ‘we can understand that the fantastic is the exploration of the obscure zone where the most unrestrained passions of desire and the terrors of guilt mix together.’ The gothic is a central seam of the fantastic, and in this episode Marina and Adam turn to two writers in that mode who lived over a hundred years ap…

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# 678 - Warren Haynes Lets His Soulshine 2:13:02

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I sit down with The Allman Brothers Band & Gov’t Mule guitarist, Warren Haynes. We talk about his legendary career, Dave Matthews Band, The HORDE Festival, The Trucks family, playing with Grateful Dead, and much more! Follow Warren YT: https://www.youtube.com/@warrenhaynes IG: https://www.instagram.com/thewarrenhaynes My new special “Lucky” is stre…

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Something’s Burning: A “Pinch Me, I Must Be Dreaming” w/ Heather Locklear + Jillian Barberie | S5 E14 1:28:05

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My 15-year-old self would not believe that Heather Locklear + Jillian Barberie willingly showed up to my kitchen for a Korean meal and conversation… but it happened. These icons and I talked about sharks, therapy, Heather’s exes, and for the first time in Something’s Burning history – they asked for a to-go container. Nailed it.Follow Heather Lockl…

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'Schopenhauer as Educator' by Friedrich Nietzsche 29:41

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For Nietzsche, Schopenhauer’s genius lay not in his ideas but in his heroic indifference, a thinker whose value to the world is as a liberator rather than a teacher, who shows us what philosophy is really for: to forget what we already know. ‘Schopenhauer as Educator’ was written in 1874, when Nietzsche was 30, and was published in a collection wit…

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# 677 - Ari Matti is on Your Sleep Schedule 1:56:40

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I sit down with comedian Ari Matti to talk about growing up in Estonia, Kill Tony, bartending, MMA stories, The Mothership, traveling the world, and when David Hasselhoff tried to steal his ex-girlfriend! Follow Ari IG: https://www.instagram.com/arimatticomedy My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! -------------------------------------…

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Something’s Burning: If We Had $60,000,000, We’d ALL Be Rich | Ed Robertson + Mark McGrath | S5 E13 1:53:54

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Sugar Ray and Barenaked Ladies lead singers, Mark McGrath and Ed Robertson, swing by my kitchen to discuss the music industry, how their songs affected my life, and getting older. I make ‘em Chinese Chicken (of course) and we ALL sing One Week. Because, you have to. Catch them on tour TOGETHER this summer… Last Summer on Earth Tour - https://www.ba…

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Novel Approaches: ‘North and South’ by Elizabeth Gaskell 25:04

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In North and South (1855), Margaret Hale is uprooted from her sleepy New Forest town and must adapt to life in the industrial north. Through her relationships with mill workers and a slow-burn romance with the self-made capitalist John Thornton, she is forced to reassess her assumptions about justice and propriety. At the heart of the novel are a s…

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# 676 - My Dad Al Kreischer 1:56:54

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I sit down with my Dad Al Kreischer to talk about his early days as a lawyer, his parents, what I was like as a kid, and much more! My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: Tecovas - Right now get 10% off at https://tecovas.com/BERT when you sign up for email and texts. Cornbr…

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Something’s Burning: Drinking Ladies Drinks and Tattooing Man Stuff with AlexSucks | S5 E12 1:08:39

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All four members of the band, ALEXSUCKS, come by the kitchen for corn dogs, French 75s, and tattooing that could definitely go aggressively wrong.Follow ALEXSUCKS:https://www.instagram.com/alexsucksThis episode is brought to you by Tastemade. Try Tastemade+ free for 7 days right now at https://tastemade.com/BURNINGSUBSCRIBE so you never miss a vide…

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Love and Death: Self-Elegies by Plath, Larkin, Hardy and more 14:05

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Philip Larkin was terrified of death from an early age; Thomas Hardy contemplated what the neighbours would say after he had gone; and Sylvia Plath imagined her own death in vivid and controversial ways. The genre of self-elegy, in which poets have reflected on their own passing, is a small but eloquent one in the history of English poetry. In this…

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# 675 - Sam Jay is Black & Gay 2:20:43

4M ago2:20:43

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I sit down with comedian Sam Jay. We talk about luck vs attitude, Coke vs Pepsi, shitting the bed, white food and much more! My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix!Follow SamIG:https://www.instagram.com/samjaycomic/---------------------------------------------------Sponsors:SelectQuote - Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, a…

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Something’s Burning: Iliza Shlesinger + Noah Galuten + The World’s Greatest Sausage Bread | S5 E11 1:46:30

4M ago1:46:30

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Comedian Iliza Shlesinger and her chef-husband Noah Galuten come by the kitchen so I can show Noah EXACTLY how to make his food… pulling recipes right out of his newest cookbook. And, not gonna lie – I killed it at the sausage bread.Follow Iliza Shlesinger:https://www.instagram.com/ilizasFollow Noah Galuten:https://www.instagram.com/galutenDon’t mi…