Our Hella Confusing Twenties

Episode 17: Taika Waititi, Marcel Proust, and “DAT’S IN DA BIBLE!”


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In this, the seventeenth of (hopefully) many episodes, he talks about how sad he is Taika Waititi left his family and is now with Rita Ora, his favorite thing about Marcel Proust, and some practical wisdom and morality. Hopefully something in this podcast inspires you to act with a little more empathy today, or a bit more courage. Or, at the very least, makes you feel a little bit less alone in your confusion.

1:26 - It’s easy to not do ANYTHING. And that’s not where we WANNA be!

2:06 - It really takes such a long time to do a project properly.

3:44 - How good is Minari?!

4:36 - “The day I started to remember is the day I really became a writer.”

5:36 - I need to finish ONE thing before I do the NEXT thing!

6:01 - Beyond Order by Jordan B. Peterson!

6:13 - The way I read books these days.

7:02 - How fucked up is the Taika Waititi stuff?!

8:59 - Can anybody reach the A-list without losing all integrity?!

9:36 - Anti-Asian Racism is not the same thing as criticizing the CCP.

10:48 - Dat’s in da Bible. 

11:21 - So many countries have massive tension with China!

11:54 - Hey…Trump called em out, tho

13:21 - Hey, call a spade a SPADE.

13:30 - Chuck Palahniuk exhausts his emotion through storytelling.

15:06 - The way you think about artistry is forever changed.

15:26 - MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA!!!

17:06 - How Proust can change your life!

18:21 - Benefit of reading: hey, my life’s not so bad, hey?

18:52 - My favorite thing about Marcel Proust.

21:36 - How the way I perceive the Bible has changed over the years.

23:06 - The things that are true in the invisible world!

24:51 - Is the Western world plagued by shitty values, or a failure to live up to the BEST values?

26:11 - What true religion means to me.

26:56 - I love what America is founded on.

28:16 - The extent of my religious trauma.

28:56 - Separating morality and inherent conscience from control-based indoctrination

31:35 - I really, really believe in being good.

32:36 - If people never disagreed with me…

33:22 - We all have value in different ways, hahaha.

33:36 - We are EQUAL as humans!!!

34:06 - Bring Redemption Back 2021!

34:30 - The importance of telling the truth.

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Our Hella Confusing TwentiesBy Jeremy Griffith