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WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
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Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians and folks from all walks of life to his home for amazingly revealing conversations. Marc's probing, comprehensive interview style allows guests to express themselves in ways listeners have never heard.
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2 days ago
Episode 1170 - Melinda Hill
If comedy equals tragedy plus time, comedian Melinda Hill has reached the point where she can make some funny out of the traumas from her past. Melinda and Marc talk about processing the pain, particularly dealing with parents suffering from mental illness. They also talk about Melinda's trajectory in the comedy business, starting with success in voiceovers to her influential LA stand-up showcase What's Up, Tiger Lily? to her acting, writing and podcasting ventures. Plus, Melinda talks about the connection she has with Marc's past, something that requires a bit of processing on Marc's end. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 38 min
5 days ago
Episode 1169 - Hari Kondabolu
When Hari Kondabolu was a college student, he interviewed Marc for a research paper about standup comedy. Twenty years later, they're talking to each other as peers whose lives have changed considerably in the past two decades. With a newborn baby, a recent Netflix special, and a documentary about Apu from The Simpsons that spurred a global conversation about representation in pop culture, Hari gets Marc up to speed on where his life is at right now. He also explains how he developed his comedy career while engaging in human rights work and immigration activism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 29 min
Oct 22, 2020
Episode 1168 - Matthew McConaughey
These are appropriate times for reflection and Matthew McConaughey just went through the process of reflecting on his whole life while writing his memoir, Greenlights. Marc talks with Matthew about the revelations he encountered, the perspective he gained, and the philosophies he was able to codify in the process. They go through Matthew's upbringing in Austin, his first movie role in Dazed and Confused, his launch into superstardom, his self-imposed hiatus, and his career rebirth that saw him win an Oscar. Matthew also explains how an ad lib changed his life and why pressed jeans helped him understand how to take control of his destiny. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 45 min
Oct 19, 2020
Episode 1167 - Patti Smith
Patti Smith has been at the vanguard of art, poetry, rock and roll, and other forms of self-expression since the 1960s. But this talk with Marc happens to be her very first one-on-one conversation done over Zoom. They talk about Patti's days living at the Hotel Chelsea, carrying on the legacy of the Beat Generation, and forming life-changing relationships with William Borroughs, Sam Shepard, Allen Ginsberg, and Bob Dylan, among others. Patti also recalls the most mortifying live performance moment of her career, which happened for all the world to see. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 36 min
Oct 15, 2020
Episode 1166 - Lewis Black
Everyone needs to let off some steam these days and there are few people better who do it better than Lewis Black. Marc welcomes his old friend back to the show for a talk about pandemic comedy, going stir crazy during quarantine, avoiding cults and pulling for democracy to make it through these times. They also talk about Lewis's new standup special, Thanks for Risking Your Life, which was filmed the day before the country shut down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 9 min
Oct 12, 2020
Episode 1165 - Wayne Coyne
Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne was in Los Angeles and decided to stop by the garage for a rare pandemic-era in-person chat. It's been a long time since Wayne and Marc hung out last. Since then both dealt with deaths of people close to them and they talk about how processing those losses gave them perspective on what we're all living through. Wayne also talks about being a new dad in his late 50s, how an epiphany while working at Long John Silver's changed his personal trajectory, and why he considers himself to be on his third life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 41 min
Oct 8, 2020
Episode 1164 - Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis created a profound examination of America, race, class, politics and human impulses with his latest epic composition, The Ever Fonky Lowdown. He explains to Marc how his perspective for the piece was largely aided by his fear of flying. Wynton's worldview was also shaped by watching his dad play jazz to limited audiences, realizing what it meant to play solely because you believe in the music.They also talk about Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock and Wynton's work with Jazz at Lincoln Center. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 16 min
Oct 5, 2020
Episode 1163 - John Cusack
John Cusack is always trying to stay engaged with the world. From a young age when activist priests used to visit his parents to the Reagan years when he underwent a political awakening to present day, John uses his perception of how the world works as a way to build the characters he plays. That comes in handy in the new series Utopia, where John plays an evil billionaire. John also tells Marc what it was like to play Brian Wilson while working with Brian Wilson, how Being John Malkovich got made, and why Danny Trejo told the world that out of all the tough guys on the set of Con Air, John was the baddest mother of all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 17 min
Oct 1, 2020
Episode 1162 - Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple is known for her acclaimed documentary films, but for Marc the most memorable time Barbara spent behind the camera is the day she directed him in a phone commercial. Marc and Barbara reminisce about how that happened and talk about her entry portal into documentaries working with the Maysels Brothers on Salesmen and Gimme Shelter. They also discuss Barbara's Oscar-winning film Harlan County, USA, how Bruce Springsteen saved one of her early movies, and how she got Jimmy Carter to open up about the Iran hostage crisis for her latest doc, Desert One. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 20 min
Sep 28, 2020
Episode 1161 - Cecily Strong
The adage "you can never go home again" didn't apply to Cecily Strong. She did, and it's what got her on Saturday Night Live. Cecily tells Marc why she didn't stick around in Los Angeles after studying acting at CalArts, a move that people told her was a mistake. They also talk about why she got kicked out of her high school, how she battles her depression, what it was like to perform for the Obamas, and why she was in a Chinese opera with Alison Brie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 13 min
Sep 24, 2020
Episode 1160 - Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson finds himself waking up in disbelief to every outlandish and shocking item in the day's news. It's a different mode for a filmmaker who spent his career focused on the natural, quiet moments that make up everyday life. Marc and Barry talk about his beginnings at a Washington, DC television station, his early comedy writing that landed him at The Comedy Store, The Carrol Burnett Show, and with Mel Brooks, and his breakout movies like Diner, The Natural and Rain Man. They also contemplate whether American Democracy can survive, which is the subject of the new doc Barry produced, Stars and Strife. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 36 min
Sep 21, 2020
Episode 1159 - Alicia Keys / John Leguizamo
It's a New York City doubleheader! First up, Marc talks with the woman behind the modern day New York anthem, Alicia Keys. On the release of her seventh studio album, Alicia looks back on what it was like to start a huge music career so young and how she had to finally meet her monster in order to come into her own. Then Marc talks to John Leguizamo about his defining one-man shows, his relationship with other New York City artists, and his new movie Critical Thinking, which is the first feature film John directed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 34 min
Sep 17, 2020
Episode 1158 - Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce isn't doing a lot of acting during the pandemic, but he's keeping busy. He's spending more time with his 95-year-old father in New Orleans, he's hosting radio shows on a local station he bought, and he's helping to figure out the future of live theater. Wendell and Marc talk about his time on The Wire and the unique way he experienced that show. They also discuss what he learned playing Willy Loman last year and how Led Zeppelin and jazz helped him become a better actor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 28 min
Sep 14, 2020
Episode 1157 - Toni Collette
Toni Collette might be the first actor to tell Marc that, yes, she does learn about herself through the characters she plays. That's a lot of learning, considering the wide range of characters Toni has played over the years. Toni and Marc talk about how she grew into herself while starring in movies like Muriel's Wedding, The Sixth Sense, Hereditary and now in Charlie Kaufman's latest, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, a movie that left Marc asking a lot of questions (which he'll try to get Toni to answer). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 10 min
Sep 10, 2020
Episode 1156 - Martin Short
Even in the face this year, Martin Short remains an optimistic guy. Maybe it's because he's had a career he loves, or maybe it's his mild-mannered Canadian disposition, or maybe it's because he suffered through a lot of tragedy as a kid. Martin and Marc try to figure it out, and they also talk about his live shows with Steve Martin, the difference between doing SCTV and SNL, why Martin considers 80% of his career to be a failure, and why believes that a 20% success rate is high for a career in show business. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 23 min
Sep 7, 2020
Episode 1155 - Bad Internet w/ Matt Furie, Arthur Jones & Andrew Marantz
One year ago, Marc used the Labor Day episode of WTF to find out why so much bad stuff in the world gets birthed in the darkest corners of the internet. A year later, it's only gotten worse. Marc talks with comic artist Matt Furie about how his creation, Pepe the Frog, was appropriated by online racists and Nazis, and Arthur Jones explains why he made a documentary about Matt's quest to reclaim Pepe. Also, Andrew Marantz from The New Yorker joins Marc to help draw the line from Pepe to QAnon and other fanatical online behavior. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 39 min
Sep 3, 2020
Episode 1154 - J.K. Simmons
J.K. Simmons faced a tough balancing act when his lifelong nonchalance about awards for acting came up against him becoming the runaway favorite to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. J.K. and Marc talk about how he reconciled that contradiction with help from Jason Reitman and how his late-blooming Hollywood career helped him maintain perspective. They also talk about his time on stage in Seattle, Broadway and regional theaters across the country, his fear of being typecast when he was on Oz, and the big shift that happened when he made Juno. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 15 min
Aug 31, 2020
Episode 1153 - Chelsea Peretti
Chelsea Peretti joined Marc in the garage more than ten years ago on a very early episode of WTF. Since then she became a writer for Parks and Rec, played Gina on Brooklyn 99, got married to Jordan Peele, and became a mom. Now she's catching up with Marc about coffee, creative satisfaction, overcoming her fear of commitment, raising a toddler while sheltering at home, and the coping strategies of the pandemic era. They also talk about her first lead role in the new movie Spinster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 19 min
Aug 27, 2020
Episode 1152 - Billy Crudup
It's been 20 years since Marc demanded that someone "lock the gates" on Billy Crudup and the rest of the band in Almost Famous. Now that both of them are older and wiser, Billy and Marc discuss the simultaneous drudgery and privilege of acting. They also talk about why Billy often opted for roles in the theater over roles in movies, why he thinks he wasn't destined to be a Hollywood leading man, and how he's settled into a career as a character actor by virtue of only taking the parts he finds interesting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 34 min
Aug 24, 2020
Episode 1151 - Giancarlo Esposito
Whether it's Gus from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul or Buggin' Out from Do The Right Thing or Moff Gideon from The Mandalorian, Giancarlo Esposito's characters always leave an indelible impression. Perhaps that's because Giancarlo spent a lot of his life reflecting on his own character and where he belonged. He talks with Marc about growing up as the son of an Italian carpenter and a Black nightclub singer, trying to figure out where he fit in. They also talk about life lessons Giancarlo received from George C. Scott and Spike Lee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 22 min
Aug 20, 2020
Episode 1150 - Kieran Culkin
A lot is going on for Kieran Culkin right now. He's a new dad, he has an Emmy nomination, he's dealing with life during the pandemic like the rest of us. But chaos is familiar to Kieran, who grew up in a railroad apartment with six brothers and sisters, all of whom were pushed toward show business by their father. Kieran and Marc talk about that childhood environment, why Kieran and his brothers love pro wrestling, and how he established himself as an actor, including in his role as Roman Roy on Succession. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 15 min
Aug 17, 2020
Episode 1149 - Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington has a lot to talk about with Marc, but it's appropriate that they spend the first portion of their conversation singing the praises of Lynn Shelton. Kerry talks about what Lynn brought to Little Fires Everywhere, but they also discuss how the treatment of race was different on the show than it was in the book and why that adjustment was so important to Kerry. She tells Marc about her childhood in the Bronx, her feeling of being "the other" in high school, and her determination to tell stories that amplify voices that are otherwise unheard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 5 min
Aug 13, 2020
Episode 1148 - Ellen Page
At the time when Juno became an award-winning hit film, Ellen Page experienced two things she never experienced before in her young life: She was now instantly famous and she fell in love. Unfortunately, the pressures of the former prevented her from publicly acknowledging the latter. Ellen talks to Marc about the struggles she faced in hiding her true self and the relief of coming out seven years later. They also talk about the importance of using one's platform to advocate for change and how Ellen's documentary work is shining the spotlight on injustice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 5 min
Aug 10, 2020
Episode 1147 - Sarah Snook
Sarah Snook plays a character on Succession who exists in the center of the American power structure. But in real life, she's riding out the pandemic on the other side of the world, from her homeland of Australia. Sarah and Marc talk about how she was told she was "too much of an enigma" in drama school and how she evolved into the kind of actor who Helen Mirren requests by name as a co-star. They also discuss how she relates to her Succession character, Shiv Roy, and why she never warmed up to moving to LA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 25 min
Aug 6, 2020
Episode 1146 - Joe List
Joe List shot his new standup special a week before everything shut down, but that doesn't mean he's given up on comedy. He's been performing in parks, at drive-ins and even on Zoom. Marc talks with Joe about pandemic comedy. They also explore Joe's roots as a standup, from his first viewing of a George Carlin special to his training in Boston to his experience bottoming out with alcohol while on the road. Marc and Joe compare notes on getting sober as comics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 21 min
Aug 3, 2020
Episode 1145 - Ice-T
Tumultuous times call for sensible comments from voices of reason. Who better to speak to the issues of the day than Ice-T? The legendary rapper, rocker and actor talks about his personal experiences with COVID to offer some much-needed perspective. He also gives his take on the importance of the anti-racism protests around the world and how it relates to the race-driven firestorm over his Body Count album in 1992. Marc and Ice also talk about Redd Foxx, Richard Belzer, and a time Marc saw Ice at an aquarium in Spain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 17 min
Jul 30, 2020
Episode 1144 - Marsha Warfield
Not only is Marsha Warfield one of the early pioneers of the Comedy Store scene, she was also there at the start of standup comedy as we know it in Chicago. Marsha tells Marc what it was like to compete for limited spots while coming up against the politics and prejudices of the day. Marsha also talks about the friendships she developed with Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney, how her life changed overnight after her first episode of Night Court, and what it was like to retire from comedy for 20 years and come back as a 60-year-old rookie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 16 min
Jul 27, 2020
Episode 1143 - Seth Rogen
Trigger warning if you are an anti-Semite: First of all, why are you listening to this show? Get lost! Secondly, you are REALLY not going to like this episode. Seth Rogen returns to WTF for the first time in six years and has, by far, the Jewiest talk with Marc that two Jews ever had on this show. And that's saying something. The subject matter of Seth's new movie, An American Pickle, might have something to do with it, but they really get into their shared childhood experiences, their attitudes about Judaism that have changed over the years, and a consensus pick for who is the world's toughest Jew. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 11 min
Jul 23, 2020
Episode 1142 - Chris Fairbanks
Chris Fairbanks lives the life of a comic, which means a lot of his life is on hold right now. Chris and Marc compare notes on what it's like to live alone during Covid, a non-ideal situation that is nevertheless providing them both with room for personal growth. They also talk about Chris's upbringing in Montana, skateboarding, chewing tobacco, making miniatures, and why having a mustache helps with comedy. Chris also explains what it's like to have a lot of true crime fans coming to his shows, thanks to his podcast with Karen Kilgariff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 17 min
Jul 20, 2020
Episode 1141 - Marc and Tom's Normal Things
Tom Scharpling and Marc spend some time talking about the kind of things we all cared about when life was normal: music, coffee, comedy, live performances, and other things that make us feel alive. Leave your worries at the garage door and listen to these two friends wax nostalgic about Dunkin' Donuts coffee, the music that first hooked them as kids, their favorite comedy albums, and their renewed love of Rodney Dangerfield and Don Rickles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 15 min
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 1140 - Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey just wrote his first novel, a semi-autobiographical look at show business and an examination of persona. It makes sense because Jim has been playing with persona during his entire career in show business. Jim talks with Marc about his days doing stand-up in Canada, LA and Las Vegas, and the late night realization that forced him to change his act and create the public image that launched him to superstardom. They also talk about In Living Color, Ace Ventura, Rodney Dangerfield, Sam Kinison, and holding out hope for the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 28 min
Jul 13, 2020
Episode 1139 - Colin Jost
Colin Jost has 15 years of Saturday Night Live under his belt but the time in his life he feels he's still running away from is his upbringing on Staten Island. Colin tells Marc why his Outer Borough roots loom so large in his life and how he's linked with his SNL castmate Pete Davidson by more than just their hometown. Marc and Colin also talk about the stress of hosting the Emmys, the secret gift of Lorne Michaels, and the silver linings Colin and Scarlett Johansson are finding in quarantine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 35 min
Jul 9, 2020
Episode 1138 - Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren is a winner of the Oscar, the Tony, the Emmy, and the BAFTA, and is in the middle of an illustrious career in which she played the great roles of Shakespeare, Catherine the Great and Queen Elizabeth, to name a few. And yet she still begged to be cast in the Fast and Furious franchise. Helen tells Marc why she finds film acting powerful, challenging, and uniquely fulfilling compared to her stage work. They also talk about her breakthrough on Prime Suspect, her job at an amusement park, and bears. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 22 min
Jul 6, 2020
Episode 1137 - John Legend
John Legend is a multiplatinum recording artist, a winner of the coveted EGOT, a loving family man and, as Marc found out in this conversation, a tremendously nice guy. The combination of John's talent and his kind disposition is what makes him the type of artist who works with a wide variety of collaborators. John talks about how collaboration defines his professional career, from his first gig working with Lauryn Hill to his new record Bigger Love. He also discusses his marriage to Chrissy Teigen, his work on criminal justice reform and his relationship with Kanye West. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 20 min
Jul 2, 2020
Episode 1136 - George Lopez
George Lopez says much of his career is driven by spite. He talks with Marc about how the people who told him he wasn't going to make it served as fuel for his ambitions, especially coming from a background where his opportunities were limited. George remembers what it was like to get on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, develop a hit sitcom with Sandra Bullock as his producer, and become a late night talk show host. He also sets the record straight on what happened between him and Carlos Mencia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 17 min
Jun 30, 2020
Carl Reiner from 2013
From 2013, Marc talks with Carl Reiner about is journey from writing to acting to directing, as well as his collaborative relationships with Sid Ceasar, Dick Van Dyke, Steve Martin and, of course, Mel Brooks. Carl died on June 29, 2020 at age 98. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 15 min
Jun 29, 2020
Episode 1135 - Alan Zweibel
One thing Alan Zweibel learned by being a writer for so many funny people is you have to set your ego aside. In doing so, Alan was able to have a career spanning decades and criss-crossing with multiple generations of comedy history. Alan tells Marc about his days selling jokes to comics in the Catskills, being part of Saturday Night Live in its first five years, finding a comic partner in Gilda Radner, creating a beloved sitcom with Garry Shandling, making his way to Broadway with Billy Crystal and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 30 min
Jun 25, 2020
Episode 1134 - Nora McInerny
As Marc dealt with personal grief, he looked around the Internet for some guidance on coping with loss. He found a TED Talk by Nora McInerny, who spoke about losing her father, her husband and her unborn child within the span of a few weeks. Since that time, Nora has been able to move forward with her grief, not move on, as she began a career as a published writer, a public speaker, and podcaster. Nora and Marc talk about processing the harsh realities of life while maintaining the ability to find new beginnings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 26 min
Jun 22, 2020
Episode 1133 - Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe is not going to stop creating, but right now she feels the urge to use her creativity in the service of action. Marc talks with Janelle about the social and political unrest in the country today and why no one has an excuse to remain silent. Janelle explains how her fears of emotional abandonment when she was younger laid the groundwork for her music career and her acting, including her most recent performance in Homecoming. They also talk about Prince, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, androids, and Kansas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr
Jun 18, 2020
Episode 1132 - Amber Preston / J-L Cauvin
It's been five years since President Obama joined Marc in the garage and WTF is marking the occasion not with Donald Trump, but with comedian J-L Cauvin, who talks to Marc about his Trump impression going viral and reinvigorating his standup career. Then Marc talks with comic Amber Preston who, like J-L, held down a day job in Corporate America while her career in comedy took shape. Amber and Marc talk about North Dakota, Scandinavians, having Dead Head parents, and trying to shake her Fargo mindset of rule-following and passive aggression. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 25 min
Jun 15, 2020
Episode 1131 - Joe Pantoliano
Joe Pantoliano is widely known for playing bad guys, lowlifes and disreputable characters. He even has his own pseudo-Mafioso nickname: Joey Pants. But Joe tells Marc the reason he got so good at playing bad guys is because he was always bullied when he was younger. Tapping into that helped him with his acting, but he had to wait until later in life to tap into the cause of his depression, which was tied up in his complicated parentage and inescapable genetics. They also talk about some of his best known roles from The Sopranos, The Fugitive, Midnight Run and more. This episode is sponsored by Tournament of Laughs on TBS, HBO Max, and Ben & Jerry's. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 30 min
Jun 11, 2020
Episode 1130 - Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams believes deeply that the problems facing America today - police brutality, racial discrimination, economic inequality, Covid-19, creeping authoritarianism - all require the same solution: Free and fair elections. As the only Black woman ever nominated for Governor by a major party, Stacey tells Marc how she maintains hope that obstacles can be overcome and change can be achieved. Stacey also talks about how her family traditions of faith and service shaped her political identity and how her interests in acting, physics and writing romance novels made her who she is. This episode is sponsored by HBO Max, Space Force on Netflix, and SimpliSafe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 13 min
Jun 8, 2020
Episode 1129 - Jerry Seinfeld
WTF started as a comedy podcast. It's a show made by a comedian who wanted to talk to other comedians about comedy. Finally, after more than 10 years, Marc talks with the most well-known, most successful, and arguably most influential comedian in history, Jerry Seinfeld. About comedy. About how Jerry got started in comedy, how he was incapable of socializing, how he forged a friendship with Larry David, how he fueled himself with anger toward one person in particular. But mostly just about comedy and what comedy is. They have some, it's fair to say, differing opinions on it. This episode is sponsored by Pataday Once-Daily Relief and Stamps.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 25 min
Jun 5, 2020
Episode 1128 - Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper was a guy who worked with his hands. He was raised to be a cowboy on his father's ranch, spent time building Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, and worked as a jack-of-all-trades when he was trying to scrape by. Then he became known as a guy who worked with his heart and got to the top of his craft by doing so. Chris talks with Marc about breaking his shyness to become an actor, meeting his wife in acting class, working with John Sayles, and winning an Oscar for his madcap performance in Adaptation. This episode is sponsored by Ben & Jerry's and HBO Max. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 12 min
Jun 3, 2020
Episode 1127 - G.E. Smith
G.E. Smith started playing guitar when he was four. As he grew up, he liked The Beatles fine but it was really the Kinks and the Stones that grabbed him. Cut to many years later and G.E.'s had the opportunity to play with many of his heroes. He tells Marc about working with Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Roger Waters and more. They also talk about G.E.'s time as the bandleader on Saturday Night Live and the current dire situation for live music. This episode is sponsored by Patreon and Honey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 13 min
Jun 1, 2020
Episode 1126 - Jeffrey Wright
Film and television production is on hold, but Jeffrey Wright is using the time to focus on his community. Jeffrey tells Marc how his attempt to help out a friend led him to a Brooklyn-wide effort to keep neighborhood restaurants afloat while feeding frontline workers. They also talk about ancestry, working in prison, Angels in America, Basquiat, Batman, Muddy Waters, and the great acting lesson Jeffrey learned from Christopher Walken. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace, Capterra, and HBO Max. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 22 min
May 28, 2020
Episode 1125 - Kenya Barris
Kenya Barris retreated from the abusive situation in his childhood home by listening to party records and reading comic books. Those early influences shaped his understanding of who he is and prompted the creation of Black-ish years later. Kenya talks with Marc about how much he learned from comedians like Patrice O'Neal and Dave Chappelle, how his childhood friendship with Tyra Banks led to his first big success in show business, and how an encounter with Jeffrey Katzenberg and a Ferrari was a spark for his new Netflix show #blackAF. This episode is sponsored by Patreon, HBO Max, Space Force on Netflix, and SimpliSafe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 33 min
May 25, 2020
Episode 1124 - Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee says there was a point in her teenage years when she was clearly headed toward a life of crime. Thankfully, that was also the point when she realized she was being an a-hole and things needed to change. Sam tells Marc how she shook off the grifter lifestyle and started doing comedy. She also details how The Daily Show cake got baked every day and how the timing of Jon Stewart's departure coincided with Sam getting her own opportunity to host Full Frontal on TBS. This episode is sponsored by Reunions by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Patreon, Scotts Turf Builder Thick'R Lawn, and HBO Max. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 19 min
May 21, 2020
Remembering Fred Willard
Marc revisits his 2012 conversation with comedic actor Fred Willard, in which they discuss Fred's career in improv-heavy films and beloved television projects. Fred passed away at age 86 on May 15, 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 12 min
May 18, 2020
Remembering Lynn Shelton
Marc pays tribute to his creative collaborator and romantic partner Lynn Shelton, who passed away at age 54 on May 16, 2020. This episode includes her August 2015 interview on WTF. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 34 min
May 14, 2020
Episode 1123 - Eliza Hittman / Dan Savage
Filmmaker Eliza Hittman talks with Marc about telling the stories of teenagers in ways that feel like the lived experiences of actual teenagers. That's partly achieved by the naturalistic performances she gets from many non-actors. But it's also achieved by the sensitivity of her screenplays, like her latest film Never Rarely Sometimes Always, which takes the teen protagonist on an unavoidably real journey. Also, Dan Savage returns to WTF, bringing his expertise in love and relationships to help listeners navigate some of the difficulties of living with other people during lockdown. This episode is sponsored by Patreon, Purple Mattress, and Scotts Turf Builder Triple Action. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 29 min
May 11, 2020
Episode 1122 - Cate Blanchett
Conventional wisdom holds that Cate Blanchett is one of the world's greatest living performers, but one person who disagrees with that is Cate Blanchett, who thinks she's pretty terrible most of the time (her words, not ours). Marc and Cate try to get to the bottom of why she's so hard on herself despite her many career accomplishments. They discuss The Lord of the Rings, playing Bob Dylan, why her hair fell out when she played Blanche DuBois, why Al Pacino is her hero, and why she took on the story of Phyllis Schlafly in Mrs. America. This episode is sponsored by Patreon and Pataday Once Daily Relief. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 25 min
May 7, 2020
Episode 1121 - Liz Garbus / Andy Kindler
Filmmaker Liz Garbus knows the importance of telling stories. Her father is one of America's preeminent First Amendment lawyers, defending people with important stories to tell like Daniel Ellsberg and Lenny Bruce. Liz used her filmmaking skills to make a documentary on her father, just as she's done with subjects like Nina Simone, the New York Times, and maximum security prisons. Liz and Marc also discuss her first scripted film, Lost Girls. Plus, old friend Andy Kindler joins Marc to celebrate the release of his first comedy album ever. This episode is sponsored by Patreon, SimpliSafe, and Stamps.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 4, 2020
Episode 1120 - Dan Levy
The OTHER Dan Levy joins Marc to talk about the Canadian perspective of America, the rite of passage for all Canadians that is Degrassi, and having Eugene Levy as a dad. Dan reminisces about his first big show business job, working on Canadian MTV, which led to an existential crisis at the MTV Movie Awards. It was only after being ok with walking away from show business that Dan got the inspiration to start writing for himself, leading to the creation of Schitt's Creek. This episode is sponsored by The Shivering Truth on Adult Swim and Squarespace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 29 min
Apr 30, 2020
Episode 1119 - Whitmer Thomas
Comedian Whitmer Thomas and Marc made a movie together in Alabama. But while Marc was just a visitor, Whitmer knows Alabama to the core. Growing up in Gulf Shores and living the life of a disaffected Southern skateboarding garage rocker, Whitmer was surrounded by family dysfunction that involved alcoholism, drug addiction, failed show business dreams, jail and eventually death. Whitmer says it was hard to process all of it but that's what he did in his HBO special, The Golden One, as his desperation to connect made his creativity flourish. This episode is sponsored by The Kennedy Curse by James Patterson and Pataday Once-Daily Relief. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 23 min
Apr 16, 2020
Episode 1115 - Sam Morril
The other half of a quarantined comedy couple, Sam Morril joins Marc in the garage at a six-foot distance to talk about the circumstances keeping him away from his home in New York and living with Taylor Tomlinson. Sam explains how he navigates scenarios without a playbook, whether it's his relationship, getting started in comedy, or finally meeting his biological father. Marc and Sam also commiserate over missing standup and how they both bombed spectacularly during Friar's Club roasts. This episode is sponsored by Pataday Once Daily Relief and Nationwide Pet Insurance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 25 min
Apr 13, 2020
Episode 1114 - Taylor Tomlinson
Taylor Tomlinson is possibly the first guest who grew up listening to WTF and learned the comic trade from comedians on the podcast. At the time, she was a teenager doing standup in churches and she was soon a fixture on the Christian comedy circuit. Taylor talks with Marc about how her career expanded, how she had a crisis of faith, and how her family reacted to her recent work, including her new Netflix special, Quarter-Life Crisis. She also talks about living through quarantine with her comic boyfriend Sam Morril. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace and Scotts Triple Action Turf Builder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 42 min
Apr 8, 2020
John Prine from 2016
From Episode 746, Marc's conversation with John Prine about Kris Kristofferson, Steve Goodman, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt and delivering the mail. John passed away on April 7, 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 1 min
Apr 1, 2020
Adam Schlesinger from 2012
From Episode 348, Marc's conversation with songwriter and musician Adam Schlesinger about Fountains of Wayne, That Thing You Do, Broadway and more. Adam passed away on March 31, 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 3 min
Jan 6, 2020
Episode 1086 - Brad Pitt & Leonardo DiCaprio
During a victory lap for their movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio put movie stardom on hold for an hour to have a chat with Marc. They talk about their early days as show business outsiders, the moment they knew their lives would never be the same, the times they've known a movie they're in is going to tank, why they don't want to direct and why they love to produce. This episode is sponsored by SimpliSafe and Everything's Gonna Be Okay on Freeform. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 12 min
Jun 25, 2015
Episode 614 - The President Was Here
From the minute the Presidential motorcade pulled away, Marc began recording his reaction to the momentous event that just occurred in his garage. Hear Marc's ongoing reflections in the aftermath as well as a discussion with WTF producer Brendan McDonald about how this happened in the first place. This episode is sponsored by Stamps.com, Squarespace, Comedy Central, and Vegas.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 17 min
Jun 22, 2015
Episode 613 - President Barack Obama
Marc welcomes the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, to the garage for conversation about college, fitting in, race relations, gun violence, changing the status quo, disappointing your fans, comedians, fatherhood and overcoming fear. And yes, this really happened. This episode is presented without commercial interruption courtesy of Squarespace. Go to MarcMeetsObama.com to see behind-the-scenes photos and captions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Checking In On… The America East ConferencePosted by Brian Goodman on February 25th, 2012
John Templon is the RTC correspondent for America East. You can also find his musings online at NYC Buckets or on Twitter @nybuckets.
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The Week That Was
- Binghamton Breaks Through: The Bearcats sure picked a good time to win their first game of the season. After starting 0-26 they took down Vermont 57-53 and the students rushed the court. Robert Mansell scored 18 and Ben Dickson added 16 for Binghamton. The Bearcats led by as many as 12 points during the game, by far the most this season, and held on for the victory.
- Albany All Banged Up: Will Brown's team is hurting. Just seven players got on the court during the Great Danes' BracketBusters game against Rider, which Albany won. Guys sitting on the bench included Gerardo Suero and Logan Aronhalt – Albany's top two scorers – and Luke Devlin. Devlin and Aronhalt are battling knee problems, while Suero missed the game against Rider because of a case of shingles. Suero and Aronhalt both returned in a 74-63 win over Binghamton. Suero played 25 minutes and Aronhalt nine. The plus side for Albany is that it will have had more than a week off before the conference quarterfinals for players to rest.
- Brackets Busted: The America East went a surprising 5-4 during BracketBusters. Stony Brook picked up a nice win over Northeastern, Vermont beat Niagara by 22 and Albany got a win over Rider. Overall, the conference did well and helped itself out by beating two teams from the CAA and three from the MAAC.
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The Dark Side of Creativity
- Editors:
- David H. Cropley, University of South Australia
- Arthur J. Cropley, University of Hamburg
- James C. Kaufman, California State University at San Bernardino
- Mark A. Runco, University of Georgia
- Date Published: July 2010
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With few exceptions, scholarship on creativity has focused on its positive aspects while largely ignoring its dark side. This includes not only creativity deliberately aimed at hurting others, such as crime or terrorism, or at gaining unfair advantages, but also the accidental negative side effects of well-intentioned acts. This book brings together essays written by experts from various fields (psychology, criminal justice, sociology, engineering, education, history, and design) and with different interests (personality development, mental health, deviant behavior, law enforcement, and counter-terrorism) to illustrate the nature of negative creativity, examine its variants, call attention to its dangers, and draw conclusions about how to prevent it or protect society from its effects.Read more
- An intensive exploration of negative creativity - a radical approach to a popular topic
- An interdisciplinary focus from international experts within psychology, sociology, engineering, criminal justice, literature, history and design education
- Emphasis on the practical consequences of creativity, and guidelines on what can be done
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"From fine art to nuclear weapons and nuclear power, from crime to careers of creative geniuses, this respectably academic yet immensely entertaining book suggests that the Devil does indeed have the best tunes. In today's world of ever-shrinking resources and ever-mounting constraints we need creativity more than ever before, but the editors and the contributors have done all of us great service by warning of the disruption, pain, and danger that it may leave in its wake, not least to the creative people themselves."
– Paul Ekblom, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
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"An intriguing intellectual journey into the mad genius and sometimes psychopathically deviant roots of creativity."
– J. Reid Meloy, University of California, San Diego
"The question of the role of creativity's 'dark side' is one of the most important yet understudied phenomena in the social sciences. Indeed, in this age of corruption, financial meltdowns, and technological advances that outstrip our ability to understand them, are there more important topics in the study of creativity than ethics, unintended consequences, and potentially negative outcomes of creativity and innovation? I think not. This excellent volume provides a first-rate summary of the state of the art regarding these topics, and many of the chapters provide insightful analyses of where additional work is needed. The chapters are written by authors with wide-ranging backgrounds, who are among the leading thinkers on these topics from around the world. Speaking of diversity of perspective, kudos to the editors for including a chapter that questions whether there really is a dark side of creativity at all!"
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"This is one of the most important books on creativity to be published over the last twenty years; its list of editors and contributors stands for high-quality chapters. With the 'dark side' illuminated from many different facets, a vastly neglected aspect of creativity has been opened for scholarly discussion. The volume offers an inspiring source and starting point for further research, bringing together a still much broader range of disciplines – since all realms and areas of human thinking and acting owe their benevolent, and malevolent, progress to creative persons, be it scientists, artists, politicians, or engineers, etc. Deep insights and knowledge about the 'dark side of creativity' as provided here may help to generally develop more responsibility and more wisdom in dealing with creative motives, actions, processes, and products in the interest of a more humane human cultural evolution."
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- Date Published: July 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521139601
- length: 406 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 152 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.59kg
- contains: 8 b/w illus. 7 tables
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Table of Contents
1. The dark side of creativity: what is it? Arthur J. Cropley
2. Creativity has no dark side Mark A. Runco
3. Positive creativity and negative creativity (and unintended consequences) Keith James and Aisha Taylor
4. Subjugating the creative mind: the Soviet biological weapons program and the role of the state Maria N. Zaitseva
5. Imagining the bomb: Robert Oppenheimer, nuclear weapons, and the assimilation of technological innovation David Hecht
6. The innovation dilemma: some risks of creativity in strategic agency James M. Jasper
7. Creativity as a constraint on future achievement Jack A. Goncalo, Lynne C. Vincent and Pino G. Audia
8. Boundless creativity Kevin Hilton
9. Reviewing the art of crime - what, if anything, do criminals and artists/designers have in common? Lorraine Gamman and Maziar Raein
10. Creativity in confinement Jennie Kaufman Singer
11. Creativity and crime: how criminals use creativity to succeed Russell Eisenman
12. So you want to become a creative genius? You must be crazy! Dean Keith Simonton
13. Both sides of the coin?: personality, deviance, and creative behavior Luis Daniel Gascón and James C. Kaufman
14. Neurosis: the dark side of emotional creativity James R. Averill and Elma P. Nunley
15. Dangling from a tassel on the fabric of socially constructed reality: reflections on the creative writing process Liane Gabora and Nancy Holmes
16. Creativity in the classroom: the dark side Arthur J. Cropley
17. The dark side of creativity and how to combat it Robert J. Sternberg
18. A systems engineering approach to counter terrorism Amihud Hari
19. Malevolent innovation: opposing the dark side of creativity David H. Cropley
20. Summary - the dark side of creativity - a differentiated model David H. Cropley.
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Ascent of Fuji-san on 1996-07-02
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Others in Party:
Mark from CA
Tuesday, July 2, 1996
Ascent Type:
Successful Summit Attained
Motorized Transport to Trailhead:
12388 ft / 3775 m
Ascent Trip Report
My home base during my trip to Japan was the apartment of a family friend in Tokyo, in the Hatsudai neighborhood just east of Shinjuku. I had done a lot of research beforehand and was able to make an efficient one-day traverse of Fuji-San from Tokyo all by public transportation.
I woke up at 5:45 AM (my friend was still awake working after an all-nighter), had a quick breakfast, and left his apartment at 6:10 AM. I walked south to the Chiyoda Line subway and rode a deserted train to the Nijubashinii stop in central Tokyo, where I exited and did the short walk to the main Tokyo Eki (train station). Here I bought a ticket and boarded the express bullet train (Shinkansen) heading southwest. My JR Railpass was now expired, so I had to buy tickets all day.
The Shinkansen took me through Yokohama and out to Shin-Fuji from 7:10 AM to 8:22 AM. Waiting outside the station was a bus that ran to the Fujinomiya 5th Stage, the main trailhead on the south side of Fuji-San. I was the only passenger on the bus as it made a few stops and then groaned up the steep switchbacked road to the 5th Stage at 2370 meters. The ride was from 8:35 to 10:35 AM, and I felt self-conscious as the only passenger on the bus as the driver dutifully made his run. I wish I could have chatted with him, but my very basic Japanese was only up to the very simple basics.
I started hiking uphill at 10:50 AM and reached the summit at 2:20 PM, a hike of 3.5 hours. The path was steep, rocky, and dusty, but very easy, and the weather was warm, calm, with no rain, but very cloudy. I had no views through the overcast and fog. I had heard about crowds on this mountain, but on a cloudy Tuesday on the second day of the "open" season, I only encountered about 8 parties on the way up, and a few more on the crater rim. Most of the trailside kiosks and stands were closed.
The summit was a non-descript area near a radar dome on the rim of the crater. I also hiked up the very low prominence sub-peak of Hakusandake. I expected there to be an imposing monument at the highest rocks, but it seems that many Japanese consider the entire crater rim "the top" and many don't even look for the actual high point.
Near the summit I met a 19-year old blond Californian named Mark, and we teamed up for the downhill hike. We hiked down the north side of the mountain to the Kawaguchiko 5th Stage, where I had been a week ago on my failed attempt. We took 2.5 hours to get down, from 2:50 PM to 5:20 PM. The only problem I had was getting some big painful blisters on my toes. We saw no one on our downhill hike, amazingly.
An elderly Japanese gentleman was hanging out at the 5th Stage trailhead, and we were very fortunate that he offered us a ride in his car to the train at Kawaguchiko for 1000 yen each—we were hoping that there would be a taxi or shuttle here to help us, and fortunately we didn't have to hitchhike or walk.
Mark and I caught the train leaving Kawaguchiko at 6:40 PM and arrived at Otsuki at 7:33 PM, where we transferred to a JR train across the platform that left as soon as we got on. This took us to Shinjuku in the heart of Tokyo, where we arrived at 8:36 PM. Mark and I had been chatting the whole time, and at Shinjuku we bid farewell since he was off to get another train to his place in Yokohama. I don't recall why he was living in Japan.
I took the subway for a short ride to Hatsudai and was back at my friend's apartment at 9 PM. I had been gone for just under 15 hours (4:40 to the peak, 6:30 hiking, and 3:40 getting back), thanks to the incredible efficiency and punctuality of the Japanese transit system.
From afar, Fuji is a beautiful pyramid, but the actual summit is a rocky pile on the crater rim, crowned with a radar station (1996-07-02).
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4612 ft / 1405 m
Total Elevation Loss:
4829 ft / 1471 m
Round-Trip Distance:
7.6 mi / 12.2 km
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Gain on way in:
4612 ft / 1405 m
2.6 mi / 4.1 km
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Fujinomiya 5th Stage 7776 ft / 2370 m
3 Hours 30 Minutes
Descent Statistics
Loss on way out:
4829 ft / 1471 m
5 mi / 8 km
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Kawaguchiko 5th Stage 7559 ft / 2303 m
2 Hours 30 Minutes
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1996 - Fuji-san
Complete Trip Sequence:
1996-07-02 a
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167 ft / 51 m
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Sales of Justin Timberlake's new album beat expectations
Justin Timberlake's first album since 2006 made a bumper U.S. debut, selling an unexpectedly better 968,000 copies in the first week since its release, according to figures on Tuesday from Nielsen SoundScan.
"The 20/20 Experience" gave Timberlake, 32, the top spot on this week's Billboard 200 album chart and marked the singer's best solo effort yet.
The heavily-promoted release from the former N'Sync boy band singer had been expected to sell about 750,000 copies in its first week.
But after warm reviews and fan fever, the album sold almost 300,000 copies more than the first week sales for Timberlake's last release -- 2006's hit album "FutureSex/LoveSounds" -- despite an overall decline in album sales in recent years.
"The 20/20 Experience" marks Timberlake's musical comeback after focusing on his movie career in films like "The Social Network" and "Friends with Benefits," launching his own record label, investing in social networking website MySpace, and marrying actress Jessica Biel.
Despite the big first week, Timberlake came in below country-pop singer Taylor Swift's debut in November 2012 when her "Red" album sold 1.2 million copies in its first week.
Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" was released on RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment.
This week's full Billboard 200 album chart will be released on Wednesday.


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Where to go in Taiwan
Most visits to Taiwan begin in Taipei, the capital and largest city, home to Taipei 101, the National Palace Museum and some of the island's best restaurants, bars and night markets. It's also surrounded by a host of worthy day-trips including the cable car to the teahouses of Maokong, the hot springs at Beitou and the volcanic peaks of Yangmingshan National Park. The storm-battered North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area is a short ride away, as is the wonderful night market in Keelung, the intriguing Pingxi Branch Line Railway and picturesque Shifen Falls. Nearby, the old mining towns of Jinguashi and Jiufen are deservedly popular for their historic streets and teahouses, while the Northeast & Yilan Coast National Scenic Area contains some of the most rugged coastline on the island. Southwest of Taipei, Hsinchu makes an excellent base for trips to Hakka country, the primary home of Taiwan's small but influential Hakka minority, while Shei-Pa National Park provides an opportunity to tackle some of Taiwan's largest and most memorable peaks. Nearby, Taian Hot Springs is perhaps the island's most alluring hot-spring resort.
Central Taiwan is home to some spectacular scenery, though it pays to spend a couple of days in vibrant Taichung, renowned for its teahouses and lively nightlife. Not far from the city, Changhua is noted principally for its Great Buddha Statue, and atmospheric Lugang is celebrated for its craftsmen and classical architecture. East of Taichung, picture-perfect Sun Moon Lake makes a fitting introduction to Taiwan's mighty central ranges, a place for languid lakeside walks and gorgeous views. Just outside Puli, to the north of the lake, Chung Tai Chan Monastery is a man-made wonder, a remarkable blend of modern architecture and Zen Buddhism. Heading south, Chiayi provides a staging post for the cool valleys and Tsou villages of the Alishan National Scenic Area. Beyond this lies Yushan National Park and the scintillating hike up Taiwan's highest mountain, commanding awe-inspiring, cloud-capped vistas.
South Taiwan is the most traditional part of the island, with Tainan making the obvious introduction to the region, a modern city crammed with historic sights, particularly temples, complemented by superb food. Kaohsiung is Taiwan's second city and an earthy counterweight to Taipei, its smattering of sights enhanced by a growing number of parks, outdoor cafés and bars. Nearby is the elegant monastery at Foguangshan, while the dramatic Southern Cross-Island Highway heads east across the mountains to Taitung, slicing through the northern end of Maolin National Scenic Area, rich in Paiwan and Rukai culture. The southern tip of Taiwan is dominated by Kenting National Park, with its popular beaches and surf spots.
The east coast is a world apart, isolated from the rest of Taiwan until very recently and still home to the greatest concentration of its indigenous tribes. Most visitors make for Taroko National Park, with spectacular Taroko Gorge at its heart, in parts an incredibly narrow gap between lofty walls of stone. Hualien is the largest settlement on the east coast and makes the ideal gateway to Taroko, with plenty of opportunities to buy its famous marble, tasty dumplings and sweet-filled rice cakes. From here there are two routes south: the East Rift Valley is noted for its hot springs and rafting on the Xiuguluan River, while the coastal road twists past isolated beaches and Ami villages. Both end up at the laid-back town of Taitung, location of the National Museum of Prehistory and base for trips to Ludao (Green Island) with its exceptional outdoor springs.
Taiwan's offshore islands have their own distinctive cultures and histories. Penghu, in the middle of the Taiwan Strait, is an archipelago of magnificent beaches, old temples and crumbling fishing villages, a haven for windsurfing and other watersports. Just off the coast of China's Fujian province, the Matsu Islands provide a rare taster of traditional northern Fujian culture, as well as Taiwan's recent military history. The theme is continued on Kinmen, literally within sight of the now booming mainland city of Xiamen and rapidly remodelling itself as an open-air museum.
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MANHATTAN -- More than 9,500 academic scholarships have been awarded to Kansas State University students for the 2011-2012 school year. Overall, K-State students have earned more than $18.5 million in scholarships.
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RAW STORYPublished: March 10, 2006
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Supreme Court justices keep many opinions private but Sandra Day O'Connor no longer faces that obligation. Yesterday, the retired justice criticized Republicans who criticized the courts. She said they challenge the independence of judges and the freedoms of all Americans. O'Connor's speech at Georgetown University was not available for broadcast but NPR's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg was there.
Nina Totenberg: In an unusually forceful and forthright speech, O'Connor said that attacks on the judiciary by some Republican leaders pose a direct threat to our constitutional freedoms. O'Connor began by conceding that courts do have the power to make presidents or the Congress or governors, as she put it "really, really angry." But, she continued, if we don't make them mad some of the time we probably aren't doing our jobs as judges, and our effectiveness, she said, is premised on the notion that we won't be subject to retaliation for our judicial acts. The nation's founders wrote repeatedly, she said, that without an independent judiciary to protect individual rights from the other branches of government those rights and privileges would amount to nothing. But, said O'Connor, as the founding fathers knew statutes and constitutions don't protect judicial independence, people do.
And then she took aim at former House GOP leader Tom DeLay. She didn't name him, but she quoted his attacks on the courts at a meeting of the conservative Christian group Justice Sunday last year when DeLay took out after the courts for rulings on abortions, prayer and the Terri Schiavo case. This, said O'Connor, was after the federal courts had applied Congress' onetime only statute about Schiavo as it was written. Not, said O'Connor, as the congressman might have wished it were written. This response to this flagrant display of judicial restraint, said O'Connor, her voice dripping with sarcasm, was that the congressman blasted the courts.
It gets worse, she said, noting that death threats against judges are increasing. It doesn't help, she said, when a high-profile senator suggests there may be a connection between violence against judges and decisions that the senator disagrees with. She didn't name him, but it was Texas senator John Cornyn who made that statement, after a Georgia judge was murdered in the courtroom and the family of a federal judge in Illinois murdered in the judge's home. O'Connor observed that there have been a lot of suggestions lately for so-called judicial reforms, recommendations for the massive impeachment of judges, stripping the courts of jurisdiction and cutting judicial budgets to punish offending judges. Any of these might be debatable, she said, as long as they are not retaliation for decisions that political leaders disagree with.
I, said O'Connor, am against judicial reforms driven by nakedly partisan reasoning. Pointing to the experiences of developing countries and former communist countries where interference with an independent judiciary has allowed dictatorship to flourish, O'Connor said we must be ever-vigilant against those who would strongarm the judiciary into adopting their preferred policies. It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, she said, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings.
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Derrick Rose is coming back
to play his first real game in 18 months.
But he is not bringing another superstar with him. Drive home safely, Chicago.
Rose has looked terrific in exhibition games, attacking the basket as fearlessly as we remember and doing it while looking stronger.
What's more, Rose has looked like a better shooter. He is smooth and confident from distance. His game is just as dangerous outside as it is inside.
But sorry, that doesn't count as a second superstar or even just a star. Rose might be able to kill a team from the arc as he does at the hoop, but he's still only one star, and that leaves the Bulls one star short of legitimizing talk they can overtake the Heat and win a title.
This is not to say Rose's return won't be exciting Tuesday night. Of course it will. We've waited 18 months to see him play and more than a half-year for him finally to follow doctors' orders in continuing his rehab by playing in games like this.
Rose will be jacked up for opening night in Miami and might drop 30 or 40 on the Heat, and it would be spectacular, and idiots will declare there's a new sheriff in the conference.
Don't be that person. Don't confuse a garden-variety game in October with meaningful possession after meaningful possession in May. Don't blur a regular-season tipoff with the apocalypse that is the playoffs.
As long as LeBron James is healthy and Dwyane Wade can make his way to the court and Chris Bosh can spot up, the Heat are better than Rose's Bulls. Rose is the extent of Bulls players who can create his own shot and take over a game when the court is smaller and the pace is slower.
The Bulls arrive in Miami for the season opener with their projected starting lineup healthy and ready to face the Heat, which is some accomplishment for a Tom Thibodeau team.
Joakim Noah is coming back from a groin injury and claimed he could've played in the final exhibition game against Denver on Friday. But he was held out by the coach. Sure, it was the right thing to do, but you don't always get the right thing from Thibodeau when it comes to flesh and bones. Perhaps the Bulls coach who views every game as Armageddon has learned something.
Minutes are a big deal with Thibodeau's Bulls. The coach looks like he will make sure that new starting two-guard Jimmy Butler plays more minutes than Luol Deng, and I still believe Thibodeau will play Deng the second-most minutes in the league.
Carlos Boozer won't play much defense, and his offense will evaporate if he doesn't get off early, and there's your starting lineup, Bulls fans. Which one of those starters gets his own shot when Rose can't?
I'll hang up and listen for your silence.
The starters will play a lot of minutes, however, and that will exacerbate some Bulls problems. Minutes seem to be the divide between the coach and the front office. Of course, the front office could help the coach by supplying him with a better bench.
Kirk Hinrich is healthy for now, but that won't last. He and Noah act like they get frequent flyer points for injuries. Taj Gibson is a strong defensive player and rebounder off the bench, but shouldn't he be a better shooter by now to demand a starting spot? Mike Dunleavy is a pro who can shoot, and then there is the perennial Mike James thing and a couple rookies that the coach has no use for.
Did you see a legitimate backup center in that last paragraph? Me neither.
The Bulls haven't had one since Omer Asik left, and that will cost them because Noah will get hurt. Noah always gets hurt. The Bulls always need a center. Nazr Muhammad isn't that center. He can't give the Bulls a lot of effective minutes and certainly nothing close to the relentless defense and rebounding that Noah provides.
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I could be wrong, but this bench doesn't look nearly as good as the one that helped the Bulls to the Eastern Conference finals three seasons ago, so I can't see how this team gets past a Heat team that has learned how to win when it matters.
The Bulls will trumpet a change to their offense as Rose returns. They want to run more this season, which will be both effective and entertaining --- and then disappear when it matters in the playoffs because the playoffs are like that unless the Heat do it.
People try to gin up scenarios in which a gutty, hard-working team plays thankless and relentless defense while following its little superstar past the evil empire that has won consecutive titles to live out a Hollywood ending.
Wise up, people. This is the NBA, not the Disney Channel. Talent wins. The most talent usually wins the most playoff games, and playoff games are the only things that matter. The Heat have more stars. Ballgame.


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Narcissists Say the Darndest Things: Great Quotes by NarcissistsPosted November 25th, 2009
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This is a page on which I hope you, the person who knows an annoying narcissist, will contribute a little something. I am seeking a collection of great memorable quotes by the narcissist in your life. I want the quote that makes your head spin and your mouth hang open with its egomaniacal cluelessness; The quote that you fish out to tell your uncomprehending friends at dinner parties in order to better describe the problem you have had with this person. Read more