Modern Day Philosophers with Daniel Lobell
Hosted by Daniel Lobell · Daniel Lobell (of WTF and This American Life) talks Comedy & Philosophy
4.2from 466 ratings
- 81
- Episodes
- 4
- Transcribed
- 466
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2013
- First episode
About Modern Day Philosophers with Daniel Lobell
Daniel Lobell of Comical Radio and This American Life is back once again. This time, he's diving head first into philosophy (a subject he knows little about) with fellow comedians (Marc Maron, Artie Lange, Maria Bamford, Lewis Black, Greg Fitzsimmons, Larry Miller, Reggie Watts etc.) and attempting to find the answers to life's great questions. Even if the questions just lead to more questions, there will be many laughs in between. You can listen and decide: Are comedians really "modern day philosophers"?
- Publisher
- Daniel Lobell (of WTF and This American Life) talks Comedy & Philosophy
- Category
- comedy · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 29 Oct 2013
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
4 of 81 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bill Burr on Managing money
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Comedy Shorties: Colin Quinn - Don't try to control life
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Bill Burr on Managing money
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It was something real. It wasn't in the air or a philosophy. But then after a while, I just was kind of going, all right, so I'm investing in this, we'll just say the gold, you know, the miner thing, right, company. I'm like, at the end of it, I don't get any gold. So this is stupid. So then I wanted to have something tangible. So, like, to me, it was obvious. It's like, buy a house. So I bought a house, and then I've just paid it down like an absolute madman. And it's very sparsely furnished. But the freedom I have of not having credit card debt, because I've lived like that and had it hanging over my head. […]
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- Bill Burr
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- Colin Quinn
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