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Rob Corddry, Arden Myrin, Jonah Ray and Adam Savage guest

Doug Loves Movies - January 22, 2020 18:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7.5K ratings
Live from the Gateway Theatre in San Francisco as part of SF Sketchfest, Doug welcomes Rob Corddry, Arden Myrin, Jonah Ray and Adam Savage to the show. You can find the entire archive of Doug Loves Movies on Stitcher Premium. For a free month of Stitcher Premium, go to stitcherpremium....

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#421 - Savage She-Hulk, Adam Savage, and More Savage News!

This Week in Marvel - November 22, 2019 21:31 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 923 ratings
Lorraine takes us through the sensational history of Savage She-Hulk, and Ryan catches up with the savagely clever Adam Savage for a tour of his legendary cave of pop culture treasures. Hit play or She-Hulk will come to your house and rip up all your X-Men. 2:05 - News 4:59 - Top Books From M...

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#158: Adam Savage—7 Eye-Opening Ways To Be More Creative

Business Made Simple with Donald Miller - July 22, 2019 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
“Well, I’m not really a creative type.”   Today on the podcast, Adam Savage (host of the popular show Mythbusters) is going to bust THAT myth for us.   We’re all creative -- whether we build model cars or entire organizations. But we don’t always know how to tap into that part of ourselv...

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Tom Sachs and Adam Savage

City Arts & Lectures - July 15, 2019 18:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 314 ratings
Maker Adam Savage, best known as the host of Mythbusters, and artist Tom Sachs have long been obsessed with outer space - from the engineering and aesthetics of NASA to the immensity of interstellar exploration. The gear, architecture, fashion, and dreams are all part of an exhibition a...

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Adam Savage Builds, Blows Up, and Has a Blast

Kickass News - Afar - July 08, 2019 08:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Adam Savage (Mythbusters, MythBusters Junior) talks about building a working prototype of Marvel’s Iron Man suit for his new series Savage Builds and what it was like to fly around with tiny jet engines strapped to his forearms.  He discusses how Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson helped him ta...

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Adam Savage interview — The Big Event flashback

Total SF - July 04, 2019 10:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 282 ratings
In Episode 79 of The Big Event is a flashback episode to November 2018. TV star and maker Adam Savage joins host Peter Hartlaub to talk about living in San Francisco, his past working in local theater and special effects, and his new Science Channel show "Mythbusters Jr." Savage, who worked on th...

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Aubrey Marcus Podcast - June 12, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.8K ratings
Adam Savage, the OG Mythbuster himself, stopped by Onnit HQ for in depth conversation about the tools that are intrinsic to human triumph. At the forefront of that toolkit are myths, and their capacity to communicate concepts through culture. We also touch on meditation, awareness, and ...

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#209 Busting Myths and Delusions with Adam Savage

Aubrey Marcus Podcast - June 12, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.8K ratings
Adam Savage, the OG Mythbuster himself, stopped by Onnit HQ for in depth conversation about the tools that are intrinsic to human triumph. At the forefront of that toolkit are myths, and their capacity to communicate concepts through culture. We also touch on meditation, awareness, and ...

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AMP #209 Adam Savage from "MythBusters" on Busting Myths and Delusions

Aubrey Marcus Podcast - June 12, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.8K ratings
Adam Savage, the OG Mythbuster himself, stopped by Onnit HQ for in depth conversation about the tools that are intrinsic to human triumph. At the forefront of that toolkit are myths, and their capacity to communicate concepts through culture. We also touch on meditation, awareness, and the proce...

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Adam Savage: My Life as a Maker

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast - May 31, 2019 20:48 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 273 ratings
This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. Adam Savage is a maker. From his elaborate Comic-Con costumes to a 1,000-shot Nerf gun, he has built thousands of projects as a special effects artist and co-host of the hit TV show “MythBusters.” Savage wi...

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Go Screw Yourself with Adam Savage (feat. Rebecca Nagle)

With Friends Like These - May 31, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
This week Adam Savage (@donttrythis) joins Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox ) to talk about his new book “Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It.” They talk about glue, principles of metal working, and how to forgive yourself when you mess up. Afterwards, they talk about why we are going to ...

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Making Stuff, with Adam Savage

StarTalk Radio - May 24, 2019 19:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
Neil deGrasse Tyson, author and inventor extraordinaire Adam Savage, and comic co-host Chuck Nice answer fan-submitted questions about MythBusters, the creative process, the future of engineering, movies, and much more! NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire ep...

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Adam Savage made a toolbox for creativity — with his brain

Speakers Forum - May 20, 2019 02:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratings
The famed Mythbuster loves to create. Hear how he manages that process

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The Making of Adam Savage

Gadget Lab: Weekly Tech News from WIRED - May 03, 2019 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 187 ratings
You might know Adam Savage as the co-host of the television show MythBusters, as the editor of Tested.com, or as the host of countless web videos that show him building machines, sewing costumes for Comic-Con, and occasionally blowing something up in his San Francisco workshop. Now Sava...

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#370: Adam Savage on Great Tools, Great Projects, and Great Lessons

The Tim Ferriss Show - April 30, 2019 15:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14.3K ratings
"A true creator knows that you follow the thing to where it's going, not to where you think it ought to go." — Adam Savage Adam Savage (TW: @donttrythis IG: @therealadamsavage FB: therealadamsavage) has spent his life gathering skills that allow him to take what's in his brain and mak...

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Adam Savage interview - "Mythbusters Jr." and living in S.F.

Total SF - December 19, 2018 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 282 ratings
In Episode 53 of The Big Event, TV star and maker Adam Savage joins host Peter Hartlaub to talk about living in San Francisco, his past working in local theater and special effects, and his new Science Channel show "Mythbusters Jr." Savage, who worked on the original "Mythbusters" for 13 seasons,...

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Puck Soup - October 19, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratings
Greg and Dave welcome Adam Savage from Mythbusters and Mythbusters Jr. to the show, talking about weird science, corked bats and trying to find a reason to care about hockey. Plus, we inhale the ramifications of legal weed in Canada; talk about the nonsense surrounding hits on Elias Pettersson ...

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Winter Break Encore Part II with Ben Howe and Adam Savage

With Friends Like These - December 29, 2017 08:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
First, [3:05] we revisit Ana’s interview with Red State contributor and Never Trump stalwart Ben Howe (@benhowe) about what the Left can learn from the Tea Party. Ben also discusses how leaving the conservative movement has changed his thinking on social issues like abortion. Then, [56:41] anoth...

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Human Augmentation with Adam Savage and Neil deGrasse Tyson

StarTalk Radio - November 03, 2017 22:40 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
Exoskeleton suits, brain implants, tiny people, AI, and more! Adam Savage and Neil deGrasse Tyson investigate human augmentation from the main stage at NYCC 2017 with comic co-host Chuck Nice and NYU bioethics professor and philosopher Matthew Liao. Special thanks to Adam Savage and Tested. Che...

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276. Adam Savage, host of SYFY25: Origin Stories

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast - October 06, 2017 14:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 875 ratings
Science fiction author David Barr Kirtley (Save Me Plz and Other Stories) talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman (#253), George R. R. Martin (#22), Richard Dawkins (#46), Simon Pegg (#39), Bill Nye (#273), Margaret Atwood (#94), Neil deGrasse Tyson (#32), and Ursula K. Le Guin (#65)....

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Skeptic Check: Busting Myths with Adam Savage

Big Picture Science - August 07, 2017 14:48 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 858 ratings
Can an opera singer’s voice really shatter glass? Can you give your car a rocket-assisted boost and survive the test drive? How do you protect yourself from a shark attack?  Those are among the many intriguing questions and urban legends tested by the MythBusters team in front of the camera. Now ...

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Episode 193 - Adam Savage and Paul and Storm live from SF Sketchfest

Probably Science - January 19, 2016 23:52 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 609 ratings
MythBusters' Adam Savage (@donttrythis) and musical comedy duo extraordinaire Paul and Storm (@paulandstorm) join Matt (@mattkirshen) and Andy (@andytwood) for a live performance at the California Academy of Sciences (@calacademy) as part of SF Sketchfest (@SFSketchfest), discussing science myth...

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#46 - Star Wars vs Star Trek LIVE with Adam Savage and John Hodgman

We Got This with Mark and Hal - January 12, 2016 20:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 927 ratings
After being suggested by so many people, Mark and Hal finally tackle the topic of Star Wars vs Star Trek. As the preeminent battle for the stars take place, we employ the help of our good friends Adam Savage and John Hodgman, who boldly go where no one has gone before, a long time ago in a galax...

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66 Adam Savage - The Joy of Being a Maker

Inquiring Minds - December 26, 2014 07:01 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 821 ratings
On the show this week we talk to Mythbusters host and friend of the show Adam Savage. We caught up with Savage shortly after our live show with him (episode 58) at his workshop in San Francisco. Indre talks to Savage about the future of Mythbusters, Hollywood, exploding turkeys, the joy of being...

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58 Adam Savage - Live on Stage in San Francisco

Inquiring Minds - October 31, 2014 06:40 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 821 ratings
On the show this week Indre talks to Adam Savage about the future of science communication (and why it’s terrifying TV networks), why he’s worried Elon Musk might become a Marvel supervillain, and why it’s so important to him that women be better represented in his field. Indre also talks to ho...

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Special Release: Adam Savage

Full Of Sith: Star Wars News, Discussions and Interviews - August 28, 2013 17:04 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 705 ratings
You know him and love him from Mythbusters but he's a huge fan of Star Wars. He talks with Bryan about his convention experiences, Dragon Con, the power of fandom, the trajectory of his career, and his first experience with Star Wars. We also talked about the importance of digging deeper in thin...

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Skepticality #080 - Skeptic Rock Stars at TAM - Interviews: Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Mythbuster Adam Savage,

Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - July 01, 2008 20:50 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratings
This week on Skepticality, Derek and Swoopy return from the desert with highlights from "The Amazing Meeting 6" conference in Las Vegas (hosted by the James Randi Educational Foundation). Joining them are two skeptics who are changing the face of popular science: astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse...

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Skepticality #046 - TAM Audio: Adam Savage, Lori Lipman Brown and Benjamin Radford

Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - February 13, 2007 20:44 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratings
On this week's Skepticality, we continue our coverage of The Amazing Meeting 5. Derek and Swoopy talk with some of their favorite Real Skeptical Heroes including author and CSICOP spokesman Benjamin Radford, Mythbuster Adam Savage and the first Congressional lobbyist for non-theists and directo...