Topics
60 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 629 ratings"Topics" features long-time friends and creative comedic collaborators Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter as they tackle some of mankind's most difficult questions: What is the nature of love? Is time travel possible? Does God exist? And so many more. "Topics" is a thoughtful, intense conversation about what makes humankind... kind of human. Featuring original music by Dan Deacon!
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Episodes
10 Time Travel
July 31, 2013 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBIn Episode Eight of "Topics", Michael and Michael discuss "Time Travel". Is it possible? Do we have the technology for it? If you could travel in time to any point in history where would you go?"Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.
9 Listener Mail #1
July 31, 2013 07:00 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MBMichael and Michael respond to listener mail."Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.
8 Is This Art? Contest Winners
July 31, 2013 07:00 - 8 minutes - 8.15 MBIn this segment, Michael and Michael announce the winners of the "Is This Art?" contest and determine whether or not the pictures that were chosen are art or not.Winners: @barbershop_raga @BillyFrankly @rez114 @blezus @CraigMcKey @Hankpierogi @davidphalen @AfterTheBull "Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.
7 Gender
July 24, 2013 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBIn Episode Seven of "Topics", Michael and Michael discuss gender, gender roles in society, the gray area in-between man and woman, the broth of life and the TV program "Home Improvement.""Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.
6 What is Art?
July 17, 2013 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBIn Episode Six of "Topics", Michael and Michael seek to find answers to the question "What Is Art?" Their discussion ranges from the surrealist works of Marc Chagall and the political paintings of Francisco De Goya to the controversial objets d'art of U.K. artist Damien Hirst and even the landscape portraiture of photographer Ansel Adams."Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.
5 The Human Condition
July 10, 2013 07:00 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBIn Episode Five of "Topics", Michael and Michael discuss "The Human Condition." Their conversation takes them through a wide range of subjects including The Beatles, TV shows like The Big Bang Theory and The Flintstones, as well as what kind of car Michael Ian Black drives (BMW)."Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.
4 The Subjectivity of Memory
July 03, 2013 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBIn Episode Four of "Topics", Michael and Michael discuss the age old question "if a tree falls in the woods but no one is there to hear it did it make a sound?", Hume's Theory of Induction, Steve Jobs, Thanksgiving turkey and The Civil War."Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.
3 The Final Frontier: Space
June 26, 2013 07:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBIn Episode Three of "Topics", Michael and Michael discuss "The Final Frontier: Space"! Is there intelligent life on other planets? Do UFO's exist? Is there a God? How awesome are The Beatles? Join them as they seek to better understand all of these topics in their quest to make sense of the infinite universe."Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.
2 Does God Exist?
June 19, 2013 07:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIn Episode Two of "Topics", Michael and Michael get into a big conversation about one of the biggest questions of all mankind -- "Does God exist?" Is God a man with a long white beard? Is God nature? Is God a force? We entreat you to join them in Episode Two, as Michael and Michael really seek to answer this age old question."Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.
1 Intro: Topics
June 17, 2013 07:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBIn Episode One of "Topics", Michael and Michael introduce their new podcast "Topics" and talk about their hope to have a show where, even though they are normally seen as comedians, they can have serious discussions about big topics of conversation that we all think about."Topics" features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.