Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life
February 5, 2025
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February 5, 2025
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life
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Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life
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<div>With Elon's 20-something operatives running the Treasury Department, it's hard not to feel that we've been severed from reality and a better Earth someplace else. Ben Stiller talks with Tim about metaphysics, avoiding politics in public, and advocating for the millions of people displaced around the world. <br /><br />Plus, the origin story of <em>Severance, </em>Adam Scott, John Turturro, and whether the show is a metaphor for life itself. Also, Tim gives a pop quiz, Ben shares his love for the Knicks, and both ponder why there aren't good comedies anymore. <br /><br /><strong>Ben Stiller</strong> joins Tim Miller.<br /><em>show notes:<br /></em><br /><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx">Watch Severance</a><br /><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/real-life/umc.cmc.1y0fnrr2v4jqejem8p0qudzfp">The Albert Brooks film, 'Real Life.'</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/DOAihCRr1y4?si=hZArMmaL8hIRCHUF">Trailer for "Real Life'</a><br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/magazine/ben-stiller-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk4.LBf-.sA0L3smS-FP6&smid=url-share">Ben's New York Times interview</a><br /><a href="https://x.com/YIMBYLAND/status/1886606983245009171">Video of one of Musk's engineers/operatives<br /></a><br /></div>
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