Christmas Guru Special 2024 (Advance Release)
Added 2024-12-10 07:23:07 +0000 UTCLucky Patreon folks that you are you have earned a proper early-release episode.
In this special festive episode, Chris and Matt are joined by guest decoder Helen Lewis to discuss the myths around genius, extract her 2025 Guru predictions, and, of course, participate in her annual Guru Quiz. Again, the decoders are challenged over their mastery of the gurusphere knowledge, and again, one is found wanting. Who will it be? You all know already... but act surprised, anyway.
But that's not all! We are also joined by Discourse/Discord creature & DTG Weinstein correspondent Dan Gilbert (Bad Stats online) for another mystery quiz and a dystopic guru squad-building game. You can play along at home and see if your guru squads can match the synergistic power of our chosen champions.
P.S. As it is an early release, if you find any bad audio snafus please let us know and we will edit before the release on the public feed.
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Hilarious 🙀 love you all. 2025 will be the year of Saad! 🍾🥂
ketracel-white
2024-12-14 17:14:15 +0000 UTCI’m amazed the guys somehow missed Tucker’s kink-daddy daughter-spanking insanity, but i guess that’s a perk of not being *entirely* trapped in the US news and social media cycle.
Daniel Reed Miller
2024-12-14 00:25:21 +0000 UTCI know this wasn't part of the game, but it would be fun to have a talk off (who can speak fastest semi-coherently) competition between Ben Shapiro, Russell Brand, and Destiny.
Linda Sears
2024-12-13 19:46:44 +0000 UTCI think The Genius Myth. Comes out next June.
Dada de Broglie
2024-12-13 01:54:31 +0000 UTCDid she say what the title is?
Linda Sears
2024-12-13 01:39:25 +0000 UTCI was dissappointed that Russel Brand was not on anyone’s team! He has a purple belt in Jiu Jitsu and can kick some ass with that. Yeah it’s not black belt but it’s good enough. He’s fit. Give him a cold plunge and set him out for battle and you’re golden! 🌟
Amy S
2024-12-13 01:29:19 +0000 UTCExcited to read her new book. Sounds interesting.
Dada de Broglie
2024-12-13 00:13:15 +0000 UTCChris’ choice of Scott Adams is legit psychotic. If Dr K is anywhere on that island, immediate cult formation happening. BUT, maybe the presence of that many competing gurus with narcissistic personalities will cancel out the cult effect? More likely, it’s a mutually assured destruction kinda situation.
S Alexandra
2024-12-12 08:24:06 +0000 UTCI just want to remind us all that Matt won last year’s quiz with Helen. Chris got points deducted for some reason.
Linda Sears
2024-12-12 00:23:55 +0000 UTCThis was fantastic!
Scott Grande
2024-12-12 00:15:11 +0000 UTCIs this imagined fallout between Musk and Trump wishful thinking? Musk did not become the richest person who ever lived on paper through market fundamentals. And if Musk hasn't said it in private it's implicit he will double or triple Trump's net worth through some later scheme. That seems more predictive to me than imagined psychodrama. I would not be surprised if Musk went the Anduril/Palmer Luckey route. There's an opportunity there considering how well his investment in AI is going as a Johnny come lately with no novel ideas. DOGE or whatever is just another way to market to the public
rooftowel
2024-12-11 23:37:25 +0000 UTCNow that would be something I would definitely watch!
Fiona St Clair
2024-12-11 22:11:59 +0000 UTCSurviving on the desert island with Eric as he loudly wonders what cabinet position Trump will give him once we get off
Subodh Kafle
2024-12-11 20:18:17 +0000 UTCI think Musk lacks humility. He stands on the shoulders of others and appears to forget those who allow him to succeed, including academics toiling away on basic research. He appears to believe his own press and has let his ego get the better of him.
Tim Tripp
2024-12-11 20:04:58 +0000 UTCSome of his projects are funded by billions of taxpayer dollars. I think it’s only reasonable to hold him to a higher standard. Especially with the latest fiasco over the Indian Ocean.
Emily
2024-12-11 18:05:56 +0000 UTCTeam Matt will surely be victorious. Unless it’s all a part of some sick reality show where they get supplies based on how entertaining they are. In that case team Chris will win hands down.
Saksaas
2024-12-11 17:11:04 +0000 UTCExcellent points! He also has a good hat, so he must be prepared. Eric would be wearing his suit just in case, which could be uncomfortable when he’d refuse to take it off.
Linda Sears
2024-12-11 17:01:58 +0000 UTCBret is a good choice for the island. Didn't him and Heather spend time in the jungle doing some sort of field work? And he wrote a book about how to live as a hunter gatherer so he's something of an expert.
Subodh Kafle
2024-12-11 16:22:28 +0000 UTCI wonder if he’d depress and/or bog down everyone with too much trauma talk. I’d like to see him and Dr. K in a room for a few hours and see how they’d diagnose one another after.
Linda Sears
2024-12-11 13:15:41 +0000 UTCHe also literally owns a company that amplifies his ideas.
Linda Sears
2024-12-11 13:12:21 +0000 UTCDestiny, Hasan and Doctor K. What a glorious therapy session that would be :D
Jakub Tomaszewski
2024-12-11 07:57:13 +0000 UTCHis promises tend to be more specific, more grandiose, and involve lots more money.
Christopher Kavanagh
2024-12-11 07:33:40 +0000 UTCWhen you were joking about Andrew Huberman and negative ions, I got the amazing mental image of him powering up like Dragonball Z character.
Ben Godek
2024-12-11 07:09:56 +0000 UTCHelen talks about how many of Elon’s promises are vaporware, but how many of academic’s research proposals never yield the the results as promised? I’m in the academic world of physical sciences and many research proposals have a similar flavor: promising to solve grand challenges but mostly not getting there. Why is Elon held to a different standard than other academics- or more broadly, to people trying to do hard/innovative things?
Alex A
2024-12-11 06:41:12 +0000 UTCHOW has it been a year since the last Helen Lewis review? I missed her amazing voice.
JustTheWorstEver
2024-12-11 05:57:14 +0000 UTCI can’t believe no one chose Gabor Mate. He’s super skinny, so wouldn’t eat too much. He’s an actual GP type physician with decades of practice, so he could attend to injuries and illnesses. And finally, he could probably find some psychedelic plants for recreation. Oh, and the win for Matt. Love that he chose Sabine. I think she’d be a lot of fun to have around.
Fiona St Clair
2024-12-11 05:55:58 +0000 UTCTeam Matt for sure. I think Scott Adam’s would literally melt in the sun Chris. Not to mention drive one inseeeeeen
YellowDreams
2024-12-11 03:02:02 +0000 UTCTeam Matt FTW on guru island. I think Sabine harbors hitherto unknown skills & do not underestimate the power of Talib’s withering insults to demoralize the competition. Safe travels and sane holidays to all!
Nancy Hale
2024-12-11 02:18:45 +0000 UTCI don’t know if you covered it but this is sooo funny!! Francis from Triggernometry tribute from Daniel Gilbert aka Bad Stats. 😂 https://youtu.be/DDT9-ISf1mM?feature=shared
Jen
2024-12-11 02:07:29 +0000 UTCHelen is simply an international treasure, and a lovely person to boot
Eric Quirk
2024-12-11 01:48:25 +0000 UTCHelen is so funny! You guys giggling just cracks me up. Happy holidays, and thank you!
Kimberly Beer
2024-12-11 01:45:06 +0000 UTCI island survivor team would be Jocko Wilink and the Redscare girls. I think Jocko and me can do all the survival work easily while the Dasha and Anna spy and gossip about the other teams.
Jean-François Melançon
2024-12-10 23:05:47 +0000 UTCAwesome idea!
Jean-François Melançon
2024-12-10 22:58:04 +0000 UTCYeah, that's what I was gonna comment. Maybe it's just my personal disposition, but Jocko seems like someone that's very pleasant to be around.
Jean-François Melançon
2024-12-10 22:56:58 +0000 UTCI concur, Matt's team wins hands down!
Jean-François Melançon
2024-12-10 22:55:32 +0000 UTCIf only podcasts had subtitles.
Brink
2024-12-10 22:19:44 +0000 UTCDid someone call one of the decoders ‘Quizimodo’?
john statham
2024-12-10 20:53:55 +0000 UTC"Matt, do you have anything you'd like to add to the brassiere?"
Randy
2024-12-10 18:46:30 +0000 UTCYes, Elon’s views are nothing like Tesla’s and everything like Thomas Edison. Edison was a deaf, anti social, anti union and staunchly conservative crank, with some brilliant inventions that are still in use…. In Edmond Morris’s book ‘Edison’ Morris’s point out that the YouTube lore about Edison and Tesla is not true. Morris points out numerous antidotal stories to show they were cordial and respectful to each other….Thanks for the entertaining episode!
Mark Francis
2024-12-10 18:09:20 +0000 UTC“Thank you Matt…. good job on waking up..”. LMFOA.
Julie
2024-12-10 15:48:49 +0000 UTCSounds like "fish-eyed goo".
Duncan
2024-12-10 13:59:01 +0000 UTCHelen quoting Theo's cocaine bit during the Trump interview in a matter of fact style was hilarious!!! I really hope Theo doesn't turn more into a Rogan!
Chomagerider
2024-12-10 13:40:11 +0000 UTCMy favorite holiday tradition. Helen is the best!
Kyle Wilson
2024-12-10 13:34:19 +0000 UTCI’m saving this, it’s a present I don’t want to open yet. Thank you!!! 🎄🎅🏼
Jen
2024-12-10 13:28:17 +0000 UTCThanks, Helen, Matt, and Chris (ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future). I’ll let you decide which one is which.
Linda Sears
2024-12-10 13:27:16 +0000 UTC“Fish eyed ghoul” made my day. God bless Peter Lorre
Rod Hodges
2024-12-10 13:22:44 +0000 UTCGreetings DTGers, and Happy Christmas to our intrepid hosts!
Kgar
2024-12-10 12:57:30 +0000 UTCI vote team Matt for the win! Two smarties and a muscle head, who is also sort of smart if nuts. What could go wrong.
Emma
2024-12-10 12:49:00 +0000 UTCNew end of year ritual: the worse I do on the quizzes, the better I'll consider the year to have been for me
Pixel-davis
2024-12-10 12:47:05 +0000 UTCGreat episode. I do wish that the desert island question included a barbarian outsider guru that your choices have to keep your entire team safe from. I mean who wouldn’t want the chance to see gurus throw imaginary rocks at Andrew Gold for example!
CrystalJade
2024-12-10 12:04:10 +0000 UTCFish eyed ghoul.
Christopher Kavanagh
2024-12-10 10:48:34 +0000 UTCI’m taking Destiny, Rogan, and Jocko Willink (does he count?)
Andy
2024-12-10 10:33:15 +0000 UTCWhat did the New Statesman call Konstantin? Rewound 3 times but can't get what Chris says.
Penrice
2024-12-10 10:18:33 +0000 UTCMatt picked the superior team, clearly. (just give it to him because he’s so poor at guru trivia)
Kurt Ressler
2024-12-10 09:20:54 +0000 UTCHey, don't do yourselves down, even though it's true :)
Lord Brannigan-7
2024-12-10 08:17:57 +0000 UTCHelen is too busy and too famous for our poor podcast.
Christopher Kavanagh
2024-12-10 08:16:03 +0000 UTCWoohoo, Helen's back! One of my favourite Christmas surprises👏
Kit McLean
2024-12-10 08:16:00 +0000 UTCNo audio issues so far but can we have more Helen and less Chris and Matt next year please? KIDDING! It does work well with the three of you though. Interesting thoughts about Walliams and Carr too, talk about what happens when you stop singing for your dinner and it becomes a whole 'nother game. About halfway through when I wrote this, and I'm not even Gen A...
Lord Brannigan-7
2024-12-10 08:05:22 +0000 UTCIt's Chrrriiiiiiiiiistmaaaaas!
Robert Andrews
2024-12-10 07:26:18 +0000 UTC
