Penn Jillette

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845 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 16 Jul

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Club Random with Bill Maher · Penn Jillette | Club Random Classics with Bill Maher · 16 Jul 2026 podcast

Kafka's short story in the penal colony.

I know the story.

The prisoners don't know what crime they've committed until they enter into their back.

So you could... Till they what?

Till they etch it with needles in the prisoner's back.

That's how they find out what they're guilty of, is being able to feel it in their back.

So what you're saying is this is the oral sex equivalent.

You can do messages that way, probably more efficient than needles in the back.

It's all you have now.

You only have the nut chair.

You have devolved.

I know.

But the whole story is not about the nut chair.

It's about the kindness in your face.

Yeah, but when you come, when you're able, the idea that I would even entertain people

animal rights 10 years ago was... Really?

Totally outside.

Nothing against animals.

I just thought, I mean, the very simple answer, if you'd asked me for a facile answer to that, I would say, first, have every child on earth fed, clothed, sheltered, and eating, and then we'll all work together on the mountain gorillas.

Oh, shit.

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