Penn Jillette

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2,353 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 14 Jan

Penn Jillette’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · Penn Jillette | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · 14 Jan 2026 podcast

And they've given me drugs in the hospital.

I love them.

I love that shifting in my brain.

I love all of that.

So I just think maybe if as I get older, I'm 70, I learn to kind of attenuate that.

There might be time to around with that.

Skepticism and cynicism are often conflated, and I believe they're so far apart to be ridiculous.

And I've talked to Bill Maher about this, who refers to himself proudly as a cynic.

I refer to myself proudly as a skeptic, and there are definite philosophical differences.

I am...

repulsed by any artist in any form who shows any disrespect to their audience.

Interesting.

I get that.

I remember... I have no reason to say anything to people, but I've worked with people who I got to hear them talk about their audiences in just hateful, disrespectful terms.

Now, we have people coming to our show that I disagree with.

incredibly on political and theological.

But when they're there in that room, and they're... I mean, I can... I will just get ridiculously sappy, so I'll cut it short.

But they are giving me their time.

I mean, the money.

So they've decided, here's an hour and a half we're gonna spend sitting in the seat with this dip on stage.

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