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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They're supposed to be the thing in the background that allows us to live and love and create.

And politics keeps the bad people from tearing us apart.

That's all it's supposed to do.

It's supposed to be in the background.

You want the most boring president possible.

And the fact that we have this fascinating president, um, you know,

Trump has said, um, Bannon has said, doesn't matter what they're saying about you, keep them talking about you.

And goddammit, that works.

It breaks my heart, but it works.

I just want people to go, let's get a boring president.

I don't think he really persuades anybody.

I mean, there's a great book written by a professor named Frankfurt or something, which is called On Bull .

And he... It's an incredible book.

It's really short.

It's like an pamphlet by a... I think he's a philosophy professor.

And he separates lies from bullshit and says they have nothing in common with each other.

Lies, you know the truth and you misrepresent it.

And that requires knowing the truth.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Whereas bullshit is you say whatever pops into your head, whatever will get you through.

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