Ep 595 - The Man Who Saves the World? (feat. Gabe Polsky)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
wild wild west all right we're live gabe polsky man thanks for coming yeah thanks for having me thank you for coming i uh i wanted to bring you here i i saw your documentary a while back i got a little little screener copy honestly i said i'm not just fluffing you it was what i thought was one of the best things i'd watched in a really long time so the man who saves the world that's it yeah question mark not the man who saves the world no question mark that's about a guy who didn't drop the nuclear bomb or something yeah yeah that that's another film yeah yours is the man who saves the world question mark which dude it's i swear to god i like i uh brandon our mutual friend from rafael sent it to me and i was like all right you know and i'm i'm like i'm pretty like precious with my time so someone's like hey do you want to watch this two-hour thing i'm usually like yeah yeah yeah i'll watch it but i read the tagline i'm like dang that sounds kind of cool
Dude, one night I just, I saw through it. So congrats on that.
It's awesome. It's 85 minutes. Cause I know that, you know, the two hours, two hours scares people, but.
Dude, now I feel like now documentaries are six hours.
Yeah. It's murder mystery doc. Everything's long.
I know, but the murder mystery doc, I'm telling you, man, I don't want to start by it on a negative note, but like, dude, I would really like to move back from the six hour twisty murder doc. It's like, just, I don't need to watch this for six hours. Just give me an hour and 20. Hit me with a twist at the end.
I agree. I'm the same way. It's like a full work day. Yeah.
I'm signing up to watch this lady get murdered. It's like, dude, hit me with the facts. I know. Give me the facts.
They're stretching, you know?
Yeah, yeah, true.
How did Gabe Polsky get inspired to create 'The Man Who Saves the World'?
But no, I thought your documentary was honestly fantastic. And just to like... I don't know. I don't want to give the whole thing away. But just to recap, I try to explain it to people. I always sound crazy. It's about a guy who, by the guy alone, could have been... What's his name? Patrick McCollum. Patrick McCollum. I mean, obviously, you could have just done one on that guy alone. His life is crazy. He was a peacemaker. He just does everything. But he got convinced somehow that he was the center of some ancient indigenous prophecy that he was going to... Was it save the world or bring everyone back together and thus save the world by saving the Amazon?
That's right. I mean, the second part, yeah. So basically, these indigenous elders from the Amazon came to this guy at like a peace gathering in India, and they said to him, you know, we think you're this guy in our prophecy that we've had for... know hundreds of years so different different tribes of the amazon they all kind of got together and identified this guy and said you know we think you're this guy and you know initially he's just like i don't know what you're talking about i i'm just kind of a regular guy i don't think i'm the guy and they basically for eight years kept coming to him and and and saying you know when you're going to come and fulfill this prophecy of ours is going to come and unite the tribes of the amazon and essentially save the amazon and restore the earth and
After many years, he's just like, all right, I guess I'll do what I can and go down there.
First of all, that's crazy he was able to fight that off. I would immediately be like, yes. Getting hit with the chosen one is my personal fantasy, so that's crazy he got to live that out. And it's nuts that he was like, no, no, no, no, I'm not. Which, obviously, you're the chosen one.
What unique perspectives does the documentary offer on indigenous wisdom?
If you're going to be like, no, I'm not the chosen one, it's like you're definitely the chosen one. Yeah, exactly right. But dude, but then you've, so I'm like, okay, that's, first of all, that's a, that's a kind of a wild concept. Then you get into that guy's life and it's like, he, it's, that guy was, I've never even like heard of or seen a guy like that.
Yeah, I mean... Most talented guy I think I've ever seen. Yeah, no, that's kind of what drew me in.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:34
2
How did Gabe Polsky get inspired to create 'The Man Who Saves the World'?
1:34–3:17
3
What unique perspectives does the documentary offer on indigenous wisdom?
3:17–4:47
4
How does the film address environmental issues?
4:47–5:53
5
What challenges did Gabe face while creating the documentary?
5:53–7:34
6
How does Gabe's background influence his filmmaking style?
7:34–8:51
7
What insights about psychedelics and personal growth are shared?
8:51–10:43
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What are the broader implications of the documentary's themes?
10:43–1:05:39