A Clip from This Week’s Episode of ‘Paul Giamatti’s Chinwag with Stephen Asma’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

It is definitely safe to say that the podcast has utterly transformed the entertainment world. For not only has it allowed for new types of storytelling to hit the digital airwaves, but it also brought the radio drama into the 21st Century and it has even managed to give us… unprecedented access to topics we know nothing about and people that we admire from afar, such as celebrities. For they too understand that a podcast will help their fans get to know them and allow for them to take part in conversations they’ve always wanted to have and one particular celebrity podcast of note that that deserves more attention is Paul Giamatti’s Chinwag with Stephen Asma.
 
For this podcast, allows for Paul and Stephen to just let loose and have an incredible talk about whatever is on their minds and sometimes… guests will drop by to take part in that same meaningful conversation and well, this week’s episode is of note, because Paul and Stephen had quite the incredible guest stop by. For William Shatner chinwagged with the chinwaggers and offered up quite the story and well, we here at NTG were fortunate enough to be provided with a clip for this week’s show, wherein you can hear Mister Shatner himself, discuss a fascinating decision he made in Amsterdam. 
 
Simply because… how does one not share this kind of wild story? But also, because… we’re here to spread the world about a fun show, one that has caught our ears and hopefully resonates with you as well. So, without further ado, here is that amazing clip, and all the details you need regarding the show so you too can enjoy the majesty of Paul Giamatti’s Chinwag with Stephen Asma.

About the Episode
 Stephen Asma and Paul Giamatti are giddy to speak with lifelong hero and Star Trek alum William Shatner on tequila tastings, space travel, bum drug trips, holding on to your inner child and that time he beat up an Australian Olympic swimmer on stage.
 
Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art. Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor and producer.  William Shatner is an Emmy award-winning actor, writer, recording artist and director whose new documentary You Can Call Me Bill  premiered at SXSW 2023.
 
About Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma
 Chinwag is esoteric in the best way possible, as Paul and Stephen delve into anything and everything: Are we living in a simulation? What’s the most perfect sentence in literature? Is Bigfoot interdimensional? Science, the occult, philosophy, magic mushrooms… It's all fair game! Unexpected, hilarious, and maybe even profound – Chinwag is all about having a really, really good chat.
Chinwag is executive produced by Treefort Media’s Kelly Garner and Lisa Ammerman along with Paul Giamatti, Stephen Asma and Dan Carey for Touchy Feely Films. Each episode of Chinwag also features animated stories to complement the chats.
 
Produced by Treefort Media and Touchy Feely Films
 
About Treefort Media
Founded in 2018 by CEO Kelly Garner and based in Los Angeles, TREEFORT MEDIA is an independent podcast company specializing in premium fiction and unscripted audio storytelling. The company’s first original series Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood hit #1 on Apple Podcasts and garnered over 25 million downloads. The company’s creative partners include Wondery/Amazon Music, Audible, Disney Music, iHeartMedia, Paramount, Spotify, Universal Music Group and Village Roadshow Entertainment Group.

Treefort’s scripted audio drama Moriarty, a twist on the Sherlock Holmes canon, has earned many award nominations – including Best Podcast of the Year – since its debut as an Audible Original in July 2022.  Another Treefort scripted series for Audible, Killing Hollywood: The Cotton Club Murder, won the Webby for Best Scripted Fiction Podcast last year. Their popular unscripted weekly series Killer Psyche led to a daily spin-off, which launched exclusively on Amazon Music in November 2022. Treefort also partnered on the acclaimed investigative series Collapse: Disaster in Surfside, with the Pulitzer Prize winning reporters of the Miami Herald.

For additional information, please visit https://www.treefort.fm/ and follow on social media @treefort.fm on Instagram and @TreefortMedia on Twitter.

About Touchy Feely Films
Touchy Feely Films is a New York-based production company run by producers Paul Giamatti and Dan Carey. Together, they have created an eclectic mix of television and independent film projects over the company’s fifteen-year history, including the acclaimed AMC series Lodge 49 and such films as Cold Souls, All is Bright, and John Dies at the End.

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