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The Tim Weichselbaum Show

Tim Weichselbaum

Tim Weichselbaum is a media mogul, comedian, podcaster and karaoke singer from Chicagoland. He is also his own agent, promotor, hype man, bodyguard, and driver (despite having epilepsy). Some day he will be a massive success. Or, he’ll stop doing it altogether suddenly, before becoming anything. That will be awfully embarrassing, considering some of the things he says about himself on this podcast. I don’t think there is a more self-confident person in the Austin comedy scene right now than Tim

comedy stand-up

All Episodes

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Ep. 115 | From ALS to AI Stocks with Mike Dragon

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2025/09/22

Tim is back! After more than a month away developing a new app, he returns for Episode 115 with guest Mike Dragon for a sprawling, deep-dive conversation.The discussion starts with a surprisingly frank and personal look at ALS disease before spiraling into a grand theory of everything, where Tim posits that all complex systems—from DNA and viruses to Bitcoin and financial markets—are fundamentally a form of language. From there, they dissect the psychology of wealth, recent political events, the

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01:26:00

Ep. 114 | Semantic-Phonon Condensate

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2025/07/24

This was a pseudoscience-heavy episode where I lean heavily into the ChatGPT psychosis I've been cultivating for over a year. It was a long episode where I introduce a hypothesis on intracellular communication, which could possibly shed light on ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases. At least that's what I'm telling myself to feel like I'm doing something important.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EumCuHWGHQw

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01:06:17

Ep. 113 | A Thousand Songs on One Soap Bar

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2025/06/16

This episode kicks off with a take on marketing — not as a weakness, but as something Tim believes he could excel at, if only he had a product worth pushing. That launches a long-form, semi-improvised dive into the mind of Steve Jobs: not just the public myth, but the obsessive, detail-driven version that cared as much about keynotes as he did about hardware. There's admiration here, but also satire, with a focus on why Jobs' ideas actually landed — and how most people completely miss the

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Ep. 112 - Solving the Binding Problem

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2025/06/01

In episode 112 of The Tim Weichselbaum Show, Tim dives deep into a complex neuroscience project he's spearheading. The project aims to experimentally test a hypothesis about how the brain unifies sensory information from different modalities, like vision and language, into a cohesive understanding.Tim explains that this in silico experiment utilizes fMRI data, computer modeling, AI, and machine learning to investigate where and how the brain creates a "unified semantic workspace." The core idea is

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01:33:22

Ep. 111 - Crashing Out as a Polymath

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2025/05/05

So, Tim hit record for Ep 111 and just let his brain spill out. We're talking identity crises right out the gate, the weird science of music and reality, and the frustrating life of a "polymath" who knows a bit about everything (and isn't afraid to say it). He covers old business wins, why self-help gurus piss him off, the illusion of separation, and somehow ties racial realism to astrology (don't ask). It's chaotic, opinionated, maybe a little arrogant, but definitely honest. Basically, Tim

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01:11:18

Ep. 110 - Meaning Between The Voids

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2025/04/16

In this milestone 110th episode, Tim Weichselbaum takes a reflective break from his usual content format to look back on the podcast's journey over the past 3+ years. He shares his personal experience with sobriety and how quitting alcohol has transformed both his social interactions and creative process. The episode explores how alcohol previously served as a social facilitator in his comedy career and discusses the challenges of performing and connecting with audiences without it.Tim dives into

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01:10:00

Ep. 109 - Listen to Your Future Self

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2025/03/31

You are currenty living in the future and past simultanously. You are receiving and sending messages to your future and past self subconsiously. Your best role model is your future self. The secret to reaching your goals in life is in learning how to honestly communicate with these two other parties, and doing so as often as possible.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8n6Trt0JA

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01:48:34

Ep. 108 | Getting Metaphysical with Jack Horner

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2025/02/02

Jack Horner returns for his second appearance to discuss how reality emerges from language, Terence McKenna, and other deep topics that you must be a psuedointellectual to understand.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Hb1TliGNKHE

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01:22:08

Ep. 107 | Living with Karaoke Related Vocal Damage

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2025/01/12

My voice is deteroriating due to an illness I made up caused by doing too much karaoke later in life. This episode talks about really esoteric things like ear training and how humans are languages.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AlRV5WbeFAQ

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01:27:38

Ep. 106 | Two Brothers Solve Capitalism

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/12/27

My younger brother Kyle returns to the program to discuss our memories of early childhood and the solution to capitalism.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF5YDNyXvD0

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01:07:01

Ep. 105 | The Unified Semantic Field

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/12/20

This is a highly technical episode about some of the thought experiments I've been coming up with. I'd recommend it if you are trying to fall asleep, or if you are interested in hearing my esoteric metaphysical views. I didn't even know the word metaphysical until a few months ago, so the Dunning-Kruger effect is still strong. I'm a very slow learner, so this isn't likely to change any time soon. Some of the stuff is probably true, but whether it crystallizes into something useful or not is still

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01:17:32

Ep. 104 | Truth Is in the Eye of the Beholder

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/12/09

If a tree falls in the woods and no one's there to hear it, does it make a sound? Sound is a label or abstraction for a phenomenom. An abstraction can never perfectly replicate the phenomenom it is referring to. The concept of sound is not an objective truth. It was invented by animals and only exists in their minds. Does a painting exist when you aren't looking at it? It takes observation to label something a painting, whether it is a physical object or any other idea. I would say object permanence

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01:01:46

Ep. 103 | The Art of Being Full with Oneself

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/11/25

You're allowed to think before you act in life. You're allowed to come to your own conclusions that are unique to you. That haven't gone through anyone else. It doesn't have to pass through anyone else. How you dress. How you talk. This brings us to physics, because Einstein's theory of General Relativity is incomplete.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C9uEs7HSQpg

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01:12:37

Ep. 102 | Native Languages Aren't Native

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/11/12

I struggle to explain the beginnings of a Theory of Everything I'm currently developing. Turns out it's not an easy task, and it doesn't help that it's never been done before. This makes it hard to google the answers when I get stuck trying to finish defining my own concepts within the framework. Just because I thought of the premise with language being the most fundamental concept of reality means I am gifted enough to also author an entire practical framework around such a simplistic metaphor. But

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01:08:46

Ep. 101 | The Problem with Geniuses

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/10/14

I define a genius as someone who effortlessly recognizes patterns that others don't, and can self-check themselves without an ego. They are continuous in their production of novel insights or works of art. They tend to be fluent in verbal and nonverbal languages and can combine them to express themselves or solve problems on the fly. They don't need to consult with other authorities before coming to their own conclusions about reality. The negative side of this is that they tend not to listen to

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01:27:43

Ep100 - Embracing The Anti-Intelligence Era

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/10/04

I'm coming to terms with the fact that the west is pro-anti-intelligence. Dogmatic religions are dangerous, no matter how scientific they claim to be. What's the solution? Bunkers and VR. I didn't really talk about that in the episode, I mostly complained about dumb people and how I'm the next Einstein. Unfortunately I'll probably be Epsteined before anyone finds out about this gift.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/h1-uKP7wmCc

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Ep. 99B | Intelligence, Language, and Mars

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/08/13

Have you ever wondered what is means for something to mean to something? What happens in the brain when it ascribes meaning to something? That's a tough thing to think about, let alone describe. How can something becoming meaningful if it cannot be described? What is our brain doing when it assigns meaning to something but can't think of the words for that feeling or idea? This episode has nothing to do with any of the above, but if you are a fanboi of Elon Musk, this one's for you.Watch on

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01:09:42

Ep. 99 | Just Start Your Own Network

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/06/11

I never appreciated the difference between network and cable TV, and that the whole point of a TV network is to sell advertising. This might already be obvious to most people, but it wasn't to me because I never actually wondered why TV shows are created in the first place. It's to make content that grabs the eyeballs of a certain demographic for the sake of selling stuff to the owners of those eyeballs.HBO and premium networks are actually creating content for the sake of quality, not to sell

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01:15:28

Ep. 98 | Leave Puff Daddy Alone

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/05/28

Why do American liberals only care about abuse of power in arbitrary latitudes and longitudes? I'm pretty sure there are worse examples of people taking advantage of their power than Puff Daddy. But he's located in America so that for some reason makes it relevant. Same with Taylor Swift. People are hating on her for being a billionaire who wastes fuel, but I haven't heard from them getting angry about the trillionaires in Saudi Arabia who sold her the fuel. Aren't they doing more damage to the

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Ep. 97 | Warm up for another podcast

The Tim Weichselbaum Show ·

2024/05/20

This is another podcast I recorded to get ready for something else. My podcast in and of itself is not powerful enough to do without some outside force that initiates me to do it. Doing someone else's podcast is a great example of such a force. I don't remember what I talked about at all on this one.But, I remember what I talked about on The High Today Show. It will come out in about a week. You'll see that I'm wearing the same exact shirt in both podcasts, which proves that they were recorded

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