SmartLessOctober 9, 2025

RE-RELEASE: Paul Thomas Anderson

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Guest: Paul Thomas Anderson

Italian candy expert, amateur filmmaker (and recipient of 11 Academy Awards) Paul Thomas Anderson joins us this week to dig into the businesstry and take a bite outta’ life. Motto panukeiku! Hai? This episode was originally released on 3/7/2022.

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I Am My Own Wife

Doug Wright

“Doug Wright, who won the Pulitzer for I Am My Own Wife, and he wrote the movie Quills, and amazing writer.”

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Good Night Oscar

“It's called Good Night Oscar.”

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Holy Grail

Monty Python

“The speaker mentions having the script for 'Holy Grail' published as a little book and how it helped them learn formatting for writing.”

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