I’m your nerd host, Chris Hardwick
Nerdist is a place where we nerds come together and share the nerdery that we find. It's also my home to various elements of the Nerdist Empire. You might recognize me from TV. You don't realize that's where you know me from, but it is. You think you went to college with me or I look like your cousin's friend, but that is not the case. At one time or another you stumbled upon me on your moving picture box in such cerebral gems as MTV's "Singled Out" and Noam Chomsky's "Shipmates." and so much more...
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She was best on ‘Kingpin’.
Did Lin Shaye insult a make up artist early in her career? Until I saw this photo I had no idea that she is such an attractive woman. Hollywood make up artist conspiracy?
I’m halfway through the episode and it is a joy thus far. It is so nice to hear somebody talk with perspective on life.
Caboodle is an amazing pet name.
Loved this episode, there was so much in it that I think a lot of people would identify with (myself included), like putting yourself in someone’s shadow but then feeling angry about it and getting caught up in all the frustration which results from the decision to not put yourself forward. It’s amazing how sometimes all you need is for someone to remind you that it is a decision which you make, and therefore it’s within your control to do something different.
Lin part 2 please!
I like the story of Lin’s mother, coming from Russia (I guess the Soviet Union back then)… Children and teenagers are more able to learn languages than adults in general. They call one’s mother tongue a “mother” tongue quite literally, because babies pick it up from their mother, but they can absorb a lot. During the teenage years, the social circle usually becomes the school friends and that influences language a lot as well, and accents will adapt to that group, no longer the one of the family unit. It’s true of a lot of immigrants, but it happens even in the mother tongue…. (Speaking of which, Mila Kunis would be a nice guest for the podcast). Still, it’s quite a feat to pick up a second language and suppress the mother-tongue accent (or so my ex-wife would remind me; it baffles me sometimes to see adults not learn or master languages they are immersed in, yet I am so jealous of multilingual people, like my PhD supervisor’s kids who are perfectly trilingual before hitting their teens).
Many more things to talk about, I guess I’ll just mention the making of moccasins… I just loved that anecdote too. So quaint (it’s the best word I could come up with, lousy limited vocabulary).
So interesting to hear from a woman with an older perspective, but not completely old-fashioned. I looked her up on IMB and was shocked to see she’s 69, as old as my mom! Yoga does a body good!
Thanks for the comments, friends! I’m especially thrilled that PJ enjoyed the moccasin anecdote as much as I did. It’s probably one of my favorite mentions on any episode ever. It’s just SO PERFECT.