Severance Creator BEN STILLER: Are We Stuck In the WORST UNIVERSE EVER?! | Bulwark Podcast

With Elon's 20-something operatives running the Treasury Department, it's hard not to feel that we've been severed from reality and a better Earth someplace else. Ben Stiller talks with Tim about metaphysics, avoiding politics in public, and advocating for the millions of people displaced around the world. Plus, the origin story of Severance, Adam Scott, John Turturro, and whether the show is a metaphor for life itself. Also, Tim gives a pop quiz, Ben shares his love for the Knicks, and both ponder why there aren't good comedies anymore. Ben Stiller joins Tim Miller.

show notes
Watch Severance
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx

The Albert Brooks film, 'Real Life.'
https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/real-life/umc.cmc.1y0fnrr2v4jqejem8p0qudzfp

Trailer for "Real Life'
https://youtu.be/DOAihCRr1y4?si=hZArMmaL8hIRCHUF

Ben's New York Times interview
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/magazine/ben-stiller-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk4.LBf-.sA0L3smS-FP6&smid=url-share

Video of one of Musk's engineers/operatives
https://x.com/YIMBYLAND/status/1886606983245009171

0:00 Intro, confirmations & Elon’s young helpers
10:10 Is this real?
15:45 Hollywood’s reaction to Trump 2.0
22:45 Quince
24:20 “Bag Man” adaptation
26:30 Elon Musk attacks
30:05 Can Dems learn from Hollywood?
33:15 US steps back from supporting refugees
37:35 Why Severance?
44:00 SelectQuote
45:45 Corporate commentary
50:35 The four tempers
51:50 Why can’t we make good comedies anymore?
55:30 Deep cut recs
58:00 Who did Stiller’s characters vote for?
1:00:25 Hoops talk

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