Interview · moment 4 of 29
Searching Twitter for the Real University of Austin Account
from #276 - The Squish | The Tim Dillon Show · #276
4 min
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Ray and Tim scramble to find the actual University of Austin Twitter account, confuse it with UT Austin, and list off its founders and supporters like David Mamet, Larry Summers, and Steven Pinker.
- Barry Weiss's official Twitter account for the University of Austin has 56,000 followers.
- Tim jokes about not following Barry Weiss and defends following only 400 people.
- The University of Austin Twitter announces a new university dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth.
- Founders listed include Tyler Ferguson, David Mamet, Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Pinker, Lex Fridman, Andrew Sullivan, and Larry Summers.
- Tim riffs on what if the university was just corporate criminals like Enron's Ken Lay.
- Tim suggests Dave Portnoy would be funny as a gym teacher for the University of Austin.
- A former comic who worked at Business Insider texted Tim two days before his pornography story dropped saying the publication wanted a hit piece on him as a reactionary comedian.
- Tim criticizes how Business Insider marketed and promoted the Portnoy story with a paywall as unconscionable.
- The Business Insider article contained no suggestion of crime, abuse of power, or inappropriate workplace relationships.
- Tim clarifies he didn't pay for the article and neither did his co-host.
University of AustinBari WeissDave PortnoyBusiness InsiderTyler FergusonDavid MametLex FridmanStephen PinkerAndrew SullivanJoe LonsdaleLarry Summers