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Inventing the Next Renegade Professor: Dr. Eric Von Schlossberg
from #285 - Tim Dillon VS Substack | The Tim Dillon Show · #285
4 min
Tim and Giannis riff on manufacturing the next Rogan-style contrarian professor from an obscure small college, complete with a viral video of him being attacked by activists, and reference Chris Hedges' booed Iraq War speech.
- Tim outlines the formula for creating a viral "renegade professor" scandal: a small college, students attacking the professor on video, burning his books, pushing his car around.
- The character: Dr. Eric Von Schlossberg from Greenfield College in Wisconsin, a gym teacher with a degree in exercise science who talks about unrelated academic topics.
- Tim describes a sketch idea where a young professor meets his mentor to thank him, only for the mentor to ask if he can get on Logan Paul's Impulsive podcast instead of discussing his research.
- The mentor's actual theory is simply "not being broke," prioritizing getting his numbers up over legitimate academic work.
- Tim identifies the "renegade professor" as a new archetype, contrasting modern versions with Vietnam War protesters who actually had substantive causes.
- Chris Hedges gave a legitimate speech opposing the Iraq War, got booed, and was fired from the New York Times for it.
- Tim jokes that if Hedges had a Substack instead, he'd get six "bends" or income sources instead of being fired.