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MK Ultra in a Court Filing, Movies vs. Podcasting, and the Travelogue Dream
from A Police State, Candace’s Lawsuit, & The La Quinta Promise | The Tim Dillon Show #458 · #458
5 min
He marvels that MK Ultra discussion from his show is cited in the lawsuit, reflects on still believing in movies after seeing Weapons and Naked Gun, then tells the history of comedians in the 2010s chasing travelogue shows (Bourdain, David Tell) and how his own tour-bus job became this podcast.
- Tim reads pages about himself in a MK Ultra lawsuit filing.
- Despite earlier dismissing movies, Tim admits Naked Gun is great and he's not entirely blackpilled on film.
- The lawsuit involving the French president and his wife mentioning Tim's show affected him more than elections or CNN interviews.
- Tim started his podcast thinking he'd land a travel show deal on Comedy Central like other comedians of that era wanted.
- Between 2010 and 2015, comedians all chased the travelogue dream—shows like Insomniac and Parts Unknown made travel shows the goal.
- Tim launched a podcast as his version of a travelogue, initially from a tour bus where he worked for fifteen dollars an hour.
- The French president mentioned Tim in a lawsuit about his wife, which Tim presents as the unexpected payoff of trusting the process.
- Tim's original dream was to do artistic travel content, not become a figure in international legal disputes.
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