Adam talks with legendary German filmmaker, writer and actor Werner Herzog about AI poetry, email etiquette, why LA is like ancient Rome, the Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle believing the 2nd World War was still happening for 29 years, the value of therapy and whether trauma and conflict are best dealt with or buried, what his problem is with David Blaine and why someone needs to send Werner into orbit.This conversation was recorded remotely on 8th December 2023Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.Podcast artwork by <a href="https://helengreenillustration.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Helen Green</a><a href="https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/events" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ADAM BUXTON PODCAST TOUR 2024</a>RELATED LINKS<a href="https://www.hardmanandhemming.co.uk/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ADAM BUXTON ON GET SHIRTY PODCAST </a>- 2024 (HARDMAN AND HEMMING WEBSITE)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvbxh2rLcdo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERZOG ON THE VILENESS OF THE AMAZON JUNGLE</a> (From Burden Of Dreams) - 1982 (YOUTUBE)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyRfJmac9a0&t=1478s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">THE WHITE DIAMOND</a> Directed by Werner Herzog - 2004 (YOUTUBE)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWv2Zt9cV14" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY </a>Directed by Werner Herzog - 1997 (YOUTUBE)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=DknzJXyRvLU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY - NAPALM THROAT SINGING SCENE</a> - 1997 (YOUTUBE)A scene from Little Dieter featuring music from Russian Tuvan throat singer Kogar-ol Ondar<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na7EGU3liFI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LESSONS OF DARKNESS</a> Directed by Werner Herzog - 1992 (YOUTUBE)Retreating from Kuwait after the first Gulf War, the Iraqi army sets fire to the country's oil fields. In this documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog films the raging flames while narrating from the perspective of a confused alien visitor, musing on the strangeness of the landscape. As the fires burn,&nbsp;helicopter shots display the extent of the damage. On the ground, firefighters do their best to control things, while Kuwaiti women recount atrocities perpetrated by the Iraqis.<a href="https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/60389/1/werner-herzog-voicing-poetry-collection-written-entirely-by-an-ai-i-am-code" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WERNER HERZOG IS VOICING A POETRY COLLECTION WRITTEN ENTIRELY BY AN AI </a>- 2023 (DAZED)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptRJ94dJ-iI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERZOG ON THE HENRY ROLLINS SHOW </a>(plus Frank Black singing 'I Burn Today') - 2006 (YOUTUBE)<a href="https://www.weforum.org/videos/teen-skills-dropping/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TEENAGERS' MATHS AND READING SKILLS ARE DROPPING SHARPLY</a> (ACCORDING TO 2022 'PISA' TEST) - 2023 (WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM)<a href="https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/domitable-myth-three-depictions-japanese-holdout-soldier-hiroo-onoda" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DOMITABLE MYTH: THREE DEPICTIONS OF JAPANESE HOLDOUT SOLDIER</a> by A.E.Hunt - 2023 (INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION)<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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