Apr 5, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min · 13 segments
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You got the pellets from the universe for writing.
The pellets from the universe.
I watched them the end of the tour last night.
Oh.
And
as I was watching it.
Of course
you did.
I was like a pregame for this.
As I was watching it, I was
like.
You're just thinking about me.
So tomorrow I'm going to interview David Foster Wallace about his brain.
Yeah, it was a pregame.
And that's what he says.
He says that writing was the only thing that he got pellets from the universe for.
Ritual.
Yeah.
What is the ritual like?
It's not fancy.
This is definitely from my rowing days.
I like to wake up at five or six.
I like a very early morning wake up.
And I like the best case scenario for my writing is that I wake up at five or six.
I make a coffee.
You got the pellets from the universe for writing.
The pellets from the universe.
I watched them the end of the tour last night.
Oh.
And
as I was watching it.
Of course
you did.
I was like a pregame for this.
As I was watching it, I was
like.
You're just thinking about me.
So tomorrow I'm going to interview David Foster Wallace about his brain.
Yeah, it was a pregame.
And that's what he says.
He says that writing was the only thing that he got pellets from the universe for.
Ritual.
Yeah.
What is the ritual like?
It's not fancy.
This is definitely from my rowing days.
I like to wake up at five or six.
I like a very early morning wake up.
And I like the best case scenario for my writing is that I wake up at five or six.
I make a coffee.
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