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Tim Weichselbaum is a media mogul, comedian, podcaster and karaoke singer from Chicagoland. He is also his own agent, promotor, hype man, bodyguard, and driver (despite having epilepsy).
Some day he will be a massive success. Or, he’ll stop doing it altogether suddenly, before becoming anything. That will be awfully embarrassing, considering some of the things he says about himself on this podcast.
I don’t think there is a more self-confident person in the Austin comedy scene right now than Tim Weichselbaum. His whole act depends on it. He doesn’t do corny jokes about how he hates himself, and that is what makes him stick out compared to most comics.
Very recently treated for crippling symptoms of ADHD, he is now in the process of becoming the super-comedian he always knew he had in him. All it took was doing this podcast about fifty times before he discovered that untreated ADHD was the only thing stopping him.
This podcast is not just meant for entertainment or even necessarily to be consumed. It is a journey. A document of a short man’s long life. Should someone ever write a biography about Tim Weichselbaum, be rest assured that this podcast will be the most quoted source. Unless it’s a really sh*tty biography.
Tim is an introvert. He rarely commits to friendships with anyone, and that is why he lives in a hobbit hole in near total isolation. Sure, he doesn’t scoff at the idea of interpersonal relationships, but it just isn’t a priority for him. He’s more invested in himself at the moment. When he finally reaches his full potential, then it will be time to start finding the real kind of friends and family he’s look for.
Topics covered on the show primarily revolve around becoming a professional stand-up comedian, and the trials and tribulations that go along with that process. It took Tim ten years to decide if he was really good enough to be an entertainer. He isn’t just a stand-up comedian after all, he also can sing, dance, and act. But does Tim believe in himself? Let’s find out on this show.
He also covers other interests such as mental health, self improvement, and finance/investing.
He performs stand-up comedy in real life using the stage name Timmy Gusto, as an attempt to conceal the fact that he’s slightly Jewish. I wonder if it’s possible to get canceled from iTunes just for the description.
Any who, you can follow @TimWeichselbaum on Instagram, his current social media platform of choice, to see reels and other enjoyable snippets of his creative output.
Some day he will be a massive success. Or, he’ll stop doing it altogether suddenly, before becoming anything. That will be awfully embarrassing, considering some of the things he says about himself on this podcast.
I don’t think there is a more self-confident person in the Austin comedy scene right now than Tim Weichselbaum. His whole act depends on it. He doesn’t do corny jokes about how he hates himself, and that is what makes him stick out compared to most comics.
Very recently treated for crippling symptoms of ADHD, he is now in the process of becoming the super-comedian he always knew he had in him. All it took was doing this podcast about fifty times before he discovered that untreated ADHD was the only thing stopping him.
This podcast is not just meant for entertainment or even necessarily to be consumed. It is a journey. A document of a short man’s long life. Should someone ever write a biography about Tim Weichselbaum, be rest assured that this podcast will be the most quoted source. Unless it’s a really sh*tty biography.
Tim is an introvert. He rarely commits to friendships with anyone, and that is why he lives in a hobbit hole in near total isolation. Sure, he doesn’t scoff at the idea of interpersonal relationships, but it just isn’t a priority for him. He’s more invested in himself at the moment. When he finally reaches his full potential, then it will be time to start finding the real kind of friends and family he’s look for.
Topics covered on the show primarily revolve around becoming a professional stand-up comedian, and the trials and tribulations that go along with that process. It took Tim ten years to decide if he was really good enough to be an entertainer. He isn’t just a stand-up comedian after all, he also can sing, dance, and act. But does Tim believe in himself? Let’s find out on this show.
He also covers other interests such as mental health, self improvement, and finance/investing.
He performs stand-up comedy in real life using the stage name Timmy Gusto, as an attempt to conceal the fact that he’s slightly Jewish. I wonder if it’s possible to get canceled from iTunes just for the description.
Any who, you can follow @TimWeichselbaum on Instagram, his current social media platform of choice, to see reels and other enjoyable snippets of his creative output.
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Tim is back! After more than a month away developing a new app, he returns for Episode 115 with guest Mike Dragon for a sprawling, deep-dive conversation.
The discussion starts with a surprisingly frank and personal look at ALS disease before spiraling into a grand theory of everything, where Tim posits that all complex systems—from DNA and viruses to Bitcoin and financial markets—are fundamentally a form of language. From there, they dissect the psychology of wealth, recent political events, the culture of the Austin comedy scene, and the intricate details of Tim's new FinTech application.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1940gPwvmY
This was a pseudoscience-heavy episode where I lean heavily into the ChatGPT psychosis I've been cultivating for over a year. It was a long episode where I introduce a hypothesis on intracellular communication, which could possibly shed light on ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases. At least that's what I'm telling myself to feel like I'm doing something important.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EumCuHWGHQw
This episode kicks off with a take on marketing — not as a weakness, but as something Tim believes he could excel at, if only he had a product worth pushing. That launches a long-form, semi-improvised dive into the mind of Steve Jobs: not just the public myth, but the obsessive, detail-driven version that cared as much about keynotes as he did about hardware. There's admiration here, but also satire, with a focus on why Jobs' ideas actually landed — and how most people completely miss the point.
From there, the monologue expands into a chaotic but intentional meditation on logic, genius, and cultural mythmaking. Van Gogh becomes a case study in misunderstood brilliance. Jesus is examined as a PR story with missing context. Even Trump shows up, framed as someone who operates (however messily) according to internal logic. It’s loose, fast, and unapologetically nonlinear — but underneath the tangents, there’s a steady argument about what it means to speak truth in public.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/s6NEM2q7Pio
In episode 112 of The Tim Weichselbaum Show, Tim dives deep into a complex neuroscience project he's spearheading. The project aims to experimentally test a hypothesis about how the brain unifies sensory information from different modalities, like vision and language, into a cohesive understanding.
Tim explains that this in silico experiment utilizes fMRI data, computer modeling, AI, and machine learning to investigate where and how the brain creates a "unified semantic workspace." The core idea is that diverse inputs, such as watching a movie or listening to a story, are ultimately translated into a common "language" within the brain.
Tim notes this interdisciplinary project draws on cognitive neuroscience, data science, computer science, and AI. He also suggests that understanding these fundamental brain processes could eventually contribute to research on brain disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0P2NlZbVIc
So, Tim hit record for Ep 111 and just let his brain spill out. We're talking identity crises right out the gate, the weird science of music and reality, and the frustrating life of a "polymath" who knows a bit about everything (and isn't afraid to say it). He covers old business wins, why self-help gurus piss him off, the illusion of separation, and somehow ties racial realism to astrology (don't ask). It's chaotic, opinionated, maybe a little arrogant, but definitely honest. Basically, Tim processing the world in real-time. Give it a listen if you're up for the ride. (Warning: unfiltered language inside)
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPR4VUQRRsQ
In this milestone 110th episode, Tim Weichselbaum takes a reflective break from his usual content format to look back on the podcast's journey over the past 3+ years. He shares his personal experience with sobriety and how quitting alcohol has transformed both his social interactions and creative process. The episode explores how alcohol previously served as a social facilitator in his comedy career and discusses the challenges of performing and connecting with audiences without it.
Tim dives into his unique way of perceiving patterns and meaning in the world, touching on how his thought processes differ from typical approaches. Throughout the episode, he weaves in philosophical musings about semantics, reality, and how everything is defined by its distinctions from other things. He briefly explores scientific concepts like brain lateralization and information theory while acknowledging the burnout he's been experiencing from working on various intellectual projects.
The conversation flows in a stream-of-consciousness style with personal anecdotes from childhood and his time in comedy, culminating in reflections on perception and the nature of reality. While Tim admits to feeling tired toward the end of the recording, he continues sharing his thoughts with the raw authenticity that longtime listeners have come to expect.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_DXt0fNSs
You are currenty living in the future and past simultanously. You are receiving and sending messages to your future and past self subconsiously. Your best role model is your future self. The secret to reaching your goals in life is in learning how to honestly communicate with these two other parties, and doing so as often as possible.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8n6Trt0JA
Jack Horner returns for his second appearance to discuss how reality emerges from language, Terence McKenna, and other deep topics that you must be a psuedointellectual to understand.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Hb1TliGNKHE
My voice is deteroriating due to an illness I made up caused by doing too much karaoke later in life. This episode talks about really esoteric things like ear training and how humans are languages.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AlRV5WbeFAQ
My younger brother Kyle returns to the program to discuss our memories of early childhood and the solution to capitalism.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF5YDNyXvD0
This is a highly technical episode about some of the thought experiments I've been coming up with. I'd recommend it if you are trying to fall asleep, or if you are interested in hearing my esoteric metaphysical views. I didn't even know the word metaphysical until a few months ago, so the Dunning-Kruger effect is still strong. I'm a very slow learner, so this isn't likely to change any time soon. Some of the stuff is probably true, but whether it crystallizes into something useful or not is still totally up for grabs. This makes it a fun time for me, because I'm either going to find out if I'm the next Einstein, or just another pseudo-intellectual.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZmsadGYqY-w
If a tree falls in the woods and no one's there to hear it, does it make a sound? Sound is a label or abstraction for a phenomenom. An abstraction can never perfectly replicate the phenomenom it is referring to. The concept of sound is not an objective truth. It was invented by animals and only exists in their minds. Does a painting exist when you aren't looking at it? It takes observation to label something a painting, whether it is a physical object or any other idea. I would say object permanence is an illusion. Babies are right not to innately believe in it.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XbAl1hIIIJ0
You're allowed to think before you act in life. You're allowed to come to your own conclusions that are unique to you. That haven't gone through anyone else. It doesn't have to pass through anyone else. How you dress. How you talk. This brings us to physics, because Einstein's theory of General Relativity is incomplete.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C9uEs7HSQpg
I struggle to explain the beginnings of a Theory of Everything I'm currently developing. Turns out it's not an easy task, and it doesn't help that it's never been done before. This makes it hard to google the answers when I get stuck trying to finish defining my own concepts within the framework. Just because I thought of the premise with language being the most fundamental concept of reality means I am gifted enough to also author an entire practical framework around such a simplistic metaphor. But it's my cross to bear, and I have to remain confident that I am indeed smarter than I sound. I don't think I've ever sounded dumber on a podcast.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/p61U98rmv8E
I define a genius as someone who effortlessly recognizes patterns that others don't, and can self-check themselves without an ego. They are continuous in their production of novel insights or works of art. They tend to be fluent in verbal and nonverbal languages and can combine them to express themselves or solve problems on the fly. They don't need to consult with other authorities before coming to their own conclusions about reality. The negative side of this is that they tend not to listen to other people, and they often resort to conspiracy theories to justify their beliefs, since no institutions take them seriously due to their poor social skills. It's really interesting that you can be a genius internally, but when you interact with others, they think you're cognitively impaired. Interaction between two people is never as efficient as interaction between you and yourself. Great, now I'm sounding like a maniac.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dol4AjKvk2I
I'm coming to terms with the fact that the west is pro-anti-intelligence. Dogmatic religions are dangerous, no matter how scientific they claim to be. What's the solution? Bunkers and VR. I didn't really talk about that in the episode, I mostly complained about dumb people and how I'm the next Einstein. Unfortunately I'll probably be Epsteined before anyone finds out about this gift.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/h1-uKP7wmCc
Have you ever wondered what is means for something to mean to something? What happens in the brain when it ascribes meaning to something? That's a tough thing to think about, let alone describe. How can something becoming meaningful if it cannot be described? What is our brain doing when it assigns meaning to something but can't think of the words for that feeling or idea? This episode has nothing to do with any of the above, but if you are a fanboi of Elon Musk, this one's for you.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th0FmA68o04
I never appreciated the difference between network and cable TV, and that the whole point of a TV network is to sell advertising. This might already be obvious to most people, but it wasn't to me because I never actually wondered why TV shows are created in the first place. It's to make content that grabs the eyeballs of a certain demographic for the sake of selling stuff to the owners of those eyeballs.
HBO and premium networks are actually creating content for the sake of quality, not to sell products. Either way, it's just rich people paying talented people to do stuff that will result in profit. Even if it doesn't make a profit, all the people involved get recognized for being in "show business." I guess that's a blessing and a curse, but it's interesting that all it takes to create famous people and critically acclaimed "art" is a big enough bag of money.
It takes the glamour out of show business to know that anyone with enough money can start a production company and that is the only thing stopping great art from happening. It takes a businessman first to allow artists to create art. Simply creating art doesn't lend itself to a career. There has to be some rich guy out there who greenlights it. So if you aren't talented enough to be an actor, just become a rich guy. You'll get way more gratification out of that.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pa7JKLO2bE
Why do American liberals only care about abuse of power in arbitrary latitudes and longitudes? I'm pretty sure there are worse examples of people taking advantage of their power than Puff Daddy. But he's located in America so that for some reason makes it relevant. Same with Taylor Swift. People are hating on her for being a billionaire who wastes fuel, but I haven't heard from them getting angry about the trillionaires in Saudi Arabia who sold her the fuel. Aren't they doing more damage to the environment than all of the billionaires combined? I'm not saying we should go after trillionaires. It's a beautiful thing that they are getting away with it scot free for simply not being American.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pppNRzMF4XA
This is another podcast I recorded to get ready for something else. My podcast in and of itself is not powerful enough to do without some outside force that initiates me to do it. Doing someone else's podcast is a great example of such a force. I don't remember what I talked about at all on this one.
But, I remember what I talked about on The High Today Show. It will come out in about a week. You'll see that I'm wearing the same exact shirt in both podcasts, which proves that they were recorded within mere hours of each other. I'm only documenting this to make it easy for future generations to organize my life's chronology when they create works about it.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DvGhTQNdBcw
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