How to Stop Hiccups w/ Ian Chillag

Josh Gondelman and guest host Ian Chillag open the Pillow Fort with a heroic hiccup cure and wander into the weird little magic of making art.What You’ll HearThe Hiccup Whisperer: Ian reveals the guided meditation he uses to cure hiccups. Make It Weirder: Josh and Ian talk about why the strangest details are often the most human ones, from ghost hands to thunder descriptions to the joy of letting art be specific.Little Miracles of Art: The conversation turns to books, plays, pilots, and shows that somehow made it into the world exactly as themselves. A gentle salute to all the odd, wonderful ideas that survived the notes process.CHAPTERS00:00 Intro & welcoming Ian01:00 Ian’s hiccup-curing reputation02:02 The guided hiccup meditation04:14 How Ian learned the method05:13 The most specific X-Men power06:40 Big Hiccup and the cause of hiccups07:06 What kind of hand did you picture?08:38 Weirdness as individuality11:27 On the Calculation of Volume13:56 Chasing the next big TV trend15:42 Ghosts of unmade ideas16:00 Dead Pilots Society17:08 Art worth leaving the house for18:20 Oh Mary and the virtue of fun20:13 No research, better characters21:36 GoodnightsFor the fully immersive, phone free light + sound experience, learn more at hatch.co. Follow us on TikTok @hatchpodcasts and YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.