William Shatner Doesn’t Want to Die

William Shatner sits down with Michael Moynihan in Los Angeles for a conversation about life, time, and knowledge. They talk about death, God, AI, Blue Origin, The Intruder, and the relentless curiosity that keeps Shatner looking for whatever comes next. Oh yeah, and at 95 years old, he’s releasing a heavy metal album. In the episode: (00:00) Cold Open  (00:29) Monologue  (02:09) Fear of Death  (03:59) Religion, God and the Universe  (09:26) Judgment at Nuremberg & the Holocaust  (11:12) Curiosity, Aging, and Learning  (19:20) Conversations With AI  (22:28) Why Humans Need to Go to Mars  (25:20) Blue Origin & Jeff Bezos  (30:14) Growing Up Jewish & The Intruder  (34:41) Luck, Failure and a Career Without a Plan  (37:28) “What the F Is Heavy Metal?”  (46:45) AI and Shatner’s Opera  (50:16) Why Shatner Doesn’t Do Politics Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.