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Oct 2023
23m 39s

What Is Realness Anyway? ft. Quintessa S...

Mo Amer and Azhar Usman | Luminary
About this episode

Actor Quintessa Swindwell (Black Adam, Trinkets) and the hosts get into one of the core questions of The Lexicon: What *is* realness? Can we find objective truth in the modern world? How do we remain authentic to ourselves, while steering clear of counterfeit truth claims?


Guest: Quintessa Swindell 


ORIGINAL AUDIO PRODUCTION, MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN BY SALT


Executive Produced by Mo Amer, Azhar Usman, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur


Head of Creative: Jordan Galvan 


Head of Production: Liz LeMay


Head of Post Production: Robert Adler


Producers: Imran Ali Malik & Aaron Kennedy 


Supervising Producers: Allie Strobel & Alice Bearn


Post Production Supervisor: Aly Honoré


Post Production Coordinator: Jax Raffle 




Edited by: Geoffrey Mutchnik and Aaron Kennedy 


Sound Design and Music by: Matthew Chilelli


Mixed by: Aaron Kennedy 


Recorded by Aaron Kennedy, Zack Djurich and Mario Borgatta 


Guest Booking by Drive Entertainment and Hager Eldaas




Additional music courtesy of Extreme Music.


Joking Not Joking is a Luminary Original, and a co-production between SALT, Legally Homeless, Inc., and Numinous Company, Inc.



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