James Franco has a YouTube channel about philosophy because of course he does
Just because you're a world-famous actor doesn't mean you can't have a side hustle.
James Franco's got a bunch of them. As well as being a movie star he's also a published poet and an artist. And now he's added yet another string to his bow: philosopher.
Yep: James Franco and his buddy Dr Eliot Michaelson (a lecturer at King's College London) have launched a YouTube channel together called "Philosophy Time".
It appears to have been created at the end of last year, but the first four uploads were all posted on Tuesday.
"Join multi-talented actor/director/poet/too much other stuff to list James Franco and the not at all multi-talented Eliot Michaelson as they take you on a tour of contemporary philosophy," reads the channel's description. "With special guests."
The videos are about five minutes each. They mainly consist of academics speaking about a specific topic while James and Eliot throw in a few questions.
We've embedded all the videos below, but the TL;DW version can pretty much be summed up by this gif of James Franco listening intently while deep in serious thought:
Enjoy...
Metaphors.
Imagination.
The ethics of abortion.
Beauty.
4K subscribers and counting so far.
Topics YouTube Celebrities
