The Smartest Man in the World , Greg Proops ' Vodcast . Proops holds court in front of a live crowd for 90 minutes or so each week , speaking ~~ of ~~ off the top of his head while drinking vodka . He teaches art , humanities , film history , negro league baseball , and World History , often in the voice of Jeremy Irons . He eulogizes the passing of notable luminaries . Lays down his boring and preachy part that is tilted left of left . He sings , dances , reads poetry , does impressions , and argues with his cardboard cat ProopKittens . Basically , he opens up his spectacularly brilliant mind on stage and lets loose his machine gun wit . Naming the show The Smartest Man in the World is of course a gag , based simply on his shows premise that he goes out alone and pontificates as if he was Aristotle . But he has left thinking Holy shit , how does this guy ' s brain work ? many times .