Secret Hollywood Rituals, Shane Gillis & Toxic Masculinity - Mark Normand - #762

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03/25/24

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118m

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Mark Normand is a podcaster, actor and a comedian.

Is Hollywood a secret cabal of child-eating sorcerers? It might be. Mark has spent enough time in its orbit to know. And if nothing else he can riff on some good theories for 2 hours with me.

Expect to learn what Mark thinks of the downfall of NYC and Bail reform, why the resurgence of Shane Gillis on SNL might not be the death rattle for woke culture, how Mark remains positive in the middle of negativity, if he's worried about being deplatformed, his thoughts on what is considered offensive in Hollywood, the one word you can never say to an American and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Black History Month Vs Women’s History Month (04:17) Finding Mormon Loopholes in Utah (09:40) Google’s Painfully Woke AI Bot (12:09) The Current State of New York (19:11) Is Hollywood Just a Propaganda Machine? (24:40) Shane Gillis’s SNL Appearance (32:11) How to Emotionally Detach From Current Affairs (37:03) Who is Paying on Dates in Today’s Society? (41:06) How Effective is Deplatforming? (55:22) The Irony of Luxury Beliefs (1:02:54) Rise of the Male ‘Baby Girl’ Trend (1:08:00) The Modern American Sports Landscape (1:19:01) Ernest Shackleton’s Job Advert (1:22:16) The Greatest Spurious Correlations (1:29:53) How Sleep Impacts Swearing & Humour (1:42:53) The Underwhelming VR Revolution (1:45:50) Revisiting the Will Smith/Chris Rock Slap (1:51:17) The Worst Addiction (1:57:56) Where to Find Mark

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What Are The Biggest Regrets Of The Super Rich? - Noah Kagan - #761

March 23, 2024

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106m

Noah Kagan is an entrepreneur, founder of AppSumo and a YouTuber.

Does money make you happy? What about a lot of money? Like billions of dollars a lot of money. Noah has spent years around some of the richest people in the world and deconstructed some of their biggest regrets, thinking patterns and hacks for success.

Expect to learn the most common traits of super-rich people, the advice Noah wished people would stop talking about, why having a day job can be riskier than starting your own business, how much money Noah spent on coaches, his best tips on how to overcome self-doubt and much more...

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(00:00) When Chris Emailed Noah in 2019 (08:42) The Pitfalls of Leverage (11:34) Common Traits of Very Wealthy People (16:40) Finding a Specific Niche to Focus on (19:57) Taking a Less Aggressive Strategy in Business (25:53) Is Wealth Worth it? (30:38) The Biggest Regrets of Rich People (35:24) How to Enjoy the Journey of Success More (46:07) Having Faith in Your Mission (51:52) When Can Success Be Enough? (1:02:01) Noah’s Experience With Coaches (1:10:20) Believing That Your Situation is Unique (1:19:56) How We Shift Our Own Narratives (1:24:26) Why Money Isn’t a Good Enough Goal (1:27:28) The Greater Risk of Inaction (1:36:58) Being Comfortable With Asking & Rejection (1:43:29) Where to Find Noah

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Bringing An End To Race Politics - Coleman Hughes - #763

March 28, 2024

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76m

Coleman Hughes is a writer, an author and a podcaster.

The state of race relations in America seemed to be improving for decades, then crashed and burned over the last 5 years. What's going on? Why is everyone so obsessed with race again and how can we move beyond race politics?

Expect to learn why anti-racism is just neo-racism, the difference between being colourblind and actually being racist, why your social class is more important than your ethnicity, whether MeToo hurt women more than helping them, if there is a realistic case for DEI, whether any race-based policies have ever worked and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) The State of Race in America (04:29) Is This Not a Class Issue? (07:47) America’s Reaction to George Floyd (12:18) The Irony of Defunding the Police (19:57) Racism, Anti-Racism & Neo-Racism (30:18) Why Else Have Races Become More Divided? (33:27) Are People Treating Each Other Worse? (45:38) The Ineffectiveness of Affirmative Action (52:47) How People Respond to Coleman’s Work (56:23) The Inertia of Changing Perspectives (1:02:02) Rising Trends of Revising American History (1:11:10) How Do We Move Forward? (1:14:49) Where to Find Coleman

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