Brief: Nair, Mamdani, and Culture against the Culture War (Pt 1)
Well, I seem to always be inspired by the person who is considered marginal. Firstly, their spirit of survival, their resilience, their lack of self-pity, the ability usually to laugh in the face of h...
9 Aug 202543min
269: The Book of Gwyneth
In her new biography of Gwyneth Paltrow, Amy Odell calls Goop “a powerful platform for spreading health misinformation.” So many topics Goop has covered favorably—yoni eggs, coffee enemas, celery juic...
7 Aug 20251h 2min
Bonus Sample: The '80s Zen Master Con Man
Everything about Zen Master Rama was fake—except for the piles of money he made. His black belt in paranormal martial arts, three past lives as a Buddhist teacher, 31 meditation albums he claimed to c...
4 Aug 20256min
Brief: DJ Khaled of Pseudoscience
Strange billboards have been popping up all over Los Angeles featuring disgraced Theranos founder, Elizabeth Holmes, and an unidentified man listing a new URL—one that redirects to the Theranos websit...
2 Aug 202523min
268: Rogan’s Christian President
We catch up on three figures this week. First is Bari Weiss, who's trying to sell her upstart media org, The Free Press, to Skydance for a reported $250 million, just days after the network's merger...
31 Jul 20251h 14min
Bonus Sample: "Natural" Snake Oil?
MAHA hates petroleum-based food dyes. Yet, as Derek unpacks, many of the main influencers in this movement monetize products synthesized by the same exact chemical process. Learn more about your ad ch...
28 Jul 20255min
Brief: Mehdi Hasan vs Jordan Peterson
Mehdi Hasan's recent Jubilee appearance has blown up—and so has criticism of the entire media operation. Derek and Julian discuss the value and pitfalls of this format, contrasting the far-right parti...
26 Jul 202539min
267: Epstein Never Died
Jeffrey Epstein’s name is being screamed into the headlines again. The late and former self-described best-friend of Donald Trump's highly suspicious 2019 death following his arrest for child sex traf...
24 Jul 202558min
