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Supplementary Material 31: Aquatic Nightmares, Strategic Obliviousness, & Race Realists
00:00 Introduction & Ol Squeaky Cameo
02:57 Matt's Aquarium Trauma & Stress Dreams
09:45 RFK Jr's war on science continues
11:17 Robert Malone & other 'Covid Contrarians' rewarded under Trump
14:35 The LA Protests, Riots, and Anti-Immigrant Narratives
20:12 Flint Dibble calls out Joe Rogan
25:24 Joe Rogan is a polemical ideologue and anti-vaccine advocate
27:34 Cassandra Kavanagh?
32:37 If Books Could Kill on Lab Leak
35:10 Popular Perceptions of the Covid Pandemic vs Reality
38:38 Debating COVID-19 Measures
38:59 Clarifying the Role of Sam's Manager
42:56 Discussing Trump, Musk, and DOGE's Political Impact
47:12 The Meaning Crisis and the Comfort of Religion
50:35 The Effects of Social Media
53:15 Matt and Chris Friendly Shadowboxing
56:19 The horror of directly stating your opinions
58:14 Sam Harris' Preparation for Conversations
01:05:02 Strategic Obliviousness
01:12:26 A little bit of TRT Discourse
01:16:17 Lex's Insufferable Tweet: Celebrating Humanity and Responding to Critics
01:18:46 The Bravery of the All In Podcast Besties
01:20:33 Elon Musk and Donald Trump: A Complex Relationship
01:23:42 Mike from PA and Dunking Safely Online
01:26:10 Scientific Racism and Controversial Podcasts
01:34:02 Paul Bloom and Subjective Redlines
01:41:10 The Neo-Nazi Smoke in the Race Realism World
01:48:36 Daniël Lakens on Bryan Johnson on Mortality Salience
01:50:16 Matt's Foodie Corner
01:52:21 Outro
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