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Eric, Leon, Andy and I and we discuss the importance of male friendships - ribbing, clowning and talking shit; men and loneliness; vulnerability; masculinity in woke culture; repercussions of an isolated male population and technology and our sense of common communities.

3 time Emmy Award winning journalist, best selling novelist and New York Times contributor Scott James joins me once again to discuss the media’s role in disseminating misinformation, activist journalism making Trump seem sane (and right), fixing news media’s broken revenue model, his new book about the Station nightclub disaster, the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots and Mayor Pete.

We talk about taking time and finding perspective, resetting goals, cryo therapy and floating, disconnection, being dads, male friendship, the Grateful Dead and 80's metal and juggling professional obligations with the need for creativity.

In this episode Susan and I discuss the importance scientific literacy. She breaks down the sections of a scientific paper and explains how to determine whether a paper and its conclusions are valid. We also discuss life in academia, the purpose of The Academy and its role in the accumulation of all knowledge and technology. Whisper at Night: http://www.whisperatnight.com [http://www.whisperatnight.com]

We talk about Jon's new book, word police and censorship from Tipper Gore to Twitter mobs, media dark ages and the control of content, Amazon's all powerful algorithm, corporate spying and big-data, depression, suicide, the maligned political center and that time E.R. used the word "shit" in primetime. Whisper at Night: http://www.whisperatnight.com [http://www.whisperatnight.com]