12:00 Surgeon General tackles loneliness, https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/02/health/murthy-loneliness-isolation/index.html
18:00 MSNBC: We need social connection for our survival: Surgeon General on risks of loneliness
25:00 The price of working from home
48:00 Julie Hartman goes down the rabbit hole with Dennis Prager, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58r1MbuH9oM
49:00 Decoding Dennis Prager the guru, https://www.lukeford.net/Dennis/indexp2a.html
1:12:00 Guardian: Chimp Empire review – this epic tale of betrayal is like Succession, but with apes, https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/19/chimp-empire-review-this-epic-tale-of-betrayal-is-like-succession-but-with-apes
1:22:00 When Vice was the future of news, https://unherd.com/2023/05/my-part-in-vices-downfall/
1:25:50 Chuck Johnson ahead of the curve on Vice, https://dailycaller.com/2013/07/03/vice-founder-famous-for-truth-telling-has-history-of-lies/
1:27:00 Roger Scruton on why intellectuals are on the left
1:31:00 NYT: Carlson’s Text That Alarmed Fox Leaders: ‘It’s Not How White Men Fight, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/business/media/tucker-carlson-text-message-white-men.html
1:35:00 Hollywood writers going on strike are forming powerful bonds with each other, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-05-03/writers-strike-boom-bust-golden-age-gold-rush-column
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