01:00 Russell Brand’s rhetorical avalanche reminds me of Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, Nick Fuentes, Mike Enoch, Eric Striker, https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-russell-brand
04:00 How Russell Brand Became the New Alex Jones, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHO04xzBY80
07:00 On Bullshit, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit
08:00 If books could kill, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Books_Could_Kill
09:00 If books could kill podcast, https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod/posts
36:00 My best blog posts, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143746
37:45 Russell Brand speaks to seize attention and weave a spell
40:35 Right wing influencers like Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro cannot stand to pause
43:00 “Content is never the point with pundits and cults. Leaders want to hold your attention with emotion, not with ideas.”
45:20 Forgive For Good: Recovery Workshop with Dr. Fred Luskin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t83_hM-Ki9c
1:09:00 Are Sanskrit Prayers The Most Powerful? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CstGirMy9YM
1:18:40 Goy joy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QslVfBPa7Q8
1:21:00 Yoga – The Risks and Rewards
1:22:00 Alexander Technique, Yoga
1:27:00 Is Yoga Idol-Worship?
1:42:00 I celebrated Yogi Bhajan’s 80th birthday in 2009, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=10138
1:44:45 Elliott Blatt joins
2:02:00 How Involved Were SBF’s Parents? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLvOT2AldwM
2:14:00 These Wily Older Women Exploited Me
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