01:00 Robert Stark interviews me about Stormy Daniels, https://robertstark.substack.com/
05:00 My Stormy Daniels interviews, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=155046
08:00 Who is Stormy Daniels? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels
27:20 Matt Pegas’s new book, The Black Album, https://robertstark.substack.com/p/robert-stark-talks-to-matt-pegas
28:45 Anatoly Karlin talks about his intellectual restructuring, https://robertstark.substack.com/p/anatoly-karlin-talks-about-his-intellectual
29:20 Robert Stark talks to Constantin von Hoffmeister about Esoteric Trumpism, https://robertstark.substack.com/p/robert-stark-talks-to-constantin
31:40 Esotericism, https://robertstark.substack.com/p/robert-stark-is-interviewed-about-eab
33:00 Robert Stark on life in California
47:30 The War in Gaza and the International Context with Aaron David Miller and Stephen Walt, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fusypoWb5TA
50:00 Against sunscreen absolutism, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/sun-exposure-health-benefits/678205/
1:03:00 Resident Physicians’ Exam Scores Tied to Patient Survival – New analysis finds tests for new doctors can measure what matters — the life and health of patients, https://hms.harvard.edu/news/resident-physicians-exam-scores-tied-patient-survival
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