01:00 Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=190539
02:00 My patented peer-reviewed biographies, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=181463
03:00 Highlights, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143746
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16:00 The Moral Grammars of London, Paris, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=190263
17:00 Moral Grammars of American Elite Life: Four Cities and Four Accounts of Legitimate Influence, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=190256
18:00 The Smell Test, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=190152
19:00 The Emotional Palettes of Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=190020
20:00 The Emotional Palettes of Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=190014
21:00 The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco & Sacramento, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=190014
27:00 The Great Delusion, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=184359
37:00 Emotional sobriety, https://www.emotionalsobriety.info/dr-allen-berger-recovery-begins
38:00 The Landscape of Emotional Sobriety: “Live This Moment as if You Chose It”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vbvOcHM8Ac
51:00 Bullshit Advice, https://www.everythingisbullshit.blog/p/bullshit-advice
59:40 Yale Lit Critic Harold Bloom, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=190308
1:36:00 Orthodox Boys & The Champions League Final, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=190465
1:38:00 The Premier League and the Making of a Global Football Public in the United States, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=190429
1:48:00 Intimacy With Ourselves
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