Wrestling Is a Game of Hunting for the Truth

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Watching wrestling becomes this game of hunting for the truth, according to David's shoemaker. Even if you know that it's fake, there's some point where the geys are really going at it in the ring that you're just like, well, maybe it's real, just right there. And that's what makes wrestling so powerful. It's the never ending search for the reality within the unreal and we get to blend these things together.

All the world’s a stage. Or, sometimes it feels that way, especially these days. In this episode, originally aired in 2015, we push through the fourth wall, pierce the spandex-ed heart of professional wrestling, and travel 400 years into the past to unmask our obsession with authenticity and our desire to walk the line between reality and fantasy.

Thanks to Nick Hakim for the use of his song "The Light".

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