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#21 - Howard Bloom | Ecstatic Experiences and Working with Michael Jackson

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The Relativity of Michael Jackson

Howard Kurtz: I had read literally over a thousand articles, a pile this thick of how Michael Jackson was a bubble baby and couldn't stand human contact. He says he shook hands with the pop star; it was a lighter handshake than normal but not Donald Trump's crush-your-gut handshake. Kurtz said when he was 11 or 12 years old, a girl in his eighth grade class told him that only seven people could comprehend the theory of relativity. "I didn't dare confess to her that I didn't understand theory of relativity"

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