You Don't Pull the Lever, Tell the Truth, but the Four People Die

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"I see what's happening in like, all of those telegram channels and it's almost exclusively positive news about what, you know, is happening over there," he says. "If Ohio was an independent state and the one of the fucking Michigan, since we have so much contention with them ... I would use my platform and anything else that I have my disposal to try and get help [for Ukraine]." He adds: "There might be some outside influence people, but there has been a couple."

Today Josh speaks with Sam McNerney on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Some of the topics we dive into are:

The geopolitical reactions and support of Ukraine.
Putin’s mental health and motivations behind the invasion.
Russia's political and economic future.
The prospects of WW3.
How Russia and Ukraine are both using propaganda as part of information warfare.
The differences between Russian and American oligarchs.
And much more.

Sam McNerney is an applied behavioral scientist, market researcher, and brand strategist based in Brooklyn, New York. He has worked with brands such as Walmart, Procter & Gamble, and CitiBank.

As a writer, he has interviewed business and academic leaders including Arianna Huffington, Andrew Yang, Jonathan Haidt, and Charles Murray – and his essays have been featured in publications like The Washington Post, Psychology Today, and Scientific American.

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