In this chapter, the hosts banter about a jaw-exercise trend and society's obsession with physical appearance. They playfully discuss the importance of justice for regular-looking individuals and end with a lighthearted exchange about spitting out gum, followed by an advertisement for NetSuite by Oracle focusing on its financial advantages.
This week, an assassination attempt for the social media age: what the platforms got right and wrong in the chaotic aftermath. Then we talk with the Times reporter Teddy Schleifer from this week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee about the wave of Silicon Valley billionaires stepping up to back Trump. And finally, we talk to The Times’s Styles reporter Callie Holtermann about facial fitness gum, a “jawmaxxing” product targeted at teen boys online.
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