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S1. Bonus Episode: Jon Ronson Live at Hay

Things Fell Apart

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The Culture Wars

I was seeing friends fall apart. I have a former friend who fell so far down a particular culture war rabbit hole that he got completely trapped and couldn't find his way back out. He's an extreme version but there's lots of people all over the place who are becoming caricatures of themselves, extreme versions of themselves. And ultimately if we're going to get past a world where we're all overwhelmed by ideology, the way to do it is to tell more complex nuanced human stories. Yes. You don't need to know that. John staying on things fell apart for a moment. If I'm ever in a social situation where they come up it kind of fills me with panic and dread

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