this may have been the best episode of hot ones I’ve ever seen. Conan is a national treasure.

Conan is a Hot Ones legend.
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On the Berkeley law student dinner incident, this is the question I've been getting all day from friends, journalists, etc. Here's the condensed version of how I'm answering it:

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10 bands/artists you’ve obsessed about at some point:

1. TOOL
2. Queen
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Jeff Buckley
5. The Mars Volta
6. Porcupine Tree
7. Stevie Wonder
8. The Beatles
9. Incubus
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers

1) I did a deep dive on the debate over whether social media is ruining teens' mental health. TLDR: The evidence is much weaker than Jonathan Haidt suggests, but not as negligible as his critics claim.

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I interviewed the very thoughtful Phil Klay about his The Atlantic article U.S. Support for Israel’s War Has Become Indefensible.

I hope people will not watch this and try to jump on one sentence he said or one sentence I said. It's not an easy subject.

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Our The Unspeakeasy Los Angeles retreat next weekend featuring Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR)'s Monica_Harris and Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks is technically full BUT we may be able to squeeze in a few more if you tell us NOW. Your grilled salmon and orzo awaits. theunspeakeasy.com

Wishing Glenn Loury a speedy recovery.

Much love and respect.
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I wrote about the implications of the Cass Report for US debates: “If you still think that concerns about child medical transition are nothing more than a moral panic, then I have a question: What evidence would change your mind?”

Here’s a gift link:

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

.@thefireorg stands ready to defend the #freespeech rights of all Americans, but we can't do it without your help. All contributions help, join the movement today!

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Good to remember

'It is not by wearing down into uniformity all that is individual in themselves, but by cultivating it and calling it forth, within the limits imposed by the rights and interests of others, that human beings become a noble and beautiful object of contemplation.'

John Stuart Mill

...who's going to tell him?

The link to the episode about to begin: youtube.com/watch?v=zXGJ39…

Tune in at 4 pm. You won't regret it! youtube.com/@StraightAhead…

I was deeply saddened to learn that as Muslim students at Rutgers University were celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, their Center for Islamic Life was vandalized.

I'm disgusted by this act of #Islamophobia .

Vandalism is not #freespeech . It's a crime.

abc7ny.com/center-for-isl…

Do these students really want a First Amendment that lets the Berkeley Zionists to come to their club meetings and take it over? Lets pro-Israel protesters shout down pro-Palestinian campus speaking events?
That's what they're pitching.

What is love?

Race/ism relies on division. But the truth & our shared humanity lie in the twilight—in the nuances & complexities of our experiences and histories. #BeyondBlackAndWhite #SharedHumanity #togethernesswayfinder #racelessness Bill Maher Real Time with Bill Maher