What up family, it's episode 108 of the Genius Life. Welcome aboard.

What's poppin' everybody? It's your boy Max Lugavir, Health and Science Journalist,

filmmaker, author of The New York Times Best Seller, Genius Foods, and the new National Best Seller,

The Genius Life. I'm so excited to have you guys here for this episode of the show,

in which I welcome my good friend Dave Rubin. Dave is a bit of a political philosopher, he's got a great

show on YouTube called The Rubin Report. He rubs shoulders regularly with guys like Jordan Peterson,

Ben Shapiro, Joe Rogan, super, super, super smart guy with a background in stand-up comedy,

so he's also very funny, brilliant, and he's got a brand new book out called Don't Burn This Book.

I really want you to listen to this episode of the show with an open mind. It's not about politics,

it's about freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and ultimately thinking for yourself

in what seems to be the age of unreason. I love what Dave has to say, and though we are

going to touch on politics in this episode, I want you to set politics aside and think about

the true message underlying this interview, and that is that you really owe it to yourself to

be a free thinker and to form your own ideas about the world. I personally don't consider myself

a part of any political party. I have some ideas that you might consider more left leaning,

some ideas that consider more right leaning, but ultimately what I care mostly about is individual

freedom, health, and just having a good time in life and letting other people do the same.

But what I see more and more from my vantage point in the world of health and nutrition is that

there are a lot of people who act as what I've come to call nutrition justice warriors,

where if you for a second have your own idea about what constitutes healthy living or healthy eating,

they will come down on you and shame you and try to cancel you. If you make a statement

an empirically true and valid scientific statement, for example, that being overweight is not good

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