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Okay, jumping right into it. Today I'm speaking with Megan Dom. Megan is the author of five books,

and she writes a biweekly column about culture and politics for medium. She was an opinion column

that's for the Los Angeles Times for over a decade. And she's also written for the New Yorker,

the Atlantic, the New York Times magazine, Vogue, and other journals. And her most recent book is

The Problem with Everything, my journey through the new culture wars. And in this conversation,

we talk about the book, which focuses mostly on feminism. We talk about violence against women,

sex, sexual assault, the new norms of conversation, intersectionality, the 2020 presidential campaign,

and related matters. Anyway, I've had many women on the podcast of late who have distinguished

themselves, both for their honesty and their willingness to touch politically charged topics.

I'm thinking of Megan Phelps-Roper, Yasmin Muhammad, Caitlin Flanagan, Barry Weiss,

and Megan Dom definitely continues that trend. And if those of us on the left are going to be

anything more than completely ineffectual and massacistic as the 2020 presidential election

approaches, it will be because we have more conversations like this. So without further delay, I bring

you Megan Dom. I am here with Megan Dom. Megan, thanks for joining me. Thank you, Sam. I just finished

your book this morning. I read every page. I would never pretend otherwise and loved it. It's

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