835: The Curious Case of Alex Jones & Other Controversies
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin take on current events such as male NFL cheerleaders, the Alex Jones media purge and the I'm Not Racist video.
- Do you pride yourself on being able to do “valuable” skills? (1:56)
- Diversion or demand? Forced Nationalism? NFL's first male dancers will hit the sidelines this season. (7:57)
- The National Enquirer of Politics: The Curious Case of Alex Jones and the Dangers of Where you Get Your Information. (14:44)
- How do we manage censorship/free speech? The comparisons between Old Media vs. New Media. (25:00)
- Why you should never put your eggs in one basket. The importance owning your content and building your business across all platforms. (35:53)
- Mind Pump conspiracy theories… (42:00)
- The power of long form spoken word and the future of Mind Pump. (45:09)
- 'I'm Not Racist' is the brutal race conversation nobody wants to have. (51:00)
- The Pepsi Challenge. Marketing and advertising at their finest. (52:30)
- Educate yourself and keep an open mind. (54:30)
People Mentioned:
- Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) Twitter
- Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) Twitter
- Ron Paul (@RonPaul) Twitter
- Richard Branson (@richardbranson) Twitter
- Bishop Robert Barron (@bishopbarron) Instagram
- Jordan Peterson (@jordan.b.peterson) Instagram
- Joe Rogan (@joerogan) Instagram
- Stan "Rhino" Efferding (@stanefferding) Instagram
- Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) Twitter
Related Links/Products Mentioned:
- NFL’s first male dancers will hit the sidelines this season
- Alex Jones, the First Amendment, and the Digital Public Square
- Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography - Book by Richard Branson
- Episode 827: Bishop Barron - Using YouTube & Social Media to Demystify Christianity & God
- Joe Rogan Experience #1139 - Jordan Peterson – YouTube
- College melts down over plan for white people-free day on campus
- Joyner Lucas - I'm Not Racist
- IGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us - Book by Jean Twenge
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | In this heated episode, a little charged of the mind pump. |
| 0:18.0 | We have some good conversation. We were a little stimulated by the news of Alex Jones getting kicked off of like all these social media platforms. |
| 0:25.0 | It's a little frightening, I'd be honest to me. |
| 0:27.0 | We're not followers of his. I think he's kind of crazy, but it is interesting. |
| 0:31.0 | Interesting stuff to speculate on. But we opened the episode by talking about the male cheerleaders in the NFL. |
| 0:37.0 | That's a new side for this. |
| 0:38.0 | It's a new thing going on. |
| 0:39.0 | Two snaps. |
| 0:40.0 | The rams are doing it first. |
| 0:41.0 | Justin might actually make it to the NFL now. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm going to try out. |
| 0:46.0 | You guys watch. |
| 0:47.0 | We talked about Alex Jones, of course, surviving social media in certain times. |
| 0:52.0 | And then there's the, I'm not racist video by what's the guy's name, Adam? |
| 0:56.0 | Joyner. |
| 0:57.0 | Okay, really, really good music video. |
| 1:00.0 | And we get into this long discussion about new media versus old media, the old guard, and kind of what's going on today. |
| 1:08.0 | It's an exciting conversation. |
| 1:11.0 | I also do want to remind everybody that maps performance is 50% off all month long. |
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