Bari Weiss: Age of Rising Conspiracy

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Bari Weiss (founder and editor of The Free Press, host of the Honestly podcast) opens up about her very public resignation from The New York Times, how the polarized mainstream media and negative newscycle can impact our wellness as a society, and the importance of being able to have conversations with people you may not always agree with. She explains how the digital revolution transformed the business model of news as an institution and considers the source of people’s paranoia with mainstream news, which has led to a rise in conspiracy theories. Bari reveals why her own grandma called her a right wing fascist, the values and historical perspective that guide her to stand up in the face of fear, and what the rise of gurus can tell us about our era. She discusses the importance of community and why sacrificing comfort is sometimes necessary to live a meaningful life.

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0:00.0	What is there to believe in these days and, you know, if you were to propagate a new set
0:06.7	of things for young people to believe in, do you have that manifesto also?
0:11.6	I look, I'm not saying anything new or anything that it doesn't sound like you cover regularly
0:16.1	on this show, that like we're living through a crisis of meaning.
0:20.4	And of course we are because we're living through, my might not know it, but like a major
0:24.7	technological revolution that is like maybe the biggest one that's ever happened, I still
0:30.9	don't know how to work the microwave and I don't know how it works.
0:34.2	And that's great and good for you, but like most kids in school right now, like don't
0:38.7	even have to write a paper because they can ask chat GPT to do it for them.
0:42.8	I just learned about this this week and I'm astounded and I'm shocked that I'm outraged.
0:47.7	This is definitely going to come up on Jeopardy and you need to know that.
0:51.0	It's my ambiolix breakdown.
0:53.8	She's going to break it down for you because you know she knows a thing or two.
0:59.1	And now she's going to break down, she's going to break it down.
1:04.8	Hi, I'm my ambiolix.
1:05.8	I'm Jonathan Cohen.
1:07.4	Welcome to our breakdown.
1:08.4	This is the place where we break things down so you don't have to.
1:12.4	Today we're going to be talking about truth, honesty, freedom and gurus.
1:22.0	Jonathan, you're my favorite guru.
1:23.8	You're my favorite guru.
1:24.8	Oh, that's nice.
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