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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Bonus Sample: You Probably Need an Exorcism

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Air Date: 9-15-21

Today, I am joined by Amanda, Erin and Deon to discuss:

- Top-Down and Bottom-Up processing that leads to biased interpretation of information

- Dying of individualism and federalism failures amid COVID

- The legacy of Vietnamese refugees following the Vietnam War

- What happens when attraction is stronger than any code of ethics or social pressure

References:

Google/Apple exposure notification API saved thousands of lives, but apps largely flopped in US

Marion Days

Spanish bishop quits church after falling in love with writer of Satanic erotica

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left Podcast.

0:10.0

This is a sample of our recent bonus episode every couple of weeks or so, our crew of researchers,

0:15.6

Amanda and myself get together for a roundtable discussion.

0:19.6

So here's a few minutes for free so you can see what all the fuss is about.

0:28.0

I've always wanted to do, I've fantasized about asking this question, but I don't know anyone who likes sports.

0:33.6

So I may never get this opportunity again.

0:36.4

Dion, you like sports, right?

0:38.5

I do like sports.

0:40.4

And you're a human being living on Earth?

0:43.6

Sometimes.

0:45.5

Last time we checked.

0:46.6

Yeah, okay.

0:47.8

So given that information, statistically speaking, I can be pretty confident that your number one favorite sport is soccer.

0:57.3

Is that right?

0:58.5

Uh, no.

1:00.3

Okay, then my backup option, and I mean, if it's not number one, it's got to be number two.

1:05.1

Your favorite sport must be cricket.

1:07.6

Uh, no, no.

1:09.4

Huh, man, that's weird.

1:11.4

There must be something about the dynamics of the society that you grew up in that makes you a strange outlier compared to humanity as a whole.

1:23.2

It's hard to know what to do with that information, but I've just,

1:26.6

I've imagined asking someone who tries to insist that there is such a thing as purely independent free will,

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