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. I'm so glad. I'm so glad to be hosting on Bad Faith podcast this week, Dr. Gabramate, you know him as the bestselling author of a number of books, including the myth of normal trauma, illness, and healing, and a toxic culture, which is a New York Times

bestseller and an international bestseller. You also know him for his expertise on a range of

topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. And it is my real pleasure to finally

get to talk to him, not quite in the flesh, but virtually today. Welcome, Dr. Mate.

Thank you. Nice to be with you. It's so nice to be with you as well.

Look, it's a tough time. I feel like I have to preference every conversation that we've been having

recently since October 7th with an acknowledgement of how weighty this conversation has been,

especially on people like yourselves who have been called upon to speak almost exclusively about this subject in recent weeks.

So I just wanted to give you first and foremost an opportunity to weigh in more broadly on how you're feeling right now about the media coverage of what's happened since October 7th.

The kind of shifts, I think, in public understanding that have happened, some for the better,

but certainly no big battles have been won outright. The various intergroup battles that are

going on as people are searching to define what it means to be in solidarity with Palestinians,

particularly as a Jewish person, et cetera. I just want to give you the floor.

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