Episode 840: I Should Have Seen This Coming - David Brooks

Cognitive Dissonance

Tom Curry

Atheist, Religion, Comedy, Skeptic, News, Skepticism, Pseudoscience, News & Politics, Liberal, Politics

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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0:00.0	This episode of Cognitive Dissinence is brought to you by our patrons.
0:04.3	You fucking rock.
0:09.1	Be advised that this show is not for children, the faint of heart, or the easily offended.
0:15.0	The explicit tag is there for a reason. Recording live from Gloryhole Studios in Chicago and beyond.
0:43.8	This is cognitive dissonance.
0:46.6	Every episode we blasts anyone who gets in our way.
0:49.0	We bring critical thinking, skepticism, and irreverence to any topic that makes the news makes it big or makes us mad.
0:58.2	It's skeptical.
0:59.7	It's political.
1:01.5	And there is no welcome bad.
1:04.2	Today is Longform Day.
1:06.8	Cecil.
1:07.3	Yay, long form day.
1:09.2	And we're going to be talking about an article from the Atlantic written by David Brooks called
1:14.1	I should have seen this coming.
1:17.1	Can I start this out with a tone?
1:19.5	I just want to tone start start this out with like a little bit of tone setting.
1:23.7	Fuck this guy in the fucking face forever.
1:27.2	Never stop fucking this guy. Like this guy in the fucking face forever. Never stop fucking this guy.
1:30.0	Like, this guy is the worst.
1:32.7	I was listening to this and I ground my teeth down to fucking nubs.
1:41.1	This is like the only article in America that's ever been written while the leopard was eating the face at the same time.
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