I'm the son of a social worker and you would go to like the supermarket.

It was all, she worked at the school system near mine and all the toughest kids would like come toward us.

And I was like, you know, oh my god, what's going to happen when you beat up?

Because I was this asthmatic, like, blue kid and like this mean metal head would come up and she went,

hello, Steve.

Like, they all were a global boom.

Like, they all knew my mother.

Like, my mother is very comfortable.

She, you know, she, I guess what I'm trying to say is she cared for people and dealt with a lot

of tough characters and knew that they needed something that they weren't able to ask for. She would not hesitate and say, like, people need to be loved,

people need to be hugged, people need that connection.

I feel like there's a lot on my journey on the planet,

and there are a lot of people, there's a lot to gain by being together.

Hello, Let me let it out, let it out

let it out Hi, how are you doing? I hope that you are having a good day rather than a bummer one whenever you're listening to this. This week I spoke to Brendan Francis Noonam,

the former longtime host of the dinner party download, where he interviewed some of the biggest

celebrities and thinkers and writers of our time. And he then went on to produce,

executive produce, the acclaimed Paris Review podcast. And he then went on to produce, executive produce, the acclaimed Paris Review podcast.

And he's authored a book.

It's called Brunches Hell.

And he's the VP of Pushkin Industries.

And most relevant to today's conversation that you're about to hear, he is the host and executive producer of the podcast, Not Lost, which if you've been listening

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