Welcome to Go Ask Alley, a production of Shondaland audio in partnership with I Heart Radio.

As a stand-up comedian, of which I am not, I tried it once.

But you are hilarious, and I've been your fan forever. Oh, hey dear. You know, I should say right now, I'm married, so I'm off the table. We could do weekends. Get your bullshit detector and get it honed.

Are you mad about something?

Go out and seek people who are mad about related things

and also listen to them if part of what they're mad about is you.

You actually look for those little kernels of hope.

They jump out of me.

Yeah.

Well, that's good stuff.

I think it is the good stuff and I think we need the good stuff always. Welcome to Go Ask Alley, I'm Ali Wentworth, and this season I'm digging into

everything I can get my hands on, peeling back the layers and getting dirty.

Okay, I'm terrified about social media. I'm terrified about all the

dark sides of this new crazy ride we're all on and this episode is all about navigating

the treacherous world of social media and online hate and misinformation.

I mean we live in a very polarized country right now because there are two sides

that are constantly slinging zingers at each other and playing fast and loose with facts, in quotes.

So how do we protect ourselves?

And more importantly, how do we protect our kids

from this kind of trauma?

And I've always been concerned about social media

in terms of how it affects the mental health of kids, but that is just a

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