Hi everyone, it's Tristan. This week we're going to do something a little bit different on your

undivided attention. We're going to air an episode of another podcast that, like us, is part of

the Ted Audio Collective. Now, backing up for a second, a couple weeks ago, we aired a conversation

with Dylan Marin, who's creator and host of the podcast, conversations with people who hate me.

And on the show, Dylan calls up people behind negative comments on the internet and he asks them,

why did you write that? In our conversation with Dylan, we played a clip from episode two of

conversations with people who hate me. In that episode, Dylan talks with a high school student

named Josh, who sent Dylan some pretty unkind messages online. So this week on your undivided

attention, you're going to hear the full episode, the full conversation between Dylan Marin and Josh.

And if you didn't hear our conversation with Dylan, then do give it a listen. And with that,

here we go.

Hi, I'm Dylan Marin, and this is conversations with people who hate me.

An interview series where I have in-depth conversations with some of the strangers who have sent

me the most hateful or negative messages online. Why did they send these messages? Well,

that's essentially what this podcast is trying to figure out. As a video maker and writer,

my work focuses on social justice issues. And I've been fortunate enough to find a large

audience for that work, but that of course means that I found a lot of tractors too.

Now, we released the first episode last week and the response has been wonderful, so thank you

so much for listening. But so many people have asked me why I would put myself through this,

and I totally get the curiosity, but I can explain. I was bullied all throughout middle school

and high school. People, especially the other boys, gave me a pretty hard time, and I was a

soft-spoken, closeted gay kid with zero self-confidence, so I guess my bully saw me as an easy target.

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