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Decoding the Gurus

Supplementary Material 16: Riding a Phoenix to Rescue the Gurusphere

Decoding the Gurus

Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne

Science, Leisure, Social Sciences, Society & Culture

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

We plunge ever deeper into the convoluted world of guru punditry and are dazzled at the theatrics at the 'Rescue the Republic' event, inspired by the profound insights of Eric Weinstein on political speeches, and thrilled at Michael Moynihan's hard knock interview with the moderate heterodox thinker Megyn Kelly. Join us won't you?

00:00 Introduction and Health Check Adventures

04:15 Exploring the GuruSphere and GuruCon

08:57 Matt and Chris Debate Round 1: The Unholy Alliance

16:35 Russell Brand and Jordan Peterson's Prayer Time

24:51 Bret's Amazing Metaphor: David and the Phoenix

36:01 Matt Taibbi's Speaking Truth to Power with the Bible

40:24 Rage Against the War Machine

43:25 Eric Weinstein's analysis of Kamala Harris

58:44 Joe Rogan's Bias and Broken Conspiracy Prone Brain

01:13:53 Michael Moynihan softballs Megyn Kelly

01:26:11 Cynical Chris and Moderate Megyn: Alex Jones & Tucker are right!

01:32:57 Hard Knock Heterodoxy

01:47:35 Matt and Chris Debate Round 2: Left and Right

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0:00.0

You're going to. Oh, Hello and I'm Welcome to Decoding the Guru's supplementary material where I take the reins and I do the introductions and

0:35.4

Mapfibroy, the psychologist, sits there and takes it while I, Chris Kavna,

0:39.9

the anthropologist, give the introduction, make the analogies, I call him Rodney to my Del Boy.

0:48.4

Did you get that reference? No, I do not get that reference but it's very complimentary British people will understand so it's very good trust me

0:58.7

Okay fine fine fine well good on you. I'm glad you got lots of energy you're gonna have to carry us this episode because of all the delays you're getting your health checks and you have to catch buses and trains to places and I've been waiting and now it's the late afternoon my old tired bones aching levels are low.

1:17.2

You got to build me out. This is in supplementary section, Mart, so we're lied to know we're allowed by the people listening they allot us a little bit of time to mention

1:27.0

Deli events not too much but I can just mention yes today is a bit of a hassle because there's this thing called an annual health check in Japan.

1:34.0

It's very impressive. You know, lots of jobs and places do it, but like you kind of go to your location and you go through these little like stations and they take various measurements,

1:44.7

blood, they take your blood pressure, eye test, ear test, the whole thing and it's very much

1:51.0

like you know your little character in the theme hospital or two-point hospital and...

1:56.0

Does somebody tap your knee with a little hammer?

2:00.0

No, no, there is no reaction test, but there is eye test and whatnot, but genius that I am, I had arranged the booking, and you're not supposed to eat before it.

2:09.0

And then I went to the place on my campus where I expected it to be and it was not there because I booked a time at the

2:18.5

other campus which is one hour away a completely different location so I had to travel all the way over there

2:25.4

and then get a new time and then continue not eating and I'm back. So that's it. I've got my measurements taken, but that was a bit of a annoying

2:36.5

jauntina around Tokyo day, really.

2:39.5

Well, it's good. Well, I know you like testing yourself. You like measuring yourself. You're like quantifying your body. I personally just prefer not to know. I've long overdue a decade overdue of having a health check up. I'm supposed to have a serious one being of my age. But I just I figure what I don't know can't hurt me.

3:01.0

Aren't you supposed to get like inspected at your age.

3:07.0

Like colon cancer isn't that that concern?

3:11.0

Don't even mention these things.

3:13.3

I don't, I think, if you don't, if you don't say the word, then can't get you.

3:21.3

Just, well, this is, I'm going dangerously into the realms of indulgence with this, but I'll just

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