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The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast - Courage, Authenticity & Sowell (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_617)

The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

thesaadtruthwithdrsaad

Science, Education, Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 107 minutes

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The original clip can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/gad-saad-courage-authenticity-sowell/id1581181836?i=1000622226959 The clip is demonetized on YouTube because it utilizes copyrighted songs (as used by the host of the show Alan Wolan). _______________________________________ My book The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life is now available for order: https://www.amazon.com/Saad-Truth-about-Happiness-Secrets/dp/1684512603 _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad To subscribe to my exclusive content on Twitter, please visit my bio at https://twitter.com/GadSaad _______________________________________ This clip was posted earlier today (November 10, 2023) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1628: https://youtu.be/JGaimBvEfCI _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. _______________________________________

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0:00.0

On January 18th, 2020, just one month before the COVID lockdown's began, the Danish National

0:11.5

Symphony was about to perform for a packed house of 1800 people.

0:17.0

The conductor, Valdemar Johanson, stepped onto the stage to take his place behind the podium, baton in hand.

0:26.1

Little did he know that a beautiful yet deadly assassin by the name of Nastasia Foldstedlund, hidden in the rear of the auditorium, trained the sight of her

0:37.7

sniper's rifle dead center on Johanson's back. A shot rang out and Johanson fell to the ground, dead from a single

0:48.2

bullet. The crowd gasped in horror. What happened next will shock and surprise you. Here's the

0:57.4

audio from the scene of the crime. Thank you. So, Oh, Oh, And the Oh, Welcome to the genius of Thomas Sola podcast. I'm your host, Alan Wollin.

2:37.0

The song you are listening to is the original James Bond theme song from the 1962 classic Dr. No.

2:45.8

This composition, like James Bond himself, has withstood the test of time and still elicits gasps of delight and amazement from audiences around the world.

2:57.0

Dr. No was the first in a series of 25 James Bond movies over a 60 year period.

3:07.1

The James Bond saga started in 1962.

3:11.3

Maybe it's just a coincidence, but that was the year my personal saga began.

3:16.4

That was my birth year.

3:18.8

Perhaps that's part of the reason James Bond is so deeply embedded in my psyche. I grew up with Bond. But more about James Bond later, so buckle up.

3:30.0

Ever since I announced I was going to have Gad Saad on the podcast,

3:37.0

Strange things have been happening to me.

3:40.0

I'm not a paranoid person, but lately I get the feeling I'm being followed.

3:45.0

I've been noticing the same faces at my neighborhood Starbucks,

3:49.0

all showing up coincidentally at around the same time I get there.

3:53.8

Yesterday on my morning hike in Griffith Park, I noticed a couple, about 500 feet ahead of me

4:00.0

on the trail for at least a full mile. I read somewhere they sometimes follow you from

4:06.4

in front of you just so you don't feel like you're being followed. The other day at

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