Hey everyone, welcome back. Today I have an interview for you with the incredibly intelligent

Jay Dyer. Jay is a philosopher, an author, and a comedian known primarily for his analysis of

geopolitics, Hollywood, and culture. If you are interested in following Jay's work or purchasing any of

his books, you will find all of the relevant links in the video description. I really hope that

you enjoy our conversation together. To start off, could you talk a little bit about what

initially drew you to analyzing Hollywood? I guess it's namely celebrities and culture and films.

Also, do you believe that Hollywood is as important a vehicle for propagandizing people as the

media? What began me on this track was when I was in Hollywood is as important a vehicle for propagandizing people as the media.

What began me on this track was when I was in high school, I was, we had clicks in high

school. I had to ask everybody on Twitter the other day if this still exists. And I get the

impression that clicks don't exist as much anymore. But when I went to high school, it was

very much like a John Hughes movie. So there was all these clicks.

And I was in the, you know, the cool guy click of, you know, we would party and have fun.

And we did theater.

And yes, we were heterosexual.

Okay.

So.

But I was in a small town.

And in a small town, there's not a whole lot of options.

So we were all in the movies.

We're into the arts.

A lot of my friends were in bands and all of us were movie buffs.

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