Secret Hollywood Rituals, Shane Gillis & Toxic Masculinity - Mark Normand - #762
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Mark Normand is a podcaster, actor and a comedian. Is Hollywood a secret cabal of child-eating sorcerers? It might be. Mark has spent enough time in its orbit to know. And if nothing else he can riff on some good theories for 2 hours with me. Expect to learn what Mark thinks of the downfall of NYC and Bail reform, why the resurgence of Shane Gillis on SNL might not be the death rattle for woke culture, how Mark remains positive in the middle of negativity, if he's worried about being deplatformed, his thoughts on what is considered offensive in Hollywood, the one word you can never say to an American and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% off your first order of meat at https://www.justmeats.com/modernwisdom15 (use code MODERNWISDOM15) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Timestamps: (00:00) Black History Month Vs Women’s History Month (04:17) Finding Mormon Loopholes in Utah (09:40) Google’s Painfully Woke AI Bot (12:09) The Current State of New York (19:11) Is Hollywood Just a Propaganda Machine? (24:40) Shane Gillis’s SNL Appearance (32:11) How to Emotionally Detach From Current Affairs (37:03) Who is Paying on Dates in Today’s Society? (41:06) How Effective is Deplatforming? (55:22) The Irony of Luxury Beliefs (1:02:54) Rise of the Male ‘Baby Girl’ Trend (1:08:00) The Modern American Sports Landscape (1:19:01) Ernest Shackleton’s Job Advert (1:22:16) The Greatest Spurious Correlations (1:29:53) How Sleep Impacts Swearing & Humour (1:42:53) The Underwhelming VR Revolution (1:45:50) Revisiting the Will Smith/Chris Rock Slap (1:51:17) The Worst Addiction (1:57:56) Where to Find Mark Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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