This week Ryan Black pulls back the curtain on the motives of pick up artists - why they neg, casual sex (and why it's NOT a flex in this case), and their apparent nightclub obsession. He opens up about his own dating journey from prepubescence to present day and how it led him into the PUA community, and the true confidence and self-acceptance he's found since divorcing the game.

TRIGGER WARNING at 1:02:20 (gun violence & suicide mention)

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