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On Today's show I tried something completely different. After blocking literally thousands of strangers who were calling me a pedophile and threatening me and my family I decided to message one and guess what? He ended up apologizing and begging my forgiveness!    It didn't happen right away but I was able to earn his trust and invited him on the show to have a long talk. We talked for almost 2 hours. I don't know if you are gonna like it or hate it or somewhere in between but I hope you get as much out of it as I do. He is only 20 years old so it almost felt wrong and exploitative but he held his own and gave me his consent to post our discussion.   My talk with Mike in Chicago begins at about 30 minutes in after the news.