Julian Dorey Podcast

Nick Gurol is an investor and teacher. Recently, Gurol was an early investor in NBA Top Shot NFTs. Dapper Labs, in partnership with the NBA & NBAPA, launched Top Shot in July 2019––and the market has seen a major influx of participants and capital in early 2021. Gurol is also known for his 2017 national public feud with Brooklyn Nets All-Star Guard, Kyrie Irving, over Irving's claims that the earth is flat. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 6:06 - NBA Top Shot intro; NFTs; Dapper Labs & The Flow Protocol on the Ethereum blockchain; Hardcourt & Fantasy sports 15:22 - How Nick got involved in NBA Top Shot; Jonathan Bales & his original newsletter on NBA Top Shot; How the secondary market works; The NBA Ad campaign for Top Shot; The Daily Fantasy Sports community influx into Top Shot 23:05 - Series 1, Series 2 & Common, Rare, and Legendary Top Shot classes; How the NBA Top Shot Moments work; Dapper Labs Dr. Seuss project; NFTs and video games; The value of NFTs and Top Shot Moments; Scarcity 32:25 - How the Top Shot website and market works; Could the exchange be hacked?; Dapper’s fight against bots on the site; Coinbase  and Mt. Gox exchange examples 39:40 - Dapper Labs valuation; The theories behind the NBA halting their ads; The timeline of the NBA Top Shot explosion into the mainstream; The pack drop that bombed; Examples of Moments in packs 44:45 - Gurol’s “proprietary algorithm” for uncovering outliers in the NBA Top Shot Moments Market; Revisiting Rare, Common, & Legendary levels; Steph Curry 3-Pointer Moment’s crazy price 49:26 - Gurol’s investment; Revisiting Michael Lewis’ Flashboys book; Why Nick is bullish on Top Shot and the NFT Market; The grind and work behind Top Shot investing; When Gurol knew it was time to sell many of his moments 59:39 - Status of current Top Shot market cycle; Money Laundering protocols Dapper Labs has in place; Fine Art and historical use for money laundering, tax evasion, etc.; NFT Market hard to hide things? 1:04:34 - The timing of Top Shot’s rise; Revisiting the Gamestop, Reddit, Robinhood saga; Is the Top Shot market at a “top?”; Peak sales on Top Shot; The sports card market, PSA, Starstock, and the higher barriers to entry there 1:16:37 - Jared Dillian, The Seafood Tower Theory, & The Taxi Driver Theory 1:25:46 - The NBA’s marketability moving forward; Top Shot restriction in  China?; Anthony Fenu, Riley Horvath, Justin Baker, & Soar’s potential in the NFT market with volumetric content, holograms, and 3D capabilities; “Friction” and why Top Shot is a better investment than sports cards 1:49:29 - Dapper Labs 5% “rake” on transactions; Flow Protocol and its scalability with dollar integration; Cryptokitties; NFTs explained definitively; Sam Merrill’s Top Shot Moments 1:57:21 - Gurol’s national public feud with Kyrie Irving over his flat earth belief; The elaboration likelihood model; The psychology behind changing your mind; Anchoring; the 3 Doors Test; The effects low barriers to entry on public platforms has on our discourse; Reporting and journal

Jackson Hollowell is a Film & TV Show Critic. He and his fiancee, Alex Mohr, run the Instagram blog, Flicks & Flix (@flicksandflix), where they post reviews of all the latest Movies and TV Shows, weekly watchlists, and news about the film industry. You can follow their page here: https://www.instagram.com/flicksandflix/  ***TIMESTAMPS*** 5:59 - Flicks & Flixx; The Fan Divides in Movies & TV; Star Wars & The Luke Skywalker problem; Jon Favreau’s life 19:27 - Making movies too soon after something happens in real life; Ben Affleck as Batman; Bruce Wayne/Batman Character; Batman vs. Superman 28:40 - The Director’s Process; The Godfather & it’s crazy backstory; Entourage; Zack Snyder; Martin Scorsese’s Movies (including Goodfellas, The Departed, & The Irishman) 38:04 - Binge TV vs. Weekly TV; Spoilers; State of Productions in Covid Pandemic; HBO Max 51:27 - Bad movies that followed up great things (Entourage Movie, Godfather 3); Best Trilogies of all-time; The Town; Schitt’s Creek; Ben Mezrich’s already writing the Gamestop book (with a movie to follow); The modern day “leading man”; Cable TV vs. Premium Cable TV; Putlocker; The subscription model 1:11:34 - The problem with commercials; The Sopranos; Movies & Memories; Jackson’s favorite movie memory 1:20:20 - Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker in “The Dark Knight”; revisiting Robert Downey Jr. & his role in Tropic Thunder; South Park, Seth McFarlane & Family Guy; Judd Apatow Movies; Seth Rogen; The Rock 1:39:33 - Hans Zimmer talk; “The Batman” trailer; Robert Pattinson vs. Christian Bale as Batman; Best Joker performance ever 1:49:47 - Method Acting; Jared Leto on set; “Dream of Passion” by Lee Strasburg; Jackson’s interest in Greek mythology and how it ties into film 1:55:16 - Stranger Things; The 80’s and 90’s are having a comeback; 90’s TV shows (including Friends & Seinfeld); Actors who died too young (Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, Paul Walker, Heath Ledger) 2:06:07 - Guilty Pleasures & Chick Flicks; Viggo Mortensen; Jack Gyllenhaal  2:14:07 - Werner von Braun, Nazis, & Operation Paperclip; Captain America; Finding Hitler 2:22:09 - Inglourious Basterds; The opening scene of IB; Christophe Waltz; Quentin Tarantino; Keeping names in Hollywood today 2:28:50 - A Star is Born; the story of Bradley Cooper’s inspiring rise to stardom; Cooper & Lady Gaga; Matthew McConaughey & The McConaissance; True Detective Season 1; Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, and The Judge; Vince Gilligan; Ozark; Steve Carell 2:43:51 - Christian Bale & “Vice”; Adam McKay; Ryan Gosling; The Place Beyond The Pines 2:50:00 - Scorsese’s homage film styles; Godfathe

John Rondi is a TikTok Influencer, Technologist, Alcohol Connoisseur, & Tech Entrepreneur. He is known for his TikTok Page, “Johnny Drinks,” (@johnrondi) and his app, Stunited.  John and his dad are behind the JD TikTok account, where they make extravagant cocktails, answer questions from fans about different drinks/alcohol, and promote fellow brands in the space. They also have their own line of bourbon called “Burning Chair Bourbon –– The Johnny Drinks Edition.” Back in 2017, John founded the Stunited app as a platform for college students to barter each other’s skills “under-the-table.” The app has had unprecedented active user growth over the past 6 months. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 5:27 - Discussion on the conversational podcast style; The Clubhouse app; Talking on the phone in 2021 21:01 - The Stunited app; The concept of “cheating” 38:39 -  Collaboration as innovation & Challenging traditional norms; “Nothing is ever used for 100% good” 44:44 - The danger Stunited was in when Corona hit and how John pivoted; Foreign Data Servers & TikTok 56:46 - Selling “Happiness”; Staying present in life and balancing it with optimizing your time as an entrepreneur 1:07:21 - TikTok in early 2019; TikTok’s brilliant marketing strategy; Snapchat Spotlight; Revisiting Vine; Paying creators; How the For You Page (FYP) on TikTok works; The TikTok Creator Fund 1:23:50 - The Johnny Drinks TikTok Page (@johnrondi on TikTok); How John and his dad launched the page and the first video that went viral; their line of Burning Chair Bourbon; How the TikTok algorithm works 1:41:58 - The Airbnb story and its parallels with John’s story; How Stunited has exploded in the wake of fresh funding; “People are great at pretending to be busy” 1:52:32 - Being honest with yourself about your value; Entrepreneurs vs. Intrepreneurs; Talking Anthony Fenu (from TRENDIFIER #30) , Riley Horvath, Justin Baker and their company Soar; the problem with only spending time around “like-minded individuals” 2:09:33 - How the entrepreneur term is now a dirty word; Why John always saw himself as “different”; The danger of wins turning into losses; The highs and lows of building a company 2:16:59 - Elon Musk’s recent quote on founding a startup; How to know who to listen to and who to ignore; The difference between “this is going to happen” and “this is happening” 2:27:56 - A business does not live inside of everyone; John’s mentality of always thinking there’s an easier way; The lack of empathy in society; Revisiting the early days of Stunited and how “it wasn’t ready”; Arrogance vs. Expertise 2:45:15 - The two sides of the phrase “fake it til you make it”; Discussing the podcast style of TRENDIFIER and true conversations; Being a true connector; What a true conviction sale looks like ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLI

Giovanni Gussen is a Venture Capitalist & Startup Founder. Currently, he is a partner & the head of International Business Development at MoonShot Guru, a Venture Capital Studio headquartered in Singapore and India. MoonShot Guru helps late-stage tech startups (Series B or later) scale their businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Prior to working with MSG, Giovanni founded a live-streaming startup geared towards high school athletes. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 5:39 - The Wall Street Bets (WSB), Reddit, GameStop (GME), & Robinhood Fiasco 17:02 - Censorship & the Robinhood situation; Big Tech Regulation; Jack Dorsey is a confusing guy; Amazon AWS & Parler situation 36:59 - Peter Thiel’s theory on Monopolies & Competition from “Zero To One”; Is Jack Dorsey calling the shots?; Eric Weinstein & Bret Weinstein 1:06:30 - MoonShot Guru Venture Capital Studio & Giovanni’s role as head of International Business Development; How funding rounds (like Series A) work 1:10:24 - Blockchain; NFT’s (Non-Fungible Tokens); Digital Currency; The Artificial Intelligence (AI) investments Giovanni is evaluating 1:23:30 - UI & UX on social apps; Why Instagram is ruined; Steve Jobs’ theory on Simplicity; Clubhouse App UI & UX 1:33:59 - Apple not innovating the same since Steve Jobs died; Revisiting Horo’s argument from #17 on Big Tech vs. Startup workplace culture 1:38:31 - Giovanni’s journey from college dropout to founding a startup; What makes sense about a college education and what doesn’t 1:57:20 - Why other people who aren’t entrepreneurs don’t understand what it’s like to be an entrepreneur; Elon Musk & his tireless vision as an entrepreneur 2:12:00 - Elon Musk & Tulsi Gabbard as individuals fighting back against archaic institutions; The inherent problems with politics that simply competes for more votes in the next election 2:23:11 - The paradox of the Individual vs. Institution battle during the Covid Era (The two sides of it); Humans have bias 2:33:03 - What defines the public square in modern day speech; The problem with repealing Section 230; The  reasons Twitter gave about why Trump got banned from Twitter 2:46:52 - Trump didn’t pardon Edward Snowden; Discussion about Snowden’s case and arguing against the slippery slope counter argument some make against it 2:55:39 - Discussion on the Clubhouse App & whether or not it can change the political landscape; The Francis Suarez / London Breed Clubhouse Room recap 3:07:50 - Capturing Gen Z on Clubhouse; The communities who are crushing Clubhouse early on; Authenticity vs. Aesthetic within Gen Z 3:16:20 - Discussion on Bryan Fogel’s New Documentary, “The Dissident,” about the murder of Washington Post Reporter, Jamal Khashoggi, at the hands o

Brady Burkett is a Fintech expert and podcaster. Currently, he is a consultant at Currencycloud, a Visa & World Bank Group-backed late-stage startup with proprietary APIs that facilitate cross-border money transfers. Additionally, Brady serves as a Co-Host of the Payments Innovation Podcast. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 4:09 - Discussion on the vaccine; Revisiting former White House Coronavirus Task Force Head, Dr. Scott Atlas; Healthcare & Insurance companies 23:35 - The Duopoly & lack of a 360 Degree Political Spectrum; Tulsi Gabbard’s Podcast with Joe Rogan (#1599) 31:07 - The two sides of Covid; Naval Ravikant on tech safety and how our over-emphasis on safety is hurting physical (non-software) technological innovation. 50:41 - Revisiting TRENDIFIER #30 w/ Soar CEO, Anthony Fenu; The media’s role in the “Safety” Revolution 1:00:40 - NFL Lineman Russell Okung’s Twitter centered around Critical Thinking, Societal Analysis, & Bitcoin; The power of social media in our disinformation landscape 1:10:20 - The Twitter Censorship of Trump and the crazy conspiracy theorists in the Qanon community; Free Speech and the definition of the Public Square in modern society 1:35:40 - Attacking ideas vs attacking people; Generalization; Malcolm Gladwell’s “Talking To Strangers” 1:49:24 - The Twitter banning of the Red Scare Podcast; Discussing The Capital Insurrection and the media response to it; Class warfare 2:05:24 - Political parties have a national brand even at the local level; Politicians falsely billed as “saviors”; Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s leadership and the move of Tech & VC to his city; Elon Musk and thee California State Rep’s Twitter exchange 2:23:37 - Banks & groupthink; Google, Facebook & the problem with company hyper-growth 2:28:44 - Fintech talk 2:34:38 - Peter Thiel’s “Zero to One”; Discussing competition & monopolies 2:40:50 - Currencycloud and cross-border payments; Why banks are in deep trouble because of crypto 2:50:43 - Full defining Fintech; Revisiting Dodd-Frank bank reform 2:56:55 - Alternative lending projects in Fintech; Banks don’t know how to value new-school businesses 3:06:22 - Crypto talk: Bitcoin; Ethereum, DeFi, Staking, and the problems with the legacy financial system 3:17:24 - Printing money; How do we educate people on crypto; Bitcoin as the creation that prevents future wars ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q  ~ S

Dr. John Schneider, PhD is a healthcare expert, consultant, and businessman. Currently, he is the CEO & Founder of Avalon Health Economics. Prior to Avalon, he was a founding partner of the Health Economics Consulting Group (HECG)––and later joined Oxford Outcomes following their merger with HECG. Additionally, Dr. Schneider earned his PhD in Health Services & Policy Analysis from UC-Berkeley and serves as an Adjunct Professor at NYU. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 5:52 - John’s other home (Miami); the VC/Innovator movement to Miami headed by Mayo Francis Suarez 15:39 - John’s PhD expertise in economics and healthcare explained; Money & Healthcare; The Opioid Epidemic as an example of Medical Records problems 21:48 - The contentious relationship between Doctors & Insurance Companies; Electronic Medical Records; Doctors as psychologists; John’s Telehealth Client 40:28 - Covid and the remote work movement; Masks; Bacterial vs. Viral Infections; The Hospitals’ Covid Preparation Teams; John called Covid; The leadership problem in Covid; The politicization and polarization of Covid;  1:04:32 - The Federalism Argument w/ Covid (State Government Power vs. Federal Government Power); Governor Ron DeSantis’ Covid Actions in Florida; Test groups vs. Control groups; Covid’s effects on different races & ethnicities 1:26:50 - The financial incentivization of hospitals to declare patient deaths as Covid deaths and why this is unlikely to be a major trend 1:35:59 - Why do fit Americans have to shut down for Americans who choose to smoke or choose to eat too much (and are therefore at greater risk of complications related to Covid 19); The Pandemic is making us forget about everything that came before it 1:44:12 - Science is the new religion; Transmission data; Civil Liberties Precedents; Covid Testing Problems 1:56:05 - Americans past their Covid breaking points; The struggle of small business owners; Immune Systems 2:08:58 - The vaccine (& vaccines in general) explained; Viral load 2:19:49 - Anti-Vaxxers; The sentiment around the Covid vaccine; Dispelling the autism rumors around the vaccine; Moderna MRNA vaccine vs. Pfizer vaccine 2:36:30 - Big Pharma, “Pilling up” society; The importance of drugs in the world; Personal responsibility with nutrition 2:56:07 - Telehealth in Covid & its future as a healthcare industry segment ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q  ~ Show Notes: https://www.trendifier.com/podcastnotes  TRENDIFIER Website:

Kevin Gallagher is a maritime attorney based in Miami, Florida. In addition to the law, he is also an expert in rap music. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 3:44 - Kevin beating Covid; Covid Era in Florida & how open it is 18:37 - The Tech Movement to Miami, Mayor Francis Suarez, & people’s opinion on Governor DeSantis   23:51 - Miami’s ports; The state of the cruise ship industry; How law works at sea; the maritime law that Gallagher practices 34:57 - China’s $1 Trillion investment in global transportation/ports; The Second Panama Canal; Our country’s lack of understanding of the threat the Chinese Communist People’s Party poses 46:14 - Financial illiteracy in America 52:32 - Miami’s boom; How the politics in Miami work; discussion about Miami’s reach in the wake of the tech and venture capital move to the city during Covid 1:05:35 - Federal government vs. State government decision-making powers in the Covid Era; How Kevin ended up in Florida 1:16:55 - How practicing law in different states works; Public Defenders; Defending yourself in court  1:31:08 - Criminal law and how heavy the stakes are; Bench trials vs. Jury Trials 1:37:39 - Potential Trump pardons/commutations: Edward Snowden & Julian Assange (their cases, the pros & cons, the ramifications, etc.) 1:53:19 - Ross Ulbricht, The Silk Road, & THE FULL CASE BREAKDOWN (what background, what happened, Dread Pirate Roberts, the FBI/DEA/Homeland/IRS Case against him; the controversy over the alleged murders-for-hire; Ross’ current double life sentence; the prospects of commuting his sentence; the ideology that motivated him to create The Silk Road 2:29:19 - Jury Trials in the current climate of constant news and the court of public opinion 2:33:05 - The Grammys Rap Album of the year discussion--and the controversy around the nominees; Revisiting Cardi B’s win in 2018 over Travis Scott 2:42:31 - The hoopla around Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion’s song, “WAP” ~ YouTube FULL EPISODES: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q  ~ Show Notes: https://www.trendifier.com/podcastnotes  TRENDIFIER Website: https://www.trendifier.com  Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ju

Anthony Fenu is the Co-Founder & CEO of Soar, a spatial technology company that specializes in AR/VR and compression innovation. The company’s mission is to make volumetric technology (like holograms) a central part of our everyday lives. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 4:49 - The shift to spatial technology; AR/VR; Google Glasses; Field-of-View 14:49 - The challenges of VR/AR & Hologram public adoption; Data privacy; World Economic Forum (WEC) Data Fears 25:57 - Are Monopolies good? ; Peter Thiel, “Zero to One,” & his 4 Pillars; The Paypal Mafia; Elon Musk 40:59 - How Anthony got into technology; The success of Anthony’s first company in AR/VR; The Lessons Anthony learned from his first company 59:47 - Anthony’s Core Venture Capital Principles; How Venture Capital works in Silicon Valley; What Anthony looks for his VC’s looking to invest in his company 1:11:23 - Anthony’s current company, Soar, and how they capture information to produce volumetric (hologram) experiences; Soar’s proprietary compression technology explained 1:20:41 - Relating Soar’s compression technology to common everyday technological needs; Silicon Valley (HBO)   1:27:31 - 3D vs 2D; Depth in imaging; The use cases for Soar’s platform; Licensing compression 1:36:25 - Anthony talks about some of his current clients; Anthony explains exactly how Soar’s hologram technology works (using the upcoming Logan Paul vs. Floyd Mayweather fight as an example) 1:46:24 - Artificial Intelligence and its integration with Soar; How Series Funding for Pre-IPO Startups works 1:54:15 - The question of when to IPO; Determining which VC’s to target out of the ones that make sense for a company 2:02:35 - How Anthony has networked in elite tech circles within Silicon Valley; Anthony’s thoughts on Bitcoin (BTC) 2:11:10 - The Winklevoss Twins story as told in the book, “Bitcoin Billionaires,” as an example of Groupthink problems in Silicon Valley; Peter Thiel & Gawker; Anthony explains the drawbacks of the Silicon Valley Groupthink 2:24:33 - The Covid 19 Tech Boom; How Covid affected Soar; The speed of technological innovation in the Covid 19 Era; Anthony explains the real story behind the famous 2Pac Shakur hologram from Coachella back in 2012 2:34:27 - Soar’s competition (or lack thereof); The Singularity; “Superintelligence,” by Nick Bostrom

Cole Kennelly is a Decentralized Finance/Cryptocurrency writer, executive, consultant, and entrepreneur. Currently, he is the founder of Volmex.Finance, a protocol for volatility indices and non-custodial trading built on the Ethereum blockchain. Additionally, Cole is also the founder/coordinator of DeFi-NYC as well as an executive with Staked. Follow Cole on Twitter for his insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and everything DeFi: https://twitter.com/ColeGotTweets  6:59 - Bitcoin; 2017-2018 Crypto Crash; Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy, & Institutional BTC Bullishness 13:54 - Bitcoin background & story, past attempts at cryptocurrency 18:41 - Blockchain explained with examples; NFT’s 23:12 - How governments print money & devalue currency; Bitcoin’s supply 29:47 - Covid Stimulus & The Dollar; Why BTC is a movement; Virtual Wallets (Private Keys & Centralized Exchanges) 42:17 - “Bitcoin Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich; the Winklevoss twins; Bitcoin awareness; What is Ethereum? 56:32 - Sablier protocol explained; Vitalik Buterin & DeFi discussion 1:07:08 - Ethereum (ETH) adoption and use cases discussion; EIP 1559; Tribalism in the online crypto communities 1:19:13 - Collateral on the Ethereum blockchain; Dai explanation; relating traditional mortgages & loans to the  Ethereum protocol 1:35:56 - Groupthink in banks and legacy financial system; Uniswap 1:45:16 - Many people have no idea what they’re buying; Centralized Exchanges pricing explanation 1:50:11 - Bitcoin Scarcity & Network Effects; Comparing Bitcoin & Ethereum 1:54:39 - Comparing user understanding of social media & user understanding of crypto/blockchain 2:13:19 - Ripple &  why XRP is problematic; XRP’s attempt to integrate with legacy institutions 2:27:33 - Predicting where BTC & ETH adoption will end up 2:34:14 - Initial Coin Offerings (ICO’s); Why many ICO’s have been terrible 2:39:26 -  “The Fourth Turning” (Howe & Strauss)--and a Theory on why Bitcoin is the “New” New Deal ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q  ~ Show Notes: https://www.trendifier.com/

Anthony Baccare is a bookie and a contractor. At no point has he ever knowingly been associated with or a member of the Italian-American Mafia. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 2:35 - Covid culture; Ant’s 96-year-old Grandma 5:53 - Normalization & when it happens; Florida & California in Covid; The Silicon Valley Movement to Miami 11:59 - Amazon; Jeff Bezos might be trying to take over the world; MacKenzie Scott (Bezos); Bill Gates 18:37 - Bookmaking and Ant’s work as a bookmaker; Table Tennis & The Korean Baseball League (KBO) Gambling; Betting action during Covid 25:50 - Adam Silver’s reputation as NBA Commissioner; Former Commissioner David Stern; The NBA’s ties with China 33:29 - Political Awakenings; Printing Money; Revisiting Ant’s contracting business during the housing crisis; The Wealth Gap 38:59 - How Anthony built his book; Live action & Prop-betting; Betting the WNBA; Automation in the gambling industry 46:55 - Casinos in the Pandemic 49:00 - Police Officers and how they have the worst job in America right now; The Blue Wall of Silence (Serpico, The Seven-Five); Poor police officer training in America 1:06:57 - The lost tax dollars during the Pandemic; “The line” for people on Civil Liberties, Masks, etc.; Julian tells a story about an NYC ER Doc’s take on the psychology of Covid-19; Revisiting a story the Joker told in “The Dark Knight” 1:20:14 - The duopoly political system; Trump & Schumer as marketers; “They’re all puppets” 1:29:34 - A long discussion on the Sopranos including: the history, SopranosCon, James Gandolfini, The Upcoming Movie “The Many Saints of Newark,” The show’s music, The Sopranos cast relationship, The Talking Sopranos Podcast, David Chase, the fate of “The Russian,” the Pine Barrens episode, and more 2:06:46 - Reaction to the hilarious Matt Lauer / Tom Cruise Interview from 2005; Scientology; Leah Remini’s escape from the cult 2:18:25 - “Science is the new Religion”; Covid Vaccine talk; The problem with Anti-Vaxxers; Fauci; Censorship of Science that “doesn’t agree”; Social Media’s role in the Pandemic 2:32:06 - Legalization of Drugs in Oregon; Portugal’s existing system; The Racket of Rehab Centers; How legalizing drugs could work; Revisiting Ross Ulbricht & The Silk Road 2:43:31 - Covid Conditioning; “Cover Your ***” Marketing; Julian gives a theory on both Social Media and the Covid precautions being marketed towards women; Trump’s botched response to the Pandemic 2:52:30 - Wondering how close segments of society are to their breaking point; Trump thought he could market his way out of this; The Electoral College and Groupthink 3:01:30 - The potential shift of red states to blue states; Which party is in more trouble; Why