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A glorious conversation with our PRIDE CORRESPONDENT Katie Herzog of Blocked and Reported on this whole San Francisco Giants Rainbow Hat Controversy and so much more.

Topics! Include!

* Is catcher secretly the strangest and most brutal position in all of sports?

* The San Francisco Giants Pride controversy and the problem with compelled participation

* Has Pride Month become too large for its own good?

* Why awareness campaigns can sometimes backfire on the causes they support

* The surprising way activist movements evolve after they achieve their biggest victories

* How internet fame and constant engagement seem to drive influential people (Bret Weinstein for example) off the rails

* The strange contradictions that emerge when progressive values collide with cultural differences abroad

* Is the “right wing fever dream” about Bay Area public schools true?