#156 – Tim Dillon: Comedy, Power, Conspiracy Theories, and Freedom

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(08:00) - Tim Dillon's tombstone

(09:55) - The horrible people are the most fun

(14:06) - Charles Bukowski

(19:46) - Robots

(22:56) - YouTube algorithm

(29:04) - Parler and Amazon

(33:32) - Social media

(36:09) - Alex Jones

(54:42) - OJ Simpson

(59:22) - Politics

(1:05:52) - Donald Trump

(1:13:09) - Humor

(1:20:44) - QAnon

(1:27:13) - Conspiracy theories

(1:32:50) - Bill Gates

(1:35:20) - Elon Musk

(1:37:35) - Jeffrey Epstein

(1:40:14) - Ghislaine Maxwell

(1:47:55) - Greatest comedians of all time

(1:57:53) - Love

(2:01:24) - Fear

(2:04:38) - Mom

(2:08:10) - Mortality

(2:10:13) - Advice for young people

(2:16:47) - Moving to Austin

(2:24:40) - Meaning of life