Happy Birthday, John Wayne! On this day, May 26 in 1907, Marion Michael Morrison - also known as John Wayne - was born. In celebration of this date, Lou Ann and Planet Logic's Lynn Woolley do a deep dive on Wayne’s 1971 Playboy interview with Contributing Editor Richard Warren Lewis.

In this 50-plus-year-old interview, Wayne hits topics from cancel culture to censorship, socialism to the welfare state, social justice to anarchy, media bias to fake news and more. Talk about being ahead of your time.

We hope you’ll enjoy this fascinating look at a man who was far more than one of the greatest actors of our time.

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