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Gen Z Liberal vs. Conservative | Harry Sisson & Isabel Brown Debate
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- Gen Z Liberal vs. Conservative | Harry Sisson & Isabel Brown Debate
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- 45:58
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Gen Z is struggling, with everything from finances to mental health. But why?
Liberal commentator Harry Sisson and conservative commentator Isabel Brown face off on the many issues facing young Americans, from climate change to housing prices.
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- This Harvard Astrophysicist Wants to Believe in UFOs
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- 1:00:57
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- “Very, very soon,” President Donald Trump teasingly said last week about the promised release of secret government documents related to UFOs. “This process is well underway, and we found many very interesting documents, I must say.”
The president’s announcement, at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix, pushed the conversation about UFOs yet another step closer to the mainstream and further away from the swirl of conspiracy culture, even though Trump also sounded like he hasn’t made up his own mind about what to believe. “I figured this was a good crowd because I know you people, you’re really into that,” he said with a chuckle. “I don’t know if I am.”
Why did the president treat the UFO announcement so lightheartedly? Was he trying to lower expectations? Or send a signal that he isn’t alarmed by what the government has found? What should we be looking for when the documents are released?
One person with a lot to say about...
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- Elise Stefanik on the ‘Rotten’ Ivy League, Mayor Mamdani, and Why She’s Leaving Congress
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- 42:38
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Two years ago, in the wake of burgeoning antisemitism after Hamas’s October 7 attacks, Elise Stefanik sat across from the presidents of Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania and asked them a simple question: Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate your university’s code of conduct? Their non-answers—“it depends on the context”—shocked the country. A billion people watched the clip in a week. For me, and for students who had actually attended these schools and saw the way rising antisemitism on campus had been ignored, their responses weren’t surprising at all.
Since then, President Donald Trump has made university accountability central to his term—the federal government has withheld hundreds of millions in funding from those institutions that have not complied. University presidents have resigned. Columbia University reached a $221 million settlement with the Trump administration. The Department of Jus...
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- Why Did Trump Host Mamdani at The White House?
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Rep. Elise Stefanik weighs in on Donald Trump hosting Zohran Mamdani at the White House:
“This is not an alliance with a socialist.”
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- Elise Stefanik: Zohran is Leading NYC to Decline
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- 2:49
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Rep. Elise Stefanik says Zohran Mamdani is “the beginning of a historic decline for New York City.”
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- The Ancient Jewish Wisdom Behind a $5 Billion Company
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- 50:38
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- As he built Kind Snacks into a $5 billion company, ‘Shark Tank’s Daniel Lubetzky didn’t turn to startup gurus or business manuals—but to a 2,000-year-old Jewish text.
After the death of his father, a Holocaust survivor with whom he was deeply close, Daniel’s rabbi encouraged him to read Pirkei Avot, a collection of ancient wisdom on ethics, humility, and leadership.
In this episode, Daniel explains to Shilo how its teachings shaped both his leadership and Kind’s culture by reminding him to question his ego, resist yes-men, stay grounded, and learn from everyone.
More than moral philosophy, Pirkei Avot became a practical guide—anchoring his values while building an iconic brand.
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- What is Going on With The Strait of Hormuz?
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- What is going on with the Strait of Hormuz?
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- $30 Million For a Grocery Store?
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Venezuelan-born economist Daniel DiMartino explains why Zohran Mamdani’s proposed $30 million grocery store makes no sense.
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- What Are UFOs?
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- UFOs are no longer fringe, they’re being discussed at the highest levels of government.
Will Rahn asks: What should smart people think about UFOs?
Find the full conversation on The Free Press YouTube channel.
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- Michael Shellenberger: The Government Knows More Than It's Telling Us
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- 1:05:13
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Seriously considering theories of extraterrestrial life doesn’t make you sound like a nutcase anymore. In our new interview series, Will Rahn speaks with experts to sift through the evidence and challenge what we think we know.
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- DIRTY SECRET Driving Up Concert Prices
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- They DESTROYED live music.
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Why Your Concert Ticket Suddenly Costs $300
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- 10:11
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Today the antitrust trial of Live Nation and Ticketmaster is entertaining closing arguments at a Manhattan federal courthouse. The Justice Department filed its lawsuit against the company back in 2024, accusing it of anticompetitive practices in artist management, concert promotion, venue ownership, and ticketing. Last month the Justice Department reached an out-of-court settlement with Live Nation, which agreed to certain changes—like curbing service fees and allowing venues to work with competing platforms—without admitting wrongdoing. But the legal fight wasn’t over. More than two dozen states rejected the deal, arguing it did not go far enough, and pressed on with the trial, which is now reaching its conclusion.
For Tommy Dorfman, an independent promoter who filed his own suit against Live Nation 15 years ago, the stakes are personal. Dorfman, known for putting on incredible concerts in the 2000s, says Live Nation not only destroyed his career but also reshaped t...
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- Cyberpunk Legend Neal Stephenson: The Real Threat Isn’t AI—It’s Us
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- 47:23
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Neal Stephenson, the prophetic author of cyberpunk classics like Snow Crash and The Diamond Age, has shaped how we imagine the future, from the metaverse to crypto to AI. His science fiction has a way of becoming reality.
But Stephenson’s thinking is just as rooted in the past, returning to timeless questions of empire and decline. In this episode, he joins Shilo to discuss Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a sweeping work that has captivated readers from Winston Churchill to Iggy Pop.
Was Rome undone by barbarians, Christianity, decadence, or elite failure? And what do those patterns reveal about our own age of technological upheaval—and the risks of AI?
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- Niall Ferguson: Iran Thinks It’s Winning. They Might Be Right.
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- 35:54
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Late last night, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire. But the first day has already proven rocky: Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel all reported missile and drone attacks from Iran; Israel carried out major air strikes against Hezbollah, raising questions about whether Lebanon is included in the ceasefire; and Iran is attaching a series of stringent conditions to the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
All of this comes as U.S. and Iranian delegations are expected to meet in Pakistan on Saturday to discuss two competing peace plans whose provisions are fundamentally at odds with each other. The U.S. delegation will be led by Vice President J.D. Vance, who has expressed hesitance about the war from the very beginning.
It’s a crucial juncture in a war that has now stretched on for more than five weeks, with global ramifications. And few people are better suited to assess it than Free Press columnist Niall Ferguson. Today, I...
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- Why Are So Many Companies Leaving California?
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Why are so many businesses leaving California?
Austyn Jeffs reports.
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- NASA Administrator's Biggest Concern with Artemis II
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- “The heat shield has to work.”
NASA Administrator Jason Isaacman warns there is no backup plan for the reentry of Artemis II. The mission relies on a single heat shield, which he acknowledges has limitations.
In the 1960s, NASA had plenty of backup hardware. But that’s not true today. So the heat shield has to work.
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- Why America Fell Behind in the Space Race
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- “If we don’t get our act together, we’re going to watch the Chinese taikonauts on the moon before we’re able to return,” says NASA Administrator Jason Isaacman.
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- How NASA Is Working with Private Industry
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- NASA’s work with private industry will lead to hundreds—if not thousands—of people regularly living and working in space, says NASA Administrator Jason Isaacman. Reusable rockets being developed by companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin will make going to space much cheaper and much more common.
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- NASA Moon Base Plans
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The initial moon base “might look like a junkyard, because there are going to be broken-down rovers and landers everywhere. And that’s OK,” says NASA Administrator Jason Isaacman.
Progress takes time, says Isaacman. Starting small—like Alan Shepard’s brief, ten-minute spaceflight—led to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin reaching the Moon just eight years later.
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- Nigerian Christians Are Still Being Hunted
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- While Christians around the world marked Easter, Christians in Nigeria are still being hunted down in their homes and villages.
Esther Krakue reports.
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- I Was a Climate Activist. Here’s Why Net-Zero Leads to Disaster.
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- 3:45
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
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- The ONE THING That Defines Bridgit Mendler's Career
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Trump Says We’re “Winning” in Iran. It’s Complicated. | Former Marine Aaron MacLean
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- 52:03
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- On Wednesday night, President Trump delivered a 19-minute address on Iran. As expected, he stressed his accomplishments: “In these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield. . . . Iran’s navy is gone. Their air force is in ruins. Their leaders, most of them. . . are now dead.” And he issued a threat to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Age.”
Notably absent, though, was any clear scenario for how the war ends—or, more urgently, how the Strait of Hormuz gets reopened. A speech that was supposed to inform and reassure the public left a long series of unanswered questions:
Has President Trump overstated American gains? How will the U.S. deal with Iran’s remaining nuclear assets? Will it put boots on the ground to seize or destroy nuclear material—and what would such a mission look like? Would the U.S. try to seize Kharg Island? How could it reopen the Strait of Hormuz? And the great strat...
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- A Republican Could Become Governor in California
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- California has been run by Democrats for a quarter-century.
Homelessness is out of control.
Schools rank 38th.
Gas prices are the highest in the country.
Hollywood and big business are leaving.
It’s no surprise Republicans are leading in the governor’s race, writes Peter Savodnik.
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- Palisades Victims Warned to Remove Storage Pods
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Why did LA warn Palisades residents to remove their storage pods?
Austyn Jeffs reports.
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- The Ozempic Side Effect No One is Talking About
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Weight-loss drugs can kill your appetite. But many users report that taking GLP-1s has also killed their other desires.
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- Confessions of a Former Scientologist
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- 1:46:32
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Most people have heard of Scientology, but have a limited understanding of what it really is. To many, it just seems wacky–associated with Tom Cruise jumping on a couch, and science fiction books staged as religious texts. But in preparing for my conversation with Claire Headley, who was born into Scientology and rose to a high-ranking position under leader David Miscavige, I was shocked by the depths of the abuses she endured. Under the control of the “church,” Claire was separated from her parents, subjected to brutal work conditions, indoctrinated into total obedience, and even, horrifically, forced to have an abortion.
In Confessions, I sit down with people who have changed their minds to understand what it takes to confront closely held beliefs and pursue true ideological honesty. It’s hard to fathom the courage Claire needed to decide that everything she had known since birth was wrong, and to escape the church with her husband over two decades ago. We discus...
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- Mural Sparks Outrage
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- A mural honoring Iryna Zarutska—a Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed to death in a gruesome incident on a commuter train—has sparked swift backlash and will now be removed.
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- He Founded Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Now He Wants to Destroy It.
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- 1:41:56
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- This week, I sat down with one of the founders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Mohsen Sazegara has witnessed nearly every phase of the modern-day Iranian regime—from the inside. In 1978, at the age of just 23, he was one of Ruhollah Khomeini’s closest aides and advisers, helping plan the final stages of the Iranian Revolution from Khomeini’s commune in Paris. He was then aboard the historic flight that brought Khomeini back to power in Iran after 15 years in exile. After the revolution, Sazegara helped establish the IRGC and held a number of positions in the new government.
Then things began to unravel.
Watch his full conversation with Rafaela Siewert now.
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- The UK's Green Party Has an Antisemitism Problem
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Britain’s Green Party is supposed to be the progressive environmental party. Instead, it is now facing a scandal over an activist linked to the party allegedly calling Jews “an abomination to this planet.”
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- MAID in Canada is Too Easy
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Medically assisted death has become normalized in Canada—and the consequences are disturbing.
Josh Code reports.
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- Debate Cancelled Because All The Candidates Were White
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- A governor’s debate at USC was canceled after only white candidates qualified.
Peter Savodnik reports on how this obsession with “racial essentialism” is backfiring—and could even open the door to a Republican governor in California.
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- Who is Calla Walsh?
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Calla Walsh was a teenager when she was invited to go to Cuba. Now she’s a voice on Iranian state TV.
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- Meet Iran’s 21-Year-Old American Propagandist
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- 2:29
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- How does a liberal college student go from volunteering for Elizabeth Warren and climate causes… to chanting “Death to America” in Iran?
That’s the question investigative reporter Jay Solomon set out to solve when he started looking into the disturbing story of Calla Walsh.
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- Who Is Calla Walsh? The American Teen Turned Iranian Propagandist
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- 55:08
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Calla Walsh was a teenage girl when she was invited to go to Cuba—now she’s a voice on Iran state TV.
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- Arthur Brooks: Life Is Short. Here's the Secret to Living It Well
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- 50:59
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Life is short. How do we live it well?
Harvard professor Arthur Brooks has spent years studying happiness. In this episode, he joins Shilo to explore what neuroscience, faith, and philosophy reveal about how to live a happy life.
Most of us are caught up in either the pursuit of empty pleasures or the pursuit of great achievement—“slacker” and “striver” extremes that keep us in a doom loop, like addicts.
The real keys to happiness are deepening relationships, cultivating faith, and committing to lifelong learning, without concern for external validation or reward. Above all, we must learn to love and be loved and to accept suffering and heartbreak as features, not bugs, of a meaningful life.
Arthur’s latest book, The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness, comes out on March 31.
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- What Happens When You Pay Ex–Gang Members to Stop Crime?
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Chicago has poured $1 billion into “violence prevention.” But some city leaders say it's a "scam."
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- Was Jeffrey Epstein’s Assistant a Victim?
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- A recent profile casts Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant, Svetlana “Lana” Pozhidaeva, as a victim.
But public records and people who knew her tell a more complicated story.
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- Why Is a Priest Giving Out Sex Toys?
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- A viral video shows a priest partnering with a sex shop to raise money for Planned Parenthood.
But the bigger question isn’t political—it’s this: what is religion actually for?
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- Inside the White House’s Shock-and-Awe Meme Machine
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The creators behind a wave of trolling, attention-seeking social media posts say they have the same goal as their boss: winning.
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- What Happens When You Pay Ex–Gang Members to Stop Crime?
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- $1,000,000,000
That is how much taxpayers and philanthropists have spent on Chicago’s booming anti-gang violence sector over the past decade.
There are just a few problems—dozens of state-funded workers have been arrested, and the money isn’t always going where it’s supposed to, according to Olivia Reingold.
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- The American Influencer Convoy to Cuban Is a Joke
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- A Cuban explains why the American influencer convoy isn't solidarity—it's a betrayal.
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- Bridgit Mendler: I Wouldn't Be Here Without My Mom
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Bridgit Mendler credits her mother with the success she’s found across Disney, music—and space.
“A lot of parents would have looked at a kid who wanted a Disney career…A mom with a full-time job—often the breadwinner—and said, ‘That’s just not possible.’ But she found every creative way to make it work.
She was my travel agent. She was on the phone with all these different people, making sure I was cared for and safe no matter where I was going—in ways that just wouldn’t make sense if you weren’t so determined to make it happen. She’s definitely a model for me.”
Watch the full interview with Maya Sulkin: https://youtu.be/UC6kSseNkV0
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- Are Chicago Leaders Funding a Revolving Door for Crime?
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- 18:36
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Read the full story: https://www.thefp.com/p/what-happens-when-you-pay-ex-gang-members-to-stop-crime
Olivia Reingold kept hearing the same thing: there’s too little accountability for the massive sums spent on violence prevention in Chicago. So she went to investigate for herself.
NOTE: Laurene Powell Jobs was the lead investor for Chicago CRED, but was not a co-founder.
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- Why Are TSA Lines So Long?
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- TSA lines at LaGuardia are wrapping through the terminal and into the parking lot.
Why? 50,000 agents are working without pay due to a partial government shutdown.
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- How Bridgit Mendler Went From Disney to SPACE
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Bridgit Mendler on the secret to finding success across Disney, pop music—and her $100+ million space company, Northwood Space.
Watch the full interview with Maya Sulkin at TheFP.com. Or go to The Free Press’s YouTube channel.
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- Bridgit Mendler on Quitting Hollywood—and Starting a $100M Space Company
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- 36:45
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Before she built a $100M+ space infrastructure company, Bridgit Mendler was a Disney Channel star and pop artist with millions of listeners.
Then she walked away—and started over.
In this conversation, Mendler shares how she went from Hollywood to MIT to Harvard Law, and ultimately to founding Northwood Space—one of the most ambitious companies building the future of global communications.
We talk about her unlikely path, what it takes to reinvent yourself, and why “seeking the truth” has been the throughline of her career.
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- How Sweden Lets Children Get Away With Murder
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- In Sweden, gangs are recruiting kids to commit murder—because they know they won’t be prosecuted.
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- EX NAVY SEAL ON IRAN WAR
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Ex-Navy SEAL Jack Carr warns about talk of “regime change” in Iran: “When those words come up, those of us who served obviously get nervous. The populace should get nervous.”
Full episode: https://youtu.be/sUEmkrSfwu0
