Michael Malice: New Year's Special | Lex Fridman Podcast #253

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December 31, 2021

Duration

3h 23m

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Lex Fridman Podcast

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EPISODE LINKS: Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelmalice Michael's Community: https://malice.locals.com/ Michael's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5tj5QCpJKIl-KIa4Gib5Xw Michael's Website: http://michaelmalice.com/about/ Your Welcome podcast: https://bit.ly/30q8oz1 Books & resources mentioned: The Anarchist Handbook (book): https://amzn.to/3yUb2f0 The New Right (book): https://amzn.to/34gxLo3 Dear Reader (book): https://amzn.to/2HPPlHS The Idiot (book): https://amzn.to/3zdHdHH Six-Word Memoirs (book): https://amzn.to/3zg51uv PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:23 - Truth, goodness, and beauty 10:50 - Save one life 17:41 - Jeffrey Epstein 36:36 - Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton 42:49 - Christmas and New Years for Russians 49:29 - Russian cynicism and suffering 57:07 - Gift exchange 1:10:03 - Michael's move to Austin 1:15:30 - The Anarchist Handbook 1:22:02 - Ghislaine Maxwell 1:26:36 - Jeffrey Epstein 1:28:49 - Lex's move to Austin 1:37:36 - Elon Musk 1:40:46 - Writing The White Pill 1:45:33 - Camus 1:50:32 - Writing The White Pill continued 1:55:49 - New Year's resolutions 2:09:24 - 2024 elections 2:21:53 - National divorce 2:36:31 - Joe Rogan and Bret Weinstein vs Sam Harris 2:45:41 - Conversation with CEO of Pfizer 2:59:14 - Anthony Fauci 3:04:44 - Advice for young people 3:14:46 - Wife and kids 3:20:12 - Immortality SOCIAL:

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Lex Fridman

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• Michael Malice

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Michael Malice, Michael Malice: New Year's Special | Lex Fridman Podcast #253 explores Beauty, goodness, and freedom: Michael Malice on hope and power Lex Fridman and Michael Malice use a New Year’s conversation to explore big themes: whether beauty and goodness can “save the world,” what it means to be hopeful, and how individuals should live in the face of suffering and political dysfunction.

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