Secret Hollywood Rituals, Shane Gillis & Toxic Masculinity - Mark Normand

Mark Normand is a podcaster, actor and a comedian. Is Hollywood a secret cabal of child-eating sorcerers? It might be. Mark has spent enough time in its orbit to know. And if nothing else he can riff on some good theories for 2 hours with me. Expect to learn what Mark thinks of the downfall of NYC and Bail reform, why the resurgence of Shane Gillis on SNL might not be the death rattle for woke culture, how Mark remains positive in the middle of negativity, if he's worried about being deplatformed, his thoughts on what is considered offensive in Hollywood, the one word you can never say to an American and much more... - 00:00 Black History Month Vs Women’s History Month 04:17 Finding Mormon Loopholes in Utah 09:40 Google’s Painfully Woke AI Bot 12:09 The Current State of New York 19:11 Is Hollywood Just a Propaganda Machine? 24:40 Shane Gillis’s SNL Appearance 32:11 How to Emotionally Detach From Current Affairs 37:03 Who is Paying on Dates in Today’s Society? 41:06 How Effective is Deplatforming? 55:22 The Irony of Luxury Beliefs 1:02:54 Rise of the Male ‘Baby Girl’ Trend 1:08:00 The Modern American Sports Landscape 1:19:01 Ernest Shackleton’s Job Advert 1:22:16 The Greatest Spurious Correlations 1:29:53 How Sleep Impacts Swearing & Humour 1:42:53 The Underwhelming VR Revolution 1:45:50 Revisiting the Will Smith/Chris Rock Slap 1:51:17 The Worst Addiction 1:57:56 Where to Find Mark - Get $15 off your first order at https://justmeats.com/MODERNWISDOM15 and use the code MODERNWISDOM15 at checkout. Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Chris WilliamsonhostMark Normandguest

Mar 25, 20241h 58mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: March 25, 2024
Duration: 1h 58m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Mark Normand is a podcaster, actor and a comedian. Is Hollywood a secret cabal of child-eating sorcerers? It might be. Mark has spent enough time in its orbit to know. And if nothing else he can riff on some good theories for 2 hours with me. Expect to learn what Mark thinks of the downfall of NYC and Bail reform, why the resurgence of Shane Gillis on SNL might not be the death rattle for woke culture, how Mark remains positive in the middle of negativity, if he's worried about being deplatformed, his thoughts on what is considered offensive in Hollywood, the one word you can never say to an American and much more... - 00:00 Black History Month Vs Women’s History Month 04:17 Finding Mormon Loopholes in Utah 09:40 Google’s Painfully Woke AI Bot 12:09 The Current State of New York 19:11 Is Hollywood Just a Propaganda Machine? 24:40 Shane Gillis’s SNL Appearance 32:11 How to Emotionally Detach From Current Affairs 37:03 Who is Paying on Dates in Today’s Society? 41:06 How Effective is Deplatforming? 55:22 The Irony of Luxury Beliefs 1:02:54 Rise of the Male ‘Baby Girl’ Trend 1:08:00 The Modern American Sports Landscape 1:19:01 Ernest Shackleton’s Job Advert 1:22:16 The Greatest Spurious Correlations 1:29:53 How Sleep Impacts Swearing & Humour 1:42:53 The Underwhelming VR Revolution 1:45:50 Revisiting the Will Smith/Chris Rock Slap 1:51:17 The Worst Addiction 1:57:56 Where to Find Mark - Get $15 off your first order at https://justmeats.com/MODERNWISDOM15 and use the code MODERNWISDOM15 at checkout. Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Chris Williamson
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Mark Normand
guest
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Chris Williamson and Mark Normand, Secret Hollywood Rituals, Shane Gillis & Toxic Masculinity - Mark Normand explores comedy, Culture Wars, and Masculinity: Mark Normand Unfiltered With Williamson Chris Williamson and comedian Mark Normand riff on race, religion, immigration, media bias, and modern masculinity through the lens of dark, boundary-pushing comedy. They move from P. Diddy rumors and Mormon sex loopholes to migrant crises in New York, bail reform, and the AI “woke” controversy around Google’s Gemini. The pair dissect cancel culture, deplatforming, hypocrisy around representation and feminism, and how public narratives are enforced inside Hollywood and mainstream TV. They close by exploring addictive tech behavior, gambling, shifting gender norms, and why stand-up comedy thrives on saying the unsayable in an increasingly sensitive culture.

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