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656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3)

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884: The Idiot
M. Gessen returns to our show with a true-crime story that takes place entirely within their own family. This story comes to us from the producers at Serial Productions—who invented the true-crime podcast more than a decade ago—and from The New York Times.
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- Act One: M Gessen tells Ira Glass about the surprising events that prompted them to begin reporting on their own family for their new podcast, The Idiot. They play the first episode of the series. (14 minutes)
- Act Two: Ira Glass and M Gessen continue to talk through the story of M’s cousin, Allen Gessen. They play more clips from the podcast, and we finally hear about the big, shocking thing that snapped their family apart. (20 minutes)
- Act Three: M Gessen tells Ira Glass about Allen’s trial, and we hear a recording of his conversation with the undercover agent. (21 minutes)
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#876: Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and Protocols
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Departments of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he runs the Huberman Lab. He is the author of Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Who is Dr. Andrew Huberman?
00:02:03 — Dean Potter, The Dark Wizard, and the physics of raw energy.
00:04:11 — Why competition destroys performance.
00:05:45 — Laird Hamilton, tow-in surfing, and the lure of big waves.
00:06:27 — Training with Dorian Yates.
00:18:29 — The full weekly split that keeps building strength at 50.
00:21:00 — Neck training.
00:25:56 — AssaultBike vs. Airdyne.
00:31:12 — Revisiting MDMA and psychedelics.
00:48:06 — Inducing plasticity is only half the job.
00:53:17 — The one-day protocol that cut my anxiety by 90%.
01:00:27 — Cortisol as the master key.
01:03:26 — Peptides demystified: GLP-1s, growth hormone, and BPC-157.
01:14:44 — The Enhanced Games, the Deca burrito, and the honesty problem.
01:17:56 — Pinealon, epitalon, and the hunt for more REM sleep.
01:25:02 — Why women, not gym bros, are the real peptide market.
01:35:52 — Why "no reported side effects" is a trap.
01:43:48 — Stem cells, cartilage regrowth, and mining the body for medicine.
01:46:37 — AI, wearables, and the race to write to the nervous system.
01:54:12 — The MIT mask that puts you to sleep in six minutes.
01:56:09 — Inside Andrew's new operating manual, Protocols.
02:03:30 — Navigating grief and remapping loss.
02:04:40 — Shut up, suit up, show up.
02:08:03 — Parting thoughts.
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Governor Shapiro on Standing Up for Pennsylvania and the Country

