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The internet, much like the Mycenaeans and the Trojans, can’t stop fighting over a woman named Helen. But how much authenticity is owed to a mythological tale that has transcended its original cultural context anyway?

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On the latest trend among beautiful, healthy, youthful Americans, Marc Andreesen’s take on the invention of introspection, and the new Louis Theroux documentary: Inside the Manosphere.

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Will and Tom decide it’s time to ignore the latest bombshells from the resistance and the Epstein files and instead embrace male performativity by starting a book club, reading the 18th century Chinese classic The Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin. The first hurdle? They don’t have the same translation.

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Courtney posits that the genders may be looking for different things when they form a community of likeminded readers. Will refuses to answer any more China questions. Tom starts the War on Milk.

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Deep in the days of the so-called War on Protein, Tom has some thoughts on the audiobook for Sun Tzu’s The Art of War while Will recalls his days performing an Apollo soliloquy.

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This week, Tom decides to make Rising Sun his whole personality, Courtney gets invited to a book club, and Will thinks Palantir might be a bit problematic.

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Some thoughts on global stability, human nature, and the oldest story known to man.

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As AI companies promise that ad breaks in the future will seamlessly blend product placement into existing content, we have some thoughts on how that might impact yesterday’s classics in the attempt to sell today’s products.

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After the legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino aggressively lashed out at the acting abilities of actors like Paul Dano and Matthew Lillard, we reflect on whether this is because they play the kinds of roles he, sadly, does not get offered.

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Earlier this year, the Trump administration put together an informal department of entertainment of experts like Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone to ensure that the country amuses itself to death the American way. This week, the President willed Rush Hour 4 into existence. Are America’s troubles over?

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Has Bryan Johnson cracked the code for eternal life? Is it worth it?

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A lot going on this week:

* It turns out the cultural obsession with protein may have lead poisoned all of us.

* Can new AI government ministers cure us of nepotism?

* What kind of dandruff shampoo would Achilles buy if he was alive today?

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Will wonders what it will take to get rich, old guys to stop messing everything up. Maybe Kevin Costner has the answer.

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As the long-awaited two-part sequel to The Passion of the Christ finally moves toward filming, the project has lost its Jesus. Where will Gibson turn next? An unknown? A new AI star? A fellow Catholic in Hollywood like, say, Mark Wahlberg?

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In a world fueled by revenge, rage, and social media, Will and Tom finally figure out what we all need to be doing to calm down.

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How we escape the noise, and, in Will’s case, the Prague authorities.

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Breaking news: Jeff Bezos has done a painstaking search for the next Bond girl and found the perfect talent: his wife.

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Tom returns from Europe. Will returns to Europe. Let the games begin.

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Two episodes in one week? Don’t get used to it.

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The resistance suffers its biggest blow yet—the cancellation of Stephen Colbert.

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Will and Tom consider the Trump administration’s total exoneration of Jeffrey Epstein alongside Liam Neeson’s career pivot.

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Will and Tom discuss who’s winning at life, the invention of medical school, and how to process social interactions.

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Will and Tom read through the 27 things Luigi Mangione is grateful for this year and wonder what the strategy is here.

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Will and Tom discuss Jordan Peterson’s latest confrontations and pitch an idea for a new one act play that has Broadway written all over it.

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Will and Tom discuss Tom’s theory of the cult of Rand among conservative circles and Will proposes her natural successor.

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Will and Tom wonder if the history of philosophy might have been different if only Nietzsche and Wittgenstein had access to Robocop and Die Hard 2.

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Will and Tom compare their approaches to fitness, nutrition, and longevity, and perhaps even discover the key to a long life.

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Will and Tom have some thoughts on the state of the electorate and how to strategize upcoming elections, appealing to the common voter’s sensibilities.

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America is haunted. Or is it? Reports of brutal attacks by ghosts, ghouls, demons, and strong breezes are sweeping the media figures on the right these days, from Tucker Carlson to Alex Jones. And Will and Tom are certain that only one man can possibly solve this: Lieutenant Columbo.

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Happy election week! Tom and Will sit down to solve several problems that have plagued humanity for centuries: how does anybody eat enough protein or drink enough water? What’s the deal with forever chemicals? Did Joe Biden get cursed by a Thai ghost?

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This week, Will and Tom discuss the latest updates from the front, including the tragic trajectory of celebrity lookalikes who no longer look enough like Hollywood A-listers to avoid the fight. Later in the show, Will has a revelation about Anthony Bourdain while following in his traveling footsteps.

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On this week’s founding show, Will and Tom wonder what the natural endpoint of the culture’s obsession with the Founding Fathers might be—from the best brains of all time to the best braun.

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