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Episode 175 w/ Ross Douthat "Apocolypse via Decadence, Coronavirus, or Porn"
w/ Ross Douthat Columnist @ New York Times - Author of "The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Successes"
DESCRIPTION:
- Decadence, Low and High
- The Four Horseman
- “Giving Decadence Its Due”
- Birth Rates, Populations, Populism
- It’s Manifesto Season on the American Right
- Ross Still Wants to Ban Porn
- TVs Golden Age
- The Case for Joe Biden
- Don Jr's GOP
- A New York Times Conservative
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