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#31: Hazart on The Intellectual Dark Web

Release Date: 04/11/2019

Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

Comedian, writer, director and pop-culture savant Marcus Jones returns to discuss the hottest cultural takes on the "The Slap", the future of the Oscars, and how soon after a baby can a new father go see Top Gun 2 in the theaters (note: in May, not March.) Jeff Grace (host) Marcus Jones (guest) Links Mentioned in This Episode Music by Michael Sempert |

#60: Rob Healy on Rogan, Spotify, Whoopi, Maher and more!

Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

Rob Healy is back! This time to talk all things "Comedians Getting Canceled Talking Covid & Race." We discuss what Spotify should do with Joe Rogan, Whoopi's time out from The View, Bill Maher's drift to the anti-mask right, and more! Jeff Grace (host) Rob Healy (guest) Music by Michael Sempert |

#59: Time To Move On From Covid?

Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

This week I chat with writer of "Our Laser Focus on Covid Is Costing Us Our Mental Health" Medium article, Kerala Taylor. We discuss the mental health costs of maintaining current Covid-19 measures and if vaccinated Americans now overestimate the risks covid still poses to them and their children. Is it time to "move on from Covid?" Links Mentioned... Jeff Grace (host) Kerala Taylor (guest) Music by Michael Sempert |

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Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

Actor and photographer Josh Fingerhut (Brooklyn 99, Sneaky Pete, Hawaii Five-0) shares how his casual cocaine use as a 3.5 GPA Northwestern University student led to thirteen years later almost losing his arm (and life) as an intravenous meth user.

#57: Gregg Clunis of "Tiny Leaps: Big Changes" + "Intelectualish" NAME CHANGE

Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

Jeff talks about the new "Intelectualish" reboot and then chats with Gregg Clunis, the host of "Tiny Leaps, Big Changes" about his top 4 "meta self help tips", his new habit of running, developing consistency, and the woo-woo stigma of vision boards.

#56: "Why Celeb Cause Videos Fail" w/ Todd Berger

Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

Jeff is joined by writer, director, and author Todd Berger (It’s A Disaster, Happytime Murders, Showdown City) to discuss why recent well-meaning celebrity cause videos have elicited such strong backlash. Plus: The secret cool of Maya Rudolph.

#55: The Broken Economics of Restaurants (Pre & Post Covid)

Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

Food journalist Marisel Salazar brings on two nationally acclaimed chefs -- David Nayfeld of Che Fico and Eric Rivera of Addo -- to chat with Jeff about the flawed economics of the restaurant industry.

#54: Apple WWDC: iPhone Widgets, Goodbye Intel, iPad "Scribble" & Sleep Tracking

Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

Tyler "The Apple Addict" Schnabel is back to talk about Apple's 2020 WWDC introducing huge changes to Apple iPhone OS, iPad OS, MacOS going to 11 (Big Sur), and Mac saying goodbye to Intel chips. Plus Watch, Bike Maps, iPhone Widgets, App Clips, and what to expect from Apple this fall!

#53: "Masks Save Lives" w/ Model Citizen Founder Sam Gostnell

Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

Jeff talks with ModelCitizenBox.com founder Sam Gostnell about the importance of wearing masks to stop the spread of Covid-19 and reopening the economy. Sam lost his job during the lockdown and started helping nursing homes procure surgical masks.

#52: Marcus Jones on The George Floyd Protests, "Defund Police", and Growing Up Black in Indiana

Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

Jeff's longtime friend, Marcus Jones, a writer/director in Los Angeles chats about growing up black in Indiana, The George Floyd Protests, the "shame walk" of Mayor Jacob Frey, and concerns that "Defund The Police" will help get Trump reelected.

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Jeff and Matt/Kyle of Hazart discuss how Youtube and podcasting are fueling a long-form intellectual revolution called The Intellectual Dark Web. If you have recently started hearing names like Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, The Young Turks, ContraPoints or Ben Shapiro, then you might already know about The IDW. We discuss key players and terms of The IDW such as "straw manning", "virtue signaling", "identity politics", "college deplatforming" and more.

Jeff Grace (Host)

Hazart (Guest)

@StillHazart (Instagram)
- Kyle - @hasday (Twitter)
- Matt - @EndlessLamest (Twitter)

Mentioned in this Episode

Members of The IDW

Terms of The IDW

Identity Politics
Virtue Signalling
Social Justice Warrior
Social Order Warrior
Strong Man
Steel Man
Virtue Signalling
Classical Liberalism

Other Things Mentioned

Music by Michael Sempert
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