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This week we discuss the Elizabeth Holmes profile in the New York Times that showcases her new persona "Liz", the Biden Tik Tok kids panic on the Tim Dillon show when they admit they'll lose followers if they criticize the Democrats, Netflix's upcoming show "Cleopatra" is sparking drama among Egyptians for casting a black woman as Cleopatra, Dianne Feinstein returns to her job in a wheelchair, and our BP partner Spencer Snyder takes a deep dive into American's lack of financial literacy.

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Nearly two years after a 45 year old man and a teenage Tik Tok star met up in LA, we have reached our 100th episode of BFFs. Like the first episode we are without Bri, but unlike the first episode she missed the pod as she is filming a video with Mr. Beast. We start with headlines of Dixie and Noah having broken up in the past (but are now back together), Dave not being happy with her keeping that from him, Josh calling Dixie to see what’s up, and internet issues derail the pod. We pick back up with Nessa and Jaden seemingly on good terms and them potentially performing together next month, Josh deleting posts that had to do with Nessa, Josh’s mom untagging her from a family photo, and where Josh and Nessa stand today. We finish up headlines with Hailey Bieber’s appearance on Call Her Daddy and her talking about Selena Gomez publicly for the first time, Taylor Swift and Drake allegedly having a Kanye diss track, Dream revealing his face and nearly breaking the internet (and Dave also learns what minecraft is), Kim Kardashian getting busted in a crypto scam, Mr. Beast being offered $1,000,000,000 for his YouTube channel, Tom Hanks saying he only had “four pretty good movies”, Antonio going crazy in a public pool, Dua Lipa and Trevor Noah potentially dating, and Bella Hadid rocking a painted on dress. We then get into the interview everyone has been waiting for: Charli and Dixie D’Amelio. We talk about everything from why it took so long for Charli to come on the pod, her being the genesis for the start of the show, her relationship with Landon Barker and the drama it started with Lil Huddy, where Dixie is at with Noah Beck now, and finish with a game of “Celebrity Word Association” where Dixie and Charli have to give their feelings on every single influencer that you would want to know their opinions on. Support Our Sponsors! Raising Canes: Get your Cane’s fix fast by ordering through their app or online at https://www.raisingcanes.com Takis: Try Takis and face the intensity!

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Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson are the co-authors of Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), a book which explores the science of cognitive biases and discusses how the human brain is wired for self-justification. In this episode, Carol and Elliot discuss how our desire to reconcile mental conflicts adversely affects many aspects of society. The two give real-world examples to demonstrate the pitfalls in attempts to reduce mental conflict, or dissonance. The examples reveal that no one is immune to dissonance reduction behavior, how intellectual honesty can be trained and lastly, how to think critically in order to avoid engaging in harmful dissonant behaviors.

We discuss:

• Carol and Elliot’s respective background, collaboration history, and their decision to write Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) [4:00];
• The theory of cognitive dissonance, and real examples of dissonance reduction in action [11:15];
• How Elliot advanced the theory of cognitive dissonance [23:00];
• The evolutionary reason for dissonance reduction, and cultural differences in what causes cognitive dissonance [30:30];
• The great danger of smart, powerful people engaging in dissonance reduction [35:15];
• Two case studies of cognitive dissonance in criminal justice [39:30];
• The McMartin preschool case study—The danger in making judgements before knowing all the information [43:30];
• How ideology distorts science and public opinion [56:30];
• How time distorts memories [58:30];
• The downside of certainty [1:05:30];
• Are we all doomed to cognitive dissonance?—How two people with similar beliefs can diverge [1:09:00];
• Cognitive dissonance in the police force [1:21:00];
• A toolkit for overcoming cognitive dissonance [1:27:30];
• Importance of separating identity from beliefs, thinking critically, & and the difficulty posed by political polarity [1:30:30];
• How to impart the lessons from their work into future generations [1:48:00]; and
• More.

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Sam Harris speaks with Toby Ord about preserving the long term future of humanity. They discuss moral biases with respect to distance in space and time, the psychology of effective altruism, feeling good vs doing good, possible blindspots in consequentialism, natural vs human-caused risk, asteroid impacts, nuclear war, pandemics, the potentially cosmic significance of human survival, the difference between bad things and the absence of good things, population ethics, Derek Parfit, the asymmetry between happiness and suffering, climate change, and other topics.

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Sam Harris addresses listener concerns that he uses a "double standard" to evaluate the relative threats of white supremacy and jihadism.

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