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So today is going to be a very special episode. I'm here with Michael Ian Black, who you may recognize from TV. He's an author. He's got a Substack. He's an actor. What else would we add to that? Stand-up comedian, I guess. Podcaster, perhaps. Let's add that.

Where do they find your Substack?

I think it's just at Michael Ian Black Substack. Michael Ian Black. I think yeah, probably just his name will kick it up.

The reason we're talking is that I made a provocative statement on the X platform that all the news is fake. And Michael saw that and wondered how do you know what's real? At least in how I figure out what's real and how do you even talk about it if you think it's all fake. And I thought that's like one of the best questions that I've heard in a year. You know, I'm