Freddie deBoer On Mental Health And The Awfulness Of Twitter

In an excerpt of a patrons-only episode we're releasing as a bonus, Jesse and Freddie deBoer discuss the ways in which Twitter seems to worsen some people's mental health, deBoer's own struggles with bipolar disorder, the false accusation he knowingly leveled against the journalist Malcolm Harris, and more. Show notes/Links: Listen to the first part of the interview, about deBoer's new book, "The Cult of Smart," here: https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/22 Listen to the full version of the second half here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patrons-only-on-39708189 Preorder "The Cult of Smart": https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250224491 FdB: statement [on his false accusation] - https://fredrikdeboer.com/2018/10/02/statement/

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Journalists Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal scour the internet for its craziest, silliest, most sociopathic content, part of an obsessive and ill-conceived attempt to extract kernels of meaning and humanity from a landscape of endless raging dumpster fires. www.blockedandreported.org