James Kirchick is a journalist and author of the NY Times bestseller "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington". You may know him from his work in  Air Mail, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and others. Follow Jamie on Twitter, read his excellent latest piece in the Atlantic about the importance of protecting free speech, and of course his exclusive interview with Armie Hammer.

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In this episode we discuss:

• Jamie's back story
• How bad is it? Not too bad. But social media is.
• The definition of Chutzpa
• DC vs. NYC
• Young people are still stupid
• Defund Oakland
• The mood in Israel + Bibi talk
• On Berlin
• On writing
• The scary gays
• Richie Torres for president
• Tree B'Shvat
• Where do you get your news

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