#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones
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Andrew Callaghan is the host of Channel 5 on YouTube, where he does street interviews with fascinating humans at the edges of society, the so-called vagrants, vagabonds, runaways, outlaws, from QAnon adherents to Phish heads to O Block residents and much more. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/andrew-callaghan-transcript
EPISODE LINKS:
Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan: https://www.youtube.com/channel5YouTube
Andrew’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/andreww.me
Andrew’s Website: https://andrew-callaghan.com/
Andrew’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/channel5
This Place Rules: https://www.hbo.com/movies/this-place-rules
Books Mentioned:
On the Road: https://amzn.to/4aLPLHi
Siddhartha: https://amzn.to/49rthKz
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00 ) – Introduction
(08:53 ) – Walmart
(10:24 ) – Early life
(29:14 ) – Hitchhiking
(40:49 ) – Couch surfing
(49:50 ) – Quarter Confessions
(1:07:33 ) – Burning Man
(1:22:44 ) – Protests
(1:28:17 ) – Jon Stewart
(1:31:13 ) – Fame
(1:44:31 ) – Jan 6
(1:48:15 ) – QAnon
(1:54:00 ) – Alex Jones
(2:10:52 ) – Politics
(2:20:29 ) – Response to allegations
(2:37:28 ) – Channel 5
(2:43:04 ) – Rap
(2:44:51 ) – O Block
(2:48:47 ) – Crip Mac
(2:51:59 ) – Aliens
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Lex, Jan the 7th wasn't a "riot". Trump told his followers to "fight like hell to stop the steal". The Capital attack was intended to stop the procedural handover to Biden. That legally makes it an insurrection. As you often say, words are important.
the minivan people donate to tunnels to towers.