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Decoding the Gurus Podcast with @ArthurCDent and @C_Kavanagh . Email at: decodingthegurus @gmail .com. Support the pod at:

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Decoding The Gurus
6 months
Our episode on Destiny ( @TheOmniLiberal ) now out for everyone. Be prepared for topics you might not have anticipated to show up… you have been warned.
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Is ⁦ @joerogan ⁩ just a man on the street with no interest in political partisanship, who just wants to ask sensible questions about the vaccines? We will save you some time. The answer is No. No he is not.
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Decoding The Gurus
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And then there are those who have listened… and still see the issues.
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Nobody has stronger opinions about Joe Rogan than people who have never listened to Joe Rogan.
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In this special episode we take the unusual step of asking three relevant experts to discuss the lab leak controversy and evidence surrounding the origins of covid. Thanks to our guests. We are sure this episode will be warmly received by one and all!
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Gurus we are blocked by: - Gad Saad - Eric Weinstein - Lex Fridman That’s all!
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This will not stop us 😉
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Looks like we might need a sense making emergency episode to try and get to the bottom of all these huge revelations from Joe Rogan’s recent guests. I mean it’s all extremely complicated. Do we even really know anything about vaccines? Buckle up buckos! There is sense to be made.
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Taleb unleashed!
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Just stop. Whoever you are.
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Now out for everyone on the podcast feed and YouTube(!) our 'Right to Reply' episode with @TheOmniLiberal which covers everything you would expect and probably a bit more.
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Decoding The Gurus
1 year
Our next decoding will be Noam Chomsky. Suggestions for content are appreciated. Long-form, recent, and representative are preferred! Much obliged for any recommendations!
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Decoding The Gurus
1 year
This is high level sensemaking!
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Elle Cordova
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Podcasters profoundly saying nothing
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
lol. Good job @YouTube . Our unlisted video from a year ago explaining why Rogan was promoting misinformation on covid was carefully reviewed and found to violate standards. Meanwhile, stuff like Maajid Nawaz's appearance on the DarkHorse is fine and dandy!
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Decoding The Gurus
1 year
Next medium-sized decoding coming soon...
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1 year
Here are the overall Gurometer scores to date, with error bars representing the difference between Matt & Chris' scores. Remember this is how well they fit our 'secular guru' template.
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Decoding The Gurus
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We take a look at Jordan Peterson’s recent interview with Destiny and use it as a chance to take a retrospective look at how Jordan’s output has developed over the years. Spoiler: it hasn’t gotten better.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
😢Saad…
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If you have a genuine interest in the actual scientific evidence on coronavirus origins you should listen to this podcast from relevant experts.
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
Episode on Rubin coming shortly because we were not listening to him and Maher for no reason. We apologize in advance. There is so little there.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
Coming tomorrow…
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A minor hint for our next guru…
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1 year
Coming Up… 1. Chomsky 2. Matthew McConaughey 3. Sam Harris 4. Huberman For any clarification on what us covering someone means, please refer to our last episode. 🫡
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
Unexpected Bill Maher episode featuring guest appearances from Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins. It’s like it’s 2001 over here! And boy does Bill have some hot takes on GERM THEORY!!! 🙄
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The finale of the tech season, a final podcast for 2022, and it’s Elon… sorry.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
Remember that clip we played with Joe making fun of the primatologist... not much has changed.
@strxwmxn
Strxwmxn 📟
3 years
So @joerogan , who was introduced to “Mass Formation Psychosis” by a guest, mocks those who deny it because it’s debunked by a hypothetical psychologist. Solid logic. I have yet to find a SINGLE reference to it predating Robert Malone’s post in December. No articles. No books.
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Decoding The Gurus
5 months
Out now on the Patreon a 2 hr Right to Reply episode with Destiny ( @TheOmniLiberal ). Out for the rest of you at the end of the week. For topics covered see below.
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
So… is a demon a computer?
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
Next episode coming this week an interview with @timbahontoast on his new series about famous apolitical journalist @timcast .
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4 years
From the decodingthegurus subreddit
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3 years
Our Rogan episode was our most popular episode to date. Onwards and upwards. @robertwrighter is next!
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2 years
It’s been a while in the making but it’s finally out. A joint episode with @lexfridman and (unexpectedly) ⁦ @JonHaidt ⁩. Sorry about the wait and the length. Enjoy!
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3 years
Copyright infringement!
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1 year
Chomsky is coming in next few days. Editing underway…
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1 year
New episode on it’s way shortly. It’s a doozy. Prepare to be triggered!
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For those who asked us for a Malone & McCullough special episode... you will be sorry for what you asked for. God damn...
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Guru world…
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3 years
Our new extended effort to map the ever shifting terrain of Weinstein World is now out. As promised, we are joined on this latest expedition by a very special guest: the famed psychologist, podcaster, and amateur Weinstein-ologist, David Pizarro ( @peez ).
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Decoding The Gurus
1 year
Updated visualisation of Gurometer ratings.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
You mean like making a multiple hour podcast detailing the rhetorical techniques they employ and demonstrating how basic bullshit checks confirm many of their claims to be transparently false?
@michaelshermer
Michael Shermer
3 years
The claim @joerogan & guests are "intentionally spreading misinformation" is wrong: they don't think what they're saying is misinformation—They think they have a valid point. They may be wrong but that's different. Instead of accusing them of lying explain why facts say otherwise
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3 years
Coming soon... the most ambitious crossover since the Fraggles meet the Muppets (with @peez and @tamler ). Available for Patrons later today and everyone else in a few weeks (due to episode & editing backlogs).
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Decoding The Gurus
11 months
Out now for everyone. Ever wonder what happens when you cross bohemian hipsterism with reactionary contrarianism and add in a pinch of bog standard conspiracism/anti-vax? No? Well join us if you want to find out… or don’t… whatever…
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Decoding The Gurus
6 months
Our new episode with @FlintDibble on pseudo archaeology, science communication and THAT Rogan ‘debate’ now out.
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Decoding The Gurus
10 months
Tis the season to transcend all petty squabbles and tribal identities, so join us won’t you for a seasonal episode on Sam Harris! Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.
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Decoding The Gurus
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We are back for Round 2 with Flint Dibble ( @FlintDibble ) on pseudo-archaeology vs. real archaeology, his response to Graham Hancock's recent 'fact-checking' of him, & his broader experiences for good and ill with public science engagement.
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
For unadulterated cringe, there are many contenders, but there can be only One True Champion
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
Our new episode this week interviewing Dan Wilson of the @Debunk_the_Funk channel on the joys of anti vaxx debunking in the Covid era.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
The guru-sphere always delivers. It’s an incestuous space.
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Decoding The Gurus
1 year
We interviewed @19joho today about covid contrarian doctors & related topics. He’s tirelessly chronicled the self serving lies & obfuscations of the contrarian set. Heartily recommended follow and for anyone who can’t wait for the episode the interview is now on the Patreon.
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Decoding The Gurus
1 year
Get ready to join us in a luxurious forest soak as we examine Andrew Huberman. Prepare to marvel at the esoteric mysteries of sushi restaurants, ponder the scientific power of feet on dirt, and (perhaps) rid yourself of some negative ions.
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Decoding The Gurus
9 months
Out now for everyone. Our Right to Reply episode with Sam Harris in which we cover a few topics that might be of interest. Also featuring an impression of Andrew Huberman’s TRT thankful dog.
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
Our next decoding episode and finale for the tech season is on Elon Musk. This is the content we looked at. Other suggestions welcome.
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Decoding The Gurus
1 year
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@triggerpod
TRIGGERnometry
1 year
This is a big one. Sam Harris and @EricRWeinstein have agreed to an extra-long joint interview. More discussion, more questions, more answers. Got a question for our guests? 💭 Join us @OnLocals right now for your chance to have it answered 👇
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Decoding The Gurus
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Out now on Patreon, we do a deep dive into the streamer Destiny ( @TheOmniLiberal ), AKA Steven Bonnell II, AKA Mr. Borelli. For the rest of you... just a few more days.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
It was a tough episode but we endured the blood, sweat, & tears. Coming soon…
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
And a Merry Christmas to you too Dr. Peterson!
@jordanbpeterson
Dr Jordan B Peterson
3 years
Up yours @JustinTrudeau . Seriously. You'd have to kill me first.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
This isn’t hard. We don’t endorse anyone targeting your family or issuing threats. We also don’t endorse every tweet/comment by every guest we have on. (Should we assume you endorse everything said by James O’Keefe?) But it seems rather clear this is not a serious comment. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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8 months
The essence of DTG. H/T @lastpositivist .
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3 years
Just noticed we are a year old this month! Been a fun ride so far and we are very happy (and consistently surprised) with how the podcast is doing. Thanks to everyone for listening and all of our kind Patrons! Many more gurus to get to this year! 🎉
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Decoding The Gurus
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Coming this week in Tokyo the first ‘in person’ meeting of the DtG brain trust.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
Rogan episode raw is 3hr 40mins. Editing may take a little time.
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
Won’t you join us (and the sensemakers) as we enter the Nth dimensional cube and begin the hero’s journey though an avalanche of mytho poetic catalytic memetics? And yes this is a long one… use the pause / skip / delete function as necessary!
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Decoding The Gurus
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There’s a lot of conspiracy talk these days so we were excited to see advice from professional skeptic @michaelshermer on how to spot true conspiracies. And yet… we don’t find ourselves agreeing with most of his recommendations. Join us to find out why.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
Available now for Patreons a very special interview with Leverhulme Prize winning philosopher @lastpositivist . For the rest of you, you will need to wait a few weeks to hear the precise moment when Liam acknowledges us as the only legitimate heirs of the Logical Positivists.😏
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Decoding The Gurus
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Bret and Jordan are out here sacrificing themselves for the good of humanity & developing earth shattering new theories and they just aren’t getting the attention they deserve! We do our part to rectify that.
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
@PageauJonathan Hey that’s not what we said. We said you like to obfuscate & noted that you dismiss literalist interpretations when it suits your purposes, like when your followers are being too literal in their descriptions. Your whole thing is to escape to ambiguous symbolism anytime you need.
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
We know…
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Decoding The Gurus
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Out now on Patreon and the end of the week for everyone else. We cover our decoding, the lab leak, Sam’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict, the limits of introspection & the nature of self, inconsistent criticism & the far right in Europe, & the role of jihadism in extremism.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
Want to know just how far James Lindsay’s nonsense goes and learn about one of the figures responsible for converting him into an InfoWarrior? Join us and ⁦ @ETVPod ⁩ for a deep dive into the world of bug eating technocrats and their communist plots.
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We have a short video out on the entirely normal reaction of Robert Malone & Bret Weinstein to the Nobel Prize awards. Enjoy!
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Taleb gets it.
@nntaleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
3 years
So the same pple who believe that Trump won the election, weightlifting combined with hydroxychloroquine, cures Covid, masks and vaccines don't work but are part of a plot to subjugate citizens, & Bitcoin solves everything, now believe that Putin may have a point in Ukraine.
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Even better, the very same video was flagged one day earlier for the same issue and when we appealed it was approved as not violating standards. You guys are really doing a bang up job preventing the spread of misinformation.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
Want to understand @BretWeinstein 's alternative theory of evolution? How about @jordanbpeterson 's theory that religion(/Christianity) is an evolutionary cheat sheet for ascending the fitness hierarchy? Join us and see the revolutionary theories collide!
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Decoding The Gurus
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A little peek into the DTG DMs. It’s this kind of robust exchange of views that keeps the podcast enervated
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We face up to our fragility, do the work, and come back not better people per se but just you know better than *those* guys. Join us ye sinners and start the never ending work.
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
Interview with ⁦ @helenlewis ⁩ on politics and religion, culture war debates, and her interview with Jordan Peterson. Perhaps also an illustration of the benefits of having a bit more space to cover things than your traditional Twitter quote retweets!
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Decoding The Gurus
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Being males, this is why DTG is such a stable podcast, not afflicted by the back-biting and friction you sometimes see in other outfits. Everyone’s clear who’s the Professor and who’s the Assoc. Professor, who’s got the bigger h-index. Everybody knows where they stand.
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Join us for an episode in which we explore the magic doors that open when you produce culture war red meat and who is waiting to join you in Bill Maher’s green room. Also featuring: Gurusphere updates on Brand and Kendi. Try not to be triggered… 😮‍💨
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What’s that you say? You want more DTG this week… hmmm… let’s see.
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
Update... Rogan episode will *very likely* be out today (probably within next 4-6 hrs).
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Alongside the forthcoming special episode we also have forthcoming interviews with @Debunk_the_Funk and @page88 . Already accessible for Patreons if you cannot wait.
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Decoding The Gurus
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At last… our long overdue episode with ⁦ @timbahontoast ⁩ on his Tim Pool series and his broader love of the Scooby Doo narrative arc. One not to miss!
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Decoding The Gurus
2 years
Rubin episode dropping tomorrow (Japan/Australia time) but if you can’t wait, it’s already out on the Patreon along with two other bonus episodes today. It’s raining Decoding the Gurus!
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What’s that? You want a new episode about UFOs featuring old friends and new? We got you. Strap on your Unified Geometric drive and let’s go for a ride! It’s been a while…
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Decoding The Gurus
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The people are starving - for fresh content! And with Annie Kelly @AnnieKNK , GurusPod is here to deliver. Annie gives a great overview of history of vaccines, anti-vaxx, plus weird anti-feminist and conspiracist online subcultures. It's great! Enjoy!
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Decoding The Gurus
3 years
Physician heal thyself.
@jordanbpeterson
Dr Jordan B Peterson
3 years
14. Do not allow yourself to become arrogant or resentful. If you’re resentful, you’re likely not standing up for yourself sufficiently, or someone is legitimately treading on your territory. You need to do something about that. Or live with the consequences.
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Decoding The Gurus
5 months
Out now on the Patreon. Coming soon for the rest of you... the Slavoj Žižek episode!
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Update for the Chomsky episode... we are taking a little bit of everything. Recent interview, including views on Ukraine, older interview on linguistics, classic interview about his general politics & worldview. And yes we will reference his views on Cambodia & Bosnian genocide.
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Decoding The Gurus
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@bcrypt
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in case youtube takes it down
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