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I'm giving a try to (former co-host of Point of Inquiry) Josh Zepps' podcast, but ugh! The guest is Scott Adams.

Did you know that Adams ("I'll assassinate Trump if he turns into a tyrant!") is a expert in persuasion, and that he recognized early on that Trump is a master?

He recognized that writing about Trump on his blog is really successful because his lucrative speaking engagements went from "frequent" to zero! It's because people don't like what he's saying, but they don't know why.

Josh Zepps was just as bemused and horrified at Trump's election as most other rational people, but it doesn't seem to be the type of interview where he's confronting some of Adams' nonsense, nor the type where he lets Adams talk himself into trouble.

I'm not done yet, but if this interview doesn't turn into something completely different by the end, this is the only episode I'll listen to. I don't need another podcast, and this episode is not making a compelling case.