In this episode, Cam and Nathan Smith explore the gap between the “official” narrative and the reality of power. The conversation begins with a post-mortem of Nathan’s 2020 cancellation, where he describes the media’s ability to project a “Tyrannosaurus” image onto a “little lizard” to serve a specific narrative.
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