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Matt McCusker, Andrew Huberman & Tom Segura - Mostly Wise #1 - #1102

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I do think that greatness is objective. You can say, like, this guy's not funny, that guy's not funny. But if you're trying to say that, like, I don't know, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Eddie Murphy — if you're like, they're not funny, I think you're objectively wrong.

Tom Segura

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What Science Reveals About Comedians

At 16:55 · chapter starts 14:02

News

Alex Jones owes ~$1.5B

Matt McCusker, Andrew Huberman & Tom Segura - Mostly Wise #… · May 25, 2026

Alex Jones was ordered to pay approximately $1.5 billion in damages related to his false claims about the Sandy Hook school shooting.

TV & Film

Love Island's Dark Secret: They Controlled Our Sleep

Matt McCusker, Andrew Huberman & Tom Segura - Mostly Wise #… · May 25, 2026 TV & Film

Love Island producers removed all clocks, changed car radio times, and took watches away from contestants to control their sleep-wake cycles. Chris Williamson connected this to Huberman's research on how manipulating sleep scores shapes behavior — Love Island was running an unsanctioned circadian experiment on its cast.

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