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Quick Notes: Buck Angel transitioned in 1994 and now lives happily as a 58-year-old transsexual man. Buck describes his rollercoaster with gender dysphoria and explains why he was willing to become a medical guinea pig when he first transitioned. Buck talks about the importance of owning his sexuality within a transsexual body and he also provides a critique of the modern flavor of the transgender movement. Links: www.buckangel.com Twitter: @BuckAngel

In an episode months in the making, Krystal Kyle & Friends’s Kyle Kulinski is joined by psychologist and political commentator Dr. Jordan Peterson. For Kyle, it’s the “perfect situation” of getting to speak with someone whose work in psychology and philosophy has been particularly interesting to him — but who differs from him significantly on most political issues. They’re here for a back-and-forth on everything from Twitter controversies to Trump, economics, liberal versus conservative mindsets, and interpreting the results of Kyle’s personality quiz.

Rylee Sommers-Flanagan was born and raised in Montana, where her parents split time between Missoula and a ranch near Absarokee. Rylee attended Stanford Law School, and right out of the gate managed to procure very good jobs, including as Deputy Chief Counsel to Governor Steve Bullock. After that, she served as a clerk for several reputable judges in DC before deciding she wanted to return to Montana. In 2020, Rylee founded Upper Seven, a law firm that is dedicated to ‘holding the powerful accountable.

Welcome to Episodic Medium’s Classics coverage of Lost season four, continuing the coverage which began as TV Club Classic at The A.V. Club (easily accessible through this link archive). As always, this first review is free for all, but subsequent coverage and the attached discussions will be exclusively for paid subscribers. For more on our current and upcoming coverage and for 10% off yearly subscriptions, check out our full summer schedule.

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The character of Ernest P. Worrell, lovable denim-clad goober, wasn’t just commercial in the sense of appealing to a broad mainstream audience. He was also commercial in that he was specifically created by the Nashville-based Carden & Cherry Advertising Agency to sell products.  When it came to selling people crap they don’t need, Jim Varney proved a savant. The rubber-faced, elastic-limbed comic genius and hero to children everywhere had a photographic memory that allowed him to memorize scripts almost instantly and crank out dozens of versions of a spot over the course of a single day.

‘An Hour of Peak TV’ is a column in which I celebrate and dissect some of the most iconic and beloved episodes of acclaimed shows that aired on television from 1990 onwards. One of the unsung heroes of 90s television and the medical hit drama ER was undoubtedly Anthony Edwards. Despite being one of the hallmarks of the popular NBC show, he never really became the utmost star he would’ve deserved to be.

Beyond Utopia is a thrilling and moving documentary that follows the stories of people trying to escape from North Korea, with some graphic footage of the conditions they are fleeing. I was privileged to have an opportunity to interview Madeleine Gavin, who directed and edited the film, and one of the producers, Sue Mi Terry. Madeleine is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker who has edited many award-winning documentaries and received the 2024 Dupont-Columbia Journalist Award for excellence in journalism.