David Marchese

Well, it doesn't even have to be that extreme. The truth could be, what if I've come up with something that is most palatable and easiest for me?

I had asked also about the problem of happiness. Your reply was sort of in terms of childhood and how children's default mode is happy. They're sort of wired for happiness. I was wondering if... that actually might be a kind of idealization of childhood and if there might be any pitfalls to that.

I had asked also about the problem of happiness. Your reply was sort of in terms of childhood and how children's default mode is happy. They're sort of wired for happiness. I was wondering if... that actually might be a kind of idealization of childhood and if there might be any pitfalls to that.

Because, you know, I have two little kids and I take them to the playground and I sit and they go play. And if I scan the playground, you see anger, you see fear, you see conflict, in addition to the happy feelings. And I couldn't help but wonder if, like, our expectation when we think about childhood is one of...

Because, you know, I have two little kids and I take them to the playground and I sit and they go play. And if I scan the playground, you see anger, you see fear, you see conflict, in addition to the happy feelings. And I couldn't help but wonder if, like, our expectation when we think about childhood is one of...

sort of where happiness is the default, might that lead as adults to feelings of disappointment when we think retrospectively about what childhood is, given that, of course, childhood is not all about happiness.

sort of where happiness is the default, might that lead as adults to feelings of disappointment when we think retrospectively about what childhood is, given that, of course, childhood is not all about happiness.

Yep. Sounds familiar.

Yep. Sounds familiar.

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53%.

That's Dr. Lindsay Gibson. This conversation was produced by Wyatt Orme. It was edited by Annabelle Bacon, mixing by Sophia Landman. Original music by Diane Wong and Marian Lozano. Photography by Philip Montgomery. Our senior booker is Priya Matthew, and Seth Kelly is our senior producer. Our executive producer is Allison Benedict.

That's Dr. Lindsay Gibson. This conversation was produced by Wyatt Orme. It was edited by Annabelle Bacon, mixing by Sophia Landman. Original music by Diane Wong and Marian Lozano. Photography by Philip Montgomery. Our senior booker is Priya Matthew, and Seth Kelly is our senior producer. Our executive producer is Allison Benedict.

Special thanks to Rory Walsh, Renan Borelli, Jeffrey Miranda, Nick Pittman, Matty Macielo, Jake Silverstein, Paula Schumann, and Sam Dolnik. And you can email us anytime at theinterviewatnytimes.com. Next week, Lulu talks with political commentator Megan Kelly about her years at Fox and transitioning to YouTube.

Special thanks to Rory Walsh, Renan Borelli, Jeffrey Miranda, Nick Pittman, Matty Macielo, Jake Silverstein, Paula Schumann, and Sam Dolnik. And you can email us anytime at theinterviewatnytimes.com. Next week, Lulu talks with political commentator Megan Kelly about her years at Fox and transitioning to YouTube.

I'm David Marchese, and this is The Interview from The New York Times.

I'm David Marchese, and this is The Interview from The New York Times.

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Can you assure the world that as you try to get control of these areas, you are not going to use military or economic coercion?

From The New York Times, this is The Interview. I'm David Marchese. Lady Gaga is undoubtedly one of pop culture's great shapeshifters. She's tried on, with great success, a whole range of different musical styles, from the dance pop of her earliest albums, like The Fame. To the country rock of Joanne.