Nicolle Wallace

And it was really interesting.

And then the neuroscientist said, here's what's happening here is your brain plasticity is improving because first of all, you have a challenge of a game.

Second of all, you have community.

Third of all, you have friction with people and meeting people.

Another thing, I went to a group of people.

They put you with five people you've never met because meeting new people is also really good for your health.

And you've never met them.

I think it's a nationwide group and you meet five people.

And it's not a dating setting and it's all different people.

And you went bowling together and had pizza.

And it was really fun.

And at first I was like, do I want to meet people I never met?

Like, what if they're weird?

And I have to tell you, I felt so much better and I could feel my, the health benefits were clear.

Of all the things, the health benefits of community are really important.

And I think there's, getting back to the political stuff, you have to make people feel like they belong.

You can win by making people feel separate too, by the way, and hateful.

And one of the incredible takeaways of the last episode is I talked to the Skidmore professor and he,

If you're scared of death and fearful, you become partisan, political, hateful toward the other.

If you accept death, you become community oriented.