#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones
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The following is a conversation with Andrew Calligan, host of Channel 5 on YouTube, where he does Gonzo-style interviews with fascinating humans at the edges of society. The so-called vagrants, vagabonds, runaways, outlaws, from QAnon adherents to fish heads to O'Block residents and much more. He created the documentary that I highly recommend called This Place Rules on the undercurrents that led to the January 6th Capitol riots. And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the description. It's the best way to support this podcast. We've got ShipStation for businesses who want to ship stuff. BetterHelp for humans who want to figure out what's going on in their mind. Element for hydration. Masterclass for learning. And AG1 for delicious, delicious health. Choose wisely, my friends. Also, if you want to work with our amazing team or just want to get in touch with me, go to lexfriedman.com slash contact. And now, on to the full ad reads. As always, no ads in the middle.
I try to make these interesting. But if you must skip them, friends, please still check out our sponsors. I enjoy their stuff. Maybe you will too. This episode is brought to you by ShipStation, a new sponsor. It's a shipping software designed for businesses that want to save time and money on shipping. Whatever e-commerce thing going on to do the fulfillment for that. So if you're a business owner and you need to ship some stuff, check out ShipStation. There's an incredible commercial. I think it's probably fake from a long time ago. It's either for Walmart or Kmart. I don't remember. And we talk about Walmart in this episode, which kind of warms my heart, if I'm being honest. Actually, I do think it's Kmart.
And the commercial is, well, they talk about, I just shipped my pants. At the risk of explaining humor, the commercial involves the full-on absurdity of various kinds of people talking about shipping their pants and shipping the bed, all that kind of stuff. Anyway, it's hilarious, and I wish people would do edgier stuff like that more often, where the commercial itself is a little piece of artistic absurdity. Anyway, go to ShipStation.com slash Lex and use code Lex to sign up for your free 60-day trial. That's ShipStation.com slash Lex. This episode is also brought to you by BetterHelp, spelled H-E-L-P, help. They figure out what you need and match you with a licensed therapist in under 48 hours. It's for individuals. It's for couples. It's an easy, discreet, affordable way to get going on, you know, taking your mental health seriously.
I'm a big fan of conversation, obviously, for exploring the human mind, exploring the dark and the light that lurks in the shadows and in the corners of the human psyche. And in conversation, rigorous conversation, deliberate conversation, Careful conversation. Empathic conversation is a really good way to shine a light on the darkness and discover the darkness behind the light, if that's fair to say. I had a great conversation yesterday with... Ben, favorite barbecue buddy of mine. He runs JNL Barbecue that I highly recommend you guys should check out. We talked about life, freedom, country. We talked about a lot of things. About love, about love for humans, about love for the art of what you do. The man loves barbecue. He truly loves cooking and the artistry, if I can use that word. Kind of like what Jiro dreams of sushi, what Ben dreams of barbecue. Anyway, he is not a licensed therapist. He's not even a licensed barbecue creator because you don't get a license for that kind of thing.
His father, grandfather, he's just been in the family. He's been a Texan for like, I don't know how many centuries, but, you know, Texan through and through, barbecue guy through and through. But if you want that kind of depth of conversation, but with a little bit more rigor and some, you know, expertise and professionalism and discreteness, then you should try BetterHelp. Check them out at betterhelp.com slash Lex and save on your first month. That's betterhelp.com slash Lex. This episode is also brought to you by Element. It's an electrolyte drink, delicious. It helps you get your sodium, potassium, magnesium in the right kinds of proportions.
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