Fix Your News Diet NOW (Before It Breaks Your Brain) | John Avlon

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John Avlon is an American journalist and political commentator. He was a senior political analyst and anchor at CNN, and was the editor-in-chief and managing director of The Daily Beast from 2013 to 2018.

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In this episode:

00:00:00-00:01:11 Intro
00:05:03-00:11:48 Why Watching the News Is So Stressful
00:11:48-00:13:15 Ryan Holiday Reads a Lincoln Passage from John Avlon's Book: Lincoln and the Fight for Peace
00:15:44-00:16:34 An Under-appreciated Quality of Lincoln and Stoic Leaders
00:18:24-00:20:30 Did Lincoln Invent a New Form of Leadership?
00:20:32-00:22:46 When Humor Is Lost, Humanness Is Lost
00:23:09-00:26:33 Lincoln’s Ability to Laugh at Himself
00:28:01-00:30:18 One of the Most Cinematic Moments in History
00:32:50-00:33:06 Lincoln in a Carriage Passing a POW Camp
00:33:09-00:34:59 Why We Can’t Destroy Our Past—We Must Recognize It
00:34:59-00:40:49 Why Character Is the Most Important Quality in a Person
00:40:50-00:45:04 Warnings from the Founders
00:45:05-00:47:36 Our Energy Is Patriotic: A Radically New Fourth Founding
00:47:37-00:47:46 Ryan Reads from Meditations
00:47:46-00:48:15 Reconciling Leadership
00:48:15-00:51:50 John Avlon on Asking: “Where Can I Do the Most Good Right Now?”
00:51:22-00:54:40 Why Trump Does Not Live with Virtue
00:54:40-00:59:45 Now Is the Time for Citizens to Show Responsibility
00:59:47-01:00:00 Most of Us, Most of the Time, Just Need to Do the Right Thing
01:00:01-01:06:19 Why Senators Need to Step Up Now