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Meghan Murphy: Banned from Twitter for "Men Aren't Women"

KEY MOMENTS

0:00 – Intro — who is Meghan Murphy?
0:45 – The tweet that got her banned: "Men aren't women, though"
1:36 – Jessica Yaniv and the waxing lawsuits — the rabbit hole
3:20 – Trans widows, skin suits, and Lou's Black Mirror idea
5:15 – Canada's Bill C16 — gender identity legislation and its consequences
6:07 – Getting banned at 11pm on a Friday — and crying at the bar
7:22 – Losing venues, getting no-platformed, and hiring private security for talks
7:46 – Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, and getting back on X
9:10 – How a ban silences other people — the chilling effect
9:54 – Her entire left-wing social circle turned on her
10:43 – Canada's speech laws — brushing up against criminal charges
12:05 – Leaving Vancouver in January 2021 — Covid authoritarianism and fear
13:27 – Stalked in her neighborhood, verbally attacked in public, constant threats
15:03 – Canada vs. America — why things changed here but not there
15:37 – Trump, Canada as the 51st state, and touring with Scott Thompson
18:18 – Life in Mexico — why she stayed and never went back
20:29 – Gentrification, gringos, and the cartel "protest" that tanked the tourist season
26:59 – The fear of fun — Andrew Huberman, Gen Z, and the obsession with optimization
30:55 – Bryan Johnson measuring his son's nighttime erections
33:40 – Living forever for what? If you're not having fun, what's the point?
35:46 – Lou weighs his food — and his brother smokes and has the same cholesterol
37:53 – Being single vs. married — and why Meghan is happier alone
40:12 – "Nobody wants you after 35" — why that's not true
44:10 – Porn, Instagram filters, and why guys don't understand real attraction
48:04 – Lou meets his wife — the audible "wow" at the bar
50:23 – Bitterness is unattractive — and everyone in Mexico is still having sex
50:44 – Outro — follow Meghan on X and Substack

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Writer and podcaster Meghan Murphy, one of the original people to get canceled on Twitter, joins Lou to talk about her permanent ban in 2018 for tweeting "men aren't women, though," Canada's speech laws, leaving Vancouver, and her new life in Mexico.

We also get into Jessica Yaniv and the waxing lawsuits, Canada's Bill C-16, getting banned at 11 p.m. on a Friday, hiring private security for talks, getting back on X, the chilling effect, her left-wing friends turning on her, touring with Scott Thompson, the cartel "protest" that tanked the tourist season, Andrew Huberman and the fear of fun, Bryan Johnson, why Meghan is happier single, why "nobody wants you after 35" isn't true, and Lou meeting his wife.

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