The new "Cowboy Philosopher" Hidden Brain episode dropped last month, and I'm so relieved they allowed me to fact check the old episode. I learned something from my journalist friends and I will pass this along: Podcasts are under no obligation to fact check their guests. That is why anyone can go on Joe Rogan and talk all kinds of nonsense.

Matt Marble discusses Riley Shepard's career and music history in Stacya Silverman's blog.

Trip to New York included looking up an old address where my mother lived, and visiting the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room.