#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones Lex Fridman Podcast

Andrew Callaghan is the host of Channel 5 on YouTube, where he does street interviews with fascinating humans at the edges of society, the so-called vagrants, vagabonds, runaways, outlaws, from QAnon adherents to Phish heads to O Block residents and much more. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/andrew-callaghan-transcript



EPISODE LINKS:

Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan: https://www.youtube.com/channel5YouTube

Andrew's Instagram: https://instagram.com/andreww.me

Andrew's Website: https://andrew-callaghan.com/

Andrew's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/channel5

This Place Rules: https://www.hbo.com/movies/this-place-rules

Books Mentioned:

On the Road: https://amzn.to/4aLPLHi

Siddhartha: https://amzn.to/49rthKz



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OUTLINE:

Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) - Introduction

(08:53) - Walmart

(10:24) - Early life

(29:14) - Hitchhiking

(40:49) - Couch surfing

(49:50) - Quarter Confessions

(1:07:33) - Burning Man

(1:22:44) - Protests

(1:28:17) - Jon Stewart

(1:31:13) - Fame

(1:44:31) - Jan 6

(1:48:15) - QAnon

(1:54:00) - Alex Jones

(2:10:52) - Politics

(2:20:29) - Response to allegations

(2:37:28) - Channel 5

(2:43:04) - Rap

(2:44:51) - O Block

(2:48:47) - Crip Mac

(2:51:59) - Aliens