David Choe

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   The Bible

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   Mentioned by David Choe · at 01:55:00 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)

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Painter, muralist, and graphic novelist David Choe discusses his creative career, anxiety, trauma, abandonment, addiction, and efforts toward emotional healing and accountability. He also recounts dangerous travel, time living and hunting with the Hadza in Tanzania, encounters with animals and elephants, and his decision to retreat from fame and public life.

What they talked about

• Therapy and self-hatred
• Racial slurs during the pandemic
• Hitchhiking and a gay cowboy
• Congo expedition and near-murder
• Living with the Hadza tribe
• Video game addiction
• Pornography and erectile dysfunction
• Mental health retreats

• Psychology & Self-Help
• Memoir & Biography
• Hunting & the Outdoors

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