About this episode
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWe talk around it a lot on HoS but writer Charles Fain Lehman has just come out and said it: He thinks the legalization of sports betting is bad and wants it reversed. Plenty have expressed misgivings, but this man has actually staked out a position. I’m not sure anyone is as prominent in America’s burbling anti-vice movement as Charles is currently, so I wanted to get his perspective. How bad is sports gambling and will there ever be a public appetite to bring back prohibition? I found this talk fascinating and hope you will too. Topics include but aren’t limited to…* Will Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce getting married result in an actual baby boom?* What’s the legalization of sports betting done to society?* Rank the young male vices in terms of damage: sports betting, porn, weed* Do porn and weed use curb criminality? * Did the American public want this sports betting legalization?* How popular is sports betting with the American public?* Would young men vote to protect access to sports betting and/or porn? * Charles’ thoughts on Richard Hanania’s Do We Need Sports Betting to Get to Mars? Maybe theory* Charles writes a lot about psychedelics but refuses to do any* Charles and I are both skeptical of ayahuasca shamans* Is alcohol use a net negative or net positive for society?* Zoomers are anti weed?!
