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Love this show!

I’m part of That Kevin Smith Club and have indulged in every podcast Kevin has produced several times. This show is top notch. I really miss Jay and Silent Bob Get Old. That being said, I’ve been a pothead since unfortunately having been born with it in my system. It makes me more susceptible to substance abuse. I’ve also been an alcoholic when I wasn’t using weed. One substitution for the other. I know everyone’s sobriety journey is different. The recent Comic-Con 2023 show was decent. Though Kevin had been drinking, he didn’t seem upset. But that previous episode with the Blue Milk was scary. I saw Kevin’s mood nose dive after the initial effects of alcohol wore off. I saw the darkness that has haunted my life creep in while he was telling his stories. I have cirrhosis of the liver at 38 because of the amount of alcohol I used while not using weed. It took years of intensive chemical dependency counseling at Stanford for me to stay abstinent of it all, but I’m much happier now. Stay safe my friend.

Sadly, I’m just done with the show. I’ve listened for years, but have just unsubscribed. I just can’t handle Mark Bernardin’s toxicity and racial bias anymore. And it’s rubbing off on Kevin too. The latest Batman show I went into with gusto, having loved the film; it having done what we’ve been wanting for years, only to have Mark crap on it. And he missed so many points of the film about which he was complaining. I think he only casually watched it, like he seems to do so much, and read other people’s negative reviews. I’m sure he’s a fine writer, but he is also so biased (racially) when it comes to reviews. Jordan Peele is a “genius”, despite having written and directed one of the worst written films of all time (seriously, no hyperbole) (“Us”). He gives latitude to black creators constantly simply on race. I love Kevin. Can listen to him for hours… and I have. I do. But I don’t want to continue to be brought down with an inattentive audience review and white guilt imposition. There’s enough negative in the world without subjecting myself to it regularly. I will continue to listen to Babylon, cause i do love Smith. I just wish he would ditch Mark before the toxicity permeates through him as well.