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Ryan from Canada and Drew from Florida kick off with lighthearted banter about Entourage fandom, quarantine beach woes, and coffee habits before diving into a provocative countdown of 10 unpleasant facts about John Lennon, peeling back the peace-icon myth to reveal a complex, flawed figure. From admitted spousal abuse against both wives Cynthia and Yoko Ono, emotional neglect of son Julian (including cutting him from the will), and pathological lies about his working-class roots, to breaking up The Beatles, political posing with groups like the Black Panthers, and perceived musical borrowing from R&B and Bob Dylan influences, the duo debates Lennon's hypocrisy in songs like "Imagine" versus his millionaire lifestyle and violent tendencies. They grapple with his conformist counterculture shifts, fame-chasing stunts, and talent rankings among Beatles, ultimately selecting spousal abuse and child abandonment as the most egregious flaws, while pondering if Lennon pioneered the troubled modern pop star archetype akin to Don Draper
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