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Jeddy Azuma, the host of a podcast called The Rising Man, stands shirtless in front of an expensive-looking microphone, leading nearly 100 men on Zoom as we rhythmically beat our chests. He speaks over our drumming with mystical platitudes (“keep the flame alive with every beat!”) and that particular rhythm native to slam poets. He accelerates the chest beating and we unconsciously follow suit, creating a faster and faster beat until Azuma lets out a howl with such startling force that his dreads shake. With zero hesitation, the other men (several of them also inexplicably shirtless) join him, culminating in a wolfishly distorted chorus. My wife wanders by, holding a bowl of cereal as I reluctantly follow suit, and raises an eyebrow.