On a New York City sidewalk, a chance encounter with a bookseller unfolds into an impromptu salon. We riff on Playboy magazine, memory palaces, prophets, indulgence, immigration—the sacred and the sleaze—all while passersby drop in with their own peculiarities. Maximilien is part street philosopher, part rogue mystic, and this off-the-cuff hang is a reminder that the art of conversation needs no plan—just a place to sit, an open mind, and a willingness to lean into the drift.
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