This episode contains no headlines, cultural recommendations or asides. Just a poem I wanted to share about this magnificent country of ours about to celebrate its 250th birthday.

Have a Happy Independence Day and enjoy!

In this episode I go into greater detail and let you know just how I feel regarding the Knicks winning the NBA championship and ending their 53-year drought. It was a wild 5 games that left me more drained than ecstatic.

There is also a suite of headlines that include a rattlesnake, Kamala Harris, Mitch McConnell, multiple Florida men, a tortoise, Mayor Mamdani, New York City cops and a whole lot more.

My cultural recommendation is a basketball movie that a least one of you listeners will vouch for. Have a Happy Father's Day as you enjoy the episode. and

In this episode I discuss several topics du jour, including primaries, the Iran war, and the long-gone integrity of college athletics.

There is a passel of headlines that include Supermarket workers, a CCNY professor, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, a small Danish town in California, have eaten surfers, diplomatic cage fighting and both yours and mines favorite rapper.

My cultural recommendation is a genre of music, and in case you don't catch the band names and songs they are: Lush and their songs Deluxe and Sweetness and Light, Slowdive and their tunes Alison and Souvlaki Space Station, the Cocteau Twins and their delightful ditty's Heaven or Las Vegas and Carolyn's Fingers, Swervedriver and songs Rave Down and Duel, Ride and their tracks Vapor Trail and Leave Them All Behind, Catherine Wheel and their goodies, Black Metallic and Crank, My Bloody Valentine and their torturous melodies Only Shallow and Soon, and last but not least Curve and their best song Horror Head.

And I finish with a brief take on what the Knicks championship means to me which I will expand on in next week's episode, when it's had a chance to really sink in. Enjoy!

In this episode I talk about suicidal empathy, the idea that western civilization has lost its will to survive. I reference a couple of books that are pertinent to the subject and hope you don't find things too depressing.

There's a brief update on election primaries and a raft of headlines that should provide you with a laugh or two as we sink into the abyss.

This episode's cultural recommendation is one of my favorite songs by the then progressive rock band, Genesis. As I am so very fond of dozens of their songs, you'll have to listen to find out which one I chose. Enjoy!

In this episode I follow up from last week and discuss the deeper meaning of Memorial Day. Just what is that our servicemen and women sacrificed their lives for? I also touch on the Jaxson Dart situation and give it to the sports media, but good.

My cultural recommendation this week is a sports movie. You'll have to listen to see which one.

And there is a profusion of headlines that include college students, Texas hunters, Hunter Biden, Zohran Mamdani, carjackers, trigger happy dogs, and a French Open tennis player who really had to go. Enjoy!

As I lacked a bit of imagination this past week and couldn't think of a subject to discuss, I decided this would be a good time to get to your questions.

On top of that are the usual legion of headlines including UFO's, a black history museum, Punjabi devils, looksmaxxing, Harvey Weinstein, Luigi Mangione fangirls, Meta employees and so much more.

And to complete the podcast you'll get not one, but two cultural recommendations. Wishing you an enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend.

In this episode I share with you my experiences of my recent trip to Los Angeles. What transpired at airports, hotels and various modes of transportation. I also touch on friends and family.

There is a collection of headlines to start the show and they include horny teachers, IKEA., Harvard scientists, Florida man, the Secret Service, Angelina Jolie, Charles Barkley and so much more.

And my cultural recommendation this episode is my favorite podcast... no, not American Nuthouse (which is a close second), but the Adam Buxton podcast. Give it listen and enjoy!

In this episode I give you a rundown of the events that have taken place these past few weeks. The attempted assassination of the president, James Comey being indicted, the SPLC being indicted, Dr, David Morens being indicted and so on and so on and so on. Basically, catching up the events I neglected as the previous three episodes avoided politics.

Yes, there are a cluster of headlines including birth tourism, malnourished sloths, congressional hearings, Public Enemy's 911 is a Joke, a Vermont farmer, Tupac's stepbrother (featuring your favorite rapper and mine), and so much more,

And a movie recommendation. Some Kind of Monster... a documentary about Metallica as they were recording their St. Anger album. Enjoy!

In this episode I talk about Blue Zones, areas throughout the globe in which there is a high propensity of people living to 100. I give you my thoughts as to whether longevity is such a good idea. I share both the good and bad points.

There's a sheaf of headlines that include early celebrating marathon runners, an animal rights protest, Snoop Dogg, giant pandas, Coachella and so much more.

And a new feature that I'm adding at the end of each episode where I recommend either a movie, TV show, podcast or music that I think you'd enjoy. But you'll have to listen to find the initial selection. Enjoy!

In this episode I attempt to convince you that what becomes of your life is due to the decisions you make throughout. And all the while you'll be making choices while being influenced by the desire to avoid punishment, the need to be liked, ambition and the desire to seek out pleasure. Oh, and the prevailing winds of society.

And yes, there are a wealth of headlines that include Porta-Potties, Great White sharks, the podcasts most popular rapper, a Penthouse Pet, Minnesota bathhouses and so much more. Enjoy!