Opening Monologues. Tech Tyrant Crackdown. George Orwell's America. The current year is 1984, not 2021. President Trump permanently banned from Twitter. Parler under seige from the oligarchs at Apple, Google and Amazon. Pressure building, without safety valves. Sun Tzu would say unwise. Alan Watts on Nervous Tyrants. High anxiety for Democrats on potential Trump pardons and declassification. With Listener Calls & Music via Chris Isaak, Gram Parsons and Natalie Imbruglia.