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The military history of the DMZ ... Is the judge in the Rittenhouse trial putting his thumb on the scale? ... Matt: Rittenhouse seems like he has delusions of grandeur ... Does the infrastructure vote bode well for bipartisanship? ... Bill: Inflation could become an issue for Dems in 2022 ... Matt: It’s not fair to conflate “the left” with the Democrats ...

Who pays Eli to "follow the money"? ... Dispelling illusions about US foreign policy ... Which think tanks serve foreign interests? ... Bob tells an anecdote about a naive prominent journalist ... The hidden influence of the weapons industry ... Did money from Saudi Arabia and UAE help get America involved in Yemen? ... How foreign actors buy influence in Washington ... Eli's Twitter thread thriller ...

Justin: It is morally imperative to not say true things on social media ... Why Justin loves Substack ... Pros and cons of writing without an editor ... AOC's real audience at the Met Gala ... Are social media editors purposefully riling up the mob? ... Sally Rooney and Israel, the Twitter Discourse perfect storm ... The "false representative class" of online pundits ...

Charlie Daniels chat ... Glenn Youngkin rides the education issue to victory in Virginia ... Matt: Donald Trump is to Republicans what MSNBC pundits are to Dems ... How should Youngkin govern? ... Would expanded voting rights benefit Republicans more than Democrats? ... What lesson should Dem legislators draw from the Virgina results? ...

Bob enters the pantheon of world historical philosophers ... Was the Virginia election a referendum on wokeness or social spending? ... The Democrats’ strategy for passing (or at least voting on) infrastructure ... Have the Virginia results emboldened challengers to Trump? ... Investigating the Russia investigation ... Will Kyle Rittenhouse be acquitted? ... Is Pfizer’s Covid pill a game changer? ... China’s efforts to address inequality and climate change ... Have we reached peak newsletter? ... Clubhouse: So exclusive no one wants to use it anymore ... Parrot Room preview: Jeffrey Epstein news, the lab leak hypothesis, can Joe Manchin get away with driving a Maserati, the future of custom cars, Bob reads a book about Allen Dulles, the unkind things Sam Harris recently said about Bob, the Foundation trilogy TV adaptation, and Walter Kirn’s Blood Will Out ... A very special Walter Kirn mash-up ...

Randy: “I feel torn and, frankly, bewildered” about the state of race in the US ... Can we blame Trump for the tenor of racial discourse today? ... Crediting the achievements of black Americans after Emancipation ... Is the criminal justice system as discriminatory as it appears? ... Glenn: We need to deracialize the conversation about policing ... Taking account of culture in debates about racial inequality ... Affirmative action with an asterisk ... Does affirmative action require lowering standards? ...

Paul’s new book, The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning ... Why do we get pleasure from some kinds of suffering? ... The many forms of self-flagellation ... Paul: I don’t think we pursue the good only because it gives us pleasure ... How do we derive meaning from suffering? ... Paul: You cannot have a meaningful life without suffering ... Does Buddhist meditation risk severing us from important relationships with others? ... Is parenting pleasurable? ... Making progress on the hedonic treadmill ...

Kat's new novel, No One Will Miss Her ... Writing YA vs. adult fiction ... A narrator speaking from beyond the grave ... The subtle art of crafting a twist ... Kat reviews Hillary Clinton's new thriller novel ... Who are all these political children's books actually for? ...

Bill: Glenn Youngkin is running a more moderate campaign that many think ... The transgender issue in the Virginia governor's race ... Matt: If Trump does a rally in Virginia, it could screw Youngkin ... Biden and Pelosi pressure progressive Dems over infrastructure ... Biden's high stakes game ...

Could a McAuliffe loss bring about a Dem meltdown? ... Mickey: Most Americans don’t care about Build Back Better social spending ... Bob: There’s a breakdown of trust within the Democratic Party ... More possible evidence in favor of the lab leak hypothesis ... Should Biden withdraw from Syria and Iraq? ... Bob: Most people in the Blob are sincere in their beliefs ... Could Tucker run for president to the right of Trump? ... Mark Zuckerberg, mayor of the metaverse ... Bob: God bless Louis Dekmar ... Parrot Room preview: The special guest’s identity revealed, Huma Abedin’s claim that a senator made a pass at her, RIP Mort Sahl, Mickey’s friend gives up their electric car, and how Bob got mauled by Frazier ...