RB Ham is a Canadian political commentator, activist and former candidate for office under the People's party. He was part of the freedom movement/Trucker protest 4 years ago. He is currently the host of the "Beyond the Pale" podcast.

02:00 - His run for the people's party in Canada, inspired by lockdowns and censorship, the Chronology of the Canadian trucker's protest, obstacles of a smaller party

22:22 - The domination of the two-party system, Carney's path to the presidency

48:18 - politicians are NOT our heroes, How Trump became "Teflon Don," are restrictions a test phase for limits for authoritarianism? Plus, how far are we going to take foreign intervention? If we already know it's up/down, then why are we fighting harder on left/right?

59:26 - Back to the "Freedom protest," the disagreement with mandates, and the consequences of free speech, the problem is up/down, billionaires and the rest of us, understanding acute narcissistic disorder

1:19:01 - Orwell, HG Wells, and the books that saw a lot of this coming, Shogun being great read AND series/movie, the interesting journey of Jesse Ventura

1:30:40 - The powerful tool of forgiveness, and speaking up for people who cannot help themselves, also, politicians are not heroes and vote for your agenda, not the party agenda

1:50:11 - Does Trump's ego "Trump" the right thing? Plus, a story about Jimmy Dore (NOTE: There is a possibility the story did not involve him - to the best of my memory, people around us identified him as "Jimmy", conspiracies, and the right to reject or accept them based on historical behavior

2:03:12 - Why we "love" Peter Hotez