After sitting out a week to grieve the truly awful murder of Charlie Kirk, the cousins come together once more to discuss what’s going to follow. Both pay homage to the incalculable impact of Kirk on the conservative movement, consider what comes next, and debate whether his wife Erika has what it takes to continue his legacy. They also discuss Kirk’s demented murderer and the toxic leftism that drove him. Once again, Evan cites the example of El Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele as a model for what Trump should start doing to reestablish order. Meanwhile Auguste openly wonders if Americans are finally ready to take the necessary steps to end the cycle of violence and dysfunction in their communities.

Articles referenced in this episode:

• “Love, not Radicalism, Is the Only Way Forward” by Auguste Meyrat

• “America’s Good and Faithful Servant - Remembering Charlie Kirk” by Evan McClanahan, Tony Juarez, Bradley Schumaker, and Gherard Thielman

In the wake of RFK Jr.’s recent hearing in the U.S. Senate, Evan and Auguste discuss the current health of MAHA, the Left’s fixation with Trump’s health, anarcho-tyranny in the UK, and the coming golden age of public safety in American cities. Evan flexes his extensive reading on public health and the history of vaccination while Auguste maintains respectability by offering his normie smooth-brained rebuttals. Fortunately, for the members of the MAHA movement, change seems to be coming and RFK Jr, is a relatively independent non-shill. On the safety front, Trump seems far more confident this second time around punishing bad guys, finally cleaning up the mean streets in DC and bombing Venezuelan narco-boats in the Caribbean. As for the rest of the West, particularly the UK, both cousins conclude it’s probably a lost cause, but give props to JD Vance for calling out these countries’ awful leadership before it was cool.

Articles referenced in this episode:

- “Censorship or the National Guard: Which Public Safety Vision Do You Prefer?” By Evan McClanahan

- “If Only the Unknown Soldier Had Been Vaccinated” by Evan McClanahan

- “Leverage: How (Relatively) Small Amounts of Money do Outsized Amounts of Harm” by Evan McClanahan

- “Why Nobody Should Accept So-Called Experts’ Halfhearted Reversal On ADHD” by Auguste Meyrat

- “Speech And Self-Defense Keep U.S. From Devolving Into Canada And The U.K.” by Auguste Meyrat

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The cousins are back again to discuss the news of the day and counting Trump’s wins. First, they talk about the current cleanup of DC, the problems of urban crime, and the innumerable obstacles to overcome to achieve basic objectives. Evan expresses his growing affinity for the Singaporean authoritarianism and bashes Houston while Auguste asks critics to take of their rose-tinted glasses and see what American cities (and suburbs!) have become. Also, both of them really hate marijuana.

Later, the two review Trump’s executive order on ditching mail-in ballots, using paper ballots, and ending the usage of digital voting machines. If this goes through, this could change the political landscape in huge ways and result in a permanent Republican majority for the foreseeable future. However, it’s almost guaranteed that Democrats and their cronies will fight this with everything they have. 

Finally, Evan and Auguste flex their foreign policy muscles and consider the prospect of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Breaking from establishment opinion, Evan voices his deep empathy for Putin’s war, bringing up the important question of the West even means at this point. Auguste lets his peace flag fly, simply hoping for an end to the war. 

Articles referenced in this episode:

• “The Brew: Order Is Returning to America’s Capital. The Pro-Crime Party Is Fuming” by John Zmirak
• “Trump Announces His Next Target to Ensure Elections Are 'Fair and Honest’” by Leah Barkoukis 
• “Speech And Self-Defense Keep U.S. From Devolving Into Canada And The U.K.” by Auguste Meyrat
• “Scrutinizing Arizona’s Election Administration Does Not Make Kari Lake An ‘Election Denier’” by Auguste Meyrat

-   “Professor David Clements Investigated a SIXTH TIME by Disciplinary Board – This Time for Visiting Hero Tina Peters in Jail” by Jim Hoft

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In this episode, I am joined by my friend and fellow teacher-writer Jeremy Adams. Jeremy is the author of several books, including Hollowed Out, which discusses the issues afflicting the Zoomers (before it was cool), and Lessons in Liberty, which profiles 30 great Americans who can serve as models for today’s Americans. 

As we start the new year, Jeremy and I offer our diagnoses for the current state of American public schools. Somehow, we don’t talk about smartphones until the second half of the conversation—and even then, we’re mostly positive about the new policies. Rather, the real problem afflicting schools is more philosophical in nature. Later on, Jeremy defends Gen X parents, softening my criticism that they should have known better about the screens. And both of us show our age as we express our confusion at much of the political discourse that dominates social media today. Finally, Jeremy ends our conversations on a happy note by offering high-quality warm fuzzies for any prospective educators.

Articles Referenced in this Episode:

“A Teacher Explains the Massive Challenges Young Americans Don’t Want to Face, But Must” by Auguste Meyrat

“‘Lessons In Liberty’ Helps Us Work Like James Madison, Think Like Clara Barton, And Multitask Like RBG” by Auguste Meyrat

“My Late Father Was a Great Teacher. He Wouldn’t Last a Week in the Modern Classroom.” By Jeremy Adams

“I’m a teacher — AI is beating us in the fight for kids’ minds” by Jeremy Adams

“With New Cell Phone Ban, Texas Students Will Have To Start Talking To Each Other” by Auguste Meyrat

“Why Teachers Only Get A Fifth Of The Money Taxpayers Spend On Their Schools” by Auguste Meyrat

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Tony gives us his overview of the new Naked Gun movie while Auguste goes on extended rant about old actors who need to throw in the towel to give a chance to younger talent. We also discuss the state of comedy today, the power of Gen X nostalgia, and the need for conservative actors and filmmakers to come out of the (political) closet. As with all things, there’re reasons to be hopeful about the future of television and movies as well as reasons to think the current decline will persist. Whatever happens, the Everymen will be there for it.

Auguste and Evan discuss a viral essay from Dudley Newright that explains how Reddit has made everything in our society lame. From starting as an online forum for dorky introverts to find one another, the platform and its moderators have come to dominate the thinking and sentiments of society, particularly with millennials. While Dudley argues that Reddit was the origin of so much of what’s wrong with the world, The Everyman cohosts wonder if it’s more a reflection of what was already being taught in schools and reinforced by mainstream media. As the conversation progresses, the two consider the extent of Redditism and if the phenomenon can be seen in other parts of the internet. Finally, Auguste and Evan consider how this all ends. Will we all become pathetic Redditor-types eating the bugs or will we come out of this spell and finally reconnect with reality?

Articles cited in this episode:

• “The Four Commandments of Reddit” by Dudley Newright

• “How Reddit Destroyed

Tony offers his thoughts on the new Superman film. For what it’s worth, he recommends it if one goes into it with the right expectations (that is, low ones). We discuss the strange wokemongering preceding the film and the challenges of making a compelling Superman film in general. This prompts Auguste to nerd out and discuss his disappointment with the latests installments in the Marvel and DC Cinematic Universes as well as his subsequent hope for a turnaround in the superhero genre. Finally, Tony brings up previews to new movies come out, which seem to promise ever more Gen X and Millennial nostalgia slop. But perhaps something great will spring from the coming movie offerings.

Referenced Articles:

• “The Penguin Has Mommy Issues” by Auguste Meyrat

• “Why DC’s Superhero Pantheon Can Never Emulate the Success of ‘Avengers: Infinity War” by Aaron Gleason

• “‘Elio’ was lame. Making him gay wouldn’t change that” by Auguste Meyrat

• “Disney and Creative Misdirection” by Auguste Meyrat

  
  

  
  

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In this episode, Auguste and Evan hash out the Epstein controversy, carefully consider the very un-startling revelation that staffers were abusing Joe Biden’s powerful autopen, and offer eulogies for NPR and PBS. By some miracle, we managed to keep the conversation to an hour, and by yet another miracle, Evan managed to have something new to say about Epstein.

Articles Cited in this Episode:

• “Critical Pedo Theory” by Scott Greer

• “Epstein Wide Shut” by Gage Klipper

• “The Four Commandments of Reddit” by Dudley Newright

• “What an Actual Founding Style Revolution Would Look Like” by Evan Maclanahan

Episode Breakdown:

(0:00 - 40:00) What’s behind the Epstein Brouhaha?

(40:00 - 51:30) President Joe “Autopen” Biden

(51:30 -1:03:00) Goodbye NPR and PBS!

In this episode, we review the biggest conservative voices and determine how they fare against one another in a tournament bracket. Each of these contenders are already titans of the podcast world and quickly turning what was formerly considered the “alternative media” into the mainstream. Naturally, many of us have our own opinions on these men and women, but it takes a true Everyman to objectively assess who are today’s true king and queen of conservative media.

Here is our list* of participants:

1) Charlie Kirk

2) Matt Walsh

3) Shawn Ryan

4) Ben Shapiro

5) Steve Bannon

6) Megyn Kelly

7) Steven Crowder

8) Tucker Carlson

9) Jack Posobeic

10) Tim Pool

11) Andrew Wilson

12) Benny Johnson

13) Patrick Bet David

14) Dinesh D’Souza

15) Michael Knowles

16) Glenn Beck

17) Catturd

18) Allie Beth Stuckey

19) Alex Clark

20) Candace Owens

21) Liz Wheeler

22) Jordan Peterson

23) Mark Levin

24) Dave Rubin

*I know, I know, we should have included The Everyman here, but we needed to keep things fair.

Founding Editor Auguste Meyrat and Senior Contributor Evan McClanahan get together for our first podcast episode to discuss the news of the day. Among the topics covered are:

• the bombing of Iran and how to address the critics.

• the mayoral election in New York City and why we should care about it.

• the recent wins in the U.S. Supreme Court and what they mean for the country.

• Evan’s latest article in The Everyman about the rise of online debates.

• Auguste’s whine-brag about finally finishing The History of Peloponnesian War.

• Evan talking about propaganda and getting ideas.

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