IP... Frequently: A Not-Very Intellectual Business Podcast

David and Brad make an impassioned case for reviving public shaming via pillory—and this week's news provides all the evidence they need. First up: a Scottish woman who orchestrated an elaborate nine-month fake pregnancy with a doll named Bonnie Lee Joyce, complete with gender reveal parties, prosthetic baby bumps, and simulated diaper changes that fooled friends, family, and even the supposed father. Brad and David agree she deserves the stocks, but she's got company. Congressional Democrats blocking government funding while military members, FBI agents, and hungry kids go unpaid (but senators keep cashing checks)? Straight to the pillory. Prince Andrew, who spent decades bilking British taxpayers to fund his 40-prostitutes-in-four-days Thailand adventure before finally being stripped of his royal title? Front row in the town square. The only ones exempt from public shaming? The diseased research monkeys loose in Mississippi—at least they're honest about being extremely angry and dangerous.

A rogue curb has assassinated a Mercedes tire. Meanwhile, Trump brokers the impossible while the Nobel Prize goes to people who accomplished nothing but good vibes. RIP to Ace Frehley and Diane Keaton—actual legends who earned their laurels. And to everyone who marched for "No Kings": you're 249 years late and several brain cells short.

This week, David and Brad deliver analysis and exegesis on poultry, Patriots, and prophecy. The boys declare Drake Maye the next NFL MVP, take a victory lap over the Patriots finally putting football men in charge instead of DEI hires, and somehow pivot seamlessly into the Book of Enoch and the Nephilim's role in humanity's rebellion. It's the only show where Margaret Thatcher, duck l'orange, and rebellious celestial beings share the same hour. If you came for consistency, you're lost. If you came for critical analysis, truth, and the kind of intellectual chaos that shouldn't work but absolutely does—you're in the right spot.

Turns out when federal workers stay home, America keeps right on trucking. But while Washington idles without consequence, David stumbles into actual operational chaos at Rhode Island's mysterious "Preserve," where he survives a surreal evening featuring purple-coated moguls, hostage-taking hospitality staff, disappearing celebrity chefs, militant scheduling protocols, and Hobbit houses under armed guard. Think Goodfellas meets boutique hotel meets witness protection program, with a side of free-range rams.

Then the conversation turns to Colorado's Taco Bell Ultra Marathon—a 31-mile gastrointestinal minefield where runners must consume nine Taco Bells worth of food while maintaining forward momentum. Mandatory chalupa supremes, crunchwrap supremes, burrito supremes, and nachos Bellgrande—all while your body screams for mercy and every exit strategy becomes a potential biohazard. Optional "challenges" include bathing everything in Diablo sauce and doing a Diablo shooter at the finish line, plus chugging two liters of Baja Blast without vomiting.

One survived Arctic warfare training in polar bear territory, the other made it through a Milan fashion show featuring Meryl Streep. Together, Brad and David have faced danger in the face and lived to tell the tale. Back stateside, the real entertainment begins. From "Trump 2028" hats to AI-generated sombreros on congressional leaders, the President's trolling game reaches operatic heights. Ultimately, JD Vance acts as mediator and offers a ceasefire agreement: no more sombrero memes if Democrats vote to reopen the government.

Then Pope Francis, speaking from his impenetrable fortress guarded by Swiss pikemen where your huddled masses definitely aren't welcome, lectures America about the audacity of monitoring its borders. The verdict? If you lock your doors at night, you don't get to demand a nation leave its borders unguarded. If you don't live here, your opinion is as worthless as a Vatican visitor's pass.

David and Brad sit down with John Geoghegan, a former conservative warrior from the Gingrich Revolution days who's done a complete political 180. What starts as a nostalgic trip down memory lane—reminiscing about the old cable access show "One Sunday"—quickly turns into a spirited debate about government ownership of private companies, the Russia investigation, lawfare, and whether political prosecutions are ever justified.

John argues that Trump represents a dangerous departure from conservative principles, while David and Brad push back on the manufactured Russia collusion narrative and selective application of legal standards. The trio wrestles with tough questions: When does government investment in companies cross the line into socialism? Was the FBI's handling of the Russia investigation a legitimate concern or partisan witch hunt? And why do political tribes selectively apply their principles depending on whose ox is being gored?

From the banking bailouts to Intel warrants, from Mike Flynn's prosecution to Trump's fraud cases, this episode examines how both sides weaponize institutions when it serves their purposes—and how intellectual consistency has become the rarest commodity in modern politics. Whether you think Trump is democracy's savior or its greatest threat, this conversation offers a master class in how former allies can end up on opposite sides of the political divide while still managing to have a civil (kind of) conversation about it.

After years of the left gleefully canceling conservatives for wrongthink, they're now clutching their pearls about "censorship" when Jimmy Kimmel gets the boot from ABC. David and Brad serve up this piping hot dish of hypocrisy as they watch the woke mob suddenly believe in the First Amendment... but only when it applies to them.

Other hot news topics include AOC's presidential delusions of grandeur, Trump's unfiltered diplomatic performance, and the serious legal battle over Candace Owens' conspiracy theories about France's First Lady that has a Delaware judge demanding... photographic evidence.

From constitutional confusion to conspiracy courtrooms, David and Brad prove that when progressives get served their own medicine, the cognitive dissonance is both immediate and entertaining.

David and Brad examine the stark divide in how Americans responded to Charlie Kirk's assassination - with one side organizing prayer vigils and seeking faith-based healing, while others celebrated the murder on social media. The hosts dissect why the marketplace of ideas has been replaced by the marketplace of violence, explore how algorithmic echo chambers convince weak minds that opposing viewpoints justify murder, and explain why blaming inanimate objects for human evil remains intellectually bankrupt. They discuss the dangerous precedent of treating political disagreement as grounds for assassination, the role of social media in radicalizing extremists, and why calling your opponents 'Nazis' inevitably leads to someone deciding Nazis deserve bullets. Plus: Why the Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms, not the right to execute people whose ideas you dislike - a distinction apparently lost on a generation that thinks debate is violence but actual violence is justice.

After 300 episodes of back-and-forth volleys, Brad and David demonstrate the perfect match strategy: serve up the truth, return the nonsense with interest, and always remember that sometimes the best view is from the clubhouse bar.

While the world's elites have been double-faulting on everything from COVID responses to foreign policy, Brad and David have been calling the shots with Wimbledon precision. From Trump's power serves to Biden's unforced errors, from the BLM protests' net violations to the Me Too movement's questionable calls, our hosts have provided play-by-play commentary on eight years of political theater. They've watched politicians lob softballs to themselves while completely whiffing on easy volleys, all while the mainstream media kept score like they were being paid by one of the players.

The circus of American politics just keeps going to deuce, over and over, with no clear winner except the concession stands.

The Sirens of Sanity are back from summer break with a sobering dose of truth. David and Brad dissect how society's endorsement of reality-optional thinking creates a pipeline from gender dysphoria to school shootings, while the usual suspects immediately blame MAGA before facts emerge. Plus: Bill Belichick's UNC debut face-plant proves even football legends can't coach their way out of midlife crisis girlfriend syndrome, Arch Manning's performance leaves something to be desired, and Trump's Rose Garden stonework audit shows what happens when someone who actually built things runs the White House. Also featuring: Biden's auto-pen presidency legacy, NASA's asteroid fear-mongering for budget season, and why encouraging crazy people to stay crazy shouldn't surprise anyone when they graduate to homicidal crazy. It's 299 episodes of clearing forests of lies with the machete of truth - assuming that the asteroid doesn't find its way into Earth first.