Jerry and I finish our conversation with a candid discussion of the N-word, and then proceed to take down American politics the way it should be done.

Writer Ray Fox joins the podcast to recap Le concert de Paris, discuss France's new "health pass" measures, and get to the bottom of why our billionaire class is so interested in escaping the planet.

Jerry "Kiko" Scruggs returns to the pod to discuss the controversy surrounding Critical Race Theory and its role in education. The second half of our conversation, about the N-word, will be available next week.

Laura returns to discuss Bill Cosby's surprising release, Netflix's new dating series, and the exhibition of kink at Pride festivals.

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Blake Smith of the University of Chicago joins the pod to explore Foucault's concept of biopower, the antagonistic relationship between public health services and liberal democracy, and the role of experts in a free society. Blake's relevant articles are linked below:

Biopolitics

Lockdown and Punish

The Unwoke Foucault

Geoff Schullenberger's article: How We Forgot Foucault

Christian Hayden joins the pod to discuss the recent HatWRKS controversy, the new respect for the COVID lab-leak hypothesis, and the monopolization of American media. 

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Jon goes solo to discuss the problems of pop culture, Milo Yiannopoulos's conversion to straightness and how the elites have co-opted the Woke movement.

Historian and Roberston Co. native Rick Gregory joins the podcast to discuss his upcoming book "A Story Heard Around the World: The Bell Witch Legacy," in which he explores how a small piece of local folklore became a worldwide phenomenon. We discuss the Bell Witch story itself, its various manifestations in print, television, music and film, and the relationship between folklore and religion. 

Laura is here to console Jon over his recent loss of respect for comedian Sarah Silverman. We discuss the Nashville mayor's attempts to squash a referendum on his property tax increase, and then review Robert Altman's 1975 masterpiece Nashville. 

Historian and park manager David Britton joins the pod to recount the history of Port Royal, a once thriving community in Middle Tennessee that has since become a ghost town. We also discuss the power of historic narratives, the usefulness of deconstructing those narratives, and the pros and cons of critical history.