Normal Men

Normal Men

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Normal Men episodes

  • Episode 9: De Cuckstoel Es Bezet

    This week, we talk about Elon Musk (again) and his drugs, what his missteps mean for DOGE, new news on tariffs, and the Trump Administration’s war on the legal system.

    Chapters:

    0:00 Podcast Intro & Elon Musk's Downfall

    5:00 Elon's White House Exit & Shiner
    10:00 Elon's Health & Doge's Future
    15:00 Joni Ernst's Impunity & Danger
    20:00 Doge, Project 2025 & Bureaucracy
    25:00 Doge's Internal Conflicts & Firing
    28:00 Tariffs & International Trade Court
    36:00 Supreme Court & Major Questions Doctrine
    41:00 Trump vs. Legal Establishment
    54:00 Outro & Pride Month Fundraiser

    58 min
  • Episode 8: To All The Truck I’ve Loved Before

    This week, we talk about Lowtax Speedrun Enjoyer’s limitless Jeep enthusiasm. We also get into a serious conversation about recent political violence in the United States (and why it’s bad), and discuss the finer points of the doomed-to-be-rewritten House Republican budget bill.

    Chapters:

    0:00 Intro & Memorial Day Weekend

    4:00 Wild Car Stories & Jeep Talk
    21:00 The DC Shooting & Political Violence
    47:00 House Reconciliation Bill: Overview
    52:00 Bill Details: Tax & Social Programs
    57:00 Bill Details: Energy & IRA Repeal
    1:02:00 Bill Details: Immigration & Crypto
    1:07:00 Anti-Growth Policy & Outro

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 7: A Very Moody Episode

    This week, we get into some of the details of the Moody’s US credit downgrade, and have updates on last week’s Supreme Court decision on the American Enemies Act. Finally, we talk about the world’s Chief Weeb for Boers, Elon Musk, and how his chatbot went floridly insane.

    Chapters:

    0:00 Intro & US Credit Downgrade

    4:50 Credit Rating: Blame & Impact
    10:20 Tariffs and Trade Negotiations
    20:00 SCOTUS & Alien Enemies Act
    25:00 Habeas Corpus & Court Dynamics
    30:50 Judicial Politics & Fifth Circuit
    35:00 Grok's White Genocide Glitch
    40:00 Elon Musk's AI Propaganda
    46:00 Elon's Retcon & Podcast Outro

    50 min
  • Episode 6: Dad Joke Quotas

    This week, George returns from Greece, Lowtax Speedrun Enjoyer demands that the new Pope defend the honor of his people, we talk about some good news from North Carolina, bad news for Congressional Republicans, and discuss the newest dysfunctional alcoholic joining the second Trump Administration. Propter Malone and GOLIKEHELLMACHINE exhaust their weekly allotment of dad(bad) jokes.

    Chapters:

    0:00 Intro & Pizza Debate

    4:00 North Carolina Election & Gerrymandering
    9:50 2026 Senate Race Outlook
    20:50 Texas Senate Race Deep Dive
    36:00 DC Reconciliation Bill & Budget
    45:50 ICE Oversight & Ras Baraka
    53:50 DC US Attorney & Trump's Influence
    1:01:50 Trump's DC Parade & Abortion Access

    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 5: Mister Pervert And Marble Abs

    In this episode, George joins the gang from Greece to talk about normal — and abnormal — men. We also get into what’s going on the world’s most hacked group chat software, and we close out with a brief explanation of quarterly corporate filings including what they’re saying about the economy as it stares down the barrel of tariffs.

    Chapters:

    0:00 Global Politics & Greek Travels

    5:00 Defining the 'Normal Man'
    10:00 The Manosphere's Toxic Masculinity
    15:00 Beyond Abnormality: What is Normal?
    20:00 Gender Performance & Bronze Age Pervert
    26:00 The Telemessage Security Breach
    31:00 Israel, SEC, and Data Archives
    36:00 Q1 Earnings Season Overview
    41:00 Apple, India, and Trade Deals

    46 min
  • Episode 4: Our Slutty Little Shorts

    This week’s show is a bit on the lighter side. It’s spring time so we’re skies out thighs out before the boys do a round-up of the cabinet clownshows and calamities that are already defining the second Trump Administration. It’s also time for some Truck Talk given the new EV pickup company that emerged from stealth last week.

    Then, finally, the most normal story of the week: Shadeur Sanders.

    Chapters:

    0:00 Intro: Inseams & Trump Admin

    3:00 Pete Hegseth's Breakfast Blunders
    7:30 Cabinet Misadventures: Noem, Burgum, Patel
    17:30 Rubio & Econ Team's Tariff Fights
    25:00 Tariff Impact & Supply Chain Woes
    28:30 Sweet Trucks: EV Innovation & Future
    49:00 NFL Draft: Sanders' Hubris & Fall
    57:00 Jerry Jones' Woke Take & Outro

    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 3: Murk The Yanks

    A very normal Canadian election calls for some very Normal Men to talk about it. We also catch up on all the horrible effects of DOGE (which do not include lower government spending).

    Also: another update on Kilmar Ábrego García.

    Chapters:

    0:00 Cold Open & Episode Preview

    1:30 Kilmer Abrego Garcia Case Update
    10:30 Doge's Devastating USAID Cuts
    19:00 Doge's Financial Failures & Musk's Pattern
    25:00 Doge's Attack on Federal Agencies
    39:00 Interviewing Affected Federal Workers
    41:00 Canada's Election & Anti-US Sentiment
    51:00 Canadian Identity & US Relations
    57:00 Canadian Politics: Future Dynamics

    Chapters:

    0:00 Cold Open & Episode Preview

    1:30 Kilmer Abrego Garcia Case Update
    10:30 Doge's Devastating USAID Cuts
    19:00 Doge's Financial Failures & Musk's Pattern
    25:00 Doge's Attack on Federal Agencies
    39:00 Interviewing Affected Federal Workers
    41:00 Canada's Election & Anti-US Sentiment
    51:00 Canadian Identity & US Relations
    57:00 Canadian Politics: Future Dynamics

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 2: Dunkirk For Treats

    In this week’s episode of Normal Men, your very normal hosts are joined by an inspiring special guest before we talk about tariffs and bonds, because tariffs and bonds are going to continue to be big news for the foreseeable future (nobody is happy about this).

    We also discuss updates in the Kilmar Ábrego García case and the effort to overturn an election to the North Carolina Supreme Court.

    Chapters:

    0:00 Intro and iPhone Tariffs

    5:00 Tariff Policy Chaos
    10:00 Bond Market Turmoil
    15:00 Dollar's Decline and US Debt
    26:00 Threat to American Hegemony
    31:00 The Abrego Garcia Legal Battle
    47:00 Economic Identity and Tariffs
    59:00 North Carolina Election Crisis

    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 1: Our Beautiful Tariffs, Something’s Happening Out There, and Immigration Is Getting Scary

    Welcome to the first episode of Normal Men. George and Propter introduce the podcast and what we’re trying to do here, and are joined by Lowtax Speedrun Enjoyer (not the Lowtax you’re thinking of) and GOLIKEHELLMACHINE to discuss tariffs, the Hands Off protests, and the case of Kilmar Ábrego García.

    Chapters:

    0:00 Intro to Normal Men & Premise

    6:45 Meet the Normal Men & Episode Topics
    8:00 Tariffs: Who Pays & Why?
    17:00 Trade Imbalances & Economic Impact
    25:30 Tariffs, Supply Chains & Inflation
    35:00 Economic Policy & Market Outlook
    40:30 Nationwide 'Hands Off' Protests
    54:00 The Kilmer Garcia Deportation Case
    1:08:00 Lawlessness, Capacity & The Future

    Chapters:

    0:00 Intro to Normal Men & Premise

    6:45 Meet the Normal Men & Episode Topics
    8:00 Tariffs: Who Pays & Why?
    17:00 Trade Imbalances & Economic Impact
    25:30 Tariffs, Supply Chains & Inflation
    35:00 Economic Policy & Market Outlook
    40:30 Nationwide 'Hands Off' Protests
    54:00 The Kilmer Garcia Deportation Case
    1:08:00 Lawlessness, Capacity & The Future

    1 hr 12 min

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