Former educator turned lawyer Ryan Mullally joined me today for a discussion about Tim Kaine's recent comments on natural law, the argument against an American ethnostate, why Originalism is the best method of Constitutional interpretation, Trump's flaws, states' rights, and more. I couldn’t have asked for a better way to inaugurate The Brian Eskow Show.

- My UFO sighting- Shucked- Wedding update- Sad chatbot story- Division in America- My post about Hillary- Male cheerleaders- Trump’s cultural purge - Rabbi lessons about marriage- Gavin Newsom’s strategy - John Quincy Adams

- Katie Miller’s podcast

- Howard Stern

- Hunter Biden

- The irony of Trump

- JFK

- Abundance Chapter 1

- aliens

- Is MAGA a cult?

- Kamala’s book

- Tariffs

- Sydney Sweeney’s jeans

- Critical race theory

- Ozzy Osbourne

It turns out, I'm not ready to let go of this platform. In this episode, I discussed my goals for season 2 as well as lessons I learned from a rabbi this week, South Park, the Epstein Files, and "Obama-gate".

It occurred to me last night that I never did an official last episode of Searching for Political Identity. That didn't seem right, so I recorded one this morning. Here it is. It’s not the best video I've ever made, but I think I was as honest and reflective as it is possible to be at 6am.

Ryan Mullally and I have a few things in common.We both went to law school as adults, we both detest critical race theory, and we both feel that the Democratic Party no longer represents us.One of the differences we have is that I voted for Trump in November, while he did not — even though he ruled out voting for Harris before he ruled out voting for Trump.Another difference is that while I spend the majority of my free time watching movies and kissing my dog, he spends what little free time he has fiercely defending the application of neutral Constitutional principles in law through his writing and podcast appearances.We had a terrific conversation about the political realignment that is occurring in America and touched upon all the relevant current events of the last few years.Unfortunately, we recorded this three days before the Trump/Boasbert/Roberts drama unfolded. It’s too bad because I would have loved to ask him about it. Nonetheless, I found his perspective on everything we talked about sobering and helpful. I’m going to need people like Ryan to keep me honest as I continue to navigate being a defender of The Constitution and a highly politicized new Trump supporter.

Are we headed toward a recession, and would it be so bad if we were?

Is MAGA right about Ukraine?

My friend Herby Kay, a finance expert and fluent Russian speaker, joined me last night to share his thoughts on those questions.

We never got around to discussing Israel as we had intended.

Maybe next time!

Shawn Farash is unquestionably the best Trump impersonator in the world.

He’s brilliant, hilarious, a keen political observer, and a dedicated activist.

He's also very kind.

It was an honor hosting him!

It was a joy to host Ira Livnat this evening to talk about politics and Jewish American identity. In my opening monologue, I reacted to some headlines and explained who I am for anyone who doesn’t know my background. It was a great conversation!