I can't say I agree with everything my friend @Scottslifeeh said in this 65-minute conversation. Still, I acknowledge that the argument he presented is internally coherent and explains much of today's geopolitical tensions. It’s always a pleasure to talk with him. I'm curious to what extent you agree with his theory about Trump as a disruptor of the City of London / Anglo-financial empire.

Do you feel teased?

In this episode, I talked a little football, my favorite Super Bowl commercial, and the competing half time performances.

⁠00:00⁠ Personal Reflections on Culture, Identity, and Michael Savage

⁠11:35⁠ Sam Darnold and the Budweiser Commercial

⁠23:53⁠ My Thoughts on the Halftime Shows

I'd love to know your thoughts on the whole situation.

Which one captured "America" better for you?

Has anyone else been seeing those clips of Bannon interviewing Jeffrey Epstein in 2018?

Apparently, Epstein was interested in that which typically lies outside human perception.

At 13:35, I shared what I learned about that.

Then, I opined on the psychology of celebrating America’s 250th birthday under Trump.

I hope you enjoy this episode.

Let me know what you think about either of these topics!

I interviewed a great guest tonight, but I decided not to post the video because I don’t want “all that smoke” with the powerful nation that he is directly accusing of genocide and trying to split from as a foreign minister (and previously the prime minister) of a government in exile.

Instead, I did a 30-minute solo episode in which I talked about our conversation without getting specific.

Does that make me a coward?

I'll be honest with you. I didn't do any preparation for this interview. I don't generally do much preparation, but this time I didn't have any idea what this conversation was going to be about. I suppose I knew that Mr. Angle hosts a podcast called The Philosophical Angle. I knew that because he emailed me a few weeks ago to say he enjoyed the conversation I had with my friend Brent Freeman recently, and pitch himself as a guest. I've been happily pumping out podcasts lately, and I shamefully didn't take any time, even a moment, in advance of this conversation to consider what we might discuss. It must be my lucky day, because we had what I think is one of the most productive conversations I've had in 5 years of podcasting. When I say productive, I mean in terms of helping me find and refine (we're basically at the "refine" stage at this point) my political identity. I had no idea he just wrote a book called, "The Nature of the Political Left & Right." This was so on point for me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

In this episode, I share some observations about the first few lectures in a psychology course I'm taking, and cover some other news stories along the way.

I was pleased to host multiple Emmy-award winning investigative journalist Chris Papst last night. He’s the author of "Failure Factory: How Baltimore City Public Schools Deprive Taxpayers and Students of a Future.” It was a terrific conversation. You can probably imagine what we talked about. I hope you find it as interesting as I did. I hope the people of Baltimore demand change soon!

Do we really need a desctription, in this case?

Friend of the show Herby Kay is running for Congress! Let's see what he has to say about that and current events.