Peter Grandich can say, "I told you so" about the banking crisis. The one-time Wall Street whiz kid has spent the last several years warning about debt and profligate monetary policy. Those chickens came home to roost this month in three major bank failures. So what's next? The immediate crisis may be over, Peter believes, but it's just the beginning of a long-term debt crisis in the US. Find out what Peter thinks you should know about investment strategies, too.

Does NPR really think that there's "limited scientific research" on athletic differences between men and women? Andrew Malcolm shred NPR for its activist narratives as well as for its half-hearted walkback. Andrew looks ahead to the 2024 cycle, and we both discuss Donald Trump's rally in Waco.

Will Alvin Bragg really indict Donald Trump? I'm skeptical, as I tell Andrew Malcolm, given the case and the circumstances. We discuss Ron DeSantis' response, plus game out whether Trump's latest call to the streets will work. We also take a look at the NYT's use of a notorious Rathergate source to flog the 1980 October Surprise conspiracy theory meets any journalistic standard, and then discuss another new poll showing that media credibility continues to crater. Stick around for our jokes of the week, too!

Can Academia be restored to its original purpose? Jacob Howland plans to try. Howland, the director of intellectual foundations at the University of Austin, discusses the goals and the accomplishments thus far from this new start-up in higher education. We discuss how UATX plans to restore full and free debate and discussion, how classical education will guide the curricula, and UATX's ambitious plans to open as a full-scale four-year-plus university by the fall of 2024.

News that the FBI and the Department of Energy both concluded that a lab leak in Wuhan is the likeliest origin for COVID-19 puts bureaucrats and media on the spot. Anthony Fauci appears to have engineered a cover-up from the beginning to shield himself and Francis Collins from the blowback of restarting gain-of-function research. Why did the media actively suppress discussion of the lab-leak theory as disinformation and conspiracy theory? We discuss the death of the daily, or at least on a national-coverage basis. And why is California suffering a critical shortage of U-Hauls?

Yet again, another piece of "misinformation" turns out to be reality. Why did the media suppress the lab-leak theory of COVID-19 origins? Andrew Malcolm and I discuss the impact that has on mainstream media's already crumbling credibility. We also look at whether and when sanctions on Russia will have a significant impact on the war, and discuss Jimmy Carter's decision to enter into hospice -- and how much the world has changed in that regard since his presidency.

Almost exactly one year after Russia invaded Ukraine -- and after every Western leader had gone to Kyiv -- Joe Biden finally made the trip. Is this too little, too late? Andrew Malcolm and I also discuss the malevolent nature of Biden's domestic policies. Also, we both found the new New York Times approach to staff revolts to be a refreshing change. Plus, what does Jimmy Carter's decision to go into hospice show about our cultural struggle to deal with the consequences of aging and extended life?

Yet another Big Tech platform got caught suppressing debate and conservative speech -- and yet again with federal government involvement. Andrew Malcolm and I discuss the Microsoft/GDI scandal, We also take note of the dogs that haven't yet barked in the media over this smear job against hundreds of American conservative and libertarian platforms, including our own. Andrew and I also talk a little about the Super Bowl, and more about Joe Biden's prospects for 2024. If he defies expectations and chooses not to run, who emerges? I explain why I think the answer will come from the Senate rather than the states.

Whose privilege prevails these days in Academia? Follow the money, advises Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix. Colleges and universities are experiencing a plague of "Pretendians," white women especially claiming Native American heritage for career bursts, while real Native Americans struggle with disenrollment over another set of perverse incentives. Was Rachel Dolezal merely ahead of her time?