The Rogue Recap with Lynda

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Lynda McLaughlin brings you the news no one else is covering... whether they didn’t want to, or simply couldn’t keep up. On Rogue Recap, we dive into the stories, the

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Number 1: PENCIL TO PAPER, IT USED TO BE EASIER
Your brain, your kids, your privacy, and your healthcare are all under pressure from systems that reward convenience, compliance, and profit over reality. Lynda connects the dots in this Rogue Recap and makes the case for getting back to basics before we lose the skills, instincts, and freedoms that actually make us human. In this show, we tackle HOA's, HMO's, Flock cameras, and racial profiling studies that didn't turn out the way we thought they would. It's a lot, but it impacts all of us every day. It's time to get back some of our civil liberties. @LyndaMick @RogueRecap RogueRecap.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 26, 202642min
Number 2: MERITOCRACY MATTERS MORE THAN EVER IN POLITICS & SOCIETY
Ever wonder why ignorance is bliss? Me too- only now it's so widespread that we've stepped into the danger zone. The ignorance, hypocrisy, and dangerous policymaking among progressive candidates and elected officials are shifting a once great country into a struggling science experiment. People like Angie Nixon and Karen Bass are the nemesis to all things logic. And I would say a lot of what they are promoting is either partially or completely false. @LyndaMick @RogueRecap RogueRecap.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 20, 202634min
Number 3: WE FORGOT WHAT WE FORGOT
The stories everyone was supposed to remember are the ones getting buried. This show pulls the thread on the headlines and scandals that have faded into the background - and asks what it says about the people, the judges, the media, and the politicians who let it happen. The murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and the outrage over how her case has been handled, the Austin Metcalf trial and the fight over accountability, Don Lemon’s anti-ICE church disruption in Minnesota, the mystery surrounding Mitch McConnell’s health, the legal silence around Letitia James, the ugly truth about the Obama library contractor story, and the COVID era lies that still have not been accounted for. We are going to connect the dots between crime, corruption, media double standards, and the way public outrage gets redirected when the story does not fit the narrative. We also revisit the manipulation around vaccine messaging, the pressure campaigns against the unvaccinated, and the celebrities and personalities who helped sell the lie. @LyndaMick @RogueRecap RogueRecap.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 18, 202638min
Number 4: SOUNDBYTES 18 - MERITOCRACY VS IDEOLOGY
SoundBytes 18 conversation starts with a WNBA customization controversy over religious language on jerseys, then widens into a broader critique of selective enforcement, identity politics, and double standards in sports and media. From there, we pivot to California and Pennsylvania politics, attacking public spending, campaign finance systems, COVID-era power consolidation, and what they see as dishonest leadership and taxpayer-funded corruption. Meritocracy or Ideology? Eric and Lynda repeatedly argue that institutions are too focused on race, gender, labels, and narratives instead of competence and evidence. That theme shows up in discussions of DEI, academic research, policing data, and election coverage, all of which are used to argue that truth is being distorted to fit preferred political outcomes. We hit the Lindsay Clancy murder case and the absurd defense of a mother who killed her children. We reject the “psychotic break” explanation - she's a murderer - period. @LyndaMick @TheRogueRecap RogueRecap.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 30, 202649min
Number 5: LET FREEDOM RING...BUT NOT IN PENNSYLVANIA
Shapiro says two people died from measles, but the county says there are zero measles deaths on record. That contradiction is the center of this episode, and it opens into a larger question: who is shaping the narrative, why now, and what happens when public health messaging collides with politics? Lynda McLaughlin breaks down the fast-moving Pennsylvania measles controversy and the timeline surrounding Governor Josh Shapiro's announcement, the Lancaster County coroner's record, and the local commissioner pushing back on what he calls a false claim. She also pulls on the thread of vaccine politics, the role of advocacy group Protect Our Care, and the way messaging around "measles-associated" deaths can be used to influence voters heading into a school year and an election cycle. You'll hear the full argument laid out around Shapiro's ties to vaccine industry interests, the grant money Pennsylvania funneled to a vaccine manufacturer, and the accusations that public health language is being weaponized for political gain. Lynda also connects the story to broader concerns about COVID-era mandates, pharma profits, media framing, and why she believes the public is being pushed into fear instead of given clear evidence. We get to a few other topics too, like Flock cameras and Chris Murphy. @lyndamick RogueRecap.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 28, 202640min