Episode Details

Normal Woman skelly (@iid.bsky.social) joins us from France to talk about- well, the plan was to talk about the American expat experience in Europe during Trump II but actually it wound up being mostly about comparative educational structure.  we hope you like it.

also: Texas Toast (Republican State Senate edition), handicapping 2026, Fed Warsh, Epstein and the shallow bench of evil.

ED NOTE: we are unbleeped compared to our usual because Ed is working very hard and is gassed this week.  please be nice to Ed if you see him.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro & Winter Woes
7:06 Skelly: Life in France
16:15 Academia: US vs. Europe
26:30 College Admissions & Prestige
45:46 Admissions: Success & Diversity
1:08:40 American Expat Life & Culture
1:33:57 Texas Special Election Analysis