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The day Daily Wire died
Episode 120
Ness discusses the massive layoffs and downsizing at the Daily Wire and what it illustrates about the right's inability to maintain any kind of insti…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Tucker Carlson: The Fox in Lion's Clothing — Charlatan or Coalition Builder?
Episode 119
Tucker Carlson praises figures while distancing himself from their ideas, has been on every side of Trump depending on the moment, and has a document…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Foxes and Lions: Russell Brand and the Weaponization of Scandal
Episode 118
Antidepressant use among American adults has quadrupled in a generation and a half, and Canada's dramatic expansion of assisted suicide may be part o…
5 months ago
Homosexuality and pedophilia
Episode 117
Ness discusses the higher rate of sexual abuse perpetrated against young boys by gay men compared to straight men, how even if birthright citizenship…
5 months, 1 week ago
Liberty, equality or diversity: Choose one
Episode 116
Ness discusses the inherent tension in the three philosophical pillars of Western liberal democracy, what Martin Luther thought about Jews, what Eric…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Intelligence Matters: The Science of IQ and Why It's Worth Understanding
Episode 115
Ness and Jeff dig into the history and science of IQ testing — where it came from, how it works, what it measures, and what the data shows about cogn…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Managerial Revolution and the American Deep State
Episode 114
James Burnham predicted in his 1941 work The Managerial Revolution that capitalism and socialism were both finished — and that a new class of bureauc…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Tolerance crucified Christ
Far from being an oppressive tyrant who ruled with an iron fist it was Pontius Pilate's cowardly tolerance of evil that condemned Christ to the cross
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Canceling César Chávez
Episode 113
César Chávez has a California state holiday and a legacy carefully curated by the American left — until now. Ness and Jeff break down the sexual abus…
6 months ago
White discrepancy
Episode 112
Ness discusses perceptions of discrimination in America and how they compare to empirical realities on the ground
6 months, 1 week ago