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MAGA Punishes Enemies and Rewards Friends
Episode 91
Ness and Jeff break down the friend–enemy distinction shaping Trump’s second administration, the cultural autopsy of DOGE, and the modern absurdity o…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Gold's moon shot
Episode 90
Ness discusses $4000 gold, a Kentucky miscarriage of justice, why Charlie Kirk's killing was maximally public and the gender transitioning of given n…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
$4000 gold and the end of the American empire
Ness discusses gold's record dollar-denominated valuation, a radical miscarriage of justice in Kentucky, lingering questions around Charlie Kirk's mu…
9 months ago
Miscellany of Brief Items
Episode 89
Jeff and Ness sift through a potpourri of stories shaping America’s political and cultural landscape — from Trump’s record-breaking blitz of emergenc…
9 months, 1 week ago
Class contingencies and Charlie Kirk
Episode 88
Ness discusses how the top of society doesn't like the extrajudicial execution of its enemies, the test Jimmy Kimmel presents for the Trump administr…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
From Kirk to Kimmel: Crossing the Rubicon
Episode 87
Jeff and Ness analyze Charlie Kirk’s assassination and Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, exploring how violence, censorship, and crisis politics are reshapi…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Charlie Kirk blown away what else do I have to say?
Episode 86
Ness discusses the Charlie Kirk assassination and why there will be more, not less, of it in the future
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Christianity, Migration, and LGBTQ Inclusion
Episode 85
Drawing on Pope Leo’s words about migrants as “messengers of hope,” the Kansas bishops’ 2025 pastoral letter on immigration, and the first-ever LGBTQ…
10 months, 1 week ago
Capital Crime
Episode 84
Jeff and Ness take the looming federal takeover of Washington, D.C. as a springboard to explore how America defines and politicizes crime — and what …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Science Formerly Known as Settled
Episode 83
Jeff and Ness revisit the COVID era, considering its medical, political, and cultural consequences; they also examine recent developments from the De…
10 months, 3 weeks ago