Hour 2: Trump's $5K Promise | Stephen Reiner on Businesses Changing Fast

Our second hour begins with a conversation on last week's GOP Midterm Convention in Dallas, specifically President Trump's promise of a $5,000 stipend to all eligible American adults if Republicans win both houses of Congress in the November midterms. The show wraps with Stephen Reiner, keynote spe…

Hour 1: Are We Forgetting September 11th? | Prof. Frank Cogliano on the Legacy of Thomas Jefferson

Episode 114 begins with Mert, Ryan Pagano, and Alex discussing the 25 year commemoration of the September 11th attacks, and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration releasing new documents about the air quality in Lower Manhattan post-9/11 being covered up. Then from the 21st century to the 18th c…

Hour 2 : Disruptive Airline Passengers | Anne Fundner on Fighting Fentanyl

Our second hour begins with a look at yet incident in the unfriendly skies. The show wraps with Anne Fundner, the “Angel Mom” whose 15-year-old son Weston was poisoned by fentanyl-laced pills in 2022; a 2024 RNC speaker and founder of the Forever Weston Foundation, she discusses the fentanyl crisis…

Hour 1: What Does Labor Day Signify? | Brendan Mahan on Overcoming the Wall of Awful

Episode 113 begins with Mert, Matt Sambolin and Alex dive into facts and figures of Labor Day.  The show then shifts to an interview with Brendan Mahan, ADHD expert and host of the ADHD Essentials Podcast, who joins to discuss his new book Overcoming the Wall of Awful: Why It’s Hard to Get Things D…

Hour 2: Trump Scales Back South Korea Exercises | Prof. Robert Parkinson on Tyrants and Rogues

Our second hour opens with a discussion of President Trump’s order to substantially reduce annual joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his relationship with Kim Jong Un, the high U.S. costs, and Seoul’s refusal to join efforts against Iran. The move sparked sharp bipartisan criticism, …

Hour 1: The $20 Burrito Debate | Mike Lebowitz on Second Wave

Episode 112 examines the viral debate over $20 burritos that began when a college student told Turning Point USA a burrito shouldn’t cost that much, turning a simple complaint into a symbol of inflation and everyday costs. Using real prices, inflation data, and surveys, it shows how delivery and ex…

Hour 2: Hong’s Progressive Upset in Wisconsin | Christian Briggs on Hard Assets

In our second hour, the hosts dig into Francesca Hong’s narrow loss in Wisconsin’s August 11 Democratic primary for governor. The democratic socialist led the polls, but Bernie Sanders and AOC stayed out, old statements on Thanksgiving, policing, and prisons came roaring back, and David Crowley pul…

Hour 1: NBA Vets Declare for the WNBA Draft | Michael LeBlanc on What If Anger Is the Answer?

Episode 111 examines how two former NBA players’ declarations for the 2027 WNBA Draft have forced the league to confront its undefined eligibility rules and the broader clash between inclusion and sex-based competition. It also tracks the escalating responses—from Sophie Cunningham’s comments to th…

Hour 2: Spider-Man & Modern Loneliness | Dr. Mark Evans on Cultural Conservation

In our second hour we examine the record-breaking success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day and how its story of a forgotten, isolated hero illuminates loneliness in modern life. Drawing on insights from Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and psychologist Pauline Boss, we explore why this emotionally resonant…

Hour 1: Lincoln Reflecting Pool Fiasco | Dr. K. Alan Stokes on Continuing Covenant

Episode 110 opens with the absurd political circus around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. A rushed no-bid renovation for America 250 peeled and failed from botched contractor work—yet the administration invented sophisticated midnight vandals, charged a former Olympian with a felony, then wat…