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Centered From Reality

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Alex Kopytko is a ”radical centrist” that wants to understand the extremes. He has worked in politics and has studied public policy and political science. Alex argues that centrism is less about being a contrarian, it is about being able to change your mind and embrace an openness to new ideas. He is concerned about where the United States is headed and through conversations with people from all sides of the political spectrum, he wants to know how Americans can limit the tribalism that is

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33:53

Trump Appoints Judge “Wine Mom” Pirro to D.C. & the...

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2025/05/10

In this episode, Alex talks about why Trump has appointed the Fox News host and former lawyer, Jeanine Pirro, to the the attorney for Washington D.C. Many think she is unqualified but Alex thinks she is technically qualified but also radical and dangerous. Later, Alex talks about Robert Prevost becoming the first Pope to be from the United States. Pope Leo XIV has triggered MAGA and some think the picking of an American Pope signals that most of the world sees that America is in decline.

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35:29

Forever War Looms in Gaza: Trump Loses Interest in...

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2025/05/08

In this episode, Alex focuses on Israel’s new troubling plan for Gaza, but he also zooms out and talks about why there is a Trumpian shadow looming over this. We are finding out that Trumpian diplomacy involves big promises, failing to deliver on those promises, losing interest, and emboldening the bad guy. We have seen that in Israel and Ukraine so far.

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35:09

Returning to Alcatraz, the Culture Wars Enter the...

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2025/05/07

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29:52

The Sunday Scaries: A Troubling Trump Interview (+...

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2025/05/05

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28:54

A Trade Storm is Brewing at the Port of LA (+ MAGA &...

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2025/05/04

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31:09

The Twitter Files Inspire a Witch Hunt at the State...

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2025/05/03

In this episode, Alex talks about how Darren Beattie, a senior official at the Department of State has used government data to create a list of people in the agency that have been in contact with public figures critical of Trump/MAGA. Alex talks about how Beattie’s actions mirror those of Elon Musk when he green lit the “Twitter Files.”

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27:47

The Waltz in Our Stars: Faults in National Security...

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2025/05/02

Mike Waltz has been demoted from National Security Advisor to the Ambassador to the United Nations. Alex gets over his Schadenfreude to talk about why Waltz was probably the most reasonable person we will get and why this demotion is a perfect metaphor for why the Trump Administration is engulfed in chaos.

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41:36

A Mineral Deal That Turns Ukraine Into a U.S. Vassal...

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2025/05/01

Some are applauding Trump’s recent mineral deal with Ukraine but Alex argues that it is not only exploitative of Ukrainian resources during a tough time, but it also will limit the country from embracing green technology. Alex then talks about the economy, stagnation, contractions, and why Trump will always blame Biden.

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32:34

Canadians Can't Agree on Anything but Trump!

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2025/04/30

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37:36

DOGE Sucked, What’s Coming Next Will Be Worse:...

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2025/04/29

In this episode, Alex reminds listeners that Project 2025 exists alongside the chaos of DOGE. As Elon Musk is distancing himself from Trump, it is time for Project 2025 to make things worse. He talks about Schedule F ruining the civil service, AmeriCorps cuts that may rock civil society, worrying cuts to climate research, and more.

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36:48

Disco Isn't Back but Stagflation is (+ A New Strategy...

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2025/04/26

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46:10

Drunk Texting War Plans as VOX is Making Franco...

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2025/04/25

In this episode, Alex goes over a myriad series of events happening around that world that trouble him, especially as the State Department is making cuts and Pete Hegseth is drunk texting war plans.

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30:20

Signalgate Deux: Hegseth Strikes Back (+ Pope Frances...

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2025/04/22

In this episode, Alex watches the sunset and talks about the sun setting on stability and norms as the Pentagon is in dysfunction.

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31:58

We Are About to Deport Afghan Christians & Allies...

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2025/04/21

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36:11

The Immigration Crisis Moves South to Costa Rica &...

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2025/04/20

In this episode, Alex sits in his car (again) with a beautiful and positive view while he talks about some dark events going on around the world. First, it looks like Donald Trump and Marco Rubio want to force Ukraine to make a peace deal with Russia ASAP or they will clean their hands of all parts of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Later, Alex talks about why countries like Costa Rica and Nicaragua are about to see an immigration/humanitarian crisis. This is because migrants seeking asylum in the US

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35:51

‘Amazon Prime But With Humans’ — Privatizing...

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2025/04/18

In this episode, Alex focuses on the Trump Administration needing to convince the public that its mass deportation campaign is happening. Though it has deported high profile individuals, deportations are down from 2024. Congress is likely to pass a bill that would nearly double ICE’s budget over the next decade and it looks like the entity wants to deport way more people. The acting ICE director has said that they want to privatize some aspects of deportations and compared the reforms to Amazon

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29:01

A Kafkaesque Crisis: Trump Sides with El Salvador,...

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2025/04/15

In this episode, Alex talks about Katy Perry (and others) going into “space” for about ten minutes. Then he talks about the prices, heat, traffic, and payment plans that plagued this year's Coachella events. For the rest of the episode, Alex talks about why the Trump Administration is on a collision course with the Supreme Court. A district court ordered the administration to return Abrego Garcia, the man wrongfully deported to CECOT in El Salvador. But after Trump met with President Bukele in the

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25:44

A White Genocide in South Africa That Doesn't Exist...

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2025/04/11

In this “car podcast”, Alex sits in his car after a run and talks about Trump’s weird obsession over white genocide in South Africa. Trump cut off aid to South Africa but granted special refugee status to white, Afrikaner, South Africans. The problem with all of this is that the South African government is not taking land from Afrikaners and is not killing them. Alex talks about how this is a false theory that has empowered white nationalists in South Africa and around the world. It seems like Trump

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37:34

The Lack of Plan is the Plan: QAnon, Tariffs, Trade...

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2025/04/10

Alex thinks that the lack of a clear plan involving Trump’s tariffs is part of the plan. He also talks about how there are parallels between the QAnon movement and Trump’s base denying the flaws of his chaotic tariff regime. Both seem to trust the man over logic and whatever shared reality is left. Alex brings up these topics because on the day his “Liberation Day” tariffs were set to go into effect, he paused a majority of tariffs for 90 days (though he has kept the 125% tariffs on China and the

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28:38

The Sunday Scaries: Tourism to the US Plummets, Soft...

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2025/04/07

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