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Walter Rhein

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7:54

Sober Is a Super Power

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/15

This was originally published in May of 2023. My kids were approaching high school and I figured if I didn’t want them to drink, I had to model it. It’s been a good decision.Getting sober requires you to make sacrifices. Here are some of the things you will have to give up when you stop drinking:* No more groggy mornings that you have to “push through”* No more petty arguments with the people you love that seem to spring up without any reason* No more missing out on important events because you

8:33

Writers Have a Responsibility to Dismantle Arguments...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/14

You all make this newsletter happen! Thanks for your sponsorship! I have payment tiers starting at as little as twenty dollars a year.Upgrade at 30% offUpgrade at 40% offUpgrade at 50% offUpgrade at 60% offI'm so happy you're here, and I'm looking forward to sharing more thoughts with you tomorrow.My CoSchedule referral linkHere’s my referral link to my preferred headline analyzer tool. If you sign up through this, it’s another way to support this newsletter (thank you).I'd Rather Be Writing is a

68:03

How the Death of Local Media Is a Benefit to Criminals

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/14

Hello Friends,Well, this was a great talk. Untrickled by Michelle Teheux is one of the best publications on Substack. Michelle is a former editor of a local paper, and in this conversation she discusses her experiences as a dedicated, stressed out, underpaid reporter.You can tell how passionate she is about the job and how much she wishes she could do it again. Unfortunately the “old fashioned news room” is becoming a thing of the past.During the course of our talk, I came to realize how the death

8:55

Republicans Aren't Man Enough to Practice Accountability

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/14

As far as I’m concerned, the definition of a man is a person who is willing to stand up and accept responsibility when he is wrong.Republicans are the opposite of that.When have you ever seen a conservative practice any form of accountability? The only thing I ever see coming out of the mouths of Republican politicians and Republican voters and Republican media is the claim that liberals are responsible for everything that’s wrong with our society. The last time I looked, conservatives are in charge

9:45

Pedophile Enabling Republicans Have Forever Stained...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/13

Everyone who was involved in the insurrection against the nation on January 6th was pardoned. Many of them had criminal records. Some of them were accused of raping children. Some of them were accused of raping more children after they were pardoned.Has the current president pardoned more child rapists than any other politician in history?Is that even the worst of his crimes?We’re in the middle of another firestorm regarding the various criminal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans

6:30

How To Determine Which Independent Journalists to...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/13

Hello Friends,I’ve been writing for a long time and there are many injustices that keep coming up again and again. We are all aware of these injustices, but we’ve been conditioned to accept them as a natural obstacle of life. So, instead of addressing these problems directly, we figure out ways to go around.That’s what I’ve been doing my whole life and it doesn’t work. Frankly, I’m ready to start calling out the issues as I see them.The first thing people tell you is that you’re not having any

7:02

Toxic Masculinity Created a Sad Literary Trope That...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/12

62:58

How Trafficking Happens Out In the Open and Powerful...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/12

Hello Everyone!It took me far too long to sit down with Ossiana Tepfenhart, and then we scheduled two talks in one day! I met her through medium, and I’ve appreciated her authentic and sometimes heart wrenching stories for years.In this talk, Ossiana provides some insight into the scandals of our time based on her experience as a brave survivor of human trafficking. Her stories provided me with a lot of understanding, particularly on the pressure techniques used by anyone who adheres to a

12:04

Fabricating Claims of Mental Health Issues Is a Heck...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/12

I’d been away for the summer and my dad picked me up at the airport. That was the kind of thing he liked. He liked sliding into his Suburban. It was a climate-controlled, portable office that allowed him to lose himself in his music.He spent most of his time in his car, on the road, away from the house. Like all of us, he was escaping.I can’t remember him meeting me at the baggage claim. Back then you could meet at the gate without a ticket, but we would have met at the baggage claim. I can’t

14:09

Will History Come to Regard the United States As a...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/11

8:21

Why You Shouldn't Trust Grifting Republicans on...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/11

Sponsor me for $5 a month ❤️ Sponsor me for $4 a month 🧡 Sponsor me for $3 a month 💛 Sponsor me for $2 a month 💚 Thank you! 💙Hello Friends,Despite all the chaos and the cruelty and the lawlessness of this administration, one thing has become clear. The side of reason and democracy is winning. The cracks are getting wider and it’s only a matter of time before the whole evil structure comes tumbling down.This administration has already had and squandered its moment of peak power. They were

22:52

Laugh and Cry and See Past All the Lies of Main...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/11

Hey Everyone!I don’t mean to overburden your inboxes, but I wanted to add some words of comfort to finish off the day! I hope you enjoy this!WRYou all make this newsletter happen! Thanks for your sponsorship! I have payment tiers starting at as little as twenty dollars a year.Upgrade at 30% offUpgrade at 40% offUpgrade at 50% offUpgrade at 60% offI’m so happy you’re here, and I’m looking forward to sharing more thoughts with you tomorrow.My CoSchedule referral linkHere’s my referral link to my

7:48

Your Patriarch Is An Abusive Sex Fiend and Liar, and...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/10

7:30

I Don't Feel Like Feeling Defeated This Morning

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/10

Hello Friends,Yeah, it sucks. The Democrats proved once again that the only strategy they believe in is unconditional surrender. Once again, the American people did our part. We took to the streets. We overwhelmingly won elections. We rallied. We cheered. We asked the corporate Democrats to stand with us.Only to watch them pick up a hammer and unceremoniously smash everything we’ve achieved.If only they could muster the same cruelty in opposition of our oppressors. Then they turn to us and give us

5:47

Conservatives Are More Likely to Engage in Self-Harm...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/10

I know that Americans are disinclined to listen to facts, but I’ll provide some anyway. Conservatives are more likely to die than liberals. Republicans are also more likely to kill themselves than Democrats.Honestly, I read these statistics and it made me feel sad. Let me just state this from the beginning, I don’t want people to commit suicide. I don’t want anyone to be hurt.When I’m out there fighting for education and healthcare and basic human dignity, I want Republicans to be the recipients

8:05

Writers Shouldn’t Be Expected to Flee Platforms...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/09

6:47

Why You Must Consider the Possibility That All...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/08

10:12

The Hays Code Made Censorship the Status Quo for...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/08

When I first got my cell phone, I used to lose it all the time. It seemed like every time I left the house there was this mad scramble to find my phone. Eventually I’d discover it in some weird place like the top shelf in the bathroom, or next to the cereal in the pantry.I solved the problem by adopting the same tactic I used to stop losing my keys. With my keys, I conditioned myself to hang them on a hook near the door. It required concentration for a few weeks. Whenever I’d notice I had my keys in

7:36

You're Not a Man if You Support the Republican War on...

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/07

70:47

Should Rational Thinkers Even Attempt to Debate MAGA?

Walter Rhein Podcast ·

2025/11/07

Hey Everyone!I really appreciated this conversation. We started off discussing Ben Ulansey’s wonderful article “A Trump Supporter Walked Into a Bar.” In it, Ben Struggles with a lot of the same questions I’ve had about whether it’s productive to try to reach MAGA, or whether we should just walk away.As always, Will Fullwood provides tremendous insight into this topic. I appreciate that he encourages us not to look at these kind of interactions as win/lose. Instead, all we can do is provide an

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