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Radio Derb May 30 2025

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2025/05/30

This Week’s Show Contents 02m24s Open the pod bay doors, Hal 06m46s AI scrapes Grub Street 14m06s Trump 47 report card: (1) 19m14s Trump 47 report card: (2) 23m00s Trump 47 report card: (3) 28m29s Cooking the data at Harvard … Continue reading →

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Death To Freaks

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2025/05/30

While everyone is enjoying a bit of a respite from the crazies flying their freak flags in our faces, it is important to remember that they have not gone away. Like cicadas, they have merely gone into hibernation. There they … Continue reading →

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The Odd Squad

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2025/05/29

Note: This is the five year anniversary of the death of George Floyd, peace be upon him, so I will be part of a Twitter space discussing the life and legacy of one of our nation’s greatest heroes. You can … Continue reading →

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Keepin’ It Real

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2025/05/28

Note: Tonight Paul and I will be taking a victory lap on the Covid topic, so use the time to think about how you will congratulate us on being right about everything. You can tune in on Twitter, YouTube or … Continue reading →

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The Return Of Elites

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2025/05/27

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Science Fiction

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2025/05/26

Note: Behind the green door, there is a post about the classic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, a post about conservative corruption, and the Sunday podcast. On the Substack side of the green door, there are now weekly videos. Subscribe … Continue reading →

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Radio Derb May 23 2025

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2025/05/24

This Week’s Show Contents 01m22s Mortalism in the news 07m04s Regretful mortalism 13m52s A clumsy Commencement 20m18s A joyful Commencement 26m11s Hesperophobia (cont.) 36m47s That pesky semicolon 38m53s Romania’s new President 41m32s Rotherham’s new Mayor 43m40s Signoff with cultural appropriation … Continue reading →

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A Show About Nothing

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2025/05/23

This weekend is the official launch of summer in America. It does not feel like the first weekend of summer, but that is probably due to the weather. It has been cool and rainy here for most of spring. Even … Continue reading →

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The Struggle Of Science

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2025/05/22

For a while, it seemed like the human sciences might finally close the gap between metaphysics and morality that has plagued us for so long. The age of ideology has relied upon the blurry, unclear understanding of human nature to … Continue reading →

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Generations

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2025/05/21

Note: On Tuesday nights, I participate in a Twitter space where we discuss spicier topics than you find in the news. The replay of last nights episode here Generational politics is one of the cruder forms of politics as it … Continue reading →

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The Banality Of Biden

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2025/05/20

Hannah Arendt coined the term “banality of evil” while covering the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961. She noted that Eichmann was not the cartoonish villain one expected, given the accusations against him. Instead, he appeared to be … Continue reading →

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Happy Campers

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2025/05/19

Note: Behind the green door, there is a post about the classic film, The Maltese Falcon, a post about my trip to the Old Glory Club, and no Sunday podcast. I got back too late on Sunday to do a … Continue reading →

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Radio Derb May 16 2025

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2025/05/17

This Week’s Show Contents 03m31s Welkom in Amerika! 12m28s A church that won’t help white people 20m45s Death of a church 27m48s SCOTUS ponders citizenship 30m34s Latest from Woke Academia 32m34s For the boys in blue 34m28s Date-appropriate Signoff Direct … Continue reading →

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The New Paganism

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2025/05/16

After finishing the show last week, I thought I left too much on the cutting room floor, so I picked up those scraps to make a follow on show this week. With next weekend being Memorial Day, there may not … Continue reading →

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The Ukraine Game

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2025/05/15

The professional commentators and amateur experts have been highly critical of the Trump foreign policy, but despite his unorthodox approach, Trump seems to be making progress that those experts claimed was impossible. The recent trip to the GCC countries is … Continue reading →

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Under New Management

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2025/05/14

President Trump has wrapped up his trip to Saudi Arabia and the Western media is trying hard to ignore it. The main reason is they hate Trump, of course, but a secondary reason is they do not understand the importance … Continue reading →

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The Progressive Formula

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2025/05/13

American progressivism in its current form can be summarized as an ideology that claims, “we must do A or B will happen.” The A in this formula can be just about anything and often flips from positive to negative. There … Continue reading →

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The Slaves Of The South

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2025/05/12

Note: Behind the green door, there is a post about progressive echo chambers, a post about old televisions and old ways to watch them, and the Sunday podcast. On the Substack side of the paywall side, there are now weekly … Continue reading →

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Radio Derb May 09 2025

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2025/05/09

This Week’s Show Contents 01m29s The decline of Jim Snow 12m40s Somalis all over 18m29s Habemus Papam 28m20s Lock ’em up! 31m15s Not a penny for Columbia 34m25s Yet another Indo-Pak War 36m04s Signoff with Tom Lehrer Direct Download, The … Continue reading →

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The Road To Paganism

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2025/05/09

With the new Pope being installed, this week seemed like a perfect time to explain why Protestants are the cause of all our troubles. It is the Protestant revolt that led to the re-emergence of paganism in the West. That … Continue reading →

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