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Normal Men

Normal Men is four guys talking about the news. We want to help explain what"s happening in the world around us and have some laughs along the way. And we think you might enjoy hearing what we have to say, as long as you don"t mind a bit of normalcy in a world without much of it.

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Episode 39 - Malebag ft. golikehellmachine

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2025/12/31

Goodbye to 2025! The Normal Men talk food, travel, optimism, and dating.

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Episode 38 - ICE, Wind, Jail ft. Mark Fleming of...

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2025/12/29

The Normal Men dive into appellate immigration strategy and the Battle of Chicago with Mark Fleming of National Immigrant Justice Center. Also, stroads and the modern authoritarian; primary ethics and efficiency.National Immigrant Justice Center: https://immigrantjustice.org/ Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights: https://www.icirr.org/ Organized Communities Against Deportation: https://www.organizedcommunities.org/

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Episode 37 - Rated NY-17 ft. Mike Sacks

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2025/12/18

We interview Mike Sacks, who is running for Congress in NY-17; people are doing more mass shootings; Propter sounds robotic; and what is truth, really?Mike Sacks (https://bsky.app/profile/mikesacks.bsky.social) is running for Congress in the New York's Fightin' Seventeenth: (https://bsky.app/profile/mikesacks.bsky.social/post/3lmev4vf4hc2n) Learn more here: https://www.mikesacksforcongress.com/ Give his campaign money here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mike-sacks-donate Early corvid

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79:18

Episode 36 - Blue Devils and the Deep Red Sea

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2025/12/10

Infant diction, Noted Underdogs Duke, birthright citizenship, c-c-c-cocaine, coffee: black.Norwegian outreach: https://bsky.app/profile/norwayinusa.norway.no/post/3m4bcalmg7s2u Coffee, black: https://bsky.app/profile/bmhughes.bsky.social/post/3m6wc33skm22z

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84:04

Episode 35 - Light, Sweet, Crude

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2025/12/02

The majesty and the mystery of Lane Kiffin, what on earth is up with oil, war crimes in your war crimes, and optimism in Tennessee.

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Episode 34 - Mail Gobblin' ft. golikehellmachine

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2025/11/26

Talking turkey, taking questions, slandering yams, and giving thanks with distinguished alumnus golikehellmachine.

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Episode 33 - Straight to Jael ft. Jael Holzman

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2025/11/19

Green energy and touring finances with Jael Holzman of Heatmap and Ekko Astral (@jael.bsky.social), the Epstein Files, and Peak Trump.listen to Horse Glue by Ekko Astral here: https://ekkoastral.bandcamp.com/album/horseglue and submit questions for mailbag here: https://golikehellmachine.com/2025/11/16/thanksgiving-mailbag/

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Episode 32 - Brain Cramps ft. Haydon

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2025/11/13

Normal Man Haydon (@haydonmp.bsky.social) joins us to talk about strokes and those who may have had them! In addition to that premortem, shutdown perimortem and election postmortem.

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Episode 31 - No Jeep Til Brooklyn

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2025/11/05

Truck Talk returns with harsh words for Stellantis, SNAP impact discussion (human edition not macro edition), and just-in-time election previews (at 43:50).please help some people out at: https://teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634

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Episode 30 - Planned Platnerhood ft. Liz Sepper

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2025/10/29

Prof. Liz Sepper joins us to talk state of play on reproductive rights (remember those?), we do the needful on Graham Platner, and the Trump Administration prepares to Thanos SNAP.add'l reading: Hospital system outcomes in Texas: https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-rates-dallas-houston George's coffee table: https://bittersoutherner.com/magazine

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Episode 29 - Gam-Gam Got Hands

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2025/10/22

The incomparable Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) joins us to talk administrative burden, No Kings gets people in the streets, and there are hijinks in Argentina.

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95:31

Episode 28 - George Takes Portugal

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2025/10/17

On the joys of travel, Chinese tariffs and mineral access, and appropriate appropriations.

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Episode 27 - Frog in the Streets and a Freak in the...

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2025/10/08

A Normal Man returns to take us through the unpleasantness in Portland, we break down the shutdown, and sans George the video game freaks get digital.

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Episode 26 - Feckless v Flaccid

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2025/10/02

With special guest Eva Cantor (@machete.gay on Bluesky). George talks us through some real economic growth, Propter breaks down pre-snap federal shutdown reads, Eva talks us through a whole lot of violent extremism, and the gun touchers geek out.

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Episode 25: Arm the Moderate Kimmellites

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2025/09/24

Lowtax gives us a report on South Florida and the Very Specific Type of Guy (hint: Jeremy Shockey jersey) that lives there now (0:00-3:15). This week’s main event is Jimmy Kimmel, and the Men review MAGA’s effort to bring everyone who doesn’t salute Charlie Kirk at every opportunity to heel (3:15-32:45). Tom Homan secures the (Cava) bag before a check in on Trump Administration approvals and energy politics (32:45-1:06:30). We also talk about Maine (Ed is from Maine) and the quixotic politics on the

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Episode 24 - Cheerwine, Cheers, Whines

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2025/09/19

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Episode 23: Super Sicario

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2025/09/11

The Normal Men are back and covering it all this week. To start (0:00-17:30) we check in on the fighting game community before Soda Chat and learnings about the weird stuff they’re drinking up in Maine. George and Propter reminisce about A&W and the gang laughs at grocery stores. Next up, Elon’s unhealthy obsession with fertility and race, as well as some discussion of the very real shifts in global birth rates around the world (17:30-30:30). Speaker of the House Mike Johnson broke some news

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Episode 22: Talkin’ ’Bout The Noles

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2025/09/03

Join the Normal Men for a break in the midst of Labor Day weekend for some college football chat and a victory lap celebrating Lowtax’s beloved Florida State University Seminoles (0:00-12:00). Next we talk Senate primaries and Senior Maine Correspondent Ed explains why Maine is actually a very large state, George commemorates one of our strongest Representatives, and the Men talk through the doomed logistics of applying tariffs to packages (12:00-42:00). Next up, it’s Glonzo time as Propter leads a

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97:54

Episode 21: Duck Duck ICE ft. Musicology Duck

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2025/08/28

Kick back with your heavily caffeinated beverage of choice as the boys dive into the world of canned stimulants (0:00 to 20:00). This week we’ve got Musicology Duck on to share some of her experiences from the streets of DC amidst a federal occupation of the nation’s capital (20:00 to 1:03:00). We also dive into President Trump’s efforts to take control of interest rates by an attempt to remove Governor Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors (1:03:00 to 1:32:15) before a review of a

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Episode 20: The Last Great American Occupation ft. Lucy

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2025/08/20

The Men start this week talking about our fears, including heights, creepy-crawlies, and amoebas (from 0:00-5:40). Then: we’re going to Swift School this week as the Normal Men get up to speed on Taylor Swift and why we should pay more attention to her career (from 6:00-43:00). Then it’s time to chat about the large number of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard troops who have descended on the nation’s capital (from 43:00-1:05:00. Finally, we are unfortunately putting a few notable

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