Dennis and Julie react to some listener emails, topics include: one who listens during her chemo treatments; transgenderism; life is complex… you must seek truth; putting people into boxes is a mistake; people want reality to conform to their view… another mistake: addiction; are there good addictions; conservative and common sense are synonymous; crimes and punishments; the differences between men and women with regard to sexuality; and the truth is decent. Music: Straight to the Point c 2022 R...
Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Dennis and Julie ponder how much freewill people really have in life? They discuss the impulse to steal, reasons for not stealing, and cheating on tests. What are the five Commandments that people struggle with most? The bible is a divine life manual. If God gives people good individual natures… does God give people evil individual natures …or is it random/luck? Did God create evil… or did God create the possibility for evil? Music: Straight to the Point c 2022 Richard Friedman Music Publishing ...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Dennis and Julie discuss dignity and the pernicious nature of social media. They breakdown self-promotion versus the cancer of social media. There is too much needless posting and there are too many needless opinions. Parents, mostly mothers, are using their children on social media for fame and money… it’s child abuse. Pedophilia…. has social media exacerbated it? Polylogism is the belief that different people or groups have different forms of logic. Sharia law… is it all bad? Many value system...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Dennis and Julie react to the Trump conviction. Evil isn’t dark… it’s so bright that people don’t want to face it. We are in a battle …civilizational versus anti-civilizational. If you have a clear mind the Trump trial makes no sense to you. In his book Liberal Fascism, Jonah Goldberg brilliantly traces the intellectual roots of fascism to their surprising source. Dennis says Judge Juan Merchan could have been one of Stalin’s judges. The toughest question you can ask a Leftist in your family is…...
Jun 09, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Dennis and Julie discuss joy and performance… passion is infectious. Dennis recalls fondly his father, Max Prager’s lessons and examples in life. Not achieving your God given potential will cause bitterness. If you are stuck in a situation… find a way to celebrate it. The most powerful thing you can give a person is a good example. Finding joy in life requires effort and enthusiasm matters. They reflect on Jordan Peterson living in the public eye. The importance of being a good model and passing...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Dennis and Julie discuss the differences of working with women and men. You should have close same sex friends… if you don’t, that is odd. Very close opposite sex friendships rarely work. Can you learn from someone else’s mistake… or must you experience the issue to understand? Beware of people who are too close to their parents, and conversely parents who are too close to their children. D+J discuss three reasons parents attend their children’s games… are they healthy reasons? The limits, bound...
May 26, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Dennis and Julie examine having fun… male fun versus female fun; donkey versus monkey; language, pronunciation, and accents; Johnny Carson; Harrison Butker’s commencement speech; and Clarence Thomas. The political is everywhere in society… there are no boundaries. Leviticus 19 - “The Lord said to Moses, Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.” Chaos is the natural state of the world… civilization provides order, and we are moving ba...
May 19, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Dennis and Julie reflect on complimenting each other, when and how to take criticism, and avoiding “always” and “never.” Today’s culture lacks nuance… very few positions in life are binary. Bad ideas prevail because the vast majority of non-evil people are weak. Other topics include: the missing tile syndrome; the Israel protests; BLM; proper grammar; TDS; micro versus macro values; private versus public speech; Talmud wisdom - a bashful person cannot learn; aphorisms; The Book of Virtues – Bill...
May 12, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Dennis and Julie start with the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. The damage that university professors have done to the country over the last eighty years is incalculable. When moral confusion is accepted in one category it spreads to other categories. Parents… what makes you think your child won’t be affected by this if you send your children to university? Dennis reflects on his trip to South Africa. They discuss Jewry in the United States versus Jewry around the world. People beco...
May 05, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Dennis and Julie reveal that being sad is acceptable but being offended is not. Don’t sweat the small stuff because the power of instant rage is staggering. There is righteous anger… Julie was robbed of her college experience by the Covid lockdowns. The differences between the Trump and Biden Presidencies are clear. Derived from Aesop’s Fable - The Herdsman and The Lost Bull – D+J discuss that you should be careful what you wish for; your wish may be granted. Raising the minimum wage has had som...
Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Dennis and Julie examine being “cat-called” in the USA versus in Italy. Women do not see themselves the way men see them. How people dress in public has become less important over the past half century. You become a persona of how you dress. The art and architecture that was inspired by divinity is infinitely more impressive and beautiful than anything produced since. Dennis and Julie prefer American pizza to Italian pizza. You must make time in your life to travel. You must ask yourself what wi...
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Dennis and Julie reflect on being paid to speak around the country. The Oklahoma Bombing Memorial and the case for capital punishment. The U.N. is scum… it’s the United Governments, not Nations. Numbers 23:9 – Balaam - For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations. Dennis had a brain scan… if you could know all the illnesses that will strike you, would you want to know? Dennis and Julie discu...
Apr 14, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman recently died… Julie asks Dennis why he didn’t support him as Al Gore’s VP nominee in 2000. Dennis went to a brain expert, and he found the results intriguing. Do you follow your intuition or gut instinct? Do you think most people nowadays follow their gut, or the herd? Julie has become interested in reading the energy of people when it comes to friendships. Do you become who you want to be? How important are your thoughts when it comes to becoming who you want ...
Apr 07, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Dennis and Julie start with chivalry. Dennis’ mentions his meticulous texts… what does bad grammar say about you? Julie wonders why men try to look like pimps on dating sites. Is sophistication shunned in today’s society… classy, traditional, and mature have been replaced with cool and casual. Julie asks Dennis if there is anything about younger generations that he thinks they are doing well. Dennis believes the baby boomer generation brought in the decline of the United States… the greatest gen...
Mar 31, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Dennis and Julie address a letter received about Julie using the world shalom. Are some religious people too uptight or formal? How bad was Senator Katie Britt’s SOTU response? Why do we hear of Right-wing hypocrites… but never hear of Left-wing hypocrites? Do Leftists purposefully lie… or are they unaware that they are lying? The war on women …re-labeling… reducing women seems to be acceptable, whereas not accepted when it comes to men. “You know what really frosts my cookies” …is that a real p...
Mar 24, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Dennis and Julie point out that watching old tv shows is like a view into a time capsule …a time when you could smoke in planes and bibles were prominent. Advocacy groups say they care about their group, but don’t really care. The Left doesn’t want order… that’s what the battle is all about. Other topics include: Leviticus; cathedrals; idolatry; the deleterious consequences of the death of God in society; religious versus secular government; Dennis and the Crucifix… did Jesus have a choice; Jewi...
Mar 17, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Dennis and Julie start off with languages: Semitic; Arabic; Music; and the beauty of learning languages… inspired by Mario Pei’s book - The Story of Language. Dennis explains the French’s mustard syndrome. There are many ways of doing things… the only thing that matters is moral standards. The question you should ask yourself is… am what I’m doing and saying going to age well? Is it better to have an easy childhood… or a difficult one? It is not a good thing to be liked by everyone. They discuss...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Dennis and Julie discuss Alaska, experiencing 25 below, and missing the Northern Lights. Life will disappoint you… you must deal with it and overcome. Has Dennis been dog sledding? Everything in life is… how you react to it. Julie discusses college admissions, testing, working hard versus cheating, and succeeding on your own merits. Is thinking rationally a curse? Having beliefs is a luxury. Being in snow is peaceful, unlike the rain. It’s not about the existence of God, it’s about the necessity...
Mar 03, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Dennis asks you to consider …rather than “do you love each other” …”do you enjoy each other?” You may love your parents, but do you enjoy your parents? An admirable trait that one can aspire to is to be “easy” on the people in your life. Everyone has two natures… human nature and unique nature, and everyone has different battles with those natures. “The lightness of life” can get kicked out of you while in pursuit of “the resume.” It is a struggle maintaining lightheartedness. Civilization is bu...
Feb 25, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Dennis and Julie open with first impressions …is this a good, intelligent, charming, or wealthy person? Do you have a goodness detector? How can you assess one's goodness? K nowledge and intelligence are not synonymous. We all have micro and macro beliefs... one might have great micro beliefs and atrocious macro beliefs. W ho influences people more high school or college teachers? Do you remember your teachers? The definition of courage is ...one who tells the truth. Younger generations aren't g...
Feb 18, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Dennis and Julie begin with …learning from older folks. Are “only” children more mature than children with siblings? Julie has many older people in her life and finds it to be very enriching. It is key in life to find good people. It’s sad how the elderly are treated in today’s American culture. Other topics include: taking interest in, and appreciating, art and classical music; sometimes you must work at, and build up to, loving something; today’s new is tomorrow’s boring; the legalization of e...
Feb 11, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Dennis and Julie have reached 100 episodes. Dennis reflects on one’s nature… are you a fighter… do you help the fighters? “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” …is a quote routinely attributed to Edmund Burke, falsely so. The quote can be traced back to the utilitarian philosopher John Stuart Mill, who delivered an 1867 inaugural address at the University of St. Andrews and stated: “Let not anyone pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Dennis and Julie begin by discussing nicknames, being “real” versus being “deep,” and the ability to read people. Truth doesn’t favor race, creed, gender, or income. The only systemic racism in America is coming from the Left. For Dennis, when debating… winning doesn’t matter… what matters is …what is true. They ponder the existence of the demonic. “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every hu...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Dennis and Julie start by discussing idiosyncrasies, pistachios, germs, loving classical music and hating tattoos. Life has a way evolving you… youthful, preconceived notions can shatter with time. There is tremendous value in learning from observation. There are infinite “things” to take interest in… you’re not bored, you’re boring …you may not know what your “things” are unless you try them. You don’t have to be brilliant, exceptional, or even smart … you have to take interest, work hard, and ...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Dennis and Julie examine the free market of ideas. Virtually everyone has a podcast …is that a good thing? It’s a good thing that one must earn their audience. It is also good to have such variety... that you can follow what you like. It’s great to find your niche… but is that splintering us as a society? It seems like there’s more access to information everywhere… but are we less informed? Other topics include: as you age you repeat yourself, and have trouble remembering things; the Oscars – Ho...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Dennis and Julie discuss surrogacy. Why would one say that surrogacy is immoral? Is there a religious argument against surrogacy… what about concubines in the Old Testament Abraham/Hagar? They discuss the legalization of prostitution… trafficking is evil, but prostitution is a sin. People don’t fight real evil. When it comes to adoption – do girls seek out their birth mother more than boys? On the topic of fatherlessness… what would reduce gun violence more, more gun laws or more fathers? Dennis...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Dennis and Julie discuss the importance of enjoying what you do. Getting yourself into more than you think you can handle can lead to great things. Push yourself… be ambitious. You can live a full life, or a safe life… not both. Taking silly risks is bad… but conversely, waiting for “safe” can be paralyzing. Dennis talks about his son’s sobriety – his son said that hitting rock bottom was when he stopped blaming others for his problems. The victim mentality is a cancer in our society. Do new yea...
Jan 01, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Dennis and Julie celebrate how wishing someone a Merry Christmas IS inclusive… and lament how paralyzed people have become… they don’t know how to respond to “Merry Christmas.” NBC did a documentary on Prager U …mainstream news is so distorted. Julie shares: “Theses or Feces” University administrators are so unimpressive. The height of narcissism is one saying that having a Christmas tree is not inclusive. You are unhealthy if you do not like Christmas. People live in extremes… purity is a bad a...
Dec 25, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Dennis and Julie examine the similarities and differences of Christianity and Judaism. There is a symbiotic relationship… and a necessity for both. Judaism is particular to a people and a land… and Christianity is universal, meaning not particular to any land or race. Judaism needs the universality of Christianity… and Christianity needs to be rooted in Judaism. Music: Straight to the Point c 2022 Richard Friedman Music Publishing 100% Richard Friedman Writers 100% ASCAP (PRO) IPI128741568 Richa...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Dennis and Julie discuss compartmentalizing. Some topics are holiday dinner wreckers: politics, religion, and family issues. Manners certainly matter… some people just cannot read the room or control themselves. There are two types of unhappy people, and unhappy people who want others to be unhappy – narcissism. How rare a commodity is self-awareness? Take for instance the slow driver is the fast lane… why… are they oblivious or is it on purpose. If people saw their bad behavior on video, would ...
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 18 min
