The Dan Proft Show Podcast

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The world is a complicated place. You need someone to expose the political fakers, fixers and takers, and cut through the mindless chatter and misdirection to make sense of it all. That person is Dan Proft and this is the Dan Proft Show.

Politicians take positions. Proft makes arguments. He's studied the western canons. He's read the books. He's seen every episode of "The Simpsons." From DesCartes to Cartman, Willy Loman to Groundskeeper Willie, he's the Firing Pin to William F. Buckley's "Firing Line" here to spark robust dialogue and see who can employ the most arcane (pop) cultural and artistic references to support their points of view.

Entrepreneur, editorial contributor to the Chicago Tribune, former Republican candidate for Illinois Governor, and morning drive radio talk show host with AM 560 The Answer in Chicago (560TheAnswer.com). He speaks truth to his audience with popular political commentary and provocative interviews with deep thinkers and solutionists.

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Episodes

January 10, 2020

I spoke to NY Post's Michael Goodwin about Nancy Pelosi's crack-up on impeachment, Iran, and the NFL playoffs. Discussed with George Mason U professor (and former CNN analyst) Bill Schneider Democrats' confusion on whether they are trying to start a movement in 2020 or put together a winning electoral coalition. As Kelly McParland put in the National Post, speaking of the Left in the US, Canada and the UK, "It’s as if liberals have lost interest in helping ordinary people with everyday problems ...

Jan 11, 2020•1 hr 53 min

January 9, 2020

You must see the documentary "The Guardians" on Amazon Prime. You will watch with your mouth agape. You will not believe this is happening in America. Heartbreaking. Infuriating. I discuss it with the man who made it, Billie Mintz. Dr. Leonard Sax, author of the NYT best-seller, "The Collapse of Parenting," joins me to discuss the trend of increased youth suicide. WashingtonExaminer.com 's Philip Klein on the domestic politics of Iran policy. How are you preparing for "Black Lives Matter" week i...

Jan 10, 2020•1 hr 53 min

January 8, 2020

After their (thankfully only) face-saving retaliatory strike, President Trump declared that Iran appears to be standing down and is encouraging to maintain that posture with new sanctions while Nancy Pelosi circulates a War Powers resolution to limit the Commander-in-Chief. I discuss with TheDispatch.com 's David French. I also confer with French about the crack-up of the Methodist Church and Eric Metaxas' "The Christian Case for Trump."\ 2019 was a bad year for the Beltway Big Government Press ...

Jan 09, 2020•1 hr 53 min

January 7, 2020

I discuss CNN's intolerance for satire w/ Fox Nation contributor Lara Logan the center-right critiques of making terrorist Gen. Soleimani a stain in the road NRO Editor Rich Lowry. I offer couples counseling to a Slate.com staff writer who doesn't have TSA Pre but her partner does. The horror. Mayor Peter is a red diaper paper with a thin public record who wrote a memoir in his 30s and serves as a mascot for one the identitarian sects. Remind you of anyone? I remind you of the military service r...

Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 53 min

January 6, 2020

I asked WSJ's Joseph Sternberg if Tucker Carlson's call for the GOP to jettison "Chamber of Commerce libertarianism" is correct. Jerusalem Post's Seth Frantzman offers insight on the limits of Iran's retaliatory options. I talk impeachment politics and health care policy with former WI Gov. Scott Walker. I also discuss why Atlanta police are instituting a zero tolerance policy on chases, why dollar convenience stores are being (unfairly) targeted by the Left, how LA news anchors reacted to learn...

Jan 07, 2020•1 hr 53 min

January 3, 2020 (Hour 3)

Filmmaker Chris Ruso talks Black on Black violence, FOX's Bret Baier talks Iran Bombing, American Spectator's Daniel Flynn on JK Rowling's defense of a woman, and the trans community response, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 04, 2020•38 min

January 3, 2020 (Hour 2)

Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi discusses the comments Michael Moore recently made on his podcast describing white Trump voters as "horrible people." Heritage Foundation's Jim Carafano talks US attack on Iran, and Peggy Noonan says big tech needs to be corralled. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 04, 2020•38 min

January 3, 2020 (Hour 1)

Iran's Qasem Soleimani was killed in a drone strike at the airport in Baghdad, Iraq. President Donald Trump ordered the airstrike, Mike Pompeo defends the decision. Washington Examiner's Salena Zito joins us to talk the blue wall crumbling after the 2016 election, and political contributions in 2016 from DOJ employees. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 04, 2020•38 min

January 2, 2020

The great cultural critic Rod Dreher joins me to answer the question, has the culture war been lost by conservatives? Bob Woodson discusses NYT's 1619 Project and the response team he's assembling. The attack on a US Embassy in Baghdad that wasn't a rerun of Benghazi (much to the chagrin of the Beltway press corps) because, unlike his predecessor, Trump doesn't believe in peace through appeasement. Speaking of the self-congratulatory know-nothings, I'll detail how the closing of DC's "Newseum" i...

Jan 03, 2020•1 hr 53 min

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