November 4, 2020
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Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 53 min
The Dan Proft Show Podcast
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
November 3, 2020
Election Night Special Edition.. We'll get reaction and analysis from: historian Victor Davis Hanson, TheAmericanConservative.com 's Matt Purple, TheFederalist.com 's David Marcus, OpportunityOhio.org 's Matt Mayer and U of C poly sci professor emeritus Charles Lipson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 53 min
November 02, 2020
Robert Cahaly: The Howard Roark of polling...even SNL is on the joke of some of the DC-press-corps-sponsored polls+ Social desirability bias and the revolt of Havel's greengrocers. Combat veteran Cory Mills on the security questions, national and domestic. Ricochet.com 's Jon Gabriel on the Clay Travis endorsement of Trump, update on AZ. Trump tax cuts by the #s w/ former CKE CEO Andy Puzder. America's Weimarization w/ AmericanPurpose.com 's Aaron Sibarium. RIP Sean Connery...and the story of ho...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 30, 2020
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler's closing argument for Christians including the 40M who don't vote...on the ballout on Tuesday. Harvard Medical School Professor Martin Kulldorff on public health professionals as pols...on the ballot on Tuesday. Yale's David Gelertner on Biden's #COVID19 fairy tale...on the ballot on Tuesday. The Big Tech backlash w/ Cornell Law Professor and LegaIInsurrection.com 's William Jacobson...on the ballot on Tuesday. Trump discusses hi...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 29, 2020
As we make our way to the TV holes in the final round, who better to have close than the Golden Bear? WSJ's Dan Henninger: "Joe Biden is Bernie in sheep's clothing." DC press corps' treatment of "anonymous" as a big story and "Biden" as anonymous w/ TheFederalist.com 's John Daniel Davidson. Der Spiegel contributor Constantin Eckner on European lockdown redux. Dr. Lyndon Haviland, CUNY School of Public Health, on youth mental health and safetyism+The reality of Biden's energy fantasies w/ Breitb...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 28, 2020
Will Bobulinski drive Biden back to the basement? The Federalist.com 's Chris Bedford on Trump's PA prospects. Crisis Magazine's Michael Warren Davis on Americans and guns. Former Canadian bank economist on the class not racial divide in the West. Retired teacher Larry Sand on waking up parents in "Wokefornia". Mask logic at Oakes Farms Mkt in Naples, FL. Skillset magazine editor happens upon a Trump parade and is inspired by what he witnessed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 27, 2020
Trump channels Billy Joel in Allentown, PA. Radio talker Jason Rantz (KTTH 770AM/94.5 FM in Seattle/Tacoma) on Trump's "60 Minutes" jiu-jitsu; 11/3 as a referendum on police with the rioting in Philly. A vaccine for the CRT virus? W/ New Discourses James Lindsay. Franciscan University's Fr. Daniel Maria Kilmek on the ACB confirmation a long time coming. With ACB, de facto Chief Justice Thomas? From many, nothing. Tony Esolen on our cultureless culture, and Carpe Diem's Mark Perry's "For Every 10...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 26, 2020
My experience at the Trump rally in Waukesha, WI, this weekend. See if you can pick me out. I'll give you a subtle hint. Flatten vs. slow vs. stop. AIER's Jeffrey Tucker on COVID lunacy. The 2 reasons NYPost.com 's Michael Goodwin is voting for Trump. IBD/TIPP pollster Raghavan Mayur called it for Trump in '16. What does he say in '20? Reluctant Trump voters explain why Trump, and they went woke. Will Tampax, Expensify go broke? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 23, 2020
Trump recaptured winning market position in final debate w/ publisher, financier and author Conrad Black. The V-shaped recovery in the open economy w/ First Trust's Brian Wesbury. How CRT is turning the workplace into the "wokeplace" w/ RealClearInvestigations.com 's John Murawski. In re "the talk" Trump turns the tables on "60 Minutes" Twitter's blue-check intelligentsia doesn't know what a "coyote" is in the context of human trafficking, illegal border crossings. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Oct 24, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 22, 2020
Post-debate analysis tonite w/ Scott "The Cow Guy" Shellady and U of C Poly Sci professor emeritus Charles Lipson, and your calls post-debate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 21, 2020
School shutdowns ignore science w/ NYPost's Karol Markowitz. Biden & the boilermakers. Good news on CRT: Steele film, UK Equalities Minister; Bad news on CRT: New @VaselineBrand ad. ACB confirm Monday. Blacks, Latinos to re-elect Trump? How to not Toobin yourself on Zoom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 20, 2020
NationalReview.com 's David Harsanyi on framing the Hunter Biden story and Trump's fighting with Fauci. Dr. Leonard Sax on two approaches to parenting in the #COVID19 era. U of C Economics Professor Casey Mulligan on Trump being to China what Reagan was to Japan. The methodology of the pollster that called 2016 and is calling 2020 for Trump as well. Troy Aikman & Joe Buck long for Biden-Harris...I long for professional athletes with the thoughtfulness and class of Herschel Walker. 50 Cent en...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 19, 2020
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Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 16, 2020
Savannah Guthrie's boogeyman inquiries. Victor Davis Hanson on the Steve Scully suspension, Ben Sasse's criticism of Trump and where the GOP goes if Trump loses. Robert Bork, Jr., on ACB, Big Tech. Dr. Joel Zinberg on state of vaccine dev. Fleetwood Mac songstress Stevie Nicks on her abortion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 15, 2020
ACB's 2-day tour de force. RealClearMedia Fellow Kalev Leetaru on Big Tech's ever-shifting cover stories for election-influencing. FirstThings.com 's Rusty Reno on the signs of our discontent...in people's yards. Syndicated columnist Ira Stoll on Biden's fabulism; phony Joe Lunchbox routine. Teachers' unions target private pods. Andrew Cuomo admits lockdown policies are irrational in conference calls with NYC Jewish leaders targeted by said policies, and Anthony Esolen's qualified gratitude stri...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 14, 2020
Could any Dem on the Senate Judiciary pass an ACB law school class? Trump in PA make an appeal of sorts to suburban woman. Biden says the 56% of Americans who say they are better off than they were four years ago shouldn't vote for him. Should he ready his concession speech? Dueling POTUS townhalls...the Swamp strikes back. Think of a discussion on Hunter Biden or Pelosi and COVID relief, to cite but two examples, at a actual debate tomorrow night rather than in safely siloed alternate universes...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 13, 2020
ACB's notepad. The choice: a man who believes America is good vs. a movement running a man that believes America is irredeemably bad. You might remember Mitt Romney. Joe Biden doesn't. In fact, he forgets (again) the office he seeks. Greater Barrington Declaration charter member Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on shutting down anti-lockdown docs. National Assn of Scholars' Peter Wood on revoking #1619Project 's Pulitzer, NYT Bret Stephens' forthcoming cancellation? Former Tuscon cop Brandon Tatum on the re...
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 12, 2020
On tonight’s edition of the Dan Proft Show: Chicago Tribune Columnist John Kass sits in for Dan. We’ll discuss the ACB hearing in the Senate. Dissident Prof’s Mary Grabar on Columbus Day. Cardinal Francis George Fellow Mary FioRito. Federalist’s Nathaniel Blake on election, and professor emeritus at University of Chicago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 9, 2020
TheHayride's Scott McKay on the Whitmer kidnapping gambit by Trump-hating, Antifa anarchists...more than an idea? Tell me about the bumble bees, AIER's Joakim Book. Spectator USA's Chadwick_Moore on Antifa pushing him to Christianity. Sports' viewership in COVID...it's not just politics driving people away? and, are you hosting the holidays during COVID? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 8, 2020
Manhattan Institute's Heather MacDonald on "safetyism" AKA self-imposed totalitarianism. Trump's right to reject negotiation after the fact on 2nd debate. Remembering capitalism w/ @WhiteHouseCEA's Tyler Goodspeed. Trump's message on monoclonal antibody treatment for all is directionally correct but he needs to tighten it up on the specifics. The reboot of Promise Keepers. McCloskeys charged, violent trespassers not. Climbing out of Satan's anus with Mark Judge...I relish a good Dante reference....
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 7, 2020
Your calls on the VP debate. Remote Health Soultions Chief Medical Officer and emergency room doc Dr. Jon Baugh on early treatement of COVID and underdiscussed steroid therapeutics b/c politics. A conservative trans female named Erin Smith went undercover in ANTIFA Portland and found it to be more than "an idea". Commish Adam Silver visited Earth from his home planet to express his understanding of earthlings tiring of the in-your-face SJW messages from the NBA which, ahem, perhaps won't be back...
Oct 08, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 6, 2020
VP debate preview w/ The American Conservative's Matt Purple...what should be asked of Reparation H? The "M" in a U of Chicago Booth School of Business MBA stands for "Marxism". Ray Domanico, Director of the Education Police at the Manhattan Institute, on a new survey of swing state voters' attitudes about school choice. The largest daily in Nevada, the Las Vegas Review Journal. endorses Trump...any ed board that endorses Trump is a notable occasion.They call me "Shoe Leather"...Tara Reade calls...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 5, 2020
74-yr-old fat man beats COVID. NFL Super Bowl champion TE Ben Watson on his new pro-life film, "Divided Hearts of America". Claremont Institute's Ken Masugi: Biden biggest racial demagogue POTUS candidate since Wilson. LeBron James ruined the NBA for Outkick.com 's Jason Whitlock. TN Sen. Marsha Blackburn: the ACB confirmation hearing will proceed as scheduled. Pacific Research Institute's Dr. Henry Miller, founding director of the FDA's Office of Biotechnology, on vaccine prospects, and Rabbi K...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 2, 2020
Friday eve's show:+ American Commitment's Phil Kerpen on Trump's COVID bout; rapid testing, need for home use+ Fox Biz regular Scott "The Cow Guy" on Sept jobs #+ Chris Wallace responds to critics; conveys debate was about him+ The Imaginative Conservative's David Deavel traces risk averse culture to dodge ball+ AmGreatness.com 's Chris Buskirk minority report+ Joe Biden is an American Catholic and that's the problem+ Spectator USA's Dominic Green on being rich enough to hate capitalism and his ...
Oct 03, 2020•1 hr 53 min
October 1, 2020
Thursday eve's show:+ Joe Biden's "anti-racist" comrades are the in league with white supremacists+ The insufferable Jim Comey testifies on The Hill again...Sen. Ted Cruz gives a good cross-examination and an even better summation+ More structure or less for POTUS debates? W/ NRO's David Harsanyi+ Death or dearth of op-ed pages? W/ The Fund for American Studies' Roger Ream + PA Dems go au naturale for mail-in voting+ Data-driven #COVID19 relief with George Mason Scalia Law School Prof. Tom Varta...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 53 min
September 30, 2020
Wednesday eve's show:+ Harvard Medical School Professor Martin Kulldorff: can't eradicate COVID; FL is doing it right+ TheFederalist.com 's David Marcus & Ricochet.com 's Jon Gabriel on post-POTUS-debate fallout+ The PA Political Performance Prevaricators incl. lockdown artist Gov. Tom Wolf + The Kurt Beatherd story+ WSJ's Jason Riley on ACB's adoptions https://www.outkick.com/the-kurt-beathard-story.../ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 53 min
September 29, 2020
Tuesday eve's show: + Taking your calls with your takes as soon as tonight's POTUS debate ends: 1-888-291-2222 + We'll break down the performances with Rolling Stone's DC Bureau Chief Andy Kroll Before that: + Former CEO of Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital Dr. Jonathan Ellen on Abbott's rapid #COVID test and rational decision-making + Internet-educated tax experts + Black activists in Chicago break bad on #BLM https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/.../chicago-unchained.../ See omnystudio.com/listene...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 46 min
September 28, 2020
+ UC Berkeley Law's John Yoo on the Left's religious test for ACB and her impact on SCOTUS+ ACB is proof that is women can do it all: lovely family, successeful career, faithful Christian+ Why do conservative jurists often move left and leftist jurists stay left? W/ Daniel McCarthy, Editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review + NYT runs their pro forma Trump tax story+ Why so few conservative firms? George Mason U econ professor Bryan Caplan tries to solve this Beckerian puzzle+ Project Veritas ...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 53 min
September 25, 2020
Crime Research Prevention Center's John Lott, Jr., on ACB on 2A rights. Former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan on ESPN announcer Mark Jones comments on police and the connection b/w sanctuary cities and riot-appeasing cities. Previewing Tuesday's POTUS debate w/ Chris Smith of Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, to get a feel for how the Biden folks are gameplanning. Sir Charles & Shaq are more sensible than cable news roundtables when it comes to the Breonna Taylor case, and Confirm on the coup a...
Sep 26, 2020•1 hr 53 min
September 24, 2020
The argument for Amy Coney Barrett. Which party features a history of violating Senate norms for judicial confirmations? WashingtonExaminer.com 's Quin Hillyer on who election year SCOTUS vacancies favor. Is $4M enough for Navy vet Joe Collins upset "No Justice, No Peace" Maxine? One guy has a pistol in his arse, the other has his head up it. Manhattan Institute's Max Eden on CRC in your K12. UFC's Colby Covington makes MMA another sport (in addition) to the PGA one can watch without getting lec...
Sep 25, 2020•1 hr 53 min
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