-- On the Show: -- Dr. Eli Merritt, political historian at Vanderbilt University and editor of the recently released collection of essays entitled "The Curse of Demagogues: Lessons Learned from the Presidency of Donald J. Trump," joins David to discuss demagoguery, its toxic effect on democracy, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3ZhYWKG -- The new COVID conspiracy theory is the idea of people "dying suddenly," which we look at and debunk -- As Republicans take control of the House, th...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- The Brazilian version of the Trump riots hit Brazil as supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro riot in demand of his reinstatement, as mass arrests take place -- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is hanging out in Florida, visiting KFC and Publix, as his supporters riot in demand of his reinstatement in Brazil -- Donald Trump's cronies' fingerprints are all over the pro-Bolsonaro insurrection in Brazil, and a review of the things said by Steve Bannon, Mike Lindel...
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- David discusses the phenomenon of lying becoming more acceptable in American politics -- Donald Trump does a delusional over-the-phone interview with Dr. Darren Beattie -- Caller asks what the biggest upset was of the 2022 midterms -- Caller asks if it's possible to be an ethical consumer in a capitalist society -- Caller suggests states make pro-choice license plates -- Caller talks about the Republican migrant border stunts -- Caller asks how Democrats can use Republican inf...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Dr. Gloria Mark, Chancellor's Professor at the University of California, Irvine, has studied attention and stress in the digital age for over two decades and joins David to discuss multitasking, attention span, stress, anxiety, and more -- Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy loses House Speaker votes a fourth, fifth, and sixth time on the second day of voting, despite "help" from failed former President Donald Trump -- A civil war explodes within the Republican Party over th...
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Rachel Bernstein, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, educator, author, and host of the podcast IndoctriNation, joins David to discuss how to help cult members, victims of narcissists, former supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and others, which she has done for 30 years in her practice -- Republicans humiliate themselves after failing to elect a Speaker of the House in three consecutive votes -- Failed former President Donald Trump delivers a deranged lie-riddled endorsem...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- A discussion of the scam that is the movement of Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson, Liver King, and others -- Failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is in shambles as the actual winner, Katie Hobbs, becomes the Governor of Arizona -- Lying Republican Congressman-elect George Santos is now under criminal investigation in Brazil -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginny Thomas, now says she regrets her completely insane text messages with Mark Meadows...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast NEW YEAR'S DAY RECOGNIZED / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM OCTOBER 28, 2022 -- On the Show: -- A new study published on Plos One finds that Americans die younger in conservative states than in progressive ones -- Lara Logan goes on an unhinged rant on LindellTV about elites consuming the blood of children -- Caller wonders if MyPillow guy Mike Lindell is sincere -- Caller asks about climate protesters damaging priceless works of art to get their message across -- Caller talks about Republicans having low ...
Jan 02, 2023•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- The House Ways and Means Committee releases six years of Donald Trump's tax returns -- Donald Trump appears to threaten to run as a third-party candidate in 2024, which would effectively destroy the Republican Party -- Caller discusses what defines "Latino" or "Hispanic" -- Caller asks why more people aren't on the show -- Caller asks why David doesn't have an accent -- Caller talks about the phenomenon where homophobes end up being gay -- Caller talks about incels -- Caller a...
Dec 30, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Despite claims from the right that the left is "ignoring" the Twitter Files, it is actually the right that is lying or confused about what the Twitter Files actually say -- As COVID appears to explode in China, required negative COVID tests will again start in the US in early January after a plane from China arrives in Italy with more than half the passengers positive for COVID -- Republicans are desperately rethinking their strategy around abortion after the disastrous 2022 m...
Dec 29, 2022•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Liar Republican Congressman-elect George Santos is interviewed by Skye Ostricher, and despite being a complete softball friendly interview, it still goes horribly wrong for Santos -- Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard fills in for Tucker Carlson on Fox News and does a good job of calling out Republican Congressman-election George Santos for his lies -- It would be good for society to find a way to help incels, and it would be good for the incels as well -- Fox News contributor Doct...
Dec 28, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Texas sends buses full of migrants to Kamala Harris' house on a freezing Christmas Day, endangering people over a sick political stunt -- Texas has yet another power emergency in the midst of historic cold weather as a power plant fails -- Republican-elect George Santos admits that he fabricated his life story, including his work and educational history -- Yet another critic of Vladimir Putin dies after falling out of a window -- A judge finally tosses failed Arizona Republica...
Dec 27, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast CHRISTMAS DAY OBSERVED / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM OCTOBER 20, 2022 -- On the Show: -- Mike Rinder, former senior executive of the Church of Scientology and the Sea Organization, and author of the new book, "A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology," joins David to discuss his book, his time in Scientology leadership, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3yVy7ka -- UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 43 days in office, making her tenure the shortes...
Dec 26, 2022•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- More falsehoods come to light about Republican Congressman-elect George Santos -- Donald Trump on Truth Social demands he get reinstated as president and suggests overthrowing the US government -- Caller thinks Ron DeSantis will win the presidency if he runs -- Caller questions why Republicans aren't more ashamed to claim elections they lose are rigged -- Caller wonders if Trump's NFTs are a new low for him -- Caller talks about the idea that Barack Obama led to Donald Trump -...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Gerrit Bruhaug, PhD candidate at the University of Rochester working at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, the largest university laser lab and one of the only places in the world that can do laser-driven fusion experiments, joins David to discuss the recent nuclear fusion breakthrough and what it means for the future of energy -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Congress during a visit to the United States, and it is both powerful but also strange -- Under ...
Dec 22, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- The House Ways and Means Committee votes to release six years of Donald Trump's tax returns -- Despite his endless claims that his tax returns were under audit, the House Ways and Means Committee reveals that Donald Trump was lying about being under audit -- George Santos, the gay Republican Jewish Congressman who lied about his work and educational history appears to also be lying about being Jewish -- Fox Host Jesse Watters tries to confront Satanic Temple leader Lucien Grea...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Bill Scher, contributor to the Washington Monthly, Politico, and RealClearPolitics, and host of the history podcast When America Worked, joins David to discuss the early stages of the 2024 Republican primary, the outlook for criminal referrals against Donald Trump, Joe Biden's prospects in the second half of his first term, and much more -- The House Committee investigating the January 6 Trump riots votes to send criminal referrals against Donald Trump and others to the Depart...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- An antisemitic attacker yells "Kanye 2024" during the attack, reminding us of the power of celebrity antisemitism -- The right-wing Wall Street Journal says that Republicans are too dimwitted to actually wield power -- Failed former President Donald Trump panics overnight on Truth Social about the possibility that his tax returns will soon leak -- January 6 Committee member Adam Schiff says that there is indeed evidence to criminally charge Donald Trump -- Former Donald Trump ...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger says Donald Trump is "absolutely guilty" of a number of crimes related to the January 6th Capitol riots -- Trump puts out a video on Truth Social about the Twitter Files, censorship, and "free speech" -- Trump is humiliated after his "major announcement" turns out to be the release of NFT trading cards -- Caller talks about legalizing cannabis -- Caller asks if any right-wingers are worth listening to -- Caller wonders if Trump will claim ...
Dec 16, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Allison Butler, contributor to “The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People,” and the Director of the Media Literacy Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts, joins David to discuss media literacy, critical thinking, and more -- If you want to know how the rich and powerful actually control American politics, conspiracy theories aren't actually necessary to understand it -- Former President Barack Obama accurately and concisely calls out...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- A closer look at the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin launching nuclear weapons -- Democratic Oregon Governor Kate Brown commutes all sentences of people on death row -- Looking at the most pressing, and less pressing, climate change risks over the next ten years -- How Fox News propagandist takes a real story and turns it into a conspiracy theory -- Fox News host Stuart Varney tells Elaine Chao that everyone at Fox was "appalled" when Trump made fun of her Asia...
Dec 14, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Joe Walsh, former Republican Congressman from Illinois and host of the podcast "White Flag with Joe Walsh," joins David to discuss the 2024 election, and Republican primary, and much more -- The latest inflation numbers come in lower than expected, sending stocks soaring, and raising questions about whether the worst is over -- Right-wing meteorologist Joe Bastardi goes on a completely delusional rant about climate change during an appearance on Fox News' Tucker Carlson show -...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema leaves the Democratic Party, becoming the third independent in the Senate, raising questions about the new balance of power -- Senator Bernie Sanders slams Senator Kyrsten Sinema as a corporate Democrat who has gotten in the way of major legislation -- The new "gay marriage bill" that was recently passed does not actually guarantee gay marriage -- Elon Musk's "Twitter Files" are nothing more than right wing bait meant to enrage the MAGA crowd ...
Dec 12, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- The scary part is that Herschel Walker even had a shot at winning his Georgia election -- Donald Trump's Jewish allies are reportedly begging him to condemn Kanye West, and Trump is refusing -- Republican Senator Mitt Romney clearly states that he would not vote for Donald Trump if Trump were the 2024 nominee, a stark contrast to William Barr and Mitch McConnell -- Caller asks if Republicans will be as conservative as they currently are years from now -- Caller discusses the J...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Dave Farina, a science communicator and author best known for his YouTube channel "Professor Dave Explains" joins David to discuss vaccines, homeopathy, GMOs, and much more -- A restaurant has denied a Christian group service over their anti-abortion anti-LGBT views, and it immediately becomes a huge fiasco -- The Republican blame game of fingerpointing hilarious escalates after Herschel Walke's loss in the Georgia Senate runoff -- Failed Arizona Republican Gubernatorial candi...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- The Georgia Senate runoff is won by incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock, defeating Republican candidate Herschel Walker, which means Democrats will control the senate 51-49 and it is yet another humiliation for MAGA and failed former President Donald Trump -- Fox News propagandist Laura Ingraham did not take Herschel Walker's loss in Georgia well -- Right-wing personality Jesse Lee Peterson appears on the Dr. Phil show and says things so vile, audience members cry -- ...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Doctor Oren Etzioni, founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, joins David to discuss artificial intelligence, machine learning, super-intelligence, the risks of AI, and much more -- How Republicans use anti-intellectualism to divide America and to try to win elections -- The American right wing's sick and bizarre obsession with Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son -- A new report reveals that failed former President Donald Trump hid a $19.8 million loan from Daewoo, a No...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- David has COVID-19, the coronavirus -- The much-promoted and heavily anticipated Twitter bombshell, "The Twitter Files," about Hunter Biden, which flopped spectacularly -- Failed former President Donald Trump explodes over the Hunter Biden "Twitter Files" release -- Kanye West tells conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that he likes Hitler and likes Nazis -- Caitlyn Jenner "wishers Kanye well" after Kanye West praises Hitler and Nazis -- Former President Barack Obama absolutely crus...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Colorado election officials are ordering a recount in the race between Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch -- Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn delivers a farewell address on the House floor and rails against "soft metrosexuals" -- Republican Congressman Jim Jordan wants to investigate Apple for deciding to not advertise on Twitter -- Caller asks if it's possible to truly be a good president -- Caller discusses being able to communicate with other drivers -- Caller talks abou...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Adam Rogers, Senior Tech Correspondent at Insider, joins David to discuss his recent article about social media deepening polarization in America, but maybe not in the way that most people would assume -- Joe Biden possibly responds to a shout from the audience of "four more years" with what might be "I don't know about that" -- Failed former President Donald Trump's tax returns have finally been released to the House committee investigating him -- Democratic Congressman Hakee...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- We evaluate continued predictions that a massive recession is imminently coming to the United States -- Former Arizona Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says that she is still fighting for an election that she obviously lost to Katie Hobbs -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern explains to a reporter that her meeting with the Finnish Prime Minister has nothing to do with their age or gender -- Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker admitted that h...
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