Episode 1646 · Thursday, 28 March 2024

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A catastrophic bridge collapse in Baltimore and a landmark antitrust suit against Apple headline a week of supply chain chaos and shifting geopolitical alliances.

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About this episode

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore has triggered an immediate economic crisis, halting operations at a port that handles 52 million tons of foreign cargo. While official reports cite a massive container ship's power failure, journalist Laura Logan and intelligence sources suggest the incident may involve strategic GPS spoofing targeting the I-95 corridor. The disaster leaves the Eastern seaboard's supply chain in a state of indefinite disruption as investigators weigh technical failure against potential infrastructure sabotage.

In a coordinated move, the United States and United Kingdom have formally accused Chinese hackers from the APT group of a decades-long cyber campaign against Western politicians and the UK Electoral Commission. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen simultaneously raised alarms over Chinese EV subsidies and national security risks, even as BYD plans a massive manufacturing expansion in Mexico. Domestically, the Department of Justice filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Apple for maintaining a smartphone monopoly, while federal agents raided the homes of Sean Diddy Combs in connection with a sex trafficking investigation involving Universal Music CEO Lucian Grainge. Boeing faces further scrutiny as the FBI notifies Alaska Flight 1282 passengers they are victims of a crime, and the SWIFT messaging system prepares a global CBDC platform to accelerate the transition toward a cashless society.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has selected Silicon Valley philanthropist Nicole Shanahan as his running mate, sparking debate over her ties to Google co-founder Sergey Brin and her influence on the 2024 ticket. Adam Curry reviews the Gran Turismo film and provides a career update on No Agenda-sponsored racer Ashlyn Speed. The show concludes with the formal knighting of Brandon Jansen and a musical satire of the Ronna McDaniel firing at NBC News.


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CHAPTER 01 / 45 Discussion

Gran Turismo Movie Review, Ashlyn Speed Racing Update

Adam Curry reviews the film Gran Turismo, produced by No Agenda executive producer Dana Brunetti, praising the casting of Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and the IMAX experience. The discussion transitions to a career update for No Agenda-sponsored racer Ashlyn Speed, who has recently moved up to the Formula 4 racing circuit.

dana brunetti· gran turismo· jerry halliwell· ashlyn speed· formula 4

00:00 Outstanding product! This is no agenda. County chemtrails and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region number 6, In The Morning everybody. I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where we want to remind you that weather is not climate unless it is. I'm John C. Duvall-Ax. That's right, beautiful day here in Hill Country. Fredericksburg Texas is beautiful it was beautiful we had a couple of cold... It's nice out here too it supposed to be raining Oh sorry to hear that What are the algos telling you to be worried about today everybody? Please check yourself check your amygdala make sure you're worried about all the right things Before we even get started I want to say Tina's on her way to Florida so last night she actually left yesterday So I had a chance

01:04 to watch the movie produced by Dana Brunetti, No Agenda executive producer. Gran Turismo. Oh yeah! Wow I have seen a lot of race movies I would say this is the best one. It should receive an Oscar for something. Well, too late! No, I know and also... I have to say that I got to see it on IMAX so you can imagine. Oh, bet that was... Everyone had warned me it starts a little slow a little slow and granted did it for a second. Yeah, it does start a little slow but I think speeds up like a car yeah yeah It was so good and I loved the casting of Jan's mom Jerry Halliwell Gary Halliwell Jerry Jerry Halliwell Spice Girl

01:58 Yeah? I thought that was great. It was great casting to put her in. Oh, I didn't notice that. Because... That means even you and I can get into his movies! Ha ha ha yeah right! If you'll put a Spice Girl in your racing movie come on we can get in there And congratulations to Ashlyn Speed number 32 Noah Generation racer She's racing F4 Yeah She's moved up No sooner have we talked about her, have we helped our career. Have we put on the podium and then she goes to Formula 4 as this is great I'm telling you F1 for the win SC well they knocked a bridge down. I love watching that bridge go down over and over man well damn this thing there's there's a lot of speculation a lot

CHAPTER 02 / 45 Discussion

Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse, Economic Impact in Baltimore

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after being struck by a container ship, leading to an indefinite closure of the Port of Baltimore. This disruption affects 52 million tons of foreign cargo and significant automobile imports, with estimated daily trade losses of $217 million. Reports indicate the construction crew on the bridge during the collapse consisted of migrant workers from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Mexico.

baltimore· francis scott key bridge· port of baltimore· supply chain· logistics

02:56 A lot of information, a lot of things we do know. We don't know... Of course it's... Well you know now that the more important thing is They've got to change the name of the bridge because Francis Scott Key is a bad guy. He's racist! The Francis Scott Key Bridge, now a barrier for a key shipping lane. The Port of Baltimore is expected to be closed indefinitely as authorities investigate the collision that caused its collapse and work to clear the wreckage It's critically important to our economy. Last year, the port processed over 52 million tons of foreign cargo worth some $80 billion dollars. Each day it shut down a 217 million dollar trade loss and while Baltimore handles just 3% of container volume for the East and Gulf Coasts

03:44 It's the top US port for automobile imports and exports. Nearly 850,000 vehicles passed through last year The port is also crucial for energy exports shipping some 20 million tons of coal per year most to India it's a key lifeline for the local economy as well accounting for more than 15,000 direct jobs and nearly 140,000 indirect jobs generating 3.3 billion dollars in personal income we're looking at not having ships coming in for no one knows how long at this point you know, and that's going to affect the lives of Longshoremen and stevedores. And the tugboat crew some 40 ships remain stranded in Baltimore Harbor automakers like Ford GM and Volkswagen say they will be rerouting their shipping to avoid major disruptions. The accident certain to have a massive impact on the regional supply chain and the local economy? Yeah

04:41 The fallout is really bad. That was a better, I have a report from it that report where'd you get that? That was from France 24 It was good right because it had the economic stuff in there. It had a bunch of good stuff listen here's what NPR did Let me see, NPR. Here we go. Even as divers continue their search for missing construction workers following the collapse of a bridge in Baltimore investigators are looking at evidence in the case apparently out-of-control container ships smashed into the bridges support structure early Tuesday morning causing the massive structure to crash into the water and onto the ship The bodies of two workers were recovered today other workers who were on the bridge at the time are missing and presumed dead

05:25 The Biden administration is promising an aggressive effort to reopen the port of Baltimore to shipping traffic and rebuild the structure. I do have a kind of an interesting tidbit clip. Okay... Member station WYPR talked to one of their co-workers who said he was scheduled to work on the bridge the next morning He said the men hailed from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico It's tragic. They're all a bunch of illegals that we're working on! That's why they don't talk about it In fact, the president of Mexico has already complained Let me see

06:06 Lopez Obrador said that insensitive, irresponsible politicians did not understand the contribution of migrants in the US. They found two bodies in a pickup truck Yeah that's your high-paying good union jobs That's right Dignity! Yeah they're illegals working on it Of course fixing the potholes We have boots on the ground By the way stop a second So I went into my tires leaking. Oh no! And so, I had to get a new expensive tire because it wasn't warrantied because it was caused by a pothole. You know... I had pothole damage to my tire is gonna cost me a lot of money you need some illegals? I'm sure we can get some let's go to the Home Depot and have them pick something up and have them fill up your potholes boots on the ground

CHAPTER 03 / 45 Discussion

Baltimore Port Operations, Vessel Power Failure Technical Details

A producer working for SSA Marine provides internal details regarding the vessel collision in Baltimore, confirming two pilots were in control when power was lost. Despite issuing a mayday and dropping anchors, the ship's displacement made a collision inevitable. Speculation regarding the cause of the power failure includes the possibility of dirty fuel affecting the engine and steering.

ssa marine· mayday· emergency generators· dirty fuel· harbor pilot

07:05 From one of our producers, he works for a port company owned by SSA Marine which controls port operations at the Baltimore Marine Port. This is why we have the best podcast in the universe We have the best producers in the universe Everybody's an expert at something I'm sure this guy has been sitting around listening to the show forever Thinking oh it was great but I can't have nothing much to contribute then all of a sudden whoa And that's when you email us That's how you're supposed to do it It was confirmed there were two pilots in control of the vessel. The vessel was leaving the port after being loaded, speed six knots. After they lost power they issued a mayday which allowed emergency traffic closure of the bridge." And it I mean all those videos it doesn't look like there was a lot of time so that losing power... There was enough time for the mayday and for them to close the traffic on the bridge. Granted it was late but still I think that's could have been much worse

07:59 They followed all the emergency procedures, which includes emergency dropping of the anchor. The smoke... this is from internal communications so take it for what it's worth of course. The smoke seen is from the emergency generators which takes several minutes to kick in they tried to stop the ship but it was too short of a distance. The cause of the power failure still unknown although dirty fuel is a possibility It seems they lost control of the steering while motor and propeller were still going Hmm a collision was inevitable with the vessel this size and this amount of displacement confirmed that people died But you probably have that information. Thank you very much to our boots on the ground So that's the official word there at the port now it was really odd My neighbor out here Laura Logan she was on the stick right away about this right away calling it a cyber event

CHAPTER 04 / 45 Discussion

Laura Logan, GPS Spoofing Claims in Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Journalist Laura Logan claims the Baltimore bridge collapse was a strategic cyber attack involving GPS spoofing to steer the vessel off course. She cites sources within the intelligence community and Department of Homeland Security, arguing the incident targets a vital Eastern seaboard supply chain corridor. Skepticism is raised regarding the feasibility of such a targeted attack without wider detection.

laura logan· cyber attack· gps spoofing· critical infrastructure· banyan show

08:56 Yes, and she was all over Banyan Show and Newsmax or News Nation whatever it is. And now let me just say... There's two of them one is News Max the other one is a News Nation Yeah there are two different things Now I hold my neighbor in high regard. I know who she's married to I know that she does... No you're friends! Yeah we're friends She started coming to our church as well which is interesting She definitely has intelligent sources. Now, I'm going to play two clips the first one is from when she has the same story it's very long so i try to get that too concise clip but the first one is really her sources and although in none of a reporting that I've seen she is she staking her reputation on this

09:51 Which for someone like Laura is a big deal. U.S intelligence elements within us intelligence Have identified this as a cyber attack and the way that this is done is using a technique which is called spoofing So there's a lot of conversation, you know about the speed The ship was going that calls were made to emergency services or to the harbour master And you know There's a lot of conversation about and Basically what you do is you identify what is the GPS signal, we all know this satellite based that the ship is using to power its GPS and guide that ship on it's course. And you create a more powerful signal so

10:49 the signal that they're using. And what this means is effectively whoever is on that ship piloting it, when that pilot is onboard a complex maneuver like that has to be handled by the harbor pilot so he's watching his GPS signal and its telling him that he is on course, everything is fine but now he's looking at what he sees and it doesn't look the same as whats on the GPS And what the Harvard pilot and the crew are now looking at is as they're getting closer and closer, they're realizing wait a minute. We're not in the channel. What we see with our own eyes doesn't match what's on the GPS but the GPS is telling us that were still on course

11:30 And so then they start to panic, right? And as they realize that they're in a really bad situation. They're now trying... In all likelihood what you are trying to do is everything that they can to stop it but at certain point physics takes over the weight of this ship, the weight of the cargo, the speed of water, sharpness of turn there's nothing that you can do with that point So this is, she stands by this that it was GPS spoofing and it was dark of night and it was timed at night so that they would you know just have the there's not a whole bunch of eyes would be on the bridge and seeing what was happening.

12:12 And here's a clip from this that was yesterday. Here's the clip from this morning about her sources I'm talking to people who are on the inside some who are an active duty some who are retired and Everyone literally from critical infrastructure in Department of Homeland Security To the intelligence agencies, they know there is no other it's their this is a cyber attack on a critical infrastructure corridor for the United States. This is, you know, for those people who think this is just a river or this isn't Baltimore what does this matter? You don't know anything about what you're talking about This, the I-94 corridor on the Eastern seaboard is literally what connects the North and South. And when I talk about hazardous materials right? This is a brilliant well planned strategic attack on one of the most important supply chains in the United States of America. The only other one is in the Western side in California that's the only one that's busier and what you have done is shut it down

13:12 What do you think about that? Is that bridge really that important, is it vital for our infrastructure? Apparently it wasn't vital before 1978 when it was built. I'm going to have to talk to her about two things one I've got to talk to about the right and also I should tell him not to stand too close to jet engines don't want to get ingested kidding I mean, she's staking her reputation on it. Which is... It's an interesting thesis that you'd have to try to figure out how it could be done to overwhelm and it would have been reported by more than one. I would think it couldn't be targeted unless they had some...I don't know how they could do that but it's possible, I suppose

CHAPTER 05 / 45 Discussion

Baltic Sea GPS Interference, Infrastructure Vulnerability Debate

Recent reports indicate over 1,600 airplanes experienced GPS issues over the Baltic Sea, though some attribute these disruptions to solar flares rather than spoofing. The discussion evaluates the structural vulnerability of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the potential long-term impact on the I-95 corridor. Local sentiment in the Texas Hill Country regarding intelligence theories and "crackpot" culture is also noted.

baltic sea· gps interference· solar flare· i-95 corridor· bridge design

14:07 target one oh no I mean it's a bit much the GPS spoofing is very easy that's super easy. Is it easy to do it so nobody else notices? Oh yeah you just need a transmitter that is just closer to the receiver than then blocks out the satellite signal. Absolutely! That I think is... I like to hear from some experts on this, we have them now. By the way 1600 airplanes in the last four days have had GPS issues over the Baltic Sea We know this happens all it's the easiest thing to do Was also a solar flare which was attributed to this issue Oh I hadn't heard that one Yeah they came out and said well the solar flare has been causing trouble

14:54 And that makes more sense to me than this. But spoofing is very easy with GPS it really is I mean you just have to have a signal sending out the skewed data but, it just seems like okay and then that doesn't account for the timing of the engine going out and there's a lot of holes I still don't know if this, because her big claim is that this will take four to five years. That the structure you have no idea how bad this is because of the cement pylon that probably... You'll have to build a new bridge. That's likely true

15:39 But is it really that crippling? I mean, i know that you won't be able to get your Mercedes-Benz on time. I heard the CEO on CNBC... Oh! We'll get your EV Mercedes Benz to you as soon as possible I don't know. That's the thing that only she is talking about It's much more interesting to me than the GPS spoofing Is this really that important of a corridor? Well, it's 3% port We know that Right but she is talking about the bridge itself not the port, its' the bridge The bridge yeah will take awhile to build Especially since one was put up or thrown up That was piece of crap! I've never seen anything collapse like that

16:27 The whole thing looked like a tinkertoy going down. Well, if you hit... I mean hitting that pylon is...I mean that's Yeah with the single point of failure to that extreme it was poorly designed if that's the case Okay John C. Dvorak structural engineer I mean hey did you see the twin towers? You don't have to be a chicken to know about eggs Hey did you see the Twin Towers How about that? They, well I don't think that was legit. Well maybe this was, this seemed legit. They just said how about building seven now you're complaining about our bridge. That thing fell down out of sympathy so I don't know the it will unfold but if so no one else is talking about that to me is the most interesting part. Is it really that bad and man he's like when you get a whole bunch of people calling you from intelligence oh yeah

17:23 You know, is that... I mean that could be Q-level stuff. Like oh yeah this is it man! This is it and by the way now that I have you on the phone JFK Jr. Is still alive which is a big one out here. Pass it on Which is a big one out here That's a big one A lot of people talking about that I find that peculiar that it would be so prevalent in that area Oh It's very interesting You're living in an area that's loaded with crackpots. I feel right at home! Yeah, well you should... It's a beautiful thing it is the beautiful beautiful thing all right so that was what we really just don't have anymore everybody seen everybody seen the video footage and I can understand where if you hit its oh it's such a perfect hits

18:21 I mean, even if they had just hit the truss of the bridge it would have taken that thing out. But it really hit just the sweet spot which you don't really expect to happen so... And if it is, more important to me is, is it really going to cripple our internal infrastructure? I thought you would know more about the I-95 corridor. Seems like something you would know. I know about the I-95 corridor but as far as I'm concerned, it's back east. I mean, I'm a West Coast guy! I don't care who gives a shit That's the spirit, John. We looked at China for our complaining. Well all right since we're talking about China...

CHAPTER 06 / 45 Discussion

US and UK Accuse China of Global Cyber Attack Campaign

The United States and United Kingdom have publicly identified China as the source of a decades-long cyber attack campaign targeting politicians, journalists, and the UK Electoral Commission. Seven Chinese hackers have been hit with criminal charges and sanctions for their involvement in the group known as Advanced Persistent Threat (APT). New Zealand also reported that its parliamentary system was targeted by the same group in 2021.

china· cyber attack· apt31· rishi sunak· electoral commission

19:07 This is hasn't really hit the news that hard here in the States, but it's big in the UK. Yeah, it's dominating The British papers today Stuart and what The Daily Mail calls an highly unusual move. The US and U.K publicly identified China as a source of a decades long cyber attack campaign that campaign targeted among others politicians journalists institutions in the UK, the US and New Zealand now says that its parliamentary system was also targeted in 2021. America—the US has announced that it announced criminal charges and sanctions against seven hackers who they say live in China. Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, British prime minister is now under pressure to do more to fight and to sanction those who carried out these attacks

20:00 particularly as anger is growing over the fact that Britain only slapped sanctions on two hackers. They belong to a group called Advanced Persistent Threat or APT Now, to give you an idea of the scale of these attacks... What kind of hacker name is that? If you're sitting down with a bunch of hackers like, oh we gotta have a cool name like Anon. Oh yeah advanced persistent threat Yeah nailed it bro Advanced Persistent Threat or APT Now to give you an idea of the scale of these attacks In one instance, an attack on the UK electoral commission gave the hackers access to their names and addresses of 40 million people registered to vote. One MP saying Britain turned up to a gunfight with a wooden spoon is in a bid to describe the response of Britain to punishing these hackers as The Times reports that China is set to be declared a threat to national security?

21:02 Sir Bemrose in the troll room says that APT is what the White Hats give to groups who they don't have the name of and they'll often put a number. So, APT 35 advanced... so it's not what they call themselves it's what we with our good guys call them and it sounds to me like an attack on Five Eyes. They threw in New Zealand, UK, US all this your pivot to Indochina there you go It's so much confusing. So they collected names of 40 million people, okay? Yeah, so what it's called Facebook What are you talking about? No, it's called mini Facebook is not even close any mini Facebook so then I hear about that Beijing is filing a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization against the United States and

CHAPTER 07 / 45 Discussion

Janet Yellen, China EV Subsidies and National Security

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expresses concern over Chinese government subsidies for electric vehicles and their impact on global markets. While Yellen emphasizes the need for a level playing field, she maintains that the U.S. does not seek to decouple economic relations with China. The segment also touches on the national security implications of the U.S. government's reliance on Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla.

janet yellen· china· electric vehicles· inflation reduction act· elon musk

21:53 Yes, this is a good story. The same issue that the European Union had although I don't think the European Union has filed any suit they're complaining about the IRA, the Infrastructure Reduction Act which gives incentives to US electric vehicle makers and they're saying it's racist! It's discriminatory and now that's one thing first of all boo-hoo China That's one thing, but then Janet Yellen comes on the Andrea Mitchell show.

22:28 and accuses China. Let me finally ask you about a New York Times report but other reporting that we have done on Elon Musk and his relationship with China, obviously Tesla competing now against their cheaper EVs but he's really dependent on that Chinese market very tied in with them he has huge defense contracts his satellites satellites we rely on for so much of our communication. Is it a national security problem, when it comes to rockets of course? Is it a national security problem for our government to have so much reliance on this one entrepreneur?

23:10 Well, look we take national security very seriously and want to protect our national security. Our desire is not to shut down economic relations with China. We want to diversify our supply chains, but many American firms operate in China and gain from the ability to sell to China's large market. China obviously sells a lot in the United States and the competition among our firms is by enlarge a healthy thing

CHAPTER 08 / 45 Discussion

BYD Mexico Factory, Chinese Real Estate in San Francisco

Chinese EV manufacturer BYD plans to build a massive factory in Mexico to export vehicles into the United States using cheaper labor. The discussion explores the circular nature of U.S.-China trade, where China buys American debt with dollars earned from consumer exports. Additionally, the hosts debate the extent of Chinese ownership of residential real estate in the San Francisco Bay Area.

byd· mexico· electric vehicles· real estate· san francisco

23:53 We want to stabilize that relationship, not shut it down. But also we need to make sure that the playing field is level and we are concerned about Chinese subsidies and the impact on our firms." So she's saying the Chinese are subsidizing their companies? Well now break my clump! Which is what we say in the old country... That breaks my clog Oh, what a terrible saying. Well if you had wooden shoes then you'd be... You'd understand it! This is odd so are we going down into... There's something going on right now there is a move BYD which is the company that was... EV cars Supposedly gonna build a mega factory in Mexico The Bloodbath, the Bloodbath cars The Bloodbath Company, BYD blood your dreamer

24:48 So the bloodbath company BYD is rolling out this summer a massive campaign to introduce the BYD electric vehicle to the United States. You can go to their website and you can see the movie about it, they're gonna be sponsoring the big World Cup or some suck. You have some soccer game. That's not how you get the Americans interested. No, I know but they don't... They figure that Americans are very slowly turning to soccer. Yes! They're sponsoring UEFA which is idiotic. That is very odd why would they do that? But anyway so we have this coming and it was supposed roll out this summer and we're gonna start seeing what Chinese cars What's the big threat what Chinese car is on the road name one

25:32 I can't. Yeah, that's what I thought they're all in Russia right? Why don't even bother selling does they got Russians market? Goodbye Mercedes and maybe this whole thing is about you said it yourself They bring down this bridge Mercedes can't bring cars here. They can sell them to Russia their screwed Maybe this is targeting them Whatever the case like that This way Okay But there were I thought they were gonna put him in Mexico but the Mercedes No, the BYD. Oh no they're gonna build them in Mexico so they can get cheaper labor and roll them into the country and save a few bucks. They're not building him here because nobody's going to let him do that but they're gonna be rolled out this summer but tonight I don't think it'd be the Mexican ones cuz I don't think that factory is done or even started for all i know

26:25 Anyway, this is all suspicious and it's like a... you know free trade is supposed to be free trade. We subsidize our people they subsidized their people everybody subsidizes. The thing is it's such a joke all of this to me as a joke we are in perpetual relationship with China They buy our debt. Yeah, and there's nothing we can do about it? Well no! I mean they buy our debt and then they have dollars what are you gonna do with the dollars? Oh, go buy some land... Buy some real estate by San Francisco Doesn't China own a lot of real estate in San Francisco Not that i know of No, I thought they did Well that would be a good ploy It wouldn't surprise me That's what I always heard China... I never hear this Ownership

27:14 I mean, Chinese. There's a big Chinatown in San Francisco and there are a lot of Chinese in San Francisco. Get rid of them! Rouse them! They've tried to do that before. How and why buyers from China are snatching up Bay Area homes? Bay Area is not San Francisco Oh, I'm sorry Okay we're gonna be technical about it this is from 2014 Yeah, I'm going to be technical about it. Yeah okay well the Bay Area California you know the part you care about Well if i was in China I would be buying...I know where I live which is on Albany Hill I call China hill But isn't the whole point that we're just in this...we are the customer We buy their stuff they buy our debt It's a circle it goes all...it's I mean actually Germany had this with Russia which has gone now

CHAPTER 09 / 45 Discussion

SWIFT CBDC Platform, Future of Cashless Society

The SWIFT global messaging system is planning to launch a new central bank digital currency (CBDC) platform within the next 12 months. This move is viewed as a step toward a cashless society, allowing central banks more direct control over inflation and deflation. Critics argue that a digital-only system facilitates government seizure of private assets.

swift· cbdc· digital currency· central bank· inflation

28:05 Germany would build Mercedes, you know sell them to Russia and Russia supplied all kinds of stuff back to them including, you know, Deutschmarks until we threw him off a Swift. What a bunch of idiots! Oh man did you... I think I had... where was it here? Here it is Reuters reports now Swift planning launch of new central bank digital currency platform in 12 months. You know, you gotta wonder... I know which side of the argument you're on Yeah! Of course, um-um..I'm totally on the side that they are going to do this it's inevitable Well, I didn't say- I mean they may DO it but doesn't mean its gonna be a success

29:01 Are we going to get rid of cash in our lifetime before you're dead? Yes, yes. Before you're dead even. It's already gone practically for all practical purposes. Oh, we are definitely going to get rid of cash Definitely. Well that's a huge mistake. But I mean the whole point of a digital, central bank digital currency is to easily be able to inflate and deflate and manage you know the money. Yeah take your money. Yes exactly! To take your money that's... And they know what? They just got one step closer

CHAPTER 10 / 45 Discussion

Cattle RFID Tracking, Commodity Tokenization Concerns

The Biden administration's omnibus bill includes funding for electronic RFID ear tags for cattle, which critics like Representative Thomas Massie argue is a precursor to a national registry. Ranchers express concern that this data monitoring will lead to land seizures under the guise of climate change and sustainable development. The segment links this to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s vision of "tokenizing" every physical asset on a blockchain.

rfid· cattle tracking· thomas massie· blackrock· larry fink

29:39 Uh, and Texas Slim has been warning about this. We've been talking about it for quite awhile and they finally did it in the omnibus bill. Well you're gonna hear Massey and some rando rancher. Well, you know the left wants to ban cattle and before you can ban anything You need a registry. You need to know where it's at who owns it And that's why they want to tag cattle we've seen it happen in Europe now on the right We've got some cronies who stand to make some money from these ear tags They're the ones who get the 15 million dollar earmark It doesn't go to USDA, it's going to quote stakeholders. That is a code word for private entities are getting a handout and what they'll do they'll verticalize the industry with this. The big corporations you know you just talked about China there are four corporations control meat processing in United States one zone by China one zone Brazil by Brazil American ranchers will be working for those organizations if this tracking goes through because they'll verticalized the industry

30:41 Chad, what's your response to this tracking of cattle? Are you concerned as well? Oh yes I am. It is the key that opens the door to end up to the end of independent producers across the country and it is a private property rights issue that we really have to consider here when we start talking about RFID EID and data monitoring of farmers and ranchers and their cattle herd size, we open up the door to what is going on in the European Union. Under the rules of sustainable development, we know that RFID has led to land seizure in the name of climate change so once we open that door there's no going back and they can come and monitor measure report verify everything that's going on your farm or ranch

31:33 Maybe down the road, in the name of climate change they can come and dictate to you the rules of their production which is subjective from a third-party verification. And it is extremely dangerous to private property rights. This is a liberty taker not a liberty maker." And this is all part of what Larry Fink from BlackRock calls He calls it commodity, no it's like creating an... I wish I remember what Larry Fink of BlackRock said. Tokenizing every asset that's what is tokenizing so they want to tokenize the herd and then you can of course do all kinds of financial stuff once its tokenized and you can track it and put your cow on the blockchain on whatever CBDC blockchain there is

32:27 And then you have total control. Total control! This is happening, this is really happening Except these guys should have Texas Slim on Don't get this rando guy on Slim's much better Better look, better hat everything Much better So yeah Everything's going to be digital and although we keep laughing about climate change They're all so crazy It's creeping up on us bit by bit and then before you know it Sorry, no beef for you because you drove too much. You don't have an EV So the thing that didn't get much news coverage by the mainstream but was on some of the

CHAPTER 11 / 45 Discussion

Texas Hailstorm Damage, Janet Yellen Solar Factory Tour

A massive hailstorm in Texas destroyed a large solar array, highlighting the physical vulnerability of renewable energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen toured the Suniva solar cell factory in Georgia, which is reopening due to tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act. The factory had previously closed because it could not compete with cheaper Chinese imports.

hailstorm· solar array· janet yellen· suniva· georgia

33:12 It was on YouTube and elsewhere, it was the big hailstorm in Texas that took out a solar array that's miles and miles of these panels all busted up by the incoming hail. Gee! Who would have ever thought that could happen? Was that even covered in local news where you are? Yes. Yeah wasn't covered here... Well your California, you don't care about the rest of nation. Well there is truth to that Here's a new solar, here's the solar energy clip I have. Oh you have you have a clip about it? Not about that because I can't I never saw it except on YouTube by the way when when it hails and we've had a couple good hail storms Two things happen one you keep getting emails Hey It's roof repair guy here want me to check out your roof And the other thing is do you always hear someone some poor sap like oh man

34:06 My kid parked the car on the street. Didn't think about it. Yeah, I guess your cars get all dinged up. Oh, windshield's broken! Windshield's broken. Well, if you can break a windshield with a hailstone then you can break a solar panel with one. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen toured a factory in Georgia today that will soon start making solar cells for the first time in seven years. NPR Scott Horsley reports Yellen says federal tax credits helped pave the way for the plants reopening The Cineva factory in Norcross, Georgia was one of the first plants in the country to manufacture solar cells when it opened back in 2007 It struggled to compete though with cheaper solar imports and the factory was shuttered ten years later. Now, Suniva's trying again. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen credits clean energy tax breaks in the Inflation Reduction Act which is designed to encourage domestic manufacturing. Thanks to the IRA investing in clean energy is a good value proposition

35:02 today and for the future. I think a trillion plus. Yeah, a trillion plus dollars proof that it just went to private companies make oh hey Janet send it to us we'll make some solar panels yeah it'll be great you wish in other words they couldn't be profitable making them competing on exactly we think of level playing field with the Chinese who came and just blew everybody away China's right then they should be suing us no good though they're not good either

CHAPTER 12 / 45 Discussion

Biofuels and Contrail Control, Geoengineering Mystery Solved

Climate engineering expert Jim Lee explains that the "tic-tac-toe" patterns in the sky are the result of a 2016 pact between the Obama administration, the EU, and China to use biofuels for contrail control. The goal is to create cirrus clouds during the day to reflect sunlight while avoiding them at night. This program, integrated with Google AI and the FAA's NextGen system, is described as an active geoengineering effort disguised as aviation pollution mitigation.

chemtrails· biofuels· jim lee· faa· geoengineering

35:45 Hey, no it's just the system is no good. Since we're on climate change I have a big mystery answered something that we've been talking about on this podcast for well probably since its existence and it came out of the blue all of a sudden from The High Wire you know The High Wire Del Big Tree? I'm familiar with it. I've never listened to it Yeah, oh well during COVID he had all kinds of great information Oh good for you! yeah I think Dell used to produce medical shows on M5M like the doctors I believe he produced that one No good for him so yeah we need people like that in podcasts Yes exactly because he can't get a job anywhere else So he had on climate engineering expert Jim Lee

36:36 And man, he just laid it all out and explained why we've been seeing all those tic-tac-toe things in the sky which seems to have increased incredibly. Do you have a lot of chemtrails in the sky where you are? Or you've, it's nothing ever happened. Nothing bad in California? You don't see- I saw like one trail maybe a week ago... No! N O So but you've seen the pictures of people taking pictures of the sky Yeah, I've seen these pictures Crisscross Which, look I've been a pilot since 2006. I've never seen it so bad as it is now but you know what? This guy has solved the mystery of the chemtrails The Obama administration while everybody was having the Trump Hillary Clinton election You know wall to wall coverage Everything always happens while nobody's looking right

37:35 The Obama administration signed the Federal Alternative Aviation Fuel Emissions Pact with the European Union, China and the ICAO. This can be summed up in just a couple words biofuels for contrail control which goes back to what Ulrich Schuman was saying to change the chemical constituents coming out of jet aircraft so that there's less warming, more cooling contrails. So I got in touch with the guy at the FAA who was testing the biofuels

38:12 His name is Dr. Rangasayee Halthori, he's the head of the FAAs Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative and I specifically asked him and sent him the documentation, what did Ulrich Schumann mean by less warming more cooling contrails predictable for operational planning? He says we want more contrail induced cirrus clouds by day and none by night. This is intent! I have this signed in writing directly from the head of the FAA's ACCRI. So if you've ever looked up in the sky, seen all those... well just call them contrails

38:58 they don't evaporate, they eventually spread out and become a cloud cover. Cirrus clouds which are the flat clouds and this apparently what this Jim is saying comes from a specific mixture of biofuels that is used in the aviation industry And it is in fact what is creating these grids in the sky Now you look and see American Airlines pairing up with Google artificial intelligence to route planes around contrail forming spaces in the sky. These are called ice supersaturated regions, basically Google AI and goes back to what Ulrich Schumann had actually created in 2010 he produced something called COSIP, the Contrail Cirrus Prediction Tool

39:52 COSIP has evolved to be part of what's called the next-gen transportation system in America. That's what makes all the Tic Tac Toes in the sky. Hold on, if it was Google AI wouldn't those contrails be black? No! Why? Oh! Whoa! Hey-oh, hey-oh. Part of what's called the next gen transportation system in America that's what makes all the tic tac toes in the sky it is a supercomputer that routes all the flights and inside that supercomputer as a subsystem called the aviation environment design tool AEDT In the AEDT tells planes

40:42 at what altitude to fly, how much fuel to burn. All of these things and it takes in environmental concerns into how it routes flights. And that brings us right back to the Biden administration with an executive order which we already knew was coming and this is it. What did the Biden administration just can't come out with? A report on solar radiation modification What three areas of study did they say they want to focus on? Stratospheric aerosol injection, they call it solar radiation modification and cirrus cloud

41:19 thinning. So what you have here is a grand conspiracy between the scientists who are trying to, as they would put it, mitigate global warming impacts from aviation but in reality what they're doing is they're turning what's been 60-80 years worth of pollution into an active geoengineering program. I think it makes total sense! They've always been doing this And we always knew that one day they'll come up and say, oh no we've got to do this aerosol Bill Gates. Hello Bill Gates! We gotta do this aerosol stuff because it's for climate change Well they've been doing it all along Well when I was a kid They were always seeding the clouds in California constantly Sure seeding yeah thats one thing Well still its still modification Yes yes but people have been noticing Theyve been noticing The crisscrossers in the sky and here is your answer

42:18 You're this is that and remember next-gen I was all over next gen because that was gonna be a whole bunch of things And while I was looking at the pilotless airplanes, and how they were going to decrease separation But they really under the hood is they were changing the fuel So that we have more of these clouds that spread out and it's basically ruining our days It is! It ruins your day. I didn't see it going there, but okay... It ruins your day! You know nice blue skies oh no we can have that these people are crazy well that's for sure ruining our blue skies

CHAPTER 13 / 45 Discussion

European Farmer Protests, Far-Right Political Shifts

Farmers in Brussels continue to protest against EU climate regulations, using firecrackers and manure to express their dissatisfaction. Media reports suggest these protests are driving young farmers toward far-right political parties that have rebranded themselves as defenders of agricultural interests. The "far-right" label is criticized as a tool used by mainstream politicians to delegitimize the farmers' economic grievances.

brussels· farmer protests· far right· european green deal· national front

43:02 Okay, one more climate change clip then we can move away from that. This is the farmers are protesting once again they're in Europe there and the year that you're not in control of Europe They're mad and they're going to Brussels they're throwing poop everywhere They're starting fires but just so you know The people that they are looking to with the politicians they're looking to to solve their issues, to help them reduce these ridiculous climate change regulations. Their... Oh let me see what political bent do you think they have?

43:39 Could it be? Far right, yeah probably. Count the number of times. For the third time in a few weeks firecrackers and smoke darken the sky in Brussels' EU quarter The concessions given to them by the EU so far have not been enough for these farmers particularly the youngest among them Young people have a lot of expenses, so are most in need of fair income. For the moment they don't have it." This anger could push these young people to move away from the traditional vote of the agricultural election. It's clear that it was more centre-right or even right wing but here all the cards are reshuffled

44:20 and we don't know who the farmers will turn to. Especially since, for several months in the European Parliament far-right parties have been moving into traditional territory of the right by casting themselves as spokespeople for farmers The embrace of state interventionism has been an ideological evolution for certain far right groups Very clearly, in the 80s we had far-right groups typically the National Front in France which were more of a neoliberal trend. But they have evolved their discourse on this set of elements because it's an opportunity to capitalize on societal unease and perhaps further broaden their electoral base." The far right's other target is the environmental measures of the European Green Deal which remain at the heart of debate despite already being significantly watered down recently by the EU

45:09 There you go. What do we count? Yeah, far right! Far right! The far right! Whatever that means... I think they said farm right. It was farm right. Yeah well they don't- if if you are protesting and your farmer you're basically a Nazi That's it yeah that makes nothing but sense That's the whole idea what oh you want what Oh no no you're part of the far right Yeah, not right. Not conservative. Although that bastion of freedom there in Berkeley right where you are you know the ones that don't care about the rest of the country Right yeah Are repealing

CHAPTER 14 / 45 Discussion

Oxford 15-Minute Cities, Natural Gas Ban Repeals

The Oxfordshire County Council approved a plan to divide residents into six zones to reduce traffic and carbon emissions, requiring permits to travel between zones more than 100 days per year. In contrast, Berkeley, California, is repealing its controversial ban on natural gas appliances following legal challenges. These developments are framed as part of a broader push for "climate budgets" and movement restrictions.

oxford· 15-minute cities· berkeley· natural gas· climate budget

45:50 are repealing its controversial ban on natural gas appliances. Yeah, they couldn't... there was a little... yeah nobody was buying into this one. But New York is still all in! Well they're idiots! No more pizza ovens We actually lured them into the idea No more matzahs It's crazy In the UK though, the Oxfordshire City- uh County Council approved plans this week to lock residents into one of six zones to save the planet from global warming. Yep, this is the 15 minute neighborhood instead of city neighborhood under the new scheme if residents want to leave their zone I love that you get a way you have to get a visa If you want to leave your zone they'll need permission yes there it is There's your visa from the council and they will decide who was worthy of freedom

46:44 I think this is written with some slant here. Under the new scheme, residents will be allowed to leave their zone a maximum of 100 days per year so you have... there's your budget! There's your climate budget 100 days a year. Don't try to buy anything outside of the zone because they'll know! No, you go Amazon... Amazon's behind this you know that right? But if you go too well I'm sure they're helping yeah but if you go to another zone and get something to eat with your cashless society they'll know every resident has to register their car and then and of course their cars will be tracked via cameras around the city it's all coming

CHAPTER 15 / 45 Discussion

Victoria Nuland, ISIS-K Threats and Moscow Attack

The segment analyzes Victoria Nuland's February comments regarding "surprises" for Putin on the battlefield in relation to the recent terror attack at a Moscow concert hall. While Russian officials implicate Ukraine and the West, the U.S. attributes the attack to ISIS-K. The hosts discuss the origins of ISIS-K in Afghanistan and the use of the group as a geopolitical tool.

victoria nuland· moscow attack· isis-k· ukraine· battlefield

47:29 It's all coming. It's amazing between that and four years of Trump, we have to stop after you know in was it the show is 2028 is the end of the new agenda. That's right at the end of the show just has to end We can't handle it anymore don't have the bandwidth for it And then, of course with war in Ukraine. With you know terror attacks in Moscow which now I think Putin says we're both right it was Ukraine with the US and the UK so... It wasn't just Ukraine! It was Ukraine with the U.S and the UK which by the way a lot of people have deconstructed

48:15 Victoria Nuland's comments at the end of February in Ukraine, in Kiev And say, oh yeah and she was already telegraphing it which I thought was about the Taurus missiles. Which Germany didn't give but here's that 38 second clip again where she talks about some mighty big surprises. I have to say that I leave tonight more encouraged about unity and resolve of 2024 and its absolute strategic importance for Ukraine

48:54 I also leave more confident that even as Ukraine strengthens its defenses, Mr. Putin is going to get some nice surprises on the battlefield and that Ukraine will make some very strong success this year." See, that's where I disagree with the deconstructionist she says on the battlefield Yes, I agree. So I don't think...I do not think that was any telegraphing by any means And there are some pretty lengthy deconstructions of it but

49:33 And whatever. We don't think a concert hall outside of Moscow is quote-unquote on the battlefield and now you know now ISIS K's everywhere, oh ISIS k they're threatening France again they're threatening the Olympics so it's always fun it's always fun to bring back ISIS, bring back Isis K But anyway, this is case right? Isis k is not really anything they brought back. The ISIS K stems from a one specific province in Afghanistan that starts with a K yeah Corazon it's just a bunch of disillusioned Taliban guys the whole thing is ridiculous It is ridiculous

CHAPTER 16 / 45 Discussion

Sean Diddy Combs, Federal Raids and Music Industry Allegations

Federal agents from Homeland Security raided the homes of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs in Los Angeles and Miami as part of a sex trafficking investigation. The raids follow a lawsuit by producer Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones alleging sexual assault, grooming, and the recording of compromising footage at "freak-off" parties. Historical clips of singer Usher discussing his time at "Puffy Flavor Camp" as a teenager are revisited in light of the current allegations.

sean puffy combs· diddy· homeland security· sex trafficking· usher

50:15 But, you know it makes everybody worried and shake everybody up. But that doesn't matter at all because all anybody can talk about is Diddy. Diddydiddydiddi... I have a bunch of diddy clips and there you are right on cue to disappoint me with a whole bunch of ditty clips Yeah, of course! Because unlike you do deal with some popular storylines that you reject out-of-hand Wait no hold on a second I have not rejected anything out of hand. But, I have said that what is happening here is they're washing the cup on the outside The inside is where all the wickedness resides This is... Diddy is just a cover for the true wickedness That's what I said Okay, well what's the true wickedness? Oh my God! T-The lesbian witches

51:11 who perform witchcraft every single day in front of our kids. Taylor Swift, Madonna, Rihanna... Well it's all in the music industry which is kind of what was brought out by this Diddy thing I lived with Sean Puffy Combs for a year That's the crazy thing now that was L.A. Reid's idea right? Is this-this is what you want me to play No, but this is good. This is from 2016. Oh this is Usher. This is Usher. Yeah. This is Usher complaining about you know when he was a kid that he was taken and so it's by the way they also I don't have all these clips But Bieber, I guess was a bit taken in. Yes by diddy to this camp By the way it's it's like not a secret within the music business that Diddy is gay This is oh well In fact, I don't have that clip either I can just good One of the guys one of the guys said one of the guys who's doing the mate? One of the main complainers call and he uses the term virgin hole

52:07 Yeah, you're talking about... Which kind of got which kind of got I don't know how they got it on Fox but they did. Are you talking about Cat Williams? Yeah, I think it was who it was. Now Cat Williams... He says the Diddy wants to do everyone's you know and he goes on about this he said you just have to say no yeah that's cat williams And you just have to say no and, you know... But yes it seems as though... In general if Diddy even whispers the words virgin and whole to you. You need to say no I agree this is very sound advice very sound advice but yeah you can play this Usher clip I lived with Sean Puffy Combs for a year. That's the crazy thing, now that was L.A. Reid's idea right? We're sending you over to something called Puffy Flavor Camp. There you go. I talked to you at 13 what were you seeing? Yeah i went there to see the lifestyle and I saw it but I don't know if I could indulge and understand what I was even looking at It was pretty wild So nobody tried to... some woman didn't come along? I aint say yet! Okay What I did say is that there were very curious things taking place

53:10 And I didn't necessarily understand. Would you ever send your kid to Puffy camp? Hell no! Yeah, so it was actually just so you understand the genesis that Puffy took Usher on under his wing and Usher was the one who quote-unquote discovered Bieber and then he sent Bieber off to be with Diddy for two weeks Well, it's sorted. Yes! Hello? Oh my there is gambling going on in the music business?! What you don't hear very much of is Clive Davis He's the one who discovered Diddy if we go all the way up the chain and by the way If you notice Diddy is now a rapper what happened to Music Industry Executive which is what he really is because he runs all these labels and sub-labels And then of course

CHAPTER 17 / 45 Discussion

Rodney Jones Lawsuit, Music Industry Blackmail Allegations

The lawsuit against Sean Combs by Rodney Jones names high-level executives, including Universal Music CEO Lucian Grainge, as defendants. Jones alleges that Combs maintained hidden cameras in his homes to capture salacious footage of celebrities and politicians for blackmail purposes. The complaint describes a business model where up-and-coming talent was plied with drugs and forced into sexual performances in exchange for career opportunities.

rodney jones· lucien grange· universal music· blackmail· nda

54:04 Curry, you're not doing the research. This is Epstein! Okay? Because yes... Oh they're blackmailing everybody I still need to see one videotape from Epstey. We haven't seen anything. They won't show us anything Where's the Hillary Clinton video that four cops committed suicide over where is that You'd think they would get leaked somehow. You'd think Well, the clips I have are... if i didn't take the mainstream media, I took Jesse Walters. That's not mainstream media? Well it is but its- Its more mainstream than most! Well the reason I say it's not because It's like watching a hysterical old lady

54:52 Jesse Walters. By the way, this is it's Waters not Walters. Walters. Waters! Waters. Jesse Waters is just short of holding clutching not his pearls but you know that where you get to the top of your blouse and you hold a tight against your neck? He sounds like 99% percent of all podcasts and rumble in YouTube videos That's all that's and that's what everybody's... Is that what your algo brought up for you, John? Did he? No. Oh

55:29 No, I was watching Jesse Walker's show. Jesse Walkers! All right let's get into it. Shockwaves reverberating through the music industry after federal agents raided the LA and Miami homes of billionaire hip-hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs Homeland Security conducted the armed raid in an alleged sex trafficking operation TMZ later capturing Diddy pacing around a private Miami airstrip Diddy wasn't arrested, but his phones were seized. And there's speculation tonight that he's fled the country we can't confirm it just breaking tonight though did his attorneys putting out a statement saying quote There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities this unprecedented ambush paired with advanced coordinated media presence leads to a premature rush to judgment of Mr Combs and is nothing more than a witch hunt

56:26 We believe the raid was triggered by a litany of lawsuits, including from his own ex. alleging abuse, rape and sex trafficking. Diddy settled that one but then two months ago his former producer Rodney Lil' Rod Jones filed an explosive lawsuit containing disturbingly graphic and disgusting details they not only implicate Diddy but aim straight at the heart of the music industry so But in all of this, interesting that Diddy has not been arrested. His kids are living at these houses and let me tell you want to see some messed up kids? Look at the kids of billionaires! And but he's right. Diddy is putting out a statement... He's right this is a witch hunt. The witches of the music industry Taylor Swift

57:21 Oh, I see what you did there. Oh yeah these are the evil ones they're the Satanists and Sam Smith we'll just call him a woman for argument's sake who? Sam Smith don't you remember he was on the Grammys in the devil suit in the cage brought to you by Pfizer oh that guy yes Yes! These it is a witch hunt in that regard He's correct It's a witch hunt The witches are out to get him, to cover up their own evil doings. I like your thesis Thank you Clip 2 An elaborate racketeering blackmail and sex trafficking scheme that his lawyers compared to Jeffrey Epstein's Now for over a year Lil Rod had unfettered access to Diddy's world His homes, his planes and his parties Where he claims he witnessed mountains of narcotics Illegal firearms Oh no! Laced drinks I know Sex workers

58:18 and underage boys and girls. The producer claims he was groped by Diddy, groomed, and forced into humiliating sexual performances. Diddy's chief of staff Christina Coram is said to have been the Ghislaine Maxwell to Sean Combs. Allegedly ordering her assistants to keep Mr. Combs high off gummies pills cocaine and ecstasy and maintaining a steady stream of sex workers for her boss Now, some of the women brought into Diddy's orbit were under the age of 16. That is according to the complaint The lawsuit claims he required sex workers and underage girls to sign NDAs prior to entering his parties And prior to being drugged and sex trafficked at these parties I don't believe this for a second Sign this NDA? Oh sure both No

59:10 Okay, so far except for the underage part we have drugs and hookers. Hmm... sounds like DC to me! I mean okay this is all just salacious gossip and it's so uninteresting in the world that we live in when Taylor Swift is performing witchcraft on stage in front of your seven year old. Oh Taylor!! The kids are talking in tongues Yeah? That's true. But these are short clips, here is the last one. Now Diddy called his freak out parties in attendance- There you go, freak out party. Were celebrities, politicians, athletes, international dignitaries like British royalty Prince Harry and music label executives. Lil' Ron claims some of the biggest names in the recording industry sponsored these parties with sex workers drugs and underage girls The CEO of Universal Music

1:00:11 Lucien Grange is named as a defendant. So is the former CEO of Motown Records, Ethiopia, Haberd Mariam and others. Lil Rod says hidden cameras were in every room of Diddy's homes. Lil Rod believes that Mr Combs possesses compromising footage of every person that has attended his freak off parties and his house parties salacious tapes of Hollywood's biggest names, including record CEOs and politicians doing drugs and cavorting with prostitutes and minors. The complaint argues that these freak-off parties were a business model young and up-and-coming talent attended in where promised career opportunities and access to music executives they were then plied with drugs and alcohol filmed some are blackmailed there was a quid pro quo according to the complaint

CHAPTER 18 / 45 Discussion

Boeing 737 Max Investigation, Spirit AeroSystems Re-Acquisition

The FBI has notified passengers of Alaska Flight 1282 that they are considered "possible victims of a crime" following the mid-air blowout of a Boeing door plug. Boeing is reportedly in talks to re-acquire Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita-based supplier that was spun off 20 years ago, to address quality control issues. The transition is expected to begin in June 2024 and conclude by mid-2025.

boeing· alaska airlines· fbi· spirit aerosystems· doj

1:01:05 Wow, how surprising. Well I have a question for you Yeah How does this sound any different than a Hugh Hefner Playboy mansion party? None at all none at all except that there's a promise of a career well I guess you know hey I can get to Hugh I can get you in playboy maybe that was the promise yeah You're completely right it's ridiculous The whole thing is a big distraction Well, I don't know. Oh yes it's of course it is have you seen what's going on in the world airplanes are falling out of the sky? The airplane fell out of the sky well the 737 max but they you know this piece has fallen the Boeing is an unreliable product

1:01:50 Yeah, well there's your story. Yes how did that happen? We've talked about on the show we know how it happened Well the put a GE guy in charge of anything and this is what you're gonna get hello any quit he's resigning yeah Yeah in a year Well, they've got to find a successor. But there is a new twist! A new twist... In what's-a new chapter of Alaska Flight 1282 I'm sorry? A new chapter not a twist, a chapter. In what's-a new chapter of Alaska Flight 1282 where the door plug on a Boeing plane blew out while in the air The FBI Seattle division has sent those passengers a letter It says we have identified you as a possible victim of a crime Is it unusual for a letter like this to be sent out This is extraordinary

1:02:32 for the DOJ and the FBI to be issuing this letter. Attorney Mark Lindquist said that 27 passengers he represents in a lawsuit against Boeing and Alaska Airlines received the notice This letter is result of cumulative errors by Boeing, cumulative negligence The DOJ has just lost their patience, it seems. While the embattled company is not named in the FBI's letter, Lindquist says... Everyone is drawing the inference that the target is Boeing. Alaska Airlines tells Como, In an event like this, It's normal for the DOJ to be conducting an investigation We are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation. Boeing simply said they weren't commenting. Lindquist says the DOJ is working to see if there's grounds for new criminal charges

1:03:16 The door plug blew out at 16,000 feet. There were a variety of injuries had this happened at cruising altitude you likely would have seen people sucked out of that hole the pilot may have gone unconscious due to hypoxia the plane may have gone down and in this case the attorney welcomes a federal investigation we want accountability We want answers and we want safer planes from Boeing Yeah I agree with that We definitely want safer planes from Boeing. Boots on the ground, of course! Word is Spirit Aero Systems—these are the guys who actually were split off from Boeing I think—will be Boeing again by June 2025. The transition will start this June and will take one year to complete

1:04:06 Of course, very complicated because after Boeing sold this Wichita division to what became Spirit almost 20 years ago they've taken in work from Airbus, Sikorsky, Bell and others. Some think Boeing will take it all and Spirit will just cease to exist. Others think Boeing will buy the commercial part and the defense part will remain autonomous We should have a better idea in a few weeks boots on the ground In the industry close to the fire So That looks more and more like military industrial complex work is involved here, too. Obviously yeah, you don't want to change the direction of the cash cow well No I never thought that I would that I would be pro Airbus Because you know they're basically plastic. I like sheet metal and rivets but not these these guys are no good

CHAPTER 19 / 45 Discussion

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Nicole Shanahan VP Selection

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Silicon Valley lawyer and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for the 2024 presidential election. Shanahan, the former wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, provided significant funding for Kennedy's Super Bowl advertisement. The hosts discuss her background in Silicon Valley and her potential to draw votes away from the Biden ticket.

rfk jr· nicole shanahan· sergey brin· vice president· campaign finance

1:05:03 I don't have any clips on this, but i want to make some commentary on Bobby the Op. Oh, I have a clip to set us up Good, here we go. Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced a relatively unknown political newcomer as his running mate in the race for the White House. Silicon Valley lawyer Nicole Shanahan will join his independent ticket as they seek to win over voters unhappy with Biden Trump rematch. Shanahan is the ex wife of Google's co founder and says she shares Kennedy's concerns about the environment and vaccines. There is only one candidate I have met for president who takes epidemic seriously it is Robert F Kemeny Jr. and I will be his eye in making our nation healthy again. Shanahan has deep pockets she donated four million dollars to a super PAC that bought a Super Bowl commercial. Alright, have some thoughts too but you go ahead

1:05:57 So this woman is the one behind that Kennedy ad that ran on the Super Bowl, that was a throwback to the 60s. Of course she wasn't born until 84 or something like that. She doesn't even know who Kennedy was but okay so she's somehow responsible for that ad She was brought in, when Kennedy first came in as an independent and he looks like he's polling for about 12% as we speak if he gets on all the ballots which she can assure because she's got a lot of money. That's because of the Sergey Brin settlement? She was married to Sergey Brin for a little while. She met him at a yoga camp

1:06:37 And got pregnant, had a kid... Did you hear that supposedly the reason they split up is that she banged Elon? It was in the newsletter! I thought you read it. Not everyone who listens to this show reads the newsletter. Anyway, the newsletter has a very nice clip... By the way no one saw the newsletter it went to junk Lot of it yeah, I know it hurt everything her donations everything It did it did we got screwed and they had I think it had to do with the title using the word killer oh Yeah, yeah. Yeah So it's on you. Yeah. Yeah totally well. It's not really because it's stupid Yes Monty 83 there's a newsletter Stupid trolls

1:07:24 This woman is no good. She's just rich! Let me finish I'm sorry So she went on, supposedly had an affair with Elon which they both deny but he got divorced from her anyway because she i think she's kind of...she has beyond the left-wing crackpot type because she just recently as it mentioned again in the newsletter we discussed that she uh just recently after getting divorced she's had a druidic ceremony So she's a druid and I should mention that when I went to info world back in the 80s it was initially an intelligent machine journal. It was run by Druids Really? Yeah, Maggie Cannon told me about it because she says she goes into there some Friday night or something She goes back into the office for some reason everyone is wearing these horns on their heads doing some ceremony At Infoworld

CHAPTER 20 / 45 Discussion

Druidic Traditions in Silicon Valley, RFK Jr. Campaign Strategy

A discussion of Nicole Shanahan's personal life leads to an exploration of "druidic" and pagan subcultures within Silicon Valley, including anecdotes about Infoworld in the 1980s. The hosts posit that Shanahan's progressive and "new age" background may alienate potential Trump-leaning crossover voters, effectively making Kennedy's campaign an "op" to benefit the Republican ticket.

druids· silicon valley· burning man· bobby the op· lightning labs

1:08:19 Yeah. This is some Silicon Valley lore I have not heard yet! Oh yeah, and so there's a lot of druidic bullcrap in Silicon Valley and she's part of it. But didn't they meet at Burning Man? Her current guy who works for her... Yeah they met at Burning Man. I want to read that little clip from Britannica about Druids. Nobody knows anything about them So it's all supposition and something like that Hey but can just say I've met a druid Okay, tell us what you know. I met a druid in Amsterdam because we got DMT from a Druid

1:08:55 Then he got it. That was yeah, I did DMT twice in my life is now 20 years ago By the way, I enjoyed the experience don't have to do it again, but I enjoyed the experience And a druid comes over to the house and it's because you know pure DMT is from tree bark It's not synthesized How do you know? He's a Druid dude. He had the horns on his head and everything No. Yes, yeah he had the lots of you know like what's her name from Stevie Nicks type flowing robes and stuff it was great Hey man, you got some tree bark for me? So they're a weird bunch and when I saw the picture in the newsletter of her having her hand-holding ceremony with the guy who works at Lightning Labs of all places. Bitcoin! Well no, well Lightening Labs is very specific. They built the first lightning node which is for the lightning network

1:09:59 And those guys I think have lost their way to be quite honest. They're little nuts about money. She's wearing like a druidic tree outfit with leaves and stuff, barefoot So here's from Britannica other Roman right nobody knew anything about the Druids so they had to go with a Roman writings and from Pliny the Elder and others Other Roman writers also fixate on druids love of blood in gore plenty the elder wrote if the Druids appreciation for both mistletoe and human sacrifice Murderer man was to do the act of highest devoutness He wrote and to eat his flesh was to secure the highest blessings of health Tacitus

1:10:42 the great historian, even described a battle in Wales in which druids covered their altars with the blood of captives and consulted their deities through human entrails. So they held up to somebody's intestines who knows? According to the writers, pagan practitioners presented an existential threat to the Romans. My thinking is that this woman was introduced at the campaign because Bobby the op came came in and he's polling about 12% and initially he was taking from both Biden and Trump. But by bringing a Druid in, a pagan woman who is obviously kind of a gold digger to say the least...

1:11:27 And she comes in, adds to the ticket. She's charming enough and she will kill any chance that a Trump voter is going to cross over and vote for Bobby the op. That ends that. So he's only gonna suck away the votes from Biden and that's the reason she's there. That's the op right there! I completely concur word around town because I know many people who are looking at Bobby the Op Oh no, oh no. No way because you know she sent money to the Soros sisters DA's She's a libtard I'm just repeating what people around town say it's completely and utterly destroyed any chance of any

1:12:15 wavering Trump voter selecting Bobby. And this, I mean first of all it's just pathetic. I understand that he had to get on the ballot and he needs like 15 or 20 million dollars quick so that was that was the choice is like well look you got a lot of money i'll make him my VP and yes I have to agree I don't like calling people gold digger easily but she sure seems to have all the traits of one So and so that was the idea. And now we got Trump as a shoe in yes, because there's going to completely and Bobby the op is just an insurance policy to make sure that Trump gets in. Yeah. So somebody somewhere some guys pulling strings are intent on getting trumpet elected. And I'd say this is the time to do the betting if you're in around Vegas get in now while stocks last

CHAPTER 21 / 45 Discussion

Calley Means, Big Pharma and Food Industry Corruption

Whistleblower Calley Means details how the food and pharmaceutical industries funnel money to civil rights groups, medical organizations, and researchers to influence public policy. He claims the NAACP was paid to argue that removing soda from food stamps was racist, while the American Diabetes Association accepted millions from Coca-Cola. Means also highlights that pharmaceutical companies fund over 50% of television news budgets.

calley means· big pharma· coca-cola· food stamps· ozempic

1:13:13 And so I watched a majority of the, in fact Del Bigtree was there. Because a lot of people like and you know even though Trump is saying oh it's horrible you know you can't vote for him he's no good which i think as part of the op it just materializing It still would not surprise me if Kennedy...if Trump wins If Kennedy is not brought in for some cabinet post. Yeah, it could be that would not surprise me because all the people there who were speaking and speaking up to Kennedy coming out and then him announcing what's her name? Shanahan? Shanna Chan

1:14:04 Shannon Chan, that's her new name. Yeah so let's make it a little racist while we're at it. Shannon Chan were people who had some very interesting things to say and I pulled one clip because I was watching in real time Callie Means this is the true med guy and I just love this. Who? Callie means Is his name? Kali Means. M-E-A-N-S, Kali Means Oh means okay Yes and he runs TrueMed which is a natural path type outfit anti big pharma but he has a history with big pharma and he talked about it Working for the food and pharma industries early in my career My job was to funnel money to institutions that Americans trust

1:15:01 We funneled money to civil rights groups. In return, the NAACP said it was imperative to keep Coca-Cola on food stamps They actually said it was racist To take ultra processed food and soda off of food stamps And today soda is the number one item purchased with that program We funnel money to medical organizations. The American Diabetes Association... Oh yeah, oh you've never heard this? No I never heard that soda was the number one thing bought by food stamps. Oh yeah of course! Yeah, you can use them at fast food. Remember? Very important! Using your snap card at fast food. They actually said it was racist to take ultra processed foods and soda off of food stamps and today soda is the number one item purchased with that program We funneled money into medical organizations The American Diabetes Association took millions of dollars from Coca-Cola And they said small cans of the drink were a good choice for diabetics

1:16:01 The American Academy of Pediatrics, 80% of their funding comes from the pharmaceutical industry. We funneled money to researchers I was shocked as a junior employee to be communing with top professors at Harvard and Tufts Nutrition School. I found that 11 times more funding comes from the food industry for nutrition research than the NIH. I found out that more than 50 percent of the Harvard Med School budget touches pharma in some way We funneled money to the media. Pharma funds over 50% of all TV news funding and I realized that wasn't influence consumers, that was to influence the news itself." And he went on and on and on and on... Of course he went into Ozempic and how that's going to bankrupt Medicare even Bernie Sanders is now coming out saying oh we've got to get cheaper Ozempic okay thanks Bernie

CHAPTER 22 / 45 Discussion

McDonald's Krispy Kreme Partnership, Boozy Dunkin' Drinks

McDonald's announced a nationwide rollout of Krispy Kreme donuts by 2026, a move criticized as contributing to the nation's metabolic health crisis. Simultaneously, Dunkin' is launching "spiked" iced coffees and teas in grocery stores. These trends are framed as a cycle of addiction to sugar and alcohol that ultimately drives demand for weight-loss drugs like Ozempic.

mcdonalds· krispy kreme· dunkin· ozempic· fast food

1:16:55 Yeah, that'll do it. Cheaper Ozempic don't mind the fact that you're going to put people on medication kids on medication for the rest of their life but let's get back to the food stamps or these snap cards because you can use them at fast food and they have a new edition which is just more input for the Ozempic Two breakfast powerhouses are teaming up three types of Krispy Kreme donuts will reportedly go on sale at McDonald's later this year. The donuts will be available across the country at McDonalds by the end of 2026 after a phased rollout, the partnership could increase the scope of Krispy Kreme and today Krispy Kreme is giving away a free donut between 5 and 9 p.m to celebrate. Unless they're putting that conveyor belt inside of them and rolling them off hot

1:17:47 There you go, media loves it. But wait there's more! We need more sugary stuff whether it's high fructose corn syrup or sugar aspartame or whatever you want to be... Yes? I'd like to know what McDonalds thinks its doing First they did this new Cosmos thing, which is just a sugary drink operation that it was all jacked up about and we've played many a clip from people going oh it's not great. And now Krispy Kreme? A donut at McDonalds on there... If you had if you had a nation that has money from the government in their hand and they're crack addicts

1:18:28 I'm pretty sure if you were enterprising, you'd be like hey Adam! I got an idea. Let's stop this podcasting nonsense let's start a crack stand so that's all that sugar is it's crack And that we have a nation addicted to it. Oh, no but don't worry because you got the Ozempic now and hey kids here's a good one for you let's double down! Duncan ready to give ya little buzz spiked ice coffees and teas are officially available now in Chicago The coffee comes at four flavors original caramel mocha vanilla while the teas have some unexpected flavors

1:19:06 They include a strawberry dragon fruit and a mango pineapple these boozy drinks are not available in Duncan shops instead They will be at local grocery stores of course Jenna in the liquor section. Why not? Yeah, why not did you think this company any raspberry in there No sugar and to back up your piece about just buying everything left and right I'm not gonna play any of the 20-minute promotion that they did, but I want to play the intro to it because this adds right into it. This is the UBI presentation on NPR work on fighting poverty in the USA pandemic government aid made it clear that giving people in need a little extra money could help them in huge ways and they spend the money in ways that everyone does right? On those basics

CHAPTER 23 / 45 Discussion

Universal Basic Income, Dollar Tree Inflation

NPR has begun promoting Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a permanent social safety net, citing pandemic-era government aid as a successful pilot. Meanwhile, Dollar Tree is raising its maximum price cap to $7, reflecting significant inflationary pressure on low-income consumers. Economists warn that the $7 trillion in debt created during the pandemic is a permanent "ratchet" that will necessitate a transition to a digital currency.

ubi· npr· dollar tree· inflation· national debt

1:19:54 going to the grocery store, making sure the rent is paid paying the car note those sorts of things. Consider this universal basic income once seemed like a radical idea in the US before the pandemic but now many places in the country are pushing to make it a permanent part of the social safety net yeah oh there was a whole I missed that a whole special on NPR about UBI? Yeah and they went on and on with people talking about literally just throwing the money away. And that's okay because that's, you know, that's what people want to do when they got the money to do whatever they want with it and it's just the damnedest thing I ever heard. No this is remember my take on the COVID situation has always been financial. It's always been financial and now we have it

1:20:46 This is perfect. We've got inflation, oh I'm sorry it's transitory... we've got inflation It's transitory. In fact, let's talk about that for a second. This morning $1 won't go quite as far at Dollar Tree these days the company now says it will increase its maximum price of stores to seven dollars this year A five dollar cap was put in place last summer Family Dollar recently announced it will close close to 1,000 stores 30 of which are Dollar Tree stores So they had a cap last summer of five dollars now with seven When I was a kid, there used to be something called the Five and Dime store. Yes we had one close just last year here in Fredericksburg We had a five-and-dime on Main Street

1:21:34 And it closed. But just think about it, they had a cap of $5 at the dollar store a year ago now with seven dollars is that not somewhere like a 30% increase? That's a big jump! Yes that's your inflation look at TikTok all the kids are crying they can't afford rent They can't afford anything, I mean in addition to their iPhone of course and their fancy car. Oh yeah they could spend a grand on an iPhone that's fine Well it's on the payment plan you know It's all finance It's quote unquote free Yes it is all financed through AT&T, T-Mobile Verizon But if you really look at the seven trillion dollars that we created Seven trillion was created by the banking system

1:22:19 This came up on a very brief segment with Mohammad El-Erian, he's an economist. He is often on CNBC and they talked about the $7 trillion that we printed and what are we going to do about it? Are we going to catch up or are we gonna pay that off because you know its debt And China bought that, a lot of Chinese purchasing of our debt. First of all by the way I just want to make it clear that United States Americans buy most of the debt We are stuck with the debt personally stuck with the debt Yes our own Treasury buys we buy our own debts called monetizing your debt. We buy it ourselves correct and But what are we gonna do about? Are we gonna pay it off? We're gonna fix it. We're going to figure out no! Why are we at seven trillion why seven trillion next year

1:23:09 Because whether it's the US or elsewhere, we ratchet. You never go back from the crisis levels? We don't! That's what we live for. Neither does the Fed's balance sheet. The UK is the same thing. It is sad and at some point you're going to pay for this. We will pay for this. We have been saying this for so long that we are going to pay for it. We are gonna be talking to Maya McGuinness a little later about some of the issues surrounding us too. We've been saying this for so long decades and decades. When does it actually... So remember the old PIMCO concept of the cleanest dirty shirt, okay? We live in a relative world so if we misbehave and others misbehave more

1:23:47 We don't get punished because we've got the reserve currency and we are the place where people outsource savings to. So as long as we remain the cleanest dirty shirt, then we're not going to be punished if others start being cleaner than us then this will change. And this is why they have to, they must create a central digital bank currency. A central bank digital currency they have to for all the UBI for all of the newcomers who are welcoming in if oh we're getting you a work permit don't worry here's your card here's your ID here's your UBI This it's it's a foregone conclusion and just add to that

CHAPTER 24 / 45 Discussion

Florida Social Media Ban, Jonathan Haidt on Teen Mental Health

Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law banning children under 14 from social media and requiring parental consent for 15 and 16-year-olds. Author Jonathan Haidt supports such measures, arguing in his book "The Anxious Generation" that the "great rewiring" of childhood via smartphones has led to a surge in teen depression and suicide. The law faces immediate legal challenges from tech trade groups on First Amendment grounds.

ron desantis· florida· social media ban· jonathan haidt· netchoice

1:24:40 Let me see, where do I have it here? The UBI part or the digital ID part is really approaching very rapidly and we're going to usher that in for social media. I know you don't agree with it and you say it's crazy and yes you'll be able to get around it but California already has SB 1228 Large online platforms user identity authentication. This bill would require a large online platform as defined to seek to verify the name, telephone number and email address of an influential user as defined by means chosen by the large online platform And would require the platform to seek to verify the identity of highly influential users as defined By asking to review the highly influential users government issued identification

1:25:34 And this is happening everywhere, including Florida. Childhood has completely changed and the reason it's changed of course is because of the smartphone Kids today, teenagers today according to research they are more sedentary, more solitary, more anxious More depressed, more risk averse Something has changed and it seems to be access to the phone So now here comes the state of Florida Yesterday, Ron DeSantis assigned the most restrictive social media ban for teenagers anywhere in the country. People 14 and under banned from social media in the state of Florida for 15 and 16 year olds will need parental consent

1:26:13 DeSantis says this satisfied me the way the bill was written. I think it's a fair application of the law and the Constitution there, of course will be lawsuits as our have been in other states The Republican Speaker of the House they're in the state of Florida says we're gonna beat those lawsuits We're gonna beat them and we are never going to stop This is a major major deal but how do you police this? Exactly, because my 10-year old will register on Instagram or TikTok as though she's of a certain age and it's about I have to take the phone away. Well it becomes illegal liability for the companies. I mean the you know Instagram knows me well enough to know that I spilled things in my pants and I get nothing but ads for spilled things on pants right? They they know their customer they know when it's a ten year old versus 28 year old but the point is

1:26:58 Past bans have struggled on free speech grounds, right? There's an access to information that should be available even to young people What's unique about the Florida law and the way it's written which will be a legal test that we're gonna be talking about is It's not about the information. It's about the qualities of the app So the infinite scroll the addictive algorithm The information you can access on a WW dot straight-up computer Yeah, and he goes on and on. Okay I want to go down this rabbit hole for a few minutes because there's a lot of people out there talking about the apps being...and social media being very bad for children Here is the ABC Good Morning America...let me see if this fits Yes! This is...I think they're bringing in Jonathan Haidt here

1:27:50 Who just wrote a book about this? This is a good morning America about the Florida social media ban We turn out to a social media showdown in Florida Showdown Rhonda Santa signing a bill banning children under 14 from having their own Social media accounts, but it's expected to face a number of legal challenges and Ariel Reshef joins us now with more I can imagine all bumpy road ahead and bumpy Road ahead A lot of very strong opinions on this one if this law holds Florida will have one of the most restrictive social media bans in the country. The bill signed by Governor Ron DeSantis won't take effect until January 1st and is likely to face major legal challenges. The new measure bars social media accounts for Children under the age of 14 and requires parental consent for 15 16 year olds, it also mandates that social media platforms search for and remove the profiles of kids who don't meet the age requirement proponents have argued that

1:28:42 access to social media is harmful to children's mental health. It's not yet clear which social media companies would be impacted, but the trade group Net Choice, which represents several major social media giants slammed the move as unconstitutional saying it violates the First Amendment, The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment and federal law Florida. It's not the first state to enact this type of ban Arkansas and Ohio have also passed similar legislation Lindsay but both are tied up in court Since the phrase was used by request. Buttslam! Yeah, we got to bring that back you got slammed they slammed them for this so then they bring on Jonathan Haidt H-A-I-D-T he wrote The Coddling of the American Mind great book and now he's gone off the rails as far as I'm concerned He is now advocating

CHAPTER 25 / 45 Discussion

DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Smartphone Monopoly

The Department of Justice and 16 states filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly in the smartphone market. Attorney General Merrick Garland alleges Apple suppresses competition by blocking third-party digital wallets and making cross-platform messaging intentionally difficult. Apple has vowed to fight the lawsuit, claiming it threatens the company's ability to design integrated technology.

apple· doj· merrick garland· antitrust· iphone

1:29:31 For the only way we can do this is government ID. The only way, which of course is not the solution but it is what I predicted And a new book is addressing this issue It's called The Anxious Generation How the Great Rewiring Of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness and author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is joining us now to talk about it This is going to be interesting because all the research that even Zuckerberg said in the most recent Hearing all this there's absolutely no proof. There's no proof that social media messes your mental with your mental health There's no proof at all why this book? Why now because I'm a social psychologist and as I've been digging into what's happening in the social lives of kids, I Have graphed out all the data from all these studies and what we see over and over again is that levels of mental illness they're sort of stable in the tooth out early 2000s

1:30:27 And then right around 2012-13, they all go shooting up. We're talking about depression, anxiety, self harm... Suicide is up by more than 50% among American teens and it's not just us! It's actually happening in many other countries so we need to understand why and that's what the book is about." So notice he says 2013 that is not.. That's when the social media networks really started where they had momentum at that point Not the introduction of the smartphone. And you really peg this to smartphone use, the age of the smartphone and seeing the prevalence of it and this generation Gen Z is really an experiment in what happens when you put a smartphone in everyone's hand Well that's right because the Millennials went through puberty with flip phones

1:31:10 And flip phones aren't particularly bad. You use them just to communicate It was when we gave kids smartphones and then right around that time they also got Instagram and other social media accounts When kids move their social lives onto social media like that, it's not human It doesn't help them develop and right away mental health collapses Okay so this is bullcrap Because Facebook didn't even have an app for the longest time. If you recall, even Wall Street was like Facebook man they're not gonna make it because they don't have an app remember that? Oh yeah! So wasn't the smartphone I'm not saying the smartphone is great but it wasn't the phone and I have a sneaky suspicion that this lawsuit against Apple

1:31:53 is more about taking away or distracting from the social media companies and the apps that run on the smartphone, focusing it on bad Apple. Oh you're bad! I think we'll see... I have a clip about that. Let's bring it in before I continue this. This was the... We didn't do the mashup of the Apple... Or I'm sorry, the 3x3 but this is the mash-up of the 3x3 that brings every network into the picture and they were Commentary about Apple. Tonight the US Justice Department is looking to take a bite out of Apple The department of justice filing a landmark lawsuit today against Apple, the DOJ in 16 states accusing apple of monopolizing the smartphone market Antitrust lawsuit against Apple, the second largest company in the U.S and the world its stock fell 4% today Consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies break the law

1:32:44 Attorney General Merrick Garland claiming that Apple's 70% domination over the US smartphone market is a result of illegal behavior. The DOJ alleges Apple, worth $2.7 trillion dollars unfairly tries to keep users hooked on iPhones and charges high fees from app developers. Apple has consolidated its monopoly power not by making its own products better but by making other products worse. The Justice Department joining more than a dozen states in nearly a 90 page complaint accusing the company of violating antitrust laws through the iPhone, Apple Watch and Apple Pay. And DOJ alleges to tech giant blocks third party apps and other services from competing with Apple products like denying iPhone users access to any other digital wallet tap-to-pay service other than Apple pay. The DOJ specifically

1:33:37 Apple pushing back saying in part This lawsuit threatens who we are and the principles that set products apart. If successful, it would hinder our ability to create the kind of technology people expect from Apple." Apple denies the allegations and says a victory for the government would also set a dangerous precedent empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's technology. Apple basically telling DOJ, see you in court! The company is expected to file a legal response soon. Apple officials said in their statement tonight, DOJs lawsuit is wrong on the facts and the law. The feeling inside Apple's Cupertino headquarters is to fight back hard against what they are calling a misguided assault and the Justice Department says if left unchallenged, Apple will continue to strengthen its monopoly

CHAPTER 26 / 45 Discussion

Facebook Ghostbusters Project, Google YouTube Data Demand

Internal emails reveal a secret Facebook project called "Ghostbusters" that used a man-in-the-middle attack to decrypt traffic from competitors like Snapchat and YouTube. In a separate privacy concern, the DOJ reportedly demanded that Google provide information on all users who viewed specific YouTube videos related to the January 6th investigation.

facebook· mark zuckerberg· snapchat· google· doj

1:34:38 But the department hasn't ruled out even breaking up Apple, if necessary. A drastic step that hasn't happened since Bell Systems back in 1982. Not to make it personal but I can't send my mom certain videos or she can't send me certain videos and so we leave her on a... Buy your mom an iPhone! Yeah, you know they're attacking the most successful device manufacturer. I know! They really are meanwhile this kind of just came out but this happened between 2016 and 2019 Facebook was making a lot of their users try out their VPN

1:35:15 Did you catch this story? No, I did not catch this story. Yeah so they had a VPN product and so they offered... They have their root certificate and they were- This is all emails that are published now in the- It's only just now coming to light Zuckerberg every it was called Ghostbusters this project internally because they had the root cert They were conducting a man-in-the middle attack to intercept and decrypt what their users were looking at on Snapchat, YouTube and Amazon. I mean that is possibly the worst thing you could do and of course it makes you think about the VPN provider using

1:35:57 And they had kits, rootkits for Android and iOS that impersonated official servers and decrypted traffic. Facebook wasn't authorized to access of course not so they could plan competitive moves against Snapchat and other companies nice Wow That's not a big story at all No I like you said like I said I haven't heard this story it is killer! And on top of that It's now coming out that the Department of Justice demanded from Google all information about certain accounts, users who accessed certain YouTube videos around January 6th. Yeah this is a good one! So if you know there you go

CHAPTER 27 / 45 Discussion

WHO Cyberbullying Study, SSL Encryption Control

A World Health Organization study finds that one in six adolescents has experienced cyberbullying, which has surged as in-person bullying declines. The discussion shifts to the role of Google in pushing mandatory SSL encryption for all websites. The hosts question who truly controls the root certificates and whether the push for encryption is actually about data security or centralized control.

world health organization· cyberbullying· ssl· encryption· google

1:36:48 You're watching the video, it gets heated up so it shows up in your recommendation. You click on it and boom! you're on a list. The season of reveal is upon us but we still have to deal with these social media companies world health organization getting in on the gambit. The schoolyard bully is increasingly becoming a cyberbully, a new study from the World Health Organization finds online harassment among adolescents is on the rise magnified by the increase in their digital interactions about one

1:37:26 One in six adolescents say that they have been cyber bullied once or twice in the last couple of months. And here we can see that there's not much of a gender difference The study used data from 44 countries and regions across Europe, Central Asia and Canada. Researchers surveyed more than a quarter million kids aged 11 to 15 years old for boys cyberbullying peaked at age 11 for girls age 13 And these kids now spend up to six hours a day online bullying

1:38:02 Bullying inside schools has declined over the past decade as cyberbullying surged. Social media companies such as Meta have beefed up child safety features recently in an effort to limit harassment and exposure to harmful content, but the WHO says there needs to be more education around the dangers of cyberbullying as well as increased investment in peer violence monitoring Alright, so lots of monitoring going on. But I'm just thinking about... You know it was Google who pushed so hard Let's encrypt. Push so hard that every website has to be SSL encrypted, which I refuse on web pages that I host that are just pages of like a show notes... No! Yeah who cares? Well they also control the browser then shows a little thief with a mask like trying to get your data he is reaching through your browser oh dangerous Oh accept the risks move on

CHAPTER 28 / 45 Discussion

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Social Media Safety Features

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy compares the current state of social media to the early automotive industry before seatbelts were mandated. He argues that algorithms are designed to maximize engagement by stoking fear and anxiety, leading to a doubling of depression risk for heavy users. Murthy calls for stricter regulations to protect children from harmful content and addictive platform features.

vivek murthy· surgeon general· social media· mental health· algorithms

1:39:01 Boy, who controls those certificates? Who controls the root certificate of all this stuff. Is it really to be trusted I doubt that. I doubt it too So now we bring on... These guys are all scammers at heart Now we bring on our Surgeon General Vivek Murthy And this is on CNN with the, on the Amanpour show. And well it's everything just bad Are you surprised that this country I mean pretty close to top of the tables in OECD nations Is the second most unhappy depressed country in the world Only Uzbekistan has it worse Oh we're better than Uzbekistan You might as well call us phone finger number one

1:39:49 Well, I'm deeply concerned but i think one of the key lessons from this is that economic prosperity alone is not the key to happiness and in fact what we are seeing Is that many countries which are increasingly modernizing their economy, culture etc. We're actually seeing that unhappiness is growing and I think that's coming for a few different reasons. One of them is because we are actually pulling further and further apart from one another with the benefits and efficiencies of modern technology in ways of life, we actually have fewer friends than we trust if your relationships we can rely on And that has a direct impact on our happiness and well-being

1:40:26 The other challenge though is I think technology has been a mixed blessing for us and particularly when it comes to young people, the impact of social media on their mental health has often been quite negative which is why last year I issued a Surgeon General's advisory on social media and youth mental health to point out the fact that when young people are using social media as they often are for more than three hours a day they double their risk of anxiety and depression symptoms. Which is great, we can get more anti-depression drugs. Don't you know fooling me Vivek? So let's continue on by the way three hours a day try six You have in fact gone even further comparing social media and the tech companies to 20th century car giants which have produced vehicles without seatbelts and airbags until legislation mandated it What a horrible horrible analogy

1:41:21 How about just drugs? What's happening in social media is the equivalent of having children in cars that have no safety features and driving on roads with no speed limits, no traffic lights, no rules whatsoever. And we're telling them you know what do your best figure it out! It's insane Yeah that is what we've done to our children We put them in unsafe untenable environments and were hoping for the best You know who else we place a burden on are parents Parents all across the world are trying to figure out how to manage social media for their kids. These platforms are rapidly evolving, many parents never grew up with them and what they're finding is that their kids were often exposed to extraordinary harms whether that's violence and sexual content whether it's content generated by the algorithm that in some cases tells them to harm themselves And experience itself many young people tell me has led them to often feel worse about themselves than about their friendships yet

1:42:14 They feel they can't get off of it because the features that are built in are meant to maximize how much time we all spend on them and that is a profound source of concern for me as a doctor, as I watch the profound and disturbing health effects on our kid. Hey Silicon Valley! They're coming for you! Can i bring your little side bit in here? Yeah Which was this same kind of complaint that we heard in the 80s about video games. Oh, these video games are gonna ruin the children and that evolved over time into simulations have good and bad benefits but then we have these clips listen to this flow state of mind

CHAPTER 29 / 45 Discussion

Video Games and Flow State, The Last Starfighter

Psychologists suggest that video games can help people manage stress by inducing a "flow state," a period of deep engagement with a challenging task. The hosts discuss the history of video games as simulators for the military and revisit the 1984 film "The Last Starfighter." They debate whether the "flow state" in gaming is a positive mental tool or a gateway to addiction and social detachment.

flow state· video games· tetris· the last starfighter· simulation

1:43:00 There's a state of mind called flow when you're completely absorbed in an activity that is challenging but not too hard. Artists feel it when they paint or draw, musicians feel it when they play an instrument It's a sense of deep engagement with an activity where you might look up and suddenly notice a lot of time has passed And flow can help you feel less stressed says Kate Sweeney, a psychology professor at the University of California Riverside Flow is really good for us It gives us a lot of positive emotions, but it's also especially well suited to times when we're really in our heads. When we're worried about the future, when we're ruminating about something and we just can't turn it off, flow is a pretty good off switch for that kind of thinking. Sweeney says an easy way to achieve flow is by playing video games! Yeah before you know it you're in a movie produced by Dana Brunetti! Yeah well there's that but there's a part two to this...

1:43:54 It's like, wait a minute. Everything that we're... All the information that they throw at us is all bogus. Can I just say- They tell us one thing one minute and they tell something else the next. This flow thing, never heard of this. If you on this podcast right now say video games are bad there's proof then you will get a million emails, there's no evidence! Video games are great! By the way I think that's how a lot of dudes become trans. But... The video game industry is huge. They have a lot of money, they got a lot bigger than Hollywood They have a lot of money and there's a lot of lobbying and a lot of that is military-industrial complex who love the simulation if you can become third place at Le Mans as a sim driver I'm pretty sure you can be good on the battlefield If you've played War of Warcraft

1:44:53 Or whatever it's called. Yeah, sports ball. And the other one... What was the other one? Call of Duty I bet you're a decent warrior! I bet you're good soldier Well that was the thesis of a movie thats never been produced again It was produced once in the 70's called The Last Starfighter and everyone who listened to this show had probably seen the movie and it was based on the premise that they could put a video game out into public domain and then the kid who could beat the whole game and be the best in the country, could be solicited for an intergalactic battle of some bad dudes in outer space. And it's one of those really great movies that has never been done again as never been fully explained why they can't produce this movie again is I think because this is in play as we speak

1:45:45 But you can play the second part of the flow clip if you want. There's really two groups of people who know a lot about flow, that psychologists and video game designers and video games are really kind of as a whole built for exactly this purpose they're getting harder as you get better they're showing you when you're making progress Sweeny studied how video games help people worry less She recruited 300 college students and put them in a slightly stressful situation. They were unexpectedly photographed and made to believe that their peers would be rating at their picture while the students waited, they played a game that was similar to Tetris.

1:46:21 There were three versions of the classic game where players have to stack up falling blocks. There was a hard one, where the blocks moved too quickly and frustrated the players... And a slow one that was too boring! ...and a third version that was just right and allowed players to achieve flow. The folks who were in that state—that flow state—that we created with the game they had an easier time waiting for that news about their attractiveness than those who are in other conditions Sweeney says flow can be a bit of a gateway to addiction, but anything can be addictive if you do it too much. It's a great tool for flow as long as you're not sort of overdoing it and checking out too much from your life. I need flow. I'm going to download that Just Write Tetris game.

1:47:03 Yeah, I'm telling you. You get into state of flow your prime to become trans. I'm telling you right now because you can email me That's why it's called flow cuz that's what you're gonna call yourself. I'm Flo Yes, they put you in a state of trance yeah bit simulation it is a simulator and You'll see and people are too boomers talking about video games Hey We've been we've been around video games longer than you've been on the planet okay? I was addicted to asteroids for quite a while Asteroids, oh there you go. That's the original that was og pinball. Oh gee that's an OG again It's a great that was a great game when it came out asteroids was phenomenal especially the arcade version Anyway well, that's the one that yeah That was the one let's get back to how we're going to kill our kids and now with AI by the way

CHAPTER 30 / 45 Discussion

AI Romance, Scott Galloway on Lonely Males

The discussion covers the rise of AI chatbots as replacements for human romance and the societal impact of "lonely, depressed males." Professor Scott Galloway is cited regarding the dangers of social media algorithms amplifying misogynistic content and isolation. As a solution to digital addiction, the hosts suggest physical activities like fencing, with John Dvorak sharing anecdotes from his time on the Dutch national fencing circuit.

ai· scott galloway· incels· mental health· fencing

1:47:56 For you dude video gamers, this is for you. And so of course now everybody thinks AI is going to be the replacement for romance not just dating apps but actual robots and things What's your view on that? So I think it can be tempting and easy to look at AI as a panacea for all eels and it might be easier and more convenient to turn into a chatbot than go out and build a relationship But these are fundamentally different. There is no replacement for in-person human connection It's how we were evolved over thousands of years We were wired hardwired to connect with one another and we've got to intentionally build that back into our life now because it is slipping away I think this is where you bring in the incels

1:48:37 To bring this back in a way to social media that you are very concerned about, social media algorithms amplify misogynistic content. Again... No they amplify influencers telling you to get on antidepressants because hot girls take Lexapro All about women. A podcaster and business professor at NYU Scott Galloway has said Business professor? Isn't he a professor of marketing Business, hold on. Stop this. It's your beat. Scott Galloway... You can't tell me he is a business professor? Let me see this. What does he...? Clinical professor of marketing! What is that?! I have no idea what that is. Sounds like something you can get off of a podcast. Clinical professor? Clinical professor of marketing

1:49:39 At what school? NYU. My NYU is screwed up. I mean we could give out clinical, clinical professor. Clinical podcaster! That's our next PhD. Misogynistic content again all about women. Podcaster and business professor at NYU Scott Galloway has said you know there is a really dangerous phenomenon we do not want young lonely depressed males you know, in society which is what social media is also enhancing. Plus all those incels, women hating incels... All of this also is on social media Well when it comes to the algorithms I do think that they are highly problematic. I think that they tend to amplify content That has as I think about a high emotional valence That means that content that's going to stoke our emotions If you want to draw people's attention

1:50:34 Psychology will tell you that the best way to do that is to stoke anxiety, fear and anger. There's so many parents, Christiane that I have met all across the United States who have told me that when their child was in a moment of emotional distress they broke up with a girlfriend or boyfriend or had major disappointment in life. That at those times they sometimes turned to social media for help and the algorithm has often served content that amplifies their sadness In too many cases parents have told me In those settings, the algorithm brought content to their child that not only suggested that they take their own life but actually walked them through how to do that. And in many cases their child did end up losing their life These are unconscionable circumstances and situations it should not be allowed Here's Adams advice Stop scrolling Start seeking Get off of this stuff Parents You're going to be held responsible

1:51:36 We already are putting parents in jail because their kid got a gun and shot up the school. You'll be responsible for everything your child does if you don't get them off social media, get him on the basketball court, get him on the fencing boards... anything! Anything but this. Letting me cake? The fencing court how many schools have that?! That's how I got into fencing I was quite good at fencing. You know that, don't you? Yeah, you bring it up every couple of years. JC was actually pretty good at fencing in college. The Dutch National Fencing. I never got beyond foil. I always wanted to do saber but I got stuck with foil. But yeah, fencing is pretty cool!

CHAPTER 31 / 45 Discussion

Border Logistics, Senate Vote on Migrant Flights

The U.S. Senate defeated an amendment proposed by Senator Bill Hagerty that would have banned the use of taxpayer funds to fly migrants into the interior of the country. Reports from the border suggest the United Nations and International Office of Migration are providing logistical support and "welcome kits" to migrants. Critics argue the system is designed to suppress domestic wages with cheap labor.

border· immigration· bill hagerty· charter flights· taxpayer funding

1:52:23 And I remember they came to the school, they did a demonstration and they choose two kids. They're like oh man! I wish they would have chosen me and said hey you can come by the studio it's actually a fencing studio come by the studio the Metro will give you free lesson. Now i was hooked. I loved it that's perfect for soy boys is great You don't need to be that athletic to win at fencing Anything but this anything they won't even let you do dodgeball anymore. No, it's things too dangerous Yeah, I had a quite the reach actually as a kid All right We can now move to The latest in I think replacement migration Actually there's there's a guy I think he's on I know he's on telegram But he's also on

1:53:17 Mon X, RGV Truth. And he's been... He is down by the border on the other side and he is sending me pictures it's all United Nations International Office of Migration they got signs they got instructions They give you your bag your hat your card It's all a setup It's all to move people into our country because they don't want to have wages rise. In fact, we need to suppress them with cheap labor the minute they get here. The system gets overloaded—see Chicago? Then we need work permits right away. Thank you unions!

1:54:02 And, well what about the people who were flying in? How about those? Senate amendment that would ban... Over 300 thousand. Here we go. Senate amendment that would ban the use of taxpayer money to fly migrants into the US goes down in a whopping defeat! It was 51-47 every Republican voted for it every Democrat voted against it Republicans Senator Bill Hagerty out of Tennessee proposed the amendment he joins us in studio and hello to you Was there writing on the wall before this thing even hit the floor? You know, it was amazing. Chuck Schumer tried everything he could to block this until the very dead of night We ran right up to basically a government shutdown before we finally capitulated and said okay, well put it on the floor But I didn't get it onto the floor till the middle of the night perhaps 1-130 in the morning

1:54:48 when the vote went down. I think they thought no one would see it, no one would see that every Democrat voted to fly illegal migrants in here from countries like Haiti Cuba Nicaragua Colombia on taxpayer funds using charter flights flying them over our border and putting them into the interior of America How many we talking about Senator? 320 thousand last year Now on the other hand if we don't do this And this is an interesting way also a little bit about birth control and Planned Parenthood, and abortion rights. But look at what's happening in Japan! Immigration not encouraged... I don't think it's easy to go and live in Japan. I'm not sure. Very hard It is very hard? Makes sense. Yeah. Makes sense because their birth rate has plummeted, its been down for decades

CHAPTER 32 / 45 Discussion

Japan Adult Diaper Market, Demographic Collapse

A major Japanese diaper manufacturer announced it will stop producing baby diapers to focus on the adult market, as deaths in the country now outpace births by two to one. The Japanese government has struggled for decades to incentivize marriage and child-rearing, even considering the introduction of household robots. The segment highlights the potential for a 30% population shrink in Japan over the next 45 years.

japan· birth rate· adult diapers· population· shinzo abe

1:55:45 And now this is the result. With birth rates dropping dramatically in Japan, a company there has announced that it is stopping production of diapers for babies. It says demand is simply not there instead its refocusing on the growing market diapers for adults. In fact, pampers for your parents have outsold diapers for your newborn now for about a decade It's a surprising piece of data that shines the light on a serious problem. The number of births in Japan dropped to a new low last year with more than twice as many deaths as new babies born If things continue that way, Japan's population could shrink by 30% over the next 45 years

1:56:26 I'm pleased to welcome to the day Jennifer Robinson. She's a professor of anthropology and history of art at the University of Michigan. Basically, the demographic...the chart has flip-flopped in the past century and successive Japanese governments have they tried and been unable to encourage you know the people to get married and have more babies? Now listen to this Very good question. Well, during the height of the Pacific War roughly 1932 to 1945 in Japan the government withheld birth control and also allowed soldiers to take two week furloughs so they could impregnate their wives to put it directly Today in democratic Japan they can't do that And so they are trying all sorts of options giving more money to families to have children

1:57:18 The idea was floated back during the administration of the late former Prime Minister Abe in 2006-7 to introduce robots to the home, but that hasn't proved feasible at all. Robots! Robo sapiens! That's that's the answer? So... The real answer which was a subtext and what she had to say is financial incentives would make a huge difference if it was a real incentive as opposed to no incentive or oh here's a tax credit. Exactly! You start giving people the kind of money they're just throwing away on the immigrants you get some babies out of it yes but now they don't even think about that because they don't want you That's right, well that's our choice here and in America make babies

CHAPTER 33 / 45 Discussion

Ronna McDaniel MSNBC Firing, Media Integrity Debate

MSNBC and NBC News faced an internal revolt from talent including Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, and Nicole Wallace following the hiring of former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel. The network ultimately rescinded her contract after just one day. The hosts mock the "sacred airwaves" rhetoric used by the anchors and discuss the role of talent agencies like UTA and CAA in managing news personalities.

ronna mcdaniel· msnbc· nbc news· chuck todd· rachel maddow

2:04:07 So it's what's-her-face, Nicole Wallace. Mine will be from Jesse Walker. Yeah well I'm gonna since it's about MSNBC and not Jesse Walken I'm going to play these first The times in which we do this when we meet you and us here at the table are don't have to tell you this This show has dedicated itself to a jarring pursuit of the uncomfortable truths about our politics and our political leaders, and our justice system. And yes, the media today This network was part of that story. On Friday, NBC News announced it had hired Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor by Saturday night it was reported in the Wall Street Journal that MSNBC president Rashida Jones had separated this network from that decision indicating that Ronna McDaniel would not appear on our air

2:04:58 I love the seriousness of just how serious Nicole Wallace takes herself and the journalistic integrity of the NBC News Department. I find this whole story because of the NBC, the guy who runs the news department being a spineless weenie and everybody... This is the most amazing thing I've ever witnessed that some News that these people think they're newsmen and they're not. They are just a bunch of chatterboxes I'm Walter Cronkite's prodigy, damn it! By Sunday morning following her first paid appearance on NBC's Meet the Press my colleague Chuck Todd went full William McEvoy Went full what? William McEvo- who is William McEvoy

2:05:47 You're asking the wrong guy. I'll look up William Mackle for who it is on behalf of who's paying her, but once at the RNC she did say that hey i'm speaking for the party. I get that that's part of the job So, what about here? When NBC made the decision to give her NBC News's credibility you gotta ask yourself what does she bring NBC News. And when we make deals like this and I've been at this company a long time you're doing it for access. Access to audience sometimes it's access to an individual um...and we can have a journalistic ethics debate about that. I'm willing to have that debate so I do think unfortunately

2:06:30 This interview is always going to be looked through the prism of who is she speaking for? Unfortunately, they didn't have the debate about all the shills that they have hired like John Brennan for access to The intelligence community all the former generals. They have four access military industrial complex They have Scott what's-his-face from Pfizer You know, he's always on CNBC for access to big pharma. This is that's the debate that I would have liked to have seen you have Chip Todd Tech Todd podcaster did you find out who that guy is?

2:07:11 There's a million of them including the ex-CEO of Pan American Airways. No, you can't figure out who it is! A football player? A botanist? That name is very common so I don't know what the reference is to and...I guess she had to work at MSNBC understand it Back to Nicole Wallace My colleagues Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski also weighed in this morning We weren't asked our opinion of the hiring, but if we were we would have strongly objected to it for several reasons. Oh it's the newsroom on HBO that's uh... Well there's a reference for you! The guy that you're looking for. Ugh. Yeah so it's a fictional character. A fictional character. The hiring but if we were we would have strongly objected to it for several reasons

2:07:58 including, but not limited to as lawyers might say Ms. McDaniel's role in Donald Trump's fake elector scheme and her pressuring election officials to not certify election results while Donald Trump was on the phone To be clear we believe NBC News should seek out conservative Republican voices to provide balance in their election coverage But it should be conservative Republicans, not a person who used her position of power to be an anti-democracy election denier. I love it when the news reports on itself and they're not just reporting on other news people know themselves! They take themselves so... Do you not realize that we all laugh at you? That we mock you? And wait until this is the kicker

2:08:54 They take themselves so seriously for what are they doing like 900,000 viewers? This podcast has more listeners than you have viewers people. For our part here we're going to cover this story as part of our ongoing series of conversations about American autocracy asking the question or positing the theory that it could happen here I'm gonna read to you an excerpt from Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny Timothy Snyder on tyr- who is this I don't know. Is this another queer reference? ...standing by to talk to us, this is from the first page of the first chapter on tyranny quote most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given in times like these individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want and then offer themselves without being asked A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do end quote

2:09:48 In this instance, NBC News either... It's Timothy! Timothy knows what he is talking about. This they are doing what this is fart sniffing that's what this is it's what? Fart sniffing the sniff each other's farts this is nasty and then offer themselves without being asked a citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do end quote In this instance, NBC News either wittingly or unwittingly is teaching election deniers that what they can do stretches well beyond appearing on our air in interviews to peddle lies about the sanctity and integrity of our elections which Rona McDaniels did yesterday at Meet The Press.

2:10:32 Can you say as you sit here today, did Joe Biden win the election fair and square? He won. He's the legitimate president. Fair and square he won it's certified it's done but I do think- Let me just say something. To say that why has it taken until now to be able to say that? I'm going to push back a little because I do think it's fair to say there were problems in 2020 And to say that does not mean he is not the legitimate president. Now wait for it her we go But we've also said to election deniers, not just they can do that on our airwaves but that they can do that as one of us. As badge-carrying employees of NBC News. As paid contributors to our sacred airwaves. I have that in one of my clips too. Our sacred airways! You're on cable lady. Our sacred airwaves you're on dying cable

CHAPTER 34 / 45 Discussion

Jesse Watters on NBC Fiasco, Talent Agency Power

Jesse Watters reports on the Ronna McDaniel firing, noting that she learned of her termination through the media and was subsequently dropped by her agency, CAA. The discussion explores the unchecked power of talent agencies in the news industry, referencing historical movements like "Time's Up" and the influence of agents on journalist assignments.

jesse watters· caa· ronna mcdaniel· talent agents· newsroom

2:11:28 Everyone's cutting the cord with you. Oh my oh my oh yeah I love this sacred airways. Sacred Airwaves Yeah how about that everyone get the Vax? Sacred Airwaves Okay, well since I'll just blow right into Trump here. Well i want to play my Jesse clips because they explain it a little better about that How many do you have? I hate the Jesse stories! Jesse Weller has got his presentation It sucks! It's decent here Rona won

2:12:09 You don't have any, you don't have Rona one. Oh Fiasco is that the one? Okay. Ronald McDaniel's out NBC just announced they're firing the former RNC chairwoman after One day on the job I'm banning him after this but I'm banning Jesse Walton from our airwaves That's point three Scaramucci From our sacred airwaves Chairman Cesar Conde just sent out a memo to employees that reads, I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down. We will redouble our efforts to seek voices that represent different parts of the political spectrum. The talent is already taking a victory lap

2:12:51 I still feel like a little, it always feels wrong to talk about things in the company. And I think it's a show of respect for the people who work at this company and you know it's not about hiring Republicans, not even hiring somebody who has Trump ties. This was really specific case because of Ms McDaniels and her involvement in that election interference stuff and I'm grateful that our leadership was willing to do I think the bold, strong resilient thing. Oh resilient! So NBC brass did a 180 after the talent revolted The people who were involved in hiring Romney McDaniel, they don't know the Nixon rule. No one close to the crimes This is about truth versus lies Service to the country versus service to one man committed to toppling our democratic system But we've also said election deniers not just that they can do that on our airwaves but if they can do that as one of us As badge carrying employees of NBC News

2:13:50 as paid contributors to our sacred airwaves. You wouldn't hire a pickpocket to work as a TSA screener! Oh no? And so I find the decision to put her on the payroll inexplicable This is what our news media has become, they're reporting on other news media It's great it's atrocious And by the way, these clips are better than the ones you provided because it's got Rachel in there. Oh that's so much better! So we have a double band and we have to ban Jesse Waller plus Rachel. And Rachel McDaniels All of them! Ban all of them! The second one is a kicker. Ronna McDaniel tells Fox that she still hasn't heard anything from NBC She learned she was getting fired by reading it in the media and now she's looking for a lawyer

2:14:38 And her agency that walked her into this gig, CAA just dropped her. What? Now there's information for you! Yeah well I will agree... The way CAA walked her into the deal and then fired her what kind of a representative is that? Is that true story do we know that for a fact? Well yes and do you know that most news people have an agent as UTA Universal Talent Agency, who manage the talent according to I believe what stories need to be massaged by whom and where. They you know this Laura Logan was telling me about this

2:15:27 That, you know her agent would be talking to her boss at CBS and the agent would be like oh she's perfect to go to Afghanistan. This is under reported, under investigated. The talent agencies have a lot of power and it's unchecked Didn't this crop up in a recent strike against some of these guys by one of the writers guilds or somebody that said that these agents were having too much power? Remember, that was like five six years ago. I vaguely remember we should ask Dana. Dana will let us know Actually, he would give me a little yeah I could get a little information about who is who is baby a ginger spices Agent. I want to get her agent News people being controlled by the agent this is bullcrap all of them at NBC are with UTA as far as I know

2:16:19 And I hear him talking about it sometimes. You'll have to describe that. Maybe that's the real underlying thing because she was represented by CAA and we couldn't have that? Well, CAA are the ones who organized... what was it called? Not Never Again, Enough is Enough Stop. What was it around the Harvey Weinstein thing Yeah, Melissa Gilbert. Yeah, what's the name of it? What was I'm all over this how famous it was we can't remember well They suck at doing the real work What was the name of that? Me too the me to meet you movement but there wasn't nothing but there was another one

2:17:04 They had us... Not Melissa Gilbert, that's horrible. She's a little husband. Pussycat hats! No no no no no. They had it at the Oscars they were all wearing t-shirts and what was the name? Rose McGowan talked about it I'm with her now Times Up! Times up! That's it. Times Up! And who was that actress who is married to a CAA agent. Times Up, let's see... It was more than one? No but it was important. Tallulah Bankhead! Not even close. I don't know. Not even close. I'm thinking about it now and we'll get to it. Anyway- You're just hoping the chat room comes up with that. Yeah yeah I am. I know I'm waiting for like come on trolls what are you doing what are you doing times up was the one and there's some

2:18:02 some actress and she was all very important to, uh, when she was, she was leading this. And then it kind of failed and then everyone sunk away into the background. This thing's always flop. Yeah. Yeah. They listen to Melissa Milano there it is. Thank you. Oh, Melissa Malone. My yeah. Yeah. Thank you clip custodian anyway moving right along. Um, so, uh, meanwhile you get off on me for bringing dead eclipse in here, you go off the deep end with this kinda detail That's a very weak comeback, Dvorak. Very weak. Cry harder! Meanwhile Trump Media and Technology Group DJT stock ticker soared, soared, soared it's now what are we at now six almost $62? I think he hit 75 at one point and dropped back to 56. Let me see...I have it 71 20

CHAPTER 35 / 45 Discussion

Trump Media DJT Stock, Gag Order and Bond

Donald Trump's media company, TMTG, began trading under the ticker DJT, with shares soaring and valuing his stake at over $4.5 billion. Despite a court-imposed gag order in his hush money trial, Trump’s financial position improved as a New York appeals court lowered his civil fraud bond to $175 million. The hosts discuss "collars" and other financial mechanisms that could allow Trump to access his stock wealth despite lockup periods.

djt· trump media· gag order· bond· wall street

2:18:59 was the high I believe and now it's today, it's about 61.96 so that's working perfectly for Orange Man Bad but we We gotta take it one step further, this is my favorite. This morning ahead of his criminal hush money trial former President Trump is under a new gag order prohibited from making public statements about witnesses court staff and jurors in the case concerning his alleged payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels. He's a democrat judge he wants to do that because

2:19:35 They're all trying to damage Trump as much as possible. The gag order still allows Trump to criticize the judge and district attorney, the trial begins in three weeks but another deadline looms closer. Trump has eight days to post a 175 million dollar bond in his civil fraud case A big day on Wall Street yesterday could help him with his financial challenges. Shares in Trump's media company rose 16% on their first day of trading, his stake in the company is now worth more than $4.5 billion dollars! This company has now valued about a thousand times its annual revenue it really doesn't make any business sense for... Unlike every AI company every bull crap company we've seen in the past 30 years

2:20:20 Of course it doesn't make sense. Trump likely won't be able to cash out though till later this year See, this is the biggest lie I've ever heard and they're all doing it Oh he has a lockup he can't sell even the clinical professor of marketing was spouting this bullcrap Anybody who has a four billion dollar stake can easily get half a billion dollar collar Do you want to explain collar so everyone knows what we're talking about? Yeah, a collar is an off-the-book sale of the asset to somebody else... some person or entity that gives you the money in advance. It's and it's I don't know why it's called a collar I should know well but because it's a collar around your neck But the board We'd know this too The board can grant him

2:21:10 the ability to sell the stock tomorrow or at least sell $150 million worth of it tomorrow, which is not that big of a stake. It won't sink the thing if they want to and he's the guy that keeps the thing in check! That's him, its his name If you went to the board and asked for that do you think they'd say no? That's the dumbest thing forget the caller Yeah, but there's no way they wouldn't say no. They'd say sure here you know here's your Your lockup is over. Yeah, exactly. Oh, but he can't sell it How's he gonna get bill? You know what? He's got a new gambit I love it and I'm buying me one its annual revenue It really doesn't make any business sense from where we stand today Trump likely won't be able to cash out though till later this year To raise money even faster. He's now selling Bibles All Americans need a Bible in their home and I have many

CHAPTER 36 / 45 Discussion

God Bless the USA Bible, Christian Nationalism Report

Donald Trump is marketing a "God Bless the USA" Bible for $59.99, a move described as classic American hucksterism. This coincides with media reports warning about the rise of "White Christian Nationalism" and its influence on potential second-term policy plans. The hosts debate the definition of Christian nationalism and its portrayal as a threat to democracy.

trump bible· huckster· christian nationalism· lee greenwood· replacement theory

2:22:06 That's my favorite book. It's a lot of people's favorite book, We Must Make America Pray Again. The so-called God Bless the USA Bible sells for $59.99. It's huge! You know the funny... Actually one of the more charming aspects of Trump is you just cannot get him out of huckster mode No. If he sees an opportunity I'm buying one this is fantastic are you kidding me? It's all everything that all these huckster things he's done including the phony bills, the two dollar bill but all the rest of it the coins it's all collectible its ultimately collectible to political memorabilia people Oh I wish I could have gotten those sneakers

2:22:49 Oh, the sneakers. Yeah. They came in a little high. They only made $1,000. I know guys who were willing to lay down 10 grand like, I need these sneakers! That was another one. Everything from Trump Steaks to Trump University and they always try to slam him for this stuff but this is a guy who is the American Yes, classic American guy who's just trying to make money in any way he can you'll do it nickel and diamond or billions Make America pray again is the best slogan unbelievable. I love it. I want that Bible It's it's a most popular book. It's a huge book. It's a great book. I read this book all the time It's a great book. I got them all over my house books

2:23:38 You can't not love it. That is, you're right! We are gaudy that's who we are as Americans face it we're not like commie socialists we love this stuff deep in our hearts we love this every I think also every immigrant who comes into America is like Is this a great country or what? This guy is selling Bibles come on It's awesome And of course it flies in the face of this little report. Christian nationalism is a cultural framework that idealizes and advocates for the close fusion of a very particular expression of Christianity with American civic life It does include those orthodox and traditional beliefs of the historic Christian faith but what it also includes are a number of cultural elements These cultural elements are

2:24:31 a desire for traditionalist social policies to be central to the society. It also has a desire for strict authoritarian social control. We want Trump to be the dictator, to change politics forever We also see another cultural element is a desire for strict ethno-racial boundaries. For example, an overwhelming majority of Christian nationalists believe in replacement theory – a conspiracy that claims white Americans and Europeans are being deliberately replaced by nonwhite immigrants. Many Christian nationalists also see black Americans as inherently more violent

2:25:08 thus justifying police brutality. Deeming a certain ethno-religious group as having the only rightful claim to being American is known by some as white Christian nationalism, and many see it as a threat to American democracy One of Trump's close allies, the Center for Renewing America think tank has already forged policy plans for the second term aligning with this far right idea With a statement on the CRAs website reading our mission is to renew a consensus of America as a nation under God. Oh no! Oh, oh no we can't have that one nation under god indivisible? No what are they trying to do? I don't know they're trying to screw us horrible idea i got uh did you see this boots on the ground from our fellow ham November 7 Delta Romeo Kilo? No I did not read it yes he's David he is the Arizona State Communications Coordinator

CHAPTER 37 / 45 Discussion

Convention of States, Constitutional Amendment Process

A producer and Arizona State Communications Coordinator for the Convention of States clarifies that the movement seeks to propose specific amendments—such as term limits and fiscal restraints—rather than rewrite the U.S. Constitution. Currently, 19 of the required 34 states have adopted resolutions to call for a convention. The segment addresses common misconceptions and the history of state-led conventions.

convention of states· constitution· amendments· term limits· arizona

2:26:05 for the Convention of States which we talked about. And because you were very against this idea, Ben I'm all for it. Oh yeah, I saw it come through but had not read it. I'll read it because its interesting He said, I want to weigh in about the Convention of States. I have my boots firmly planted on the ground in this department once again proving we are the best podcast in the universe with the best producers It's unbelievable considering the lousy donations we've been getting recently that we have this kind of access And we don't have to hire anybody for this kind of access, Todd.

2:26:42 I've been a volunteer for the Convention of States for eight years and i'm currently the Arizona State Communications Coordinator. I've worked tirelessly to correct the perception, John that the Convention of States is seeking to change the U.S Constitution nothing could be further from the truth as we want to simply propose amendments to the constitution and stick to the three subjects of term limits fiscal restraints and curbing federal overreach We are already past the halfway point to call a convention as 19 states have already adopted resolutions. A total of 34 is needed to call a convention, although John thinks this is an unorganized pipe dream...

2:27:27 I love our producers. We are actually a well-organized group of regular people volunteering part of our own time, talent and treasure to something that can positively change the country in a desperately needed way It's been a long road to get to this point especially since a lot of people clinged to the fear that this will jeopardize the Constitution it will not and what they don't know is that this country has a history of state conventions We still use them today to negotiate water rights. Mischaracterizing the movement as a constitutional convention when it's really an amendment proposing convention is what the enemies of the people do! That's me! You're an enemy of the people, John I know that neither of you are enemies of the people

2:28:09 Wuss, you wussed out. But felt it was necessary to bring this to your attention so that you guys could continue to be informed at the highest level of information It is also my duty to do so Thank you both for your own tireless efforts for the cause of liberty I'll catch you in the morning 73s November 7 Delta Romeo kilo. There you go, there you go so now you know... Alright I appreciate that kind of note Yeah it's a great note and then it explains- I'm all for this Constitution of Convention of States Let me see how it goes. Halfway there halfway there Oh goodness. I got a new Cyber Attack Laws clip which is kind of interesting, and also have a George Galloway tirade in front of Parliament which i thought was decent Let's do that one first then the cyber clip Okay, George Galloway now he's the commie

CHAPTER 38 / 45 Discussion

George Galloway, NATO and UK Public Spending

British MP George Galloway delivers a tirade in Parliament, criticizing the UK's commitment to NATO and the war in Ukraine while domestic infrastructure and the National Health Service suffer. Galloway argues that European nations are unprepared for a potential U.S. withdrawal from NATO under a second Trump administration and questions the feasibility of increasing defense spending to 7% of GDP.

george galloway· nato· ukraine· gdp· national health service

2:28:58 No, no. You're thinking of another guy... Galloway? Yeah! Galloway just won his district and he's a... Isn't he a socialist? Is he a commie? Well, he could be but he is a commie in the same way that Claire is a commie This is a three minute clip What?! It's a three minute clip It looks mis- it looks, it looks misclipped too. Let me see... The truth is that our country is in very real danger of falling into the trap of Mussolini going around the world threatening people with Germany's army Our politicians go around the world threatening people with America's army But there's a big change coming Madam Deputy Speaker They don't like it

2:29:48 on either side of the aisle. But President Trump is coming back in November and he doesn't much fancy their NATO, he doesn't intend to send American soldiers to die for Kupyansk or for the Zelensky regime in Kiev He has no intention whatever of continuing their war in Ukraine. And I heard a member, senior member of the House say if America withdraws from NATO we are going to have to increase our contribution to 5%, 6 maybe 7%.

2:30:28 of GDP. These people seriously imagine that they'll continue NATO without the United States of America? What kind of NATO would that be, Gilbert Ann Sullivan? Unless we're going to devote not 50 billion of our public treasure but hundreds of billions of our public treasure on defence. Well, have any of these people seen the state of the public realm in Britain? Have they seen the state of the National Health Service? Have they seen the state of our streets, our public buildings, our public transport? Have they seen the wage packets

2:31:13 being earned in this country? Have they seen pensioner poverty, have they seen fuel poverty in action. Have they met people that have to choose between eating and heating and these fools want to spend not 50 billion but hundreds of billions on weapons of war that we're going to fight with an army that could fit into Villa Park. 70,000 soldiers can fit into a single football stadium." He was also on Big Brother I think wasn't he? I don't know yeah I think it was on the big brother show. Well I thought it was decent right? Yeah but they're predicting everyone's getting ready for Trump

CHAPTER 39 / 45 Discussion

NATO Troops in Ukraine, New Cyber Attack Reporting Laws

Reports indicate that regular troops from France, Germany, and Poland have arrived in Cherkassy, Ukraine, signaling a direct NATO presence. Simultaneously, the Department of Homeland Security is implementing new rules requiring critical infrastructure companies to report cyber attacks within 72 hours and ransom payments within 24 hours. Failure to comply with these CISA regulations could result in subpoenas or civil action.

nato· ukraine· cisa· cyber attacks· homeland security

2:32:06 They're getting ready for Trump. So, Trump... I don't see how he's not going to get in. I mean they're not gonna let Biden in again with the Paris woman. No, no. I have boots on the ground from UZA. From where? That's our producer's name, UZA Regular troops on the ground from France, Germany and Poland have arrived by rail and air to Cherkassy south of Kiev. A substantial force no numbers have been leaked yet they're being housed in schools for all practical purposes this is a NATO Force let the games begin Mr Kinzhal's business cards will be in great demand whoever that is so yeah so we've got NATO troops on the ground

2:32:51 And everyone's talking conscription everywhere, going to war. Wow! I gotta get Christina out of there. I would say...I gotta get her out of there this is... But she's not gonna get conscripted? Well not yet but you know they'll have look they took young girls are now fighting for Ukraine young Ukrainian girls Yeah, yes Well we're gonna do everything we can to kill everyone who's Ukrainian. That's what we're doing now Yes So we can move in all right cyber gale can move and we're not moving car girls already know We need Cargill workers that's true car guilt already there executives exactly and we need to steal that Russian money so we bolster our swift system

2:33:36 Good idea. All right, cyber attack laws news before we take our break here Homeland Security will soon be requiring companies working in critical infrastructure to report cyber attacks to the government in a timely manner otherwise the company could face fines more from NPR's Jenna McLaughlin In 2022 Congress passed a law that would require owners and operators of US critical infrastructure to report cyber incidents to Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Agency CISA That includes everything from the power grid to oil and gas pipelines. Now, CISA is releasing an initial version of those specific rules or a notice of proposed rulemaking. Companies will have 72 hours to share cyber incidents in 24 hours after making a ransom payment to a cyber criminal group. CISA expects over 300,000 organizations will be accountable to the new rules if companies fail to comply they could be subpoenaed are referred to the Justice Department for potential civil action.

2:34:30 The government believes these rules are vital during a time of rampant cyber attacks against US companies. So the government got sick of waiting to have this government corporate agreement that was going on during their Obama administration, we discussed it all the time and they're like yeah, we can keep... It's proprietary unless you know everything were up too And now they said, OK. We waited long enough we're just going to pass a law rule and you're gonna have to do it or are you gonna get fined big time after 72 hours if you don't join, you know, with CISA this bullcrap operation that's not gonna do anything anyway? This is horrible! Actually I have two more quick things to discuss before we break Have you heard of this outfit all sides dot com? Sounds like a rainbow news outfit to me

CHAPTER 40 / 45 Discussion

LGBTQ+ Voter Demographics, Title IX Training Changes

Gallup polling suggests that LGBTQ+ voters are a growing demographic that could decide the 2024 election, with nearly 15% of Gen Z identifying as such. However, a professor notes a shift in university Title IX training where "gay and lesbian" terminology has been replaced by the acronym TGQN (Transgender, Genderqueer, Questioning, or Not Listed). The hosts discuss the internal friction within the LGBTQ+ community regarding these linguistic shifts.

lgbtq· title ix· tgqn· gallup· university

2:35:25 But they declare now, based upon Gallup polling that LGBTQ plus voters will actually decide the 2024 presidential election. Because over the past decade voters identifying as LGBTQ plus have more than doubled What's more, this group is growing. The LGBTQ plus demographic is now a larger voting bloc than the suburban white mothers that pundits love to discuss on election night! Wow... This is so- You know what? What's happening is kids are afraid not to say oh yeah I'm queer. They're afraid to say they're straight but if you really think

2:36:09 The Williams Institute recently noted this increase as well, reporting that among younger Americans 14.9% in the 18 to 24 and 8.8 percent in the 25 to 34 cohorts identify as LGBTQ+. And what does that mean? Well now we go to... Sarah the Gentile, who says hi Adam and John I'm a professor at a private university in the South. Hello once again best producers in the universe! We...I wonder if she's a clinical professor? Professor to private University in the south and adjuncts at a Big Ten University in the Midwest every spring it my big ten appointment all faculty have to complete the title 10 Title 9 training

2:36:55 These are usually 45-minute training modules on mandated reporting, assault on campus and how we are to help students experiencing those situations etc. I've completed scores of these over the years and they have always been the same. The same narrators, same situation, same videos... This year however there's a notable difference! THE GAYS ARE GONE!!! Take, for example this statistic shared in one of the modules. Quote, 13% of students reported non-consensual sexual contact by physical force or inability to consent. Rates were significantly higher for women and the TGQN students... This is a new acronym! TGQN which stands for Transgender Women, Transgender Men, Nonbinary Genderqueer, Gender Questioning, or Gender Not Listed

2:37:49 You guys called it months ago. The gays are gone! There was no reference to lesbians or gays, they've been completely erased Not one mention in this entire training This was not the case last spring when I had to take the same training Whatever starts in university will always trickle down and out so expect to see TGQN soon enough We're keeping an eye out for it. We had that clip a couple of shows ago with the girl who was bitching, the lesbian TikToker who was bitching about what's going on and she just basically mirrors what she was saying Let me tell you The gay guys I know are they're angry about this stuff They are pissed off They are like this is insane It should be! And you know what?

2:38:38 The gays can save us. The gays? The gays will save us, yes! They will and in a rare moment of camaraderie the gays and lesbians will actually join together which is not typical. That would be rare... But they've got to they've got to save themselves unbelievable And with that happy news I'd like to thank you for your courage say in the morning to you the man who put the C in the Convention of States ladies and gentlemen say hello to my friend on the other end the one and only Mr John Cena Well, in the morning to you Mr. Adam Curry In the morning ships and sea boots on the ground feet in the air subs into water and the dames of the nights out there And all the gays! In the morning to you Hello trolls Hold up your hands Alright we've gone up a little bit here We had 1552 on the last troll count we did on Thursday 1576 is your troll countage today and uh...we are very happy to have our trolls they're in the Troll Room at www.trollroom.io or

CHAPTER 41 / 45 Discussion

Podcasting 2.0, Bill Maher's New Podcast Network

The hosts discuss the evolution of Podcasting 2.0 and the "Value for Value" model as an alternative to the struggling podcast industrial complex. Bill Maher is launching the "Club Random Studios" network, a move the hosts predict will fail due to the inherent difficulties of monetizing a network and managing talent expectations. They reflect on their own history with podcast networks and the importance of independent distribution.

podcasting 2.0· bill maher· club random· value for value· spotify

2:39:40 Or you can join them by going to podcastapps.com and getting a modern podcast app Now when I tweet, we got a new thing called episodes.fm So when I tweet out the link to the show and you click on that link it brings up a list of 30 apps And right there you can choose which app you want to use Yeah, this is another podcasting 2.0 innovation they just keep on coming Unbelievable! Well it is because these are people who care about freedom of speech and make sure that you're not stifled by Silicon Valley Buh! We will be. Well, we won't be there's no way they can't...we are unstoppable now of course report but were unstoppable and were very proud of it also you get updated within 90 seconds of a podcast posting its new episode certainly this one other smart podcasts but there's hundreds of thousands who are using the new system all part of Podcasting 2.0 we are a value for value podcast which

2:40:43 We started boy, it's gonna be is it gonna be 17 years in October? Yeah any minute Wow That's unbelievable. Hey, this is your birthday soon to my birthdays coming up on April 5th We'll be looking forward to that and to be the day after the wedding. Yeah, we're taking that day before which is a Thursday Correct. It's a Thursday. Why why she married on Thursday not getting married in the church Oh They're getting married. There gives you an independent I think another universal life church marriage as far as I can tell so I'm a minister of the universal. I'm a doctor of divinity and well, you this boss above boss always always So I do want to mention that when we get to the donation segment when I mentioned in advance

2:41:32 Do not read the first name on there and give it to me because that name should be anonymous but is listed on there and it would be a bad thing to say. We don't want to have anything bad happen here, so I will not mention that. Just pass it to me this time then I'll read from his note. I'll pass it to you let me just see... The very first one? Not the- Yeah! The very first one right at the top. Okay. That's got no note. Yeah well I got it. I will not mention it all. Blanket out So value for value means that we are not part of the podcast industrial complex, which is not doing so well actually. You know they're having problems... It has its moments Not today but it has its moments Well and Bill Maher is about to make the biggest mistake of his life No Yes he started a podcast network

2:42:21 Oh, please. Yes! Well there goes money. I guess he's making too much money has to throw it away. Yep so it's going to be the... Podcast Network. Ah yes. Gee, I've never heard of such a thing The Club Random Studios Network And he will be hosting as he seek it seeks to host podcasts built on an idea of freedom of expression Hmm. Okay, and he's starting with that ESPN lady He's hired her who? Sage steel she was for ESPN Sports Center After there was some free speech lawsuits I remember what that was about

2:43:05 But anyway, we would be perfect for that network if we thought they would work. But they don't then I'll tell you why because you get into the network and it was like, oh it's great You know, you're gonna get publicity of your part of Bill Maher system Oh great. Great. Great and then all the advertising goes to Bill Maher show Yeah or maybe one other? You know one other one way if this show gets popular yeah This happens this happen we've witnesses both witness why witnesses with your network either when that wasn't doing a network even though you now decry it. Yes, I do! And also see it on Leo's network and these are networks... I decry it because... Yours is a little more aggressive. I decry it because we raised 65 million dollars and nobody made any money hello? And all the way the kicker is and you probably wouldn't say this as easy as I can everybody complained

2:43:55 All the time. How come I'm not making more money? How come they're emphasizing this and not that everyone you had all these famous podcasters working there, and they all complained and they didn't complain a little. They complained all the time. Yeah. And that's what Bill Maher is going to get. Yeah. That's why we had aggravating complaints. That's why have a podcast relations manager, the worst job in the company. Women, what was it? Richard. What's his name? Richard. I forgot the end for a while that we had Aaron. Aaron was running it and he gave up. He just like I got to leave this job. You couldn't pay anybody enough to deal with the aggravation and the crying that goes on which is why these podcasts then eventually they they unionize And then you're completely screwed Oh Then your host shut her down Shutter The Ringer They just unionized

2:44:52 The rigor. It's all over, it doesn't work you cannot monetize the network just take it from me Spotify spent a billion dollars so we didn't get any of that goodness of course I mean we should have honestly someone should have at least hired us for a couple mil and then fired us but no...no You know why? Because we speak truth! Truth to power That's why Are we speaking truth to power John I don't know how much power is listening to the show, but we're speaking truth to somebody. Somebody's out there like oh they're speaking truth to me all right so instead we opted for the value for value model which is actually pretty good if you can keep your cost low ie we don't have Neumann mics now we run the whole thing on a $500 road mixer and that little B what's that b-link computer

CHAPTER 42 / 45 Discussion

No Agenda Art, Donor Recognition and Peerage

The hosts review listener-submitted artwork and acknowledge the "Time, Talent, and Treasure" provided by the No Agenda community. They discuss the technical setup of the show and the upcoming "Totality" event in Fredericksburg. Personal anecdotes include Tina's trip to Mar-a-Lago and her encounter with James O'Keefe, as well as a discussion of the "Value for Value" economic model.

value for value· executive producer· peerage· mar-a-lago· james o'keefe

2:45:46 I use a NUC. We run this thing on an Intel NUC, an old one! We run this on the B-Link and NUC and $500 road mixer okay? Yeah that's sort of a Scarlett to 80D converter. That's what we run this thing on and i got a couple panels on the wall all right That's how we run it. And luckily, we have people who provide value back to us when they say you know what I got some value from the show! I laughed, I cried, I got mad...I learned something about the markets, I could make some money there, save my life, hello COVID lots of stuff. People say you know what? I'm sending some value back time talent or treasure all three of them are valid So now we have people running servers, people doing art for us let's talk about that for a second

2:46:36 We have artists who continuously love to make artwork while we're doing the show live. It really is one of the coolest things and actually I was on, oh you're gonna get asked...I was on The Union of the Unwanted? You have to go on this show! Have you heard of this podcast? But it's a union of the un- am i unwanted are you unwanted who's unwanted well that's why always was against this show like I don't want to I'm not unwanted I'm very wanted I'm loved yeah everyone wants you however This is in essence, it's a Zoom call with like 12 or 13 people and they all have podcasts. Sam Tripoli! Remember the guy who I called the sidekick? And then people were like, I'm not donating because you slam other podcasters. By the way, Sam and Adam we're texting all the time now. We're buds. You guys should be buds. Graham was on there from Graymerica He's angling for my job let's face it

2:47:35 Who, Sam? Yeah. Oh yeah! That's an interesting idea I like that. Good luck with that John, on the show I said without John or without Adam there is no agenda It's just not... There is no and there's no no agenda. Oh a pun! Yeah I know Without either one of us the show doesn't work it would just have to end so don't die on me yet old man and I'll do the same Because there's a lot of show left in us until 2028. Then we definitely have to end it. We can go off our merry ways, I'll have the publishing company running good well by then and we'd have a kennel! What more do you need?

2:48:19 I don't know what i'm gonna do but yeah there we go. What should I do here? And you got plenty of ideas, but none of them make money that's the problem. You can monetize podcasting 2.0 is great but it's zero money It's just for a legacy for the children that's the only reason I do it anyway These guys all of them have their own podcasts like the liberty lockdown. I mean they're all great podcasts And they all listen to No Agenda. They love us, they love you and they want to have you on the show and I would recommend you do it. I could do that show. Sure! I think you'll really enjoy it. I had a good time. I wasn't sure what to expect and had a good time. Anyway back to Value for Value we wan- many of them use value for value they love it yeah well they should yes and so they're all poor

2:49:13 But they love it. Yeah, well that's because sometimes the email goes astray People have to understand the email is really important There are so many podcasts and things you can pay attention to I mean when Diddy is in your algo Sometimes people forget we have a podcast and we need to be supported And then when the algos cause that's what it is Oh he used the word killing Well throw that to junk Get rid of that. It probably went to promotions, which is even funner funny couple it went to promotions That shouldn't have uh We want to thank Darren who provides a lot Yeah You were stunned by this but a lot of time and talent that Darren provides the show He does the rock n' roll pre-show before every single thursday and sunday's broadcast I'm surprised you didn't say that the curry in Dvorak in the corner there was too small

2:50:02 It was. We talked about this for quite a bit. No, but we didn't talk about that you never mentioned it Okay You give Darren a lot of leeway He's Darren O'Neill His music taste sucks But Darren is a good guy We loved him So we chose Darren's Isis-K But the only thing I didn't like about it was the hand grenade. I was more distracted by... Yeah, you didn't like the hand- I didn't mind the hand grenade at all. It's ISIS K which is a special K packaging classic no agenda spoof art we love those 33% more PSYOPS works for me and then the hand grenade now other things that we looked at

2:50:42 I really, I really liked Scaramanga's meat food. Yeah, I liked it too but again it was this time it was way too small It was too small and then as you embiggened it You see like some Chinese some Asian cook... It turned out to be racist yes. It says really good We were okay with the racism actually But he couldn't read it from afar And his newcomer food company Well we weren't that good with it We almost picked it and said no We're not going with very good and some laughing Chinese guy. Or should I have put it properly, a laughing Chinaman? So that's not gonna work. I'm still laughing when I see it like it was good because... It is very funny to look at we also we looked at Nesworks Toshiba laptop which was in the running for sure

2:51:34 And honestly, I think that the... I actually used that for the pre-stream art this morning. People stopped making pre-stream art! They used to do cool art for me to post when we go live They stopped doing that for some reason. I don't know why Well, I did use...I will say Yeah, I know what you used! Well, I used the most compelling piece that was on here which was an AI-generated art piece A butt It's a girl who is just the kind of woman that does exist in the real world That would have nothing to do with anybody who does this show or listens to this show You can just tell

2:52:13 And a comic strip blogger did it and he needs to get some... He's gotten it down pretty well to create this sort of thing. But, it didn't help either. Comic strip butt? No! There is another reason why the newsletter got sent to spam. This blatant sexual. That was not in the newsletter that was just in The Post. Oh okay. Well still do better. Now you're making it up What else was there? Whale poop stuff. I don't know why...

2:52:49 Fat lady all of a sudden some AI fat. It's not fast She's not fast that was you know what a fat lady looks is that that's how we're thinking about Very odd basically, you know five pounds overweight is bad I don't think anything else really did it now? Well, we did talk a bit about the no agenda racing team car battery Talked about that but now that really didn't yeah wasn't compelling Nesworks is on a downward spiral. Tina just texted me, she's in a gown and she says I'm ready to meet Trump!

2:53:30 She's at Mar-a-Lago tonight. You know, Trump is in New York at the cops' funeral! No I know he's not there So he's not going to be at Mar-a-Lago eh? And meanwhile Trump is going to the cops funeral and Biden is going to a donation thing A fundraiser He's not even gonna see the dead policemen and it's...and I got a number anyway I get a number out of this I've got a couple numbers Ronna McDaniel was gonna be paid $300,000 that was her fee for MSNBC, but for $100,000 at the fundraiser you can get your picture taken with Biden Obama and Clinton in the same shot. So they're gonna set up a photo booth The three of them will be there You go in hundred thousand dollars check boom here's a picture taken if anyone sees one of those pictures on the wall somewhere The guy is an idiot Okay Anyway Tina will have boots on the ground from Mar-a-Lago before me I've never been

2:54:32 It's big. You know who was at her table? Yeah, you told us already but tell us again because I forgot it just so you know that was an off-air conversation Oh, I don't remember that yeah James O'Keefe oh that's right. Yeah, this should be interesting Yeah, I wonder if he's gonna be wearing his gay disguise He's gonna be filming it I'm very uncomfortable with what he's doing it feels so mean and You know, he's saw us in poor. Yes, honey potting these poor gay guys gay guys homely gay guys Only incel gay guys looking for any attention whatsoever that's not good no it's not Anyway, well, he's just short of wearing one of those old Groucho Marx mustaches and a phony nose exactly

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Executive Producer Donations, Knighting Ceremony

The show concludes with the reading of high-value donations and the formal knighting of Brandon Jansen as "Dr. Sir Rev Joseph James the 33rd." Multiple producers are elevated to the peerage, including the new Baron Spartenberg. The hosts express gratitude for the financial support that keeps the show independent and ad-free, while also sharing "jobs karma" and "baby-making karma" for specific donors.

knighthood· blanton's· baron· donation· peerage

2:55:23 It looks like anyway, thank you very much Darren O'Neill no agenda art generator commas where you can find all of the art we have over 30,000 pieces there not bad for sixteen hundred and forty six episodes We have hundreds hundreds of artists. You can join them. You can open up an account at Noah Jenna Art Generator calm Thank you to all of the artists for all we appreciate everything that you do but only one can be chosen obviously Now we go to the treasure part. We'd like to thank our executive and associate executive producers first These are $200 and above, and John's gonna kick it off Yeah, we have a not necessarily perfect anonymous guy is in Texas $420.69 but I will read his note

2:56:09 Starts off. He's kind of one of these guys what he up to weirdos oh I know exactly well, he's at 420 69 so okay Yeah, I got a 2069 hello. I'm not complaining did the show but I saw on your Yankee looking site that you mentioned my name on this show if I donate over 50 I do want do not want to be named and Now this is a guy who doesn't want to be named, but he sent an email in over the years where he's named. Okay no need for recognizing Amuch who had been listening since I first heard Adam on The Joe Rogan Experience awhile ago. There you go. Big fan of this show and appreciate you guys! You guys make me laugh stay gay! Okay anonymous anonymous yeah that guy. Appreciate you

2:57:03 No jingles? Nothing else there. No, that was it! We move on to Brandon Janssen from Parts Unknown 403 dot 33 he has a long handwritten note but I shall read it and by the way this is another donation that is problematic like the one we just read because he had sent in his site supposedly sent in a certified letter with a donation and never got through and we went back and forth and back and forth then finally came in And then he writes this unreadable note. I can read it! Okay, if you can read it you can read it Yes Brandon Johnson ITM gents thank you for your courage Firstly everyone listening to this needs to check their conscience and contribute one of the three T's Karma will take note and peg you back in kind yes yeah I'm speaking from personal experience as my first treasure donation was a show number donation for episode 1601 I expected nothing in return by the way

2:57:59 We do the same. We give the value, we expect nothing in return It comes but we expect nothing And were right! Most of you don't send anything All I asked for from the universe was house selling karma and literally The day that my tithing was accepted we sold our house That morning i woke up seeing threes everywhere So it should come as no surprise that all worked out Signs are all over if you simply pay attention Second Please revert back Back to my first point if you value the show and appreciate the insight of our two gracious hosts Adam And John they do not take them for granted all of us producers must contribute time talent or treasure To keep this train rolling Lastly this completes. My knighthood, and I would like by name to be sir Rev Joseph James plus the 33 up Joseph James at thirty-third Sir Rev Joseph James a thirty third please and thank you

2:58:56 Oh, Blanton's single barrel bourbon at the round table? Okay. If I could also humbly request baby-making karma for me and my smoking hot wife of 21 years along with the following jingles... oh, I didn't see any of this okay donate I got that I got to donate I could get the donate Sorry this part. I wasn't quite running. Yes, okay donate 33 is the magic number? Okay Magic number got that one and Little girl yay my goodness Okay, and the go podcasting ok well. I think I think we can do all of that Keep up the great work gentlemen God speed sincerely yours a faithful night

2:59:46 P.S., what does he say here? This is kind of a funny note, PS in light of the good news Jingo I'd like to share this quote The world isn't getting something or darker I guess the world isn't getting darker The veil sheltering you from reality is being lifted Alright very nice You've got Donate! Donate! Karma. 33, that's the magic number. Go Pug Texas! There we go and your baby name is Karma. You've got it. Karma. Alright did it all I had one miscue sorry about that Tower Comics

3:00:50 from Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta Canada 333 Paris of Canada. What do I hear in the background over there? Okay what you're hearing is they've decided because of the potholes... Oh! ...I later have to go get my new tire Since you complained about the potholes No, I complained about the potholes but no they're that what your hearing is a machine that is shaving the road For the potholes. For repaving Oh, so they're fixing the... They're fixing the potholes? Locally they are going to Well this is not where the potholes are The potholes that are dangerous Are on the freeway You need to stop complaining They're fixing it for you

3:01:33 Well, they're making a lot of noise as you can tell. They are there. Anyway in Alberta Canada 333 it's interesting that we got no classic three three three dot three three donations on this show In fact, we only had a total of 43 donations over 50 bucks which is really low for Thursday Yeah, and Tower Comics says thanks for the deconstruction. Can I get a de-douching? You've been de-douche'd! For my buddy Blaze And you would like an R2D2 karma and a jingle amen fist bump yeah we can do that Amen fist bump. You've got Karma

3:02:16 Uh, Amy Byrne is in Swannona North Carolina 333. She says thank you for making me laugh when there's so much grim news By the way, if you've been listening to this podcast the whole way through and you haven't laughed once never listen again. It is hard if you don't laugh at least once during this show then we fail really enjoyed Adam's testimony no bells or karma all right thank you very much Amy that was sweet it was very sweet here we go to Eli the canary gets her Eli the coffee gow slips in an ad in Bensonville Illinois he's very sly $212.12 I would like to credit this donation

3:02:53 To Scaramanga! Oh. For his tree lobster art from the last show, which cracked me up. So that's a switcheroo then? Or is it just dedication? No credit he says credit. He gets the donation but here by the plug is coming I had the pleasure of meeting him at a brewery event where I was selling coffee a few weeks ago John, you were spot on in the newsletter. The bridge did fall like it was flimsy! Two jingles can summarize this week's bridge collapse. Please play Coincidence I Think Not, followed by Build Back Better my wife's favorite jingle. Producers who want coffee with no bitter burnt taste visit gigawattcoffeeroasters.com and use the code ITM20 for 20% off your first order stay caffeinated Eli the Coffee Guy! I will say i ran out of

3:03:48 Black Rifle this morning and so then I picked up one of their the gigawatt packs. That need a little more than then, uh...I would put in the black rifle but it's good! It keeps me awake and jolly! Coincidence? I think not! Leora Coronel? Coronel. Nevada City, is it Nevada City if it's in California or Nevada City

3:04:27 It's still Nevada City. Oh, associate executive producer $21 and 60 cents ITM gentleman my smoking hot husband Gus has been a devoted listener since I hit him in the mouth in 2021 you're good wife and I'm ashamed to say he still hasn't gotten around to donating please deduce him for his 48th birthday tomorrow March 29th You've been de-dooshed Linda Lupatkin comes up and she's the final associate executive producer on this short list. She is in Lakewood, Colorado and of course she wants jobs karma so there is nothing new there. She says for an exceptional resume go to imagemakersinc.com for all your executive resume job search needs

3:05:14 That's Image Maker Zinc with a K. Or find Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs and writer of resumes on the producer list. There you go. Jobs! Jobs! Jobs and jobs! Let's vote for jobs! And that is it for executive and associate executive producers. As you know, the rules are anything above $200 we will read your note regardless of what it is as long as we can read it and it's not too long and it's not too crazy but we pretty much read them all anything under that we pick and choose where we can depends on time depends on what the note is but if you really want to have it read 200 and above is where you go for your executive and associate executive producer status which are real credits Go ahead ask Dana Brunetti, producer

3:05:59 of Gran Turismo should have been an Oscar winner. I'm glad you saw that movie! I am too, i loved that movie. I sat there and said Phoebe that was a great movie Phoebe's like, it was watching the movie with you. Oh yeah. I she loves it. You know doggy I have to mention this dogs can see LCD screens they never could see a television that's right That's right LCD screens made all the difference in the dogs life when doing dogs started seeing cats too It's a dog story watch and so dogs watch TV now. I know I know it's great She loves it But I just especially loved like the when they show the inside of the cylinders firing and The movie is special effects and everything that but that movie was so well produced And well done, well shot it's a drunk guy. You know it got in probably paid out But it was like you know oh no they made Bank up front It was one big commercial

3:06:55 Yes, that's true. Brunetti is no dummy he's like hey by the way for all you're gonna pay me in advance I'll do anything All the crap i gave him about 50 shades of gray this really makes up for it not in money but it makes up for Anyway, we don't read anything under 50 because people there like to stay anonymous. So $49.99 is always good Don't add any fees because that will put it up over the 50 and then we might make a mistake And of course we want to thank everybody and if everybody did this it would be great If you just take out a sustaining donation which is some kind of regular thing that you automatically have paid It can be anything you want. If everybody did that We'd be in fat city

3:07:35 Instead, here we are. That would be the day short list. Keep people idealize the whole situation and think they can do exactly what you described was that? Oh, you know if I got like 500 dollars, no, I only need like 10000 people to listen to the podcast for and if I charge them each ten bucks a month oh yeah that's perfect because at ten bucks a month that means that That's like over a hundred, that's $1 million dollars a year. I'll make 1.2 million a year with 10 thousand listeners." Yeah yeah that's how they always start out-that's how we started! And then... With our two dollar donation. Boy did we learn a lot. You learned fast. We did and newsletters help podcasters if you can get them through

3:08:17 So thank you very much. NoagendaDonations.com is where you can learn more and be a producer, no one here is a listener You are a producer of the best podcast in the universe John will take us now through the 50 donations The Highland Craig start us off from New Brownfells Texas Braunfels Braunfels yeah whatever the case is I'm still irked 182, 18. She has a nice and she or he I think is a wife that wrote this note Yeah, it should help in my hubs and I she says about kovat Nice note from one of the Highland the Highland Craig's Mrs. Craig yes Dwayne Biblo in Calgary Alberta No jingles no karma Of course 130 Oh three Baron

3:09:05 Surfer, S-I-R-F-E-R in Shasta Lake California. Full to the brim by the way 12345. Hocken Andreson in Portland Oregon 10535 Cole McCormick birthday boy first time donating He needs a de-douching. You've been de-douched! Cole, Cole McCormick... I know this name, I know Cole. Cole McCormick he needs some jobs coming at the end and he donated $105.35. Thanks Cole. Kai Hawker in Higginsville Missouri

3:09:42 100 and he says it states reality outstanding product no kidding Kevin McLaughlin comes in with boobs 8008 1646 boob donation sir Richard Hufford in Tempe Arizona 8008 happy Easter Which is coming Easter Sunday's coming up. Let's bring in a donation maybe some good Easter donations coming up for Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! And guess what? We're working on Easter and we're working on Easter the High Holy Day It's one of them mm-hmm Sir Richard Hufford in Tempe Arizona that came in with AOA as I said Ryan Antonioti Anotio... Antonio Antonetti

3:10:32 You don't think it's Antoniotti? Well, it says right there. Oh he's got his pronunciation Antonetti. Antonetti! Well that might be the way you pronounce it then. Yeah I think so. 8008 for him Chris Jossick in Philipsburg New Jersey let's see if he's got anything no 8008 He says he's here for his two favorite boobs love you guys Love you mean it Isn't that cute? It's cute Derek Allison in Rock Springs, New York 8. Oh we get a 808 day yeah And he says Shiloh leaps is a douchebag We got that out of the way Dana Carol or Dina Carol in Lawton Nevada Laughlin Nevada 72 27 it's interesting town John

3:11:24 Hoibor. Hoibor, Hoibor, Hoibor, Hoibor. It means hay farmer. Mr Hay Farmer 6114 Chad Hewitt in Folsom California 6006 small boobs Paul Webb in Twickenham Middlesex UK 5555 Matthew Golan in Miami Florida 5510 Adrian Christensen 55 Brian Conger, and I think these are all $50 donations that have been jumped up. Indianapolis Indiana 5272 John Robertson Yekipa California 5272 Person of Merit Comics a lot of comic guys today Columbus Ohio 5272 Scott Nelson in Council Bluffs Iowa 5001 and the following people are $50 donations

3:12:17 starting with Ami Grohl in Burien, Washington right outside the airport. John Walter in Wenatchee, Washington Fall Line Farm in Columbus Georgia go visit them. Quinnerex Inc in Brandington Florida he put a note in here it says John is great Adam you too Okay, any comments on his sensationalism? Jack Schofield in Yankee Town Florida. Sean Anorberg in Seattle Washington another Washingtonian Brian Emmenheiser in Lancaster California Forrest Scott Brinkley in Christianburg Virginia Aaron Weisgerber in Bend Oregon Michael Elmore and Gastonia New York Richard Gardner who I always think is a New York

3:13:08 John Taylor in Florissant, Colorado. Zev Green in Teaneck New Jersey and last but not least the good old Brand family in Placerville California want to thank these people for making show 1646 a reality and a winner also got a note here from This is from Spartanburg who will be title changing today to a baron. He says I don't know if ever got my Got my make right to Baron Oh, okay So no, I guess we missed it so we're doing it now If indeed I'm a Baron and I want to relay my disgust with Adams lack of appreciation of Poonami for clip of the day

3:13:49 Yes! That very well is clip of the year he says. As a baron I wish to confer a clip of the day from my territory in your honor keep up the great work and yes, I know send more money James Nittle clerical change please oh that's his name tonight please update my name from Spartanburg to Spartenberg Okay, Baron does spellcheck your words Spell check works wonders Dvorak haha in the morning. Thank you both for the best podcast the universe with my latest edition What I will say that? There's typos in a newsletter on and off. I can't one came. I missed one. I missed one

3:14:28 We miss more than one, but the one that you missed that I missed we all missed is uh The word shipping was spelled shopping and everybody in their sister seems to have caught that. The ones that received the email Yeah, the five guys who received the email all wrote in well people who receive it read it That's the good news Well hope With this latest donation I now qualify as a baron since you betrothed my title. I only think it's fair to have the best choice of your remaining lands for you to determine, I would like for them to come with copious concubines to help maintain order in the territory hope the double credit deal isn't the exit strategy keep up the great work i love the value-for-value model not a bad concept from a couple of mofos oh beautiful thank you very much here's the jobs karma that was requested

CHAPTER 44 / 45 Discussion

Birthday Announcements, Global Meetup Reports

A list of listener birthdays is read, followed by a meetup report from Wageningen, Netherlands. Upcoming No Agenda meetups are promoted in locations ranging from Alpharetta, Georgia, to Osaka, Japan. The segment emphasizes the importance of community and "connection as protection" for the show's audience.

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3:15:14 Jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs! And you can go to knowagenda donations dot com Thank you again to our executive and associate executive producers for 1464 I made 1646 We hit people in the mouth 1646 is a lot of episodes people Shut up slave It's a birthday, birthday on Noah's channel Ah yes we've got some birthdays to talk about. A nice list today Hakon Kunle Andresen wishes his niece Tilda a very happy birthday She turned one year old on March 24th Cole McCormick turned 27 on the 25th David Wicker says happy birthday to Hope she is turning 7 today We have Ivan Fergus turning 58 today

3:16:13 and it is Jackson Smith's birthday. And, uh... Jackson is turning five today and he is looking forward to the No Agenda ABC book which I think is coming in May so stay tuned. Fergus 33 celebrates today J.P. Smith wishes his son Jackson Wyatt Smith oh I just did that and Leora wishes her smoking hot husband Gus a happy birthday he turns 48 on March 29 Happy birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe. And we just read the note from Spartanburg and Spartenburg becomes a Baron today. He can figure out his own protectorate, and that of course will be part of the No Agenda peerage Congratulations Baron Spartenberg! Thank you very much for supporting The NO AGENDA Show Then we have one knight to do today So there's our One Knight Blade At least we have a knight That's good Okay hop up on the stage there

3:17:15 Brandon Jansen, thank you very much Brandon for supporting the best podcast in universe. In the amount of $1,000 or more we are very very happy to have you here and to pronounce the KD as Dr. Sir Rev Joseph James the 33rd Knight of the Noah Jenner Roundtable For you sir we have by your request Blanton's single baron bourbon Hookers and Blow of course, Rent Boys and Chardonnay if you're into that. Diet Soda & Video Games Fish Pie & Falacio We have Beer & Blunts Rubinette Swimming in Rosé Gayson & Sake Vodka Vanilla Bong Hits & Bourbon Sparkling Cider & Escort Ginger Ale & Gerbils Breast Milk & Pabellum And of course the Mutton & The Meat! And you can go over to NoahJenderRings.com Check out these ones You know someone was looking at these Signet rings and sent off a note I had to send it to Jay He says

3:18:05 He says, I looked at the Latin on the ring. It's in now it's a signet ring so it's mirrored and he said and he had the Latin he said that means something about little girls like what? And so I put his girl yay Yeah literally like little girl yay or happy little girl if I put that into this translator yeah But this is not right. I'm confused he had not mirrored the mirror Of course it says, hit them in the mouth. But it's kind of cool that if you don't mirror the Latin, it looks like it says little girl yay! That's a liberal translation by the way. It may have been done on purpose by Couture he had that kinda sense anyway. Anyway... You sir, Dr. Sir Rev Joseph James XXXIII, you'll get one of those

3:18:55 Go to noagendarings.com and give us your address, there's a little sizing guide there send that in your size to us as well And it comes with wax to seal your important correspondence along with their certificate of authenticity Welcome to The Roundtable and thank you for supporting No Agenda People getting a lot of value today. Go on long, alert the affiliates we have couple meetups to promote but we first have a report from Wageningen The Wageningen Eat Up Report that's in the Netherlands. This is Sir Andre live from the NOAA gender

3:19:33 Eat up, no agenda. Eat up in Wageningen. So yeah from the heart of the Frankenfood valley in Wageningen. This is Petter and I just want to remind you stay humble, stack sides and starve the beast. Okay this is Dosmos. This is Roland again. Connection is protection. I can't do it name them. Hi Natalia here and I'm dying because they have a lot of hot flashes. She's looking for a boyfriend. Hi, this is Ingrid and Adam! Why do you think we're all all the time high or hammered? We just... be fun! Very chubby fun! In the morning Damian & Joe, The Woodwall, lover of dirty jokes. We are bit low on dirty jokes here. It was something with a butt plug right?

3:20:22 These mofos just arranged my marriage. Thanks for the wonderful meetup tonight. All right! By the way, I'm planning a trip. I'm gonna do a solo trip to the Netherlands see my daughter maybe at the beginning of June so we need to plan a meetup." I want to go one these meetups! These people are having too much fun! I love it! Meet up's happening today North Georgia Monthly Meet Up 6 o'clock at Cherry Street Brewing in Alpharetta, GA Saturday, Ventura County California Most Peaceful Meet-Up noon o'clock at noon Institution Ale Company in Carmillo, CA

3:21:18 And also on Saturday, the Osaka Castle Cherry Blossom... To Camarillo? Camarillo. Yes thank you Back to Saturday The Osaka Castle Cherry Blossom Viewing and Amygdala Shrinkage Meetup 133 p.m in Osaka Castle Park Osaka Japan I know we have a lot of nights in Osaka so looking forward to Wonderful meetup report. It's Sir Bill of Osaka, he's I've met him several times Of course, I also met him in Tokyo So looking forward to your meet up report and then finally the biggest little meet up 233 at Big Horn Tavern in Reno Nevada

3:21:55 That'll be on Saturday as well. On the horizon for April, Raleigh North Carolina Mount Holly North Carolina Colorado Springs Myrtle Beach Tulsa Anna Texas Dayton Ohio London UK London we can do better than the last time Canton Georgia Chambly Georgia Keyport New Jersey Indianapolis Indiana Richmond Virginia Aurora Illinois San Diego Leiden The Netherlands and Richmond Virginia again these are the no agenda meetups this is where you really get... You heard the Meetup Report That's what most of them were like, only it sounds funny when you have Dutch accents. But all of these meetups are that enjoyable! People love them, YOU will love it You cannot spell community without the unity and connection is protection Go to noagendameetups.com If you can't find one near you start one yourself It's easy and fun! Sometimes you wanna go hang out with all the nights and days

3:22:52 And I'm gonna make it easy on you. I have zero ISOs, I don't know what happened but i wound up with none Wow so it's gonna be one of yours well I don't have anything good I don't think maybe maybe let's try the start from the bottom here and go with yeesh Okay, no. No okay then go to tragic. It's tragic. It's better than yeesh Yeah it is and then we had somebody that submitted this one This is the uh The producer submitted one this is the good work TikTok Good work there TikTok Hmm let me hear the tragic again. It's tragic Good work there TikTok

CHAPTER 45 / 45 Discussion

Good News Story, Ronna McDaniel Remix and Sign-off

The final segment features a "good news" story about a woman finishing chemotherapy and receiving a marriage proposal. The show closes with a musical remix satirizing the Ronna McDaniel NBC hiring fiasco and a report on a "stinky weapon" used by a sperm whale. The hosts sign off, reminding listeners of the next broadcast on Easter Sunday.

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3:23:54 You're right, none of them are really fantastic. Which one do you like the most? I like the TikTok one. Good work there, TikTok! Okay we'll use the good luck there, TikTok that's good. That's right we're about to send you off into your long weekend We got all kinds of wonderful things coming up and we want to make sure that you leave here with a song in your heart and skipping your steps so we bring you one good news clip that is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face John what do we have today? Well today we have A woman who was in the hospital, she had cancer. She got over cancer and she's so happy as she left the hospital and I by the way have a short comment to make Mimi has a short comment to make about this clip. She supplied this one. The guy is...She gets a proposal for marriage as he gets out of the hospital. Story to brighten your morning! One woman celebrates completing her final round of chemo treatments and got a huge surprise

3:24:55 This video that you're looking at is going viral showing 27 year old Angelica May walking out of the hospital after finally beating stage two breast cancer. Now, that's already gonna be an unforgettable day for her but it's what happened next that has people on social media buzzing watch Congratulations, Auntie Jo. We would like to know why you're married? So I just want to say that I love you and I want to know what your life will be when we get married. He really does want to know. Oh my goodness how sweet! That is so so sweet and of course she said yes

3:25:44 Hey, and if you would like to send us your good news story of the day just email us your pictures and your videos To Good Day. Good News at Fox calm That's right good day good news that no agenda show net exactly I mean me pointed out that what kind of a douchebag asked her to get married after she's cured of cancer Yeah, that's what Mimi would say We'll declare a good news clip, A good clip we'll see. That's it for your Good News and it was Good News I mean yeah...I understand what she is saying but don't throw any hot coals on my Good News Shade! Don't throw shade! Shade on the Good News She got! We've got Good News coming up next on the stream Grimerica that's the boys from Candinavia

3:26:44 Unveiling the unseen science of upside. Well, you know you need to stay tuned for that one You can do that at troll room dot IO Noah Jenna stream calm or in that modern podcast app? You got it podcast apps comm end of show mixes from professor Jay Jones Stefan Joe Jacobson And Mr. Leo LePuck, they always delight all three of those guys Thank you very much for joining us for your bi-weekly or twice week media deconstruction Coming to you from the heart of the Texas Hill Country right here in Fredericksburg Home of The Totality on April 8th In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley I am John C. Dvorak We return on Sunday Easter Sunday so join us if you can

3:27:32 We're working. Remember us at knowagenthedonations.com, devorak.org slash na until then adios mo foes a hooey hooey and such! In Mississippi, six former law enforcement officers. Those six officers pleaded guilty once again this time to state charges. Have received prison terms that add up to more than 130 years, they had no warrant when they went to arrest or to torture the guys in the house it was simply because they were in a house with a white female and mocking beating and torturing them for more than an hour That included the use of stun guns and sexual assault with a sex toy. They used dildos

3:28:29 Eddie and Michael. The former officers called themselves a goon squad because of their tendency to use excessive force and then cover it up prosecutors today described the heinous acts that occurred during the raid on a brexton home the depravity of the crimes committed by these defendants cannot be overstated will whip out his private parts and attempt to put it in the mouth of a defense. It's so much sickness here, not only did they torture them and were trying to plant drugs they destroyed evidence it's so much sickness here Do you realize that people are still having sex with each other? Put a man's hands down while handcuffed. Perhaps they are perplexed. Grabbed his genitals, holding hands they're making future plans for future activity. Men dry hugged him! Do you understand that the law is still having sex? I don't think these men should all spend the rest of their lives behind bars. That if you do the crime, you gonna do the time. They use dildos... This AIDS thing is not working

3:29:30 A sperm whale off the coast of Western Australia has used a secret, actually... ...a stinky weapon. The whale released its massive bowels triggering a tsunami! It's uhhhh... Stinky but brutally effective right? Yeah yeah still um processing everything definitely No no no no just don't get frustrated okay This was FAKE NEWS Tsunami!!! We're childish I mean there is 15 year olds in us Tsunami!!! Yeah, definitely wasn't expecting to see that kind of people.

3:30:09 I'm guessing the bowels of a six foot wiles would be quite huge. Yes, yep. NBC fake news, which is all up in arms about hiring Rana Ramani

3:31:00 McDaniel, the former RNC chair. Michael Steele who is also a former RNC chair works at MSDNC too. Chung, former Democrat campaign staffer whose wife is a Bernie Sanders campaign staffer... She's now a paid contributor and I have no idea whether any answer she gave to you was because she didn't want to mess up her contract Fire, Rana. Hire Ronna, hire, hire Ronna. Fire Ronna, fire, fire Ronna. Hire Ronna, hire, hire Ronna. Hire Ronna, hire, hire Ronna. Fire Ronna now! Get her off the set. Chairman of the NBC Universal News Group Cesar Conde sent a memo rescinding hiring of Ronna and Romney McDaniel

3:31:59 The best podcast in the universe! Good work there, Tic Tac.