01:00 After his bad fall and back surgery three weeks ago, Dennis Prager can now mouth words, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158099
02:00 Julie Hartman gives a Dennis Prager health update, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKsYFLicmM
03:00 Parasocial interaction, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_interaction
20:30 Commentary magazine crew on the trans debate before the Supreme Court, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqSB6OeDxow
35:00 Changing Sex Is Like Taking an Aspirin?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5QgF3p8hPc
49:00 Elliott Blatt joins to talk about California’s tsunami warning
1:05:00 How Bodies Read and Write: Dostoevsky’s Demons and Coetzee’s Master of Petersburg, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158092
1:11:00 From Argument To Assertion, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158083
1:17:00 Trust & Evidence on the Internet, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158075
1:22:00 Kip joins
1:24:00 Why is right-wing media funded by snake oil salesmen?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/trump-streaming-ads-strategy.html
1:28:00 Vox: Want to understand why Trump won the election? Look at pop culture., https://www.vox.com/culture/385292/pop-culture-maga-trump-election-morgan-wallen-post-malone-twisters-zach-bryan
1:43:00 When Kip caught crabs
1:45:00 Why You’re Afraid Of Women and What To Do – A Man’s Guide, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcJaadJ9NRo
1:49:30 Differential crime rates by group, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p54qJvtE27A
1:51:00 Trump’s Return: What It Means for the Middle East?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfqF6R_fjHM
2:02:40 The State of Israel’s War against the Resistance Axis with Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y2NUi5Bw-0
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