01:00 I was intoxicated for a month with Trump II
05:00 Polarized America, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOlMkcqXAIg
07:00 Tariffs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBoGJlpSdpY
12:00 The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community (2014), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=159303
30:00 AI can be a great editor, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=159508
49:20 From Harding to Trump: The REAL History of American Conservatism | Matthew Continetti, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KITCo1ZKLiY
57:00 We embrace that which reduces our tension, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=159442
56:20, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgTDHlkWrk
1:05:00 Matthew Continetti, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Continetti
1:07:00 Aaron Renn: The Wounded Prophet: When alienation reveals what conformity conceals: why our most profound truths often come from those most deeply wounded,
1:08:50 The Wounded Warrior, https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/the-wounded-prophet
1:09:40 Cinema Paradiso, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Paradiso
1:22:00 The Sound of Cinema: Ennio Morricone & Cinema Paradiso, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLJ-78Pe0rc
1:45:00 What Catholics should learn from Protestants, https://socialpathology.blogspot.com/2021/12/some-thoughts-on-george-bailey-and.html
1:47:00 Michael joins to talk about Tucker’s tweet about Iran, https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1898505111359418731
2:05:00 Cotto v Ford On Voter Fraud (6-10-21), https://rumble.com/viha7l-killstream-mirror-cotto-v-ford-on-voter-fraud-6-10-21.html
2:28:00 George Bailey & the Protestant elite, https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/george-bailey-protestant-elite
2:40:00 Michael Anton Says He Does Not Know Who Truly Won The 2020 Election, But He’s ‘Moved On’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=137453
2:53:50 The Hidden Costs of Defending Others Online: Defending the weak against attacks by the strong is noble, but needs to be done wisely., https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/defending-the-cancelled
3:14:45 Aaron Renn: Don’t Be Fooled, Pot is Dangerous: Even the New York Times is deeply troubled by the problems with our Wild West approach to legalizing pot. https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/pot-is-dangerous
3:16:00 Farewell to the best loser in sporting history, https://www.smh.com.au/sport/farewell-to-the-best-loser-in-sporting-history-20250306-p5lhlp.html
3:19:45 Tim Dillon says we need to wrap up the Ukraine war show, and move on to sequels, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgTDHlkWrk
3:24:00 The US Push for Peace & Europe Panics – John Mearsheimer, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh9CtLw_poA
3:37:00 How do you help someone who won’t listen to you?
3:55:00 Gene Hackman story hits me because I fear dying alone, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-07/gene-hackman-betsy-arakawa-death-investigation-update
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