My podcast can be about anything! Here I review a local restaurant.

Every year, many movies are released. Some dominate the box office for a few weeks before fading from memory. Others become cultural landmarks that people continue watching, quoting, and recommending decades later.That raises an interesting question: What are the key features that make a film enduringly popular?

Alex Jones influencer Gary Allen was a prominent member of Robert W. Welch Jr.'s John Birch Society, which is why I am looking at Welch as the 3rd part of this examination of Alex Jones's paranoid ideology (if it could even be called an ideology).The biggest, most defining scandal of Robert W. Welch Jr.’s life centered on his conspiratorial book, *The Politician*. Written in 1956 and later leaked to the public, the text made the sensational claim that sitting President Dwight D. Eisenhower was a "dedicated, conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy." Here I look at this paranoid claim from a critical, radical left-wing perspective and explain how, in a very basic way, it misses the mark.

Who is Gary Allen? Good question. I never heard of him, either...until I looked into who influenced Alex Jones. Gary Allen was one such infuence, at least to an extent. Let's look at some of the basic ideas Allen espoused and apply an anarchic deconstruction of right-wing populism. That photo is of Alex Jones, of course...because, again, most people won't even know who the hell Gary Allen is., so why would I use a photo of him?

For years, Alex Orbison has been recognized as the son of the legendary Roy Orbison and as the drummer for the Allman Betts Band. Now, he's embarking on a new chapter as a solo artist with his debut album Love and Loss. In this conversation (for VENTS Magazine online) Orbison discusses the long road that led him to writing his own songs, overcoming self-doubt, honoring authenticity over perfection, and embracing life at center stage.

Is it true that each generation is condemned to making the mistakes of the past?

In this episode I'm looking at one of the largest and most ambitious war films ever made: "A Bridge Too Far," released in 1977.

Husband-and-wife filmmakers Britt Bankhead and Grace Patterson discuss their film "The Town That Takes."

What would happen if traditional cultures around the world disappeared?Though technically not entirely possible, it is an interesting question...and I try to answer it here.

This episode moves through two very different topics: electricity and pop law. We’re starting with a question about stun guns and whether you can accidentally shock yourself while using one, then we’ll zoom out into the changing legal landscape around cannabis in 2026.