Confused as to why your righteous demands aren't being met? Behold! 
<ul><li>Narratives, mythology, religion, and how they bind us together</li>
<li>The Grand Design & Ideological Religions</li>
<li>Making Enemies of Allies</li>
<li>Haidt's Elephant</li>
<li>Intellectual refinement and allowing yourself (and others) to make mistakes and change your mind</li>
<li>External Truth and Reason</li>
<li>Authoritarian creep</li>
<li>No Hitler references!</li>
</ul>
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#14 - Political Orphans & Constitutional Hospice

A blunt, unsentimental dive into propaganda, ideology, and the contemporary cult of belief.
Host Todd Thompson dissects how both corporate and collectivist power structures manipulate guilt, fear, and identity to keep the herd in line. From Ellul and Chomsky to Didion and Camus, the show fuses political philosophy, field experience, and gallows humor to expose how revolutions become religions, and how “progress” often hides new forms of control.
The X-Pod is an autopsy of the narratives that shape us: digital Marxism, moral theater, and the algorithmic priests of the new faith. Expect philosophy with scars, historical context with teeth, and the rare luxury of an honest sentence.
