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Rusted Tin Roof

Rusted Tin Roof

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In this episode of What the Frock, Rabbi Dave andFriar Rod take a hard look at a moment that should be simple to understand but is anything but. A presidential assassination attempt, multiple angles of video, and still more questions than answers. What happened is one thing. Whatwe are shown, and what we are not shown, is something else entirely.

From there, the conversation opens up into somethingbroader. How did we get to a place where people argue not about the event itself, but about whether it should have succeeded? When did outrage replace reflection, and when did humor lose the need to be intelligent?

The episode moves the way real conversations used to move,from politics to culture to the strange corners of modern life. That includes a detour into Scientology, Tom Cruise, and one of the more bizarre trends you will hear about this year. It sounds ridiculous, but it says more than it should.

By the end, even a decades-old lyric comes back into play,still repeated, still confusing, still somehow fitting.

Somewhere along the way, the question becomes unavoidable.Are we actually paying attention anymore, or just reacting on instinct?

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