• RTC Ep. 2 - The TDS Pandemic
    Mar 13 2026

    Trump clearly has reasons for his actions in Iran, but that doesn't mean they're good reasons. Just like weak evidence is still evidence, bad reasons are still reasons. We'll also evaluate the competence or lack thereof of the 'bros running the show' when it comes to Trump's foreign policy team.

    Finally, we'll look ahead to the coming mental health pandemic as the TDS crowd tries to cope with the possibility of Trump leaving office in 2029.

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    23 mins
  • RTC Episode 1 - Obama's Bluff
    Mar 4 2026

    The first in our series analyzing and drawing lessons from the latest Middle East conflict. We'll talk a lot about organized crime, since relationships between criminal organizations are, not surprisingly, similar to relationships among governments.

    We'll also look at why it's important to keep your promises, zooming in specifically on Obama's Syrian "red line" and his inversion of TR's axiom.

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    23 mins
  • Role of the Judiciary
    Feb 27 2026

    This episode examines the proper role of the judiciary, which, contrary to popular belief, is not to rubber-stamp the President's agenda or organize the resistance to it. In fact, it's surprisingly simple - just interpret the damn law.

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    24 mins
  • On Institutional Capture and Restoring Integrity
    Feb 18 2026

    The basic thesis is that Americans don't trust our institutions - the media, academia, and, in this case, medical professionals - because many of these institutions have been taken over by those driven by ideological agendas.

    Restoring faith requires ensuring that those running these institutions are operating in good faith.

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    25 mins
  • Grow Up Children
    Feb 13 2026

    A lot of problems in this country could be fixed if a bunch of forty-somethings and older could figure out how to act like adults. Humility and emotional self-discipline are life skills this country desperately needs among its population.

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    21 mins
  • Totalitarian Tactics
    Feb 6 2026

    It's not just TDS tearing this country apart - both the left and the right are so threatened by the tyrannical tendencies of their political opponents that they blind themselves to the threats coming from their own side of the aisle. On this episode, instead of pointing fingers, we'll examine the tactics used by totalitarian and authoritarian movements more generally.

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    22 mins
  • Individual vs. Group Incentives
    Feb 4 2026

    Why do nations struggle to strategically pursue their long-term interests, even when they're clear and obvious? It's because the nation is an abstract concept incapable of conscious decision-making; instead, the decision is made by a number of individual human beings, most of whom will inevitably be selfish assholes.

    We'll examine how individual incentives undermine group interests in this episode.

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    23 mins
  • Schumer V. McConnell
    Feb 3 2026

    We'll take a look at how a petty, partisan pissing match between Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell took the once respected, impartial judiciary and turned it into a carbon copy of their own institution - a partisan joke that's devolved from a deliberative decision-making body to a literal streetfight.

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    22 mins