About this episode

The episode discusses the rise of individual reality-denying belief systems and their implications on society and politics.

Maybe it used to be the case that everyone believed a bunch of wild and crazy and reality-denying stuff, but at least we mostly shared those reality-challenged beliefs. Now it feels like everybody has their own bespoke insane reality-denying belief system, largely defined by the rejection of any institutional authority or shared truth. It’s great, and we talk about it! Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our  Substack  or you can  send us an email here . Enjoy! Show Rundown Open — Packed theaters, rainy ballfields, and the NFL draft 18:33 — Another foiled assassination attempt 1:04:45 — Give me the baby teeth and I will show you the man 1:11:34 — Did CBS News’s Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One? 1:20:38 — Wrap-up! Michael, Ben Sasse is Dying, and youth beisbol is child harm Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/ , where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber. The…

People in this episode

Hosts: Abe, Bob

Topics covered

• reality-denying beliefs
• institutional authority
• assassination attempts
• shared truth
• youth sports
• political commentary

Keywords

• assassination
• belief systems
• politics
• NFL draft
• youth baseball
• shared truth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brain Iron

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