About this episode

The episode discusses the current administration's issues, focusing on Kash Patel's alleged incompetence, the global order's instability, and leaked Supreme Court memos revealing corporate interests over climate action.

Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman dive into the "psychosexual disaster" of the current administration, starting with the total meltdown at the FBI. They break down the bombshell reports regarding Director Kash Patel, whose alleged bouts of excessive drinking have left his security detail unable to wake him—once even prompting a request for "breaching equipment" to reach the director. The guys discuss if Patel’s incompetence is actually a weird form of luck, keeping him from making even more disastrous decisions while the "train really starts to wobble on the tracks." The conversation shifts to the crumbling global order as the war in the Middle East intensifies. With the Strait of Hormuz closed and cruise ships "speed running" through the chaos, Jared and Nick analyze the "Humpty Dumpty" state of the petrodollar. As the UAE and Saudi Arabia look for currency bailouts and reconsider their cultural investments, it’s clear that the material conditions are rapidly lining up against American interests. Finally, the show examines the leaked Supreme Court memos from 2016 that pull back the curtain on Chief Justice John Roberts. While he cultivates a public image of "care and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jared Yates Sexton, Nick Hauselman

Topics covered

• current administration
• FBI meltdown
• Kash Patel
• global order
• Middle East war
• petrodollar
• Supreme Court memos

Keywords

• Kash Patel
• FBI
• Middle East
• petrodollar
• John Roberts
• Supreme Court
• global order
• climate action

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Supreme Court

Places: Middle East, Strait of Hormuz

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