Ep. 83 - Terrible Performances, Oprah To Jake Tapper

Politicians from both parties harp on the opioid epidemic. But America’s drug problem goes far deeper than prescription painkillers. We’ll analyze how and why the U.S. became a nation of drug addicts. Then, Frank J. Flemming joins to talk about his new novel Sidequest: In Realms Ungoogled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Apr 201838min

A Planned Parenthood branch in Pennsylvania has demanded that Disney start giving its princesses abortions, meanwhile our friend Jordan Peterson seems to think that nobody would ever consider abortion a good thing. We’ll discuss with Faith Moore why everything not forbidden is compulsory. Then, the Mailbag! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Apr 201849min

How did Christians shift pop music shift from sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll to themes of faith and devotion? We’ll discuss with Mark Joseph, author of “Rock Gets Religion: The Battle for the Soul of the Devil's Music.” Then, a caravan of over 1,000 illegal aliens want to invade our country, as the MSM steadfastly deny any problem. China strikes back at U.S. tariffs, and finally, hope for the future! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Apr 201839min

The majority of college students oppose free speech, according to recent polls. Yet left-wing commentators want to gaslight us all and insist that the campus free speech crisis is nothing more than a myth. We’ll analyze the facts and discuss what can be done about it with North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, a driving force behind the “Restore Campus Free Speech Act.” Then, a history of Free Speech Movement, and why leftist activism relies on lies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Apr 201843min

Happy Easter! To celebrate, Michael sits down with American Orthodox theologian and scholar David Bentley Hart to discuss his new translation of the New Testament. Then, after all that Good News, a bunch of politically bad news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2 Apr 201847min

The smash-hit return of Roseanne to television, which blew away ratings expectations this week, is great news for Donald Trump and the most important political opinion poll in years. We will analyze what Roseanne’s return means for Trump, “nostalgia TV,” and the American people. Then, the Mailbag! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29 Mars 201846min

Are race relations getting better or worse under Donald Trump? The inimitable Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson joins to discuss race and sex in the Trump Era: all 56 genders and every race, from white to black to orange. Then, a word on Cambridge Analytica and the media blackout of Trump’s possibly denuclearizing North Korea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28 Mars 201846min

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has called for the repeal of the Second Amendment, and conservatives keep defending their Second Amendment rights on the Left’s terms. But even a cursory review of the numbers show America does not have a gun problem. Then, on this day in history in 1973, Marlon Brando ruins Hollywood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 Mars 201844min