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Courtenay Turner & Patrick Wood’s New Book - The Final Betrayal: How Technocracy Destroyed America https://a.co/d/ej0XEWk   Learn more about and follow Courtenay Turner: https://courtenayturner.com/ https://x.com/CourtenayTurner https://linktr.ee/courtenayturner Learn more about and follow Patrick Wood:  https://x.com/

Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, says the US attacks on alleged drug boats coming from Venezuela are a "prelude to war." He says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has to take responsibility for the second strike that was ordered on a boat on Sept. 2. He speaks with hosts Joe Mathieu and Amara Omeokwe. See om

Saifedean Ammous returns to discuss his brand new book, The Gold Standard: An Alternative History of the Twentieth Century, in which he describes a world in which sound money hadn't been abandoned. Sponsors: Omaha Steaks: Use code WOODS for $35 off your order! CrowdHealth: code: WOODS Incogni: Visit incogni.com/woods f

The Majority Report’s Sam Seder examines Trump’s unhinged cabinet meeting. Then The New York Times’ Ryan Mac details David Sacks and his corrupt dealings inside the Trump White House. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on The Gist, the late Bob Saget, who reconciles his Full House image with his "Dirty Daddy" persona while admitting he was a "nerd burglar" in his youth. They dissect the difference between misogyny and locker room talk, deconstruct the logic of his famous "Winnebago" joke. Then, cultural critic Chuck Klosterman 

On this Thanksgiving edition Mike Pesca serves up two revitalized classics, starting with Henry Winkler (The Fonz), who joins to discuss his Hank Zipser books, the unique Dutch font designed for dyslexic readers, and his tenure-granting plan to design the world's first consumer jet pack. Then, we revisit a conversation