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Plato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeGaza Peace-Really?After a brief discussion of current CPI inflation numbers, we discuss the role of Donald Trump in the Gaza Peace accord such as it is. Then we do an exploration of the simplistic narrative of events leading to the cease-fire, or at least, diminshed-fire. Linda provides some context on the history of the dispute and the current exclusion of The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from delivering vital humanitarian aid.
2025-10-2649 minPlato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeEconomic Update: Who has some data? Magical Thinking in PolicyA discussion of what is going on in the economy and how we know since the Bureau of Labor Statistics along with the rest of the Federal Government is shut down. Also, a response to a listener. The issue we address in our current political situation, policy discussion is focused on which person's are responsible, rather than reasoning about the causal processes that have created the problem. This is a special case of magical thinking which we discussed in some detail.
2025-10-121h 00Plato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeThe faltering economy, invading Portland, and frightening comedy of the absurd by Trump and his minionsWhere to start? Bad economic news, rising unemployment and prices, illegal deployments of the National Guard in US cities, and preparations of the military for the war within--Really! One unconstitutional presidential executive order after another, along with insane and illegal actions to create spectacles to distract the public from catastrophic policies, are becoming the norm. Jimmy Kimmel is back! Money talks and so do UNIONS!
2025-10-041h 00Plato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeA Tariff Revenues Controversy. Governor Newsom's irony and an audience devoid of humor. More Tibits on Corruption and Predictive Guilt and SentencingWe discuss the Congressional Budget Office's projection of tariff revenues and whether those revenues will cover the costs of the tax cuts in his Big Awful Bill.We also discuss the recent use of parody and irony by Governor Newsom of California, to illustrate the hypocrisy and foolishness of Trump's use of social media to corrupt political discourse. We also note that neither Trump nor his followers seems to have the capacity to understand either, while possessing a sense of humor less sophisticated than that of most five-year-old children.We return to the topic of...
2025-08-3058 minPlato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeTrumps wants to fire another economist and Scary Predictive PolicingBill discusses the criminal referral by the head of the Federal Housing Authority of Lisa Cook, a Governor of the Federal Reserve, as a shameful attempt to drive her off the Board of Governors.Linda explores predictive policing and other scary data-driven surveillance. A deeper dive into the activities of Palantir Gotham.Additionally we return to the cherry crisis, immigration, and add the issue of visas for foreign students. Finally, Linda brings to our attention the content-less television coverage of the meeting between Putin and Trump, likely caused by the fact that (predictably...
2025-08-2256 minPlato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeLies, Statistics, and the Palantir's Founders Film plans to make right-wing propaganda films--everything old is new againWe start this week with a return to Statistics, specifically Trump's nominee to lead the Ministry of Truth (the Bureau of Labor Statistics). Trump's nominee (which we somewhat gleefully note) is being savaged in conservative media as, well, completely incompetent, and is seen as evidence that Trump wants someone to manipulate the numbers rather than present the truth. We examine why this is significant for constituencies that usually support Trump unequivocally and look forward to the drama that is likely to unfold. We also explore the plan by the Palantir corporation—a data gathering and analysis firm th...
2025-08-1559 minPlato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeLying about and with Statistics and the Attack on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and independent newsWe discuss Trump's attack on the Bureau of Labor Statistics and its real consequences. We discuss the defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as part of a larger attempt to control the content of news. We also ponder the Texas redistricting scandal and the war between the Governors of Texas, California, and New York on non-Census redistricting of congressional districts.
2025-08-0856 minPlato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeCorruption at the FCC and Losing our [best] MindsLinda explains the FCC's approval of the Skydance and Paramount merger. The corruption of the meaning of broadcast news as serving the common interest by informing the public, and redefining the public's best interest by turning the news into infotainment centered on ratings and profits.Bill discusses the Brain Drain. Trump's attacks on higher education and research are leading to a loss of U.S. scholars to other countries, keeping foreign scholars and students out of the U.S., and degrading our workforce. Additionally, foreign student expenditures are the largest 'export earning industry' in the U.S...
2025-08-0157 minPlato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeHarvard v Trump administration: You can't fix stupid.Harvard is defying the Trump administration's attempt to seize control of the academic life of Harvard by withholding research grant money. The accusation of antisemitism is Trump's stalking horse for this blatant attack on academic freedom, attempt to eliminate dissent, and thereby control higher education in the same manner that all authoritarian regimes do.
2025-07-2528 minPlato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeThe ACLU injunctions success. And "ICE, ICE, Baby!": The labor market , agriculture, and due process under attack.Linda explains the recent ACLU challenge to Trump's attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship.Bill discusses the impact of indiscriminate ICE raids on the agricultural labor market and its impact on future food availability and prices, especially in light of impending tariffs on Mexico and Canada.
2025-07-1823 minPlato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeHow the Big Bad Bill actually effect Social Security taxes and tips: Or why in the heck am I paying more, rather than less taxes? July 11, 2025The Big Bad Bill passed Congress. Linda and Bill discuss the impact of this piece of legislation on the taxing of Social Security beneficiaries. They also discuss the fraudulent claims of Mr. Trump that tips will not be taxed. In the final section, we note that cause-and-effect reasoning is irrelevant when policymakers and the public both prefer magical thinking about the consequences of proposed policies.
2025-07-1538 minPlato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark TimeBond Yields: Is the sky falling? (June Episode)Linda and Bill don't panic over bond yields on US Treasury bonds exceeding 5%.Bond interest versus bond yields are explained.It is explained why the US cannot be forced to default. This makes US treasury bonds highly secure assets for individuals and financial institutions of all kinds.The impact of Trump's magical thinking about tariffs and policy in general, as opposed to actual outcomes for the economy is also discussed.
2025-07-1558 min
The Rubin ReportCrowd Roars at Jerry Seinfeld’s Shutdown of ‘Woke’ HecklerDave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks about Jerry Seinfeld’s savage takedown of a heckler who started interrupting his show with pro-Palestine chants during his stand-up comedy set in Melbourne, Australia; pro-Palestine protesters clashing with pro-Israel protesters after the “free Palestine” protesters blocked the entrance to a synagogue in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles; MSNBC host Symone Sanders-Townsend chastising Michael Steele on-air for referring to migrants as illegal immigrants instead of undocumented individuals, while discussing the brutal murder of a 12-year-old girl by illegal migrants; the “Real Time with Bill Maher” audience being shocked by Andrew Cuomo’s brutal critici...
2024-06-241h 04
Expat PhylesEp. #29: J Robertson of Prosperá City, RoatànJ Robertson is the most unusual guy in the public policy world. Whereas most of his professional peers are busy trying to take part in more disastrous policies that make life worse for you and me. J decided he would go his own way…J understands the governance and governments are both broken. But making meaningful change is almost impossible within the system. So J and his team went around all the bureaucratic nonsense by founding their very own country. Sort of…Built on libertarian principles, and capitalizing on othe...
2024-03-0854 min
Claare Ny Gael - Manx RadioClaare ny Gael 5th March 2023William Harrison retells The Legend of the Ruined Chapel in St Michael's Isle in a volume of material he collected and edited for The Manx Society in 1873, so we hear about the fate of Father Kelly and the chapel, to which we were steered originally by David Robertson's 1791 tour through the Island.
Dr John Seward and Professor Van Helsing have broken into Lucy Westenra's house, finding four female servants lying drugged in the dining room and Lucy and her mother lying on the bed in Lucy's room. Lucy's mother is dead. What of Lucy? Another episode from...
2023-03-0550 min
Lifesciences ProfessionalHow Hiring Fractional Executives Prepare Healthcare Companies For SuccessRob Fuller, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Sterasure and David Whiteside, Fractional Executive responsible for business development of BIHOCL (pronounced "bio sel") PureCleanse Antimicrobial Solution, speak with Linda about leveraging experienced fractional executives to bring products to the Canadian healthcare marketplace. Meet Rob, The Managing Director of Sterasure, a Canadian Medical device startup based in Kitchener/Waterloo, ON. Rob and his co-founder Bill launched Sterasure to improve patient outcomes through SSI prevention and technological innovations to tackle anti-microbial resistance across healthcare institutions globally. Rob has been involved in starting & building businesses in both healthcare and n...
2023-02-1544 min
River Rock Church ColoradoBill Hampton Celebration of Life ServiceWilliam Neil Hampton of Woodland Park, Colorado passed away Saturday, December 24th, 2022, at home.
Born February 06, 1951, to Mr. Richard Clinton Hampton and Mrs. Virginia Leona Hampton, he was one of seven children. Bill moved frequently while growing up. His father was a traveling insurance agent, who later became a Baptist Preacher. After graduating High School from Purchase Line High School in 1969. He went on to graduate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1973 with a B.S. in Education Indiana. In May of 2016 he graduated with a master’s degree from Charis Bible College in Woodland Park, Colorado. He...
2023-01-1559 min
Decades of Horror | Horror News RadioDREAMSCAPE (1984) - Episode 202 - Decades of Horror 1980s“Mm, I see. So, Jane, what you do here, in effect, is count boners.” Will one hand be enough? You know. The fingers. Will the fingers on one hand be enough for counting? Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they dream a little dream with you and the star-packed cast in Dreamscape (1984). Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 202 – Dreamscape (1984) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https://youtube.com/gruesomemagazine A man who can enter and manip...
2022-03-241h 11
The Creativity, Education, and Leadership Podcast with Ben Guest48. What's Important About Sports, Really?Podcast Links: Apple/SpotifyThis story (Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball) is unlike any I’ve ever read.Glenn Stout (@GlennStout), series editor for The Best American Sports Writing, edited my new book, Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball, which comes out November 1st (you can read the first three chapters here).On Monday I wrote about the lessons I learned working with Glenn. Today’s podcast is a companion to that piece.In this conversation, Glenn and I cover:-How Glenn approaches the editing process.
2021-10-2855 min
Aye Right Radio PodcastAye Right Radio Podcast 209.FMQs was back to Thursday and today was the 3 weekly review of the Covid regulations. It was an anticipated roll-back of the numbers allowed to meet in homes and outdoors plus an extension of face-covering rules. Phase 4 is paused.
Most questions were measured and noteworthy was a restrained Baroness Davidson.
Testing and quarantine were the main issues.
The power grab via the Internal Market (Brexit) bill got us going though London media commentators ignored it. The threat to the Northern Irish protocol could just be a negotiation ploy but looking at the wide...
2020-09-1000 min
Men of AbundanceMOA 136: Live Your Dash to the Fullest and Live a Life of Abundance with Timothy StroudLive Your Dash to the Fullest and Live a Life of AbundanceMen, it's always great to catch up with old friends. And when I say old friends, I'm referring to friends we've know for a long time. Not that they are old. Because that would make us old as well. In any case, you get the rare chance of listening in on a conversation between myself and a fellow Army Combat Medic. Tim excelled in the military. And obviously, that was just a warm up. Tim has taken Abundance to a whole new level....
2017-11-1456 min
The Scathing AtheistCaffeinated EditionIn this week’s episode, Roy Moore isn’t sure if gays are people, House Republicans hope to pass a Morning After Bill that describes when a woman's right to choose comes to an end, and the President of the Australian Skeptics will be here to convince us that his country isn’t gonna kill us.
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2017-11-0200 min
Great Lakes Horror CompanyGreat Lakes Horror Company - Ep. 006 - Children of the NightChildren of the Night - A look at how we came to horror, featuring an interview with Linda Addison, and a roundtable discussion with Sephera Giron, Andrew Robertson, Bill Snider and Monica S. Kuebler.
2016-03-1400 min
Cognitive DissonanceEpisode 258: Amish Button GunChristian website: Don’t look at your wife’s face during sex to enjoy it even when she resists
Christian marriage advisor: Use ‘fear and dread’ to control your wife — as God intended
Creationist Ken Ham’s bizarre ‘rebuttal’ of Bill Nye: Climate change ‘alarmists’ could push for mass killings
Ken Ham Worries That If We Allow Gay Marriage People Will Just Stop Wearing Clothes
Pat Robertson: Husband Should Make Financial Decisions Because 'God Has Made You The High Priest Of The Family'
Michael Savage: Obama Acting Like Hitler, But Attacking White...
2015-11-021h 33Cognitive DissonanceEpisode 258: Amish Button GunChristian website: Don’t look at your wife’s face during sex to enjoy it even when she resists
Christian marriage advisor: Use ‘fear and dread’ to control your wife — as God intended
Creationist Ken Ham’s bizarre ‘rebuttal’ of Bill Nye: Climate change ‘alarmists’ could push for mass killings
Ken Ham Worries That If We Allow Gay Marriage People Will Just Stop Wearing Clothes
Pat Robertson: Husband Should Make Financial Decisions Because 'God Has Made You The High Priest Of The Family'
Michael Savage: Obama Acting Like Hitler, But Attacking White...
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