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This is War

Jonathan Pelson

Free trade with a hostile nation is a losing game. Shouldn’t countries prevent foreign companies from entering and dominating their markets, selling products below cost? And shouldn’t countries put up trade barriers to block foreigners if their home country doesn’t also open its markets to imports?

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Write to Kill

Peachy Keenan

As a child of the 1980s, I didn’t have YouTube, Netflix, or a cell phone. We had something better. It was called HBO. I had unfettered access to all of its content, anytime. And back then, 99.9% of the content was comedy specials. They had a stand-up special every weekend. And so, I became a nine-year-old George Carlin expert.

'THE ROUNDTABLE' EPISODE #124

Artificial Idols

Ft. Matt Peterson

Ted Cruz grills the FBI on its potential participation in January 6, as Insurrection Hearing: The Musical Showtime Extravaganza drags on. Meanwhile, Google’s AI chatbot has some things to say about the soul that sound suspiciously like a Silicon Valley guru’s wish fulfillment fantasy. Plus: Matt Peterson joins the show to talk about so-called “blue locusts” and how to keep red states red.