Luke Ford

Dec 09 2024 500 ep. 85 mins 309

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I've written five books (see Amazon.com). I've appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone as well on 60 Minutes, ABC News, and Entertainment Tonight. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).

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If you listen to the whispers, you won't have to hear the screams (12-10-24)

Dec 09 2024 237 mins

01:00 I'm livestreaming to feel better about myself by conveying what I think is useful information about the wider world and by serving you, I serve myself 05:00 Five Chapters on Rhetoric: Character, Action, Things, Nothing, and Art, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158142 16:00 STEP 3 BIG BOOK STUDY~JOE MCDONALD, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzw-BxBl0UM 36:00 Israel's Year of Dang

How Should America Make The Case For Democracy? Attraction Not Promotion! (12-8-24)

Dec 08 2024 28 mins

Let Russ Cook, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158128 How Should The United States Promote Democracy? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158123 I think there's an insight from AA that would be useful in American democracy advocacy -- rely on attraction not promotion. I've been watching a bunch of journalists and Middle East experts proclaim that America has vital interests in Syria, and

Does Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Know It's Christmas? (12-8-24)

Dec 07 2024 152 mins

01:00 I'm a broad-minded guy but Black Doves and the new Netflix documentary were too much for me Saturday night 09: 00 Joe Biden pardons Hunter 15:00 SYRIA COLLAPSING: Trump Says ‘Let It Play Out’ - What It Means for Israel and the U.S.?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlL4PxQgiLk 32:30 Liberals Need Conservatives - Geoffrey Asmus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNg-VKVnXNE

Does America Have Vital National Interests In Syria? (12-8-24)

Dec 06 2024 22 mins

Professor Jules Lambert Zentner – My Best Friend During My Darkest Years, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=44963 Rethinking Narcissism: The Bad – and Surprising Good – About Feeling Special, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=129773 Nationalism, https://lukeford.net/blog/?cat=29615 Death Be Not Proud – A Celebration of the Life & Work Of Musicologist Robert M. Stevenson, https://luke

Rony Guldmann: The Twin Pathologies of Fat Acceptance and Anti-Vax Conspiracism (12-6-24)

Dec 05 2024 139 mins

01:00 I might be too extrinsically motivated 02:00 Philosopher Rony Guldmann, https://ronyguldmann.com/ 14:00 Whose Banana Republic Is This Anyway?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xpCRet5To 20:00 University of Michigan physics professor calls out DEI, https://x.com/JohnDSailer/status/1865063575783412188 1:15:00 Kip joins the show 1:35:00 Critiquing right-wing podcasts 2:12:00 J

Why do men fear women? (12-5-24)

Dec 04 2024 130 mins

01:00 After his bad fall and back surgery three weeks ago, Dennis Prager can now mouth words, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158099 02:00 Julie Hartman gives a Dennis Prager health update, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKsYFLicmM 03:00 Parasocial interaction, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_interaction 20:30 Commentary magazine crew on the trans debate before the Supreme

Donald Trump - The President Of Vice (12-4-24)

Dec 03 2024 104 mins

01:00 Vice is bad, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opinion/donald-trump-vice-voters.html 03:00 Commentary mag: There Are Nations in Crisis—Just Not Ours, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqSB6OeDxow 08:20 Among Transition hiccups, Trump survives stuff that no political mortal could survive, says Mark Halperin, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/among-transition-hiccups-trump

Decoding the Trump Transition (12-3-24)

Dec 02 2024 126 mins

04:00 Hunter Pardon, Day 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sme1_gt4GJM 11:00 The "If You Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor" Pardon and Kash Patel, https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/the-if-you-like-your-doctor-you-can 17:30 Say Nothing tv show, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Nothing_(TV_series) 19:30 Americans used to be known for their plain speech, https://www.youtube

Decoding Trump 2.0: The Shock & Awe Version (12-1-24)

Nov 30 2024 245 mins

01:00 I was ahead of the game until I took that supplement to get my chi moving 04:00 Trump’s Next Move: The Legal Battle That Could Change EVERYTHING, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewE5SEkFnTM 07:00 Conservative Host WALKS OFF Show After CoHost Calls Her A NAZI, https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5012229-trump-dei-merit/ 24:15 Maladaptive Daydreaming: Avoiding Pain by Fa

Decoding World War III (11-29-24)

Nov 28 2024 227 mins

01:00 Europeans & Democrats resigned to working with Trump, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYdhN85KS88 28:00 Death of DEI 34:00 Who can influence Donald Trump? Not many people, perhaps Susie Wiles, Elon Musk, Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump in certain spheres 38:00 Israel has run the table the past four months 47:00 Yoav Gallant is an American sock puppet 54:00 Reason magazine fancie