OK Talks

Nov 04 2024 80 ep. 28 mins
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In this podcast, I, along with my guests, discuss American and global events, politics, and culture

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#79 - OK Election-Eve Analysis

Nov 04 2024 21 mins  
In this election-eve episode of OK Talks, I have a look at roughly four reasons why I'm feeling cautiously optimistic that Kamala Harris will win the 2024 Presidential election.

#78 - Fear: Trump's Motivation And Main Offering

Oct 29 2024 26 mins  
#78 - Fear: Trump's Motivation And Main Offering by Oliver Kendall

#77 - An Eyeroll At Pro And Anti - Israel Activists Attacking The DNC

Aug 23 2024 31 mins  
In this episode, I throw some shade at some of the latest antics from the anti-Israel movement including their attempts to mess with the Democratic National Convention, and at some in the pro-Israel community who have jumped all over a single line in President Biden's convention speech and unfairly written off Democrats as having given in to the antisemitic wing of the horseshoe le

#76 - *Insert Walz Pun Here* - Initial OK Take On The VP Pick

Aug 07 2024 25 mins  
With the benefit of 24 hours to process, here is my initial off-the-cuff of the pick by Kamala Harris of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate.

#75 - On Good Journalism, Bad Journalism, Bigotry, And Israel

Aug 04 2024 42 mins  
In this episode, I look at a mix of topics: - Good journalism on display at the National Association of Black Journalists (and Trump's pathetic and racist behavior in response to it) - Bad journalism in the domestic press and foreign policy space (unserious coverage of the election at the expense of Democrats, biased coverage at the expense of Israel, and lack of coverage of th

#74 - On Republicans' Weird Obsession With Reproducing

Jul 31 2024 15 mins  
In this episode, I discuss the weirdness of Republicans' obsession with having children and denigration of people who don't for whatever reason, as crystalized in the selection of JD Vance to be Trump's running mate. Views my own.

#73 - On The Craziest Week In Political History

Jul 22 2024 30 mins  
In this episode, I weigh in on the decision by President Biden to withdraw from the Presidential campaign. I also give my takes on the shooting at Trump's rally, the judicial travesty wrought by the deeply corrupt Florida judge in the classified documents case, and the selection of JD Vance to be Trump's running mate. Views my own. Below is the link to The Atlantic piece by David

#72 - Down Goes Bowman: Normie Dems Strike Back

Jul 10 2024 33 mins  
In this episode, intended to come out two weeks ago, I discuss the loss in a high-profile primary of Congressman Jamaal Bowman. We have a look at the rise (and failure of the Republicans to curb) more extreme members of Congress (mostly within the GOP but also among Democrats), the comparison between Republicans and Democrats vis-à-vis this issue, the implications of Bowman having

#71 - Implications Of A Court Gone Mad

Jul 02 2024 21 mins  
In a ruling that has shocked most legal observers and just about everyone else, the far-right Supreme Court has ruled that a President can basically just... commit crimes. This is nuts. And it's hardly the only crazy thing this court has done lately. In this episode, I explore that, and the way in which the behavior of this court should focus the minds of voters this fall.

#70 - Group Therapy/Bedwetting: Half-Awake Reactions to the First Debate (W. Robert Gerrard)

Jun 28 2024 33 mins  
Initially alarmed by the optics of the debate (boy do I hope President Biden mainlines vitamin C before the next one), I'm joined at 5:30AM Barcelona time by former Republican and current fellow Dem Abroad Robert Gerrard to provide our half-asleep reactions to the debate, and, hopefully, some counter to the doom-and-gloom narrative that's been the initial reaction. I mean come on,