The current conflict between the Israeli Defense Force and Hamas is world news and Joe Biden has taken a soft touch. Will that be enough for progressives calling Israel an apartheid state? What about Chuck Schumer? Is this a straw that breaks the camel's back for an AOC primary?

New challengers for Andrew Cuomo and Marco Rubio.

Justin's mother, Gloria Young, recounts every election she ever voted in. What she thought about each candidate, what issues mattered to her at the time and why she's switched parties twice. Also, the outgoing president she wrote a letter to and got a response back.

Will Israel split Biden and the Progressives?

A breakdown of the Virginia governors race which will be decided this fall. A former governor matches up against a Trump-endorsed outsider with history on his side despite a Republican not winning statewide in VA since 2009.

Update on infrastructure.

Conspiracy Theory expert Joe Uscinski joins the show to discuss our evolving understanding of the COVID lab leak theory and gets into how social media has and has not affected our beliefs.

Social media isn't making conspiracy theories worse, we were always this crazy

Jen Briney and Andrew Heaton join Justin to discuss the Biden administration's plan to shift the spotlight from COVID to the economy after July 4th. Is America ready to move on?

Political Triad - Is America Ready To Turn The Page On COVID

Dr. Oz is running for Senate in PA

The Grinch is a great story and tells us a lot about our modern political discourse.

The Grinch is better at political discourse than you

Russia is moving troops and armaments back from the Ukraine border. If this is the beginning of the end of the invasion that wasn't: WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?

Trump says that a court filing totally proves everything he's said about Democrats spying on him. It's "worse than Watergate." The Durham filings explained...

Jeff Maurer on why Fox News Channel's late night comedy experiment Gutfeld! is a ratings success. It might not be the jokes but rather the entire alignment of comedy.

Trump's "WORSE THAN WATERGATE" explained. Why, exactly, is Gutfeld! a hit?

- It's boom or bust. Biden may need to step aside as a lameduck president in 2024 if he can't provide bold leadership.
- Biden Admin rolls out new COVID preparedness plans that outline access to drugs, masks, and preparation for future variants.
- David McRaney (You Are Not So Smart book and podcast) explains the often performative "post-trust" phase of modern political discourse.

- COVID-19 Psychology: https://omny.fm/shows/you-are-not-so-smart/177-covid-19
- Anti-Maskers: https://omny.fm/shows/you-are-not-so-smart/185-masks
- Vaccine Hesitancy: https://omny.fm/shows/you-are-not-so-smart/189-the-vaccine
- The Insurrection: https://omny.fm/shows/you-are-not-so-smart/198-reflection-and-insurrection
- Tribal Psychology: https://omny.fm/shows/you-are-not-so-smart/122-tribal-psychology
- Uncivil Agreement: https://omny.fm/shows/you-are-not-so-smart/133-uncivil-agreement
- Pluralistic Ignorance: https://omny.fm/shows/you-are-not-so-smart/157-pluralistic-ignorance

Modern tribalism and performative politics with David McRaney

Congress is out of session and the primaries are boring this week so we sit down with Kevin Ryan. We start with sadness. Is America existentially sad? Is our collective mood sour? If so, when were we last happy? Do we seek polarization because we are scared? Or do we polarize when we're bored? Also, Bill Gates.

Death, Sadness & America's Existential Crisis (with Kevin Ryan)

• Joe Biden's Wall Street Journal editorial fires the starter pistol on his midterm strategy and plans to address inflation.
• Bill Scher (Washington Monthly) and Justin scratch their heads at Joe Biden's legislative futility and discuss Bill's recent op-ed, The Deeply Flawed Narrative That Joe Biden Bought.

Why Biden's legislative scorecard pales against Obama

Why on Earth is bipartisan gun control close to happening now? Why aren't the House or Biden trying to help it along? 

A brilliant strategy to clear up health rumors and bolster independent cred offered freely to the Fetterman campaign.

Sarah Rumpf (Mediaite) helps us break down the meltdown happening at the Washington Post where Democracy Dies in Darkness but Morale dies on Twitter.

Bipartisan Gun Control Is Happening? What THE HELL IS HAPPENING AT WAPO?!

Sex scandal? Child beating allegations? Nothing seems to get in between the MO GOP and Eric Greitens who is AGAIN in the lead for the Senate nomination. 

A letter from Justin's brother sparks a rumination on the coverage of school shooters.

Michael Cohen joins the program to help break down the two bizarre races in PA. A governor's race the Democrats are taking for granted and an insane senate race between a progressive with a broken heart and a television doctor who just moved in.

Eric Greitens WILL NOT DIE. Breaking down the bizarre PA races for Gov and Sen

January 6th Committee hits stumbling blocks in opening days. Was Rudy drunk?

Not only does the economy look to be headed to recession... voters seem to be blaming Biden.

Stephen Gutowski (The Reload) discusses the Bipartisan Gun Control framework. Juvenile background checks. Firearms Dealer requirements. Red Flag Laws.

January 6th Committee hits roadblocks. Bipartisan Gun Deal.

- The ways in which Republicans can win elections without bending the knee to the leader of their party.
- The Fed raises interest rates, the highest hike since 1994. We go down memory lane to see what's similar this time around.
- The science of political persuasion with David McRaney (You Are Not So Smart). He's got a new book, "How Minds Change: The Surprising Science, Belief, and Persuasion." (Pre-order here.)

Why are Republicans who don't curry favor with Trump still winning primaries?

When does a "disqualifying" ad or action benefit the disqualified candidate?

New details from the Uvalde shooting paint a bleak picture of the police response. 

Evan Scrimshaw (The Lines) breaks down why you should take state polls showing a rosy picture for Democrats with a pinch of salt.

Stop trusting terrible state polls! The Greitens "RINO Hunting" ad. Horrifying Uvalde details.

- Supreme Court gun ruling... what it does and doesn't mean.

- Florida Man Andrew Gillum indicted on charges of conspiracy and fraud.

- Ron DeSantis to reportedly not seek Trump endorsement for his 2022 re-election bid in Florida. Will these Republican war machines trade paint in 2024? Is there even a rift between them?

- We break down the new bipartisan gun safety bill - what got in and what got compromised on?

- Tom Merritt (Daily Tech News Show) joins the show to discuss Tik Tok's Chinese operations, the likelihood of Joe Biden intervening, and a Peter Thiel-backed super PAC's alleged illegal supply of resources to J.D. Vance.

Supreme Court Gun Ruling! Trump vs. DeSantis! Will TikTok Be Banned?

Break down of Cassidy Hutchinson testimony.

Trump grabs 'em by the clavicle and habitually throws plates in wild January 6th testimony

A look at two laws that would have solved the abortion conversation. Why they failed. Why we can settle this if you want to.

Abortion Law Is Here, If You Want It

With the blockbuster statements by Ukraine envoy Taylor now public, Justin takes a few guesses on how Trump will try and bat it back. Tom Merritt joins to discuss the wildest week in Brexit and what will happen going forward. JuRY breaks down the Yang Playbook from the crafting of his image to the cultivating of his audience.

Will Trump survive Taylor, Brexit gets even Brexitier, The Yang Playbook

- A bar owner in SF lives his truth

- Scooters are dying

- Tarantino owes his career to the Golden Girls

Farewell

- Most questions I get revolve around some version of "is Trump going to win/lose in November because of this?" So, I answer as best I can.

- Honestly who is running the Biden campaign?

- Eric Geller of Politico on cyber security, vote by mail in 2020 and if the mood is right for online voting.

How is Donald Trump handling the virus? What the hell is going on with Biden? Online voting?

- Hyperbole-Free Coronavirus Update

- Biden broke his Tara Reade silence, we have the full breakdown

- Coronavirus death toll slowed a little but Trump is getting into the political danger zone 

- Interview with Joe Uscinski about COVID conspiracies big and small

Full Biden Interview Breakdown, the COVID death toll, 5G conspiracies

- Hyperbole-Free Coronavirus Update

- Justin rants about a few stories that were awful and actively made the world dumber during a pandemic

- After daring to ask Twitter what they love and hate about politics, Justin seeks to illustrate how political ads succeed and fail in taking advantage of the results

- Andrew Heaton (Political Orphanage) rants

Awful COVID reporting, a definitive political Love/Hate list, Andrew Heaton rants

- The 1958 pandemic killed over 100,000 Americans but you've never heard of it and it didn't have political ramifications. What the hell?

- Tara Reade breaks her silence in TV interview 

- Embarrassing political skits for campaigns 

- Interview with Mindy Romero ( Director of the  California Civic Engagement Project at the Price School of Public Policy at the  University of Southern California)  about the viability of mail-in voting

The pandemic you never heard about, Tara Reade, embarrassing political comedy, vote by mail

- Actual politics! HOORAY! An election happened and we debate if it means anything or not

- If Trump got sick from the Vid, he wouldn't be the first president felled by a pandemic. In fact, he would certainly be able to recover with less pressure on him. The story you will be pissed you didn't know before you heard it here! 

- Interview with Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the dangers of technical solutions to COVID and her organizations work to help protect digital rights.

Does the GOP win in CA25 matter? Pandemic President got sick! Civil Liberties in the age of COVID

- Hours of research has finally unearthed a reasonable theory of what Obamagate is. Also, why it might be a successful strategy for Trump in the general.

- Benjamin Waterhouse and Lee Vinsel join the show to discuss America's troubled history with "experts" and how COVID has affected it.

- Your emails including why Woodrow Wilson getting the Spanish Flu might have caused World War II

Obamagate For Dummies! Are we trusting experts again? Woodrow Wilson's illness caused WW2

- Biden's comments to The Breakfast Club have kicked up another storm. We look at the context and predict if it matters past the news cycle.

- Poll the nation or poll each states individually and Biden is leading, but poll all the battleground states together and Trump is leading. Why is there a difference?

- We interview  Dr. Eric Merkley about political polarization in Canada and how our neighbors to the north are weathering the COVID storm.

Biden's "you ain't black" gaffe, Battleground State poll wackiness, Canadian political polarization

The longer the story goes, the more your need to hear the end.

Crystal - Forget Paris

- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is a serious candidate to be selected as Joe Biden's VP candidate so Justin takes a look at her past in Michigan and what she can bring to a Biden-Whitmer ticket in November.

- Emails about our interview last Friday and a question about why masks have become a political issue.

- Tom Merritt of Daily Tech News Show discusses Twitter's decision to put a fact check link on two Trump tweets. How well thought out was this move? Does it bring Silicon Valley closer to regulation? Is it just opening a #HellPortal or maybe even a #PortalToHell?

We vetted Gretchen Whitmer, the politics of masks, Twitter takes a stand on Trump

Justin discusses the George Floyd protests and ensuing damage. Charges brought against the officer that did it. Trumps escalating war with Twitter in light of his executive order. The defunding of the WHO is also mentioned because a lot happened this morning. 

Also, an interview about reopening anxiety and the universal truth with Kevin Ryan.

George Floyd protests, Trump Twitter War, WHO defunding, Reopening anxiety

- Justin discusses the George Floyd murder and the the reaction

- The history of how little accountability police departments have and how repealing Qualified Immunity could make a difference overnight.

- A moment when Rush Limbaugh applied Colin Kaepernick-esqe dexterity in his conversation with the Breakfast Club

- Vetting Val Demings, the only VP possibility who has a former police chief

Police Brutality

- Biden is leading by 7% on average but should he be leading by more considering his opponent is dealing with a pandemic and nationwide riots?

- Police officer listeners reached out after the Police Brutality episode with their thoughts. 

- Interview with George Dehner about the 1957 and 1968 pandemics and the origins of our modern social distancing.

Should Biden's lead on Trump be bigger? Cops respond to my Police Brutality episode

- Congress is possibly moving toward putting a bi-partisan police reform bill on Trump's desk and Joe Biden is suggesting a $300 million payment to police departments. We look at the strategy behind Joe's move to the right on police. 

- A roundup of the primary contests last night including the hot mess in Georgia.

- Vetting Keisha Lance Bottoms, the mayor of Atlanta, who is now a Veepstakes frontrunner.

- Interview with Michael Socolow about the media's role in covering COVID, protests and election. Also, a conversation on how shrewd the Hide-A-Biden strategy is. 

- Your emails including a defense of Canadian divisions, JLO for VP, a screen on straw men and for the first time in months... AN ANGRY EMAIL!

Biden runs to the right of Trump on police, vetting Keisha Lance Bottoms veepstakes chances

- Justin is going to Tulsa to cover the first Trump rally so it gets him thinking about the lockdown and how we can hope to live our lives with the virus. 

- John Bolton's book is finally going to come out at the end of the month. Will this be the one that FINALLY DOES TRUMP IN? Spoiler: probably not. 

-  Kyle C. Kopko and  Christopher J. Devine (Authors of the new book Do Running Mates Matter?) join the show to discuss the historical worth of a vice president.

Rallies in the age of COVID, Bolton Book preview, How important is the VP to an election?

- Donald Trump will officially reboot the 2020 campaign on Saturday but what are the stakes for Biden and Trump? Will the risky gambit be a fatal blow for Trump? Will it force Biden out of the basement? How tenable is Biden's very conservative strategy?

- John Hickenlooper didn't succeed in running for president but he's currently leading the GOP incumbent for Senate. But will he make it there? A few new revelations complicate Hick's chances to make it out of the primary.

- The Senate GOP has introduced their police reform bill, will they be able to work with the House? Is Cocaine Mitch trying to speed this along or slow it further?

- Interview with Daniel DiSalvo about police unions, their role in politics and if reform is possible without their cooperation.

What the first COVID-19 rally means for Trump & Biden, Hickenlooper follies, Police Unions

- We interview the first woman in line for the Trump rally who drove five days from Florida to be there. Justin asks about masks. 

- A trip to the former Black Wall Street to reflect on Juneteenth

- Interview with Seth Masket (FiveThirtyEight, Mischiefs of Faction) who defends the photo op and is dragged into a WAY too granular conversation about John Hickenlooper's Senate primary because Justin can't shut up about it.

LIVE from the Tulsa Trump Rally!

- Interviewing Trump fans in line for the rally

- Waiting for Air Force One to land with Kevin Ryan

- Sorting through the confusion brought on by attendance woes

- Getting pepper sprayed during the protests

Tulsa Trump Rally As It Happened! The crowds, the COVID anxiety (and lack thereof) and the protests!

- With another election stretching past election night and only more mail ballots on the horizon, is it time we realized that Election Week 2020 is coming?

- Trump's Tulsa rally was a big missed opportunity but not as big as his position on testing. 

- We speak with Joanna Schwartz (UCLA) about Qualified Immunity, the arguments for/against, if it will be replaced by congress and why it might be the only thing Justices Thomas and Sotomayor agree on.

Are we truly prepared to not know a winner on election night? Trump's testing fumble.

BONUS EP BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT!

- Mailbag questions on Tulsa, electoral college, police reform and more!

- Interview with Pete Freedman of Central Track in Dallas, Texas about the desperate place COVID left his website, the unexpected rise in traffic with the lockdown, the intensity of covering a month of protests, how Facebook made an old article go viral and more.

Mailbag! Tulsa feedback! ALSO Media in the age of COVID + Protests

- An RNC like none before it has come to an end in grandiose fashion. How did it come off? How did they appeal to? Will it work?

- Biden is leaving the basement! Allegedly! Find out where he is going and when he is planning on going there.

- Kevin Ryan of The Blaze on the post-modern RNC and what it means for November.

RNC Recap! Trump! Opera! Sadness! Is Hide-A-Biden over?

New season of Raise the Dead begins October 4th, 2020.

Raise The Dead: Johnson vs. Goldwater Trailer

September 19th, 2007.

The first episode of the Amazing Show featuring James Randi and hosted by a very young and green and hoarse Justin Robert Young. It covers the JREF Cruise

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