Cut the Bull: Recent Episodes
Charles Love, Shemeka Michelle, and Wilfred Reilly
An insightful podcast that discusses the news of the day and cultural issues plaguing our society. The goal of the show is to bring logic and context to these topics and address solutions, something that is rarely discussed by mainstream pundits. The trio has a knack of approaching serious issues with tremendous wit, humility, and occasional humor but never from a place of anger and with absolutely NO BULL!
Cohosts Wilfred Reilly and Christy Kelly welcome FOX Sports host and former Vikings running back Robert Smith to discuss college and pro sports today, the "NIL" era, race relations, and crime.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome FB / TikTok influencer Nicole Nathern-Hedrick to talk about her success in the short form space, how perfect can be the enemy of the good, and why the ability to say "i don't know" is so important in maintaining authenticity.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly and Christy Kelly welcome author Steve Salerno to discuss the self help industry (mostly being crap), excessive therapy culture, and his latest book Sham.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Goldwater Institute's Director of Education Policy Matt Beienburg to discuss the public education system, the problems it has created intergenerationally, and the way forward in providing a better option.
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Co-hosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Ryan Mullally to analyze self-defense claims in American law through the Karmelo Anthony, Kyle Rittenhouse, and Chud the Builder cases.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly and Brooks Crenshaw welcome former DOJ prosecutor T.J. Harker to discuss the George Floyd case and its legal aftermath, how mob sentiment and institutional incentives can distort prosecutorial decisions, and his upcoming book, American Scapegoat.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Isaiah Carter to discuss Pride Month and LGBTQ politics, black conservatism and political identity, and the rise of Democratic Socialists in New York politics
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, and Christy Kelly welcome Rajeev Sharma of the Indian American Advocacy Council to discuss rising anti-Indian rhetoric online, what Vivek Ramaswamy’s political success signals for the GOP, and the tensions around legal immigration, assimilation, and American identity.
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Co-hosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome executive producer, author, and professor Chris Fenton to discuss China's influence in U.S. industry, including film, the concept of "patriotism before capitalism," and his upcoming summer movie release Bad Counselors.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Seth Keshel to discuss the history and tactics of election fraud, the ten steps to guaranteeing free and fair elections, and his new book The American War on Election Corruption: The Crusade to Restore Trust in Voting , forward by Newt Gingrich.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Charles Love, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Jeremy Carl to discuss the conflation of Western and American culture with ‘whiteness’ and ‘white culture,’ the non-equivalence of race and culture, and his book, The Unprotected Class.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome anti-trafficking advocate and policy strategist Penny Ronning to discuss the human trafficking issue, debate the line between autonomy and coercion, and how to navigate the real-world tradeoffs in search of practical solutions.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Stephen Horn to discuss his presence and documentation of January 6th, narrowly escaping a prison sentence, and the role of independent journalists in the current era.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw discuss the latest in Iran, Mamdani's New York, the shutdown over security funding, and Cesar Chavez posthumously getting the "me too" treatment.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome writer and Evie Magazine contributor Lisa Britton to discuss the breakdown in natural, complementary relationships between men and women, practical ways to course-correct, and how to achieve proper equilibrium without overcorrecting in the opposite direction.
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James Lindsay joins co-hosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw to assess woke ideology today, dissect the "woke right" and its mirrors of left-wing tactics (tribalism, grievance culture, bad-faith moral certainty, authoritarianism disguised as resistance), and explore ways to deliver principled anti-woke analysis without eroding liberty, individualism, or classical liberal values.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Charles Love, Christy Kelly and Brooks Crenshaw welcome guest Maia Poet to discuss her growing up with Autism, her early gender dysphoria and subsequent social detransitioning, and why people with autism are particularly susceptible to gender ideology.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome guest Kevin Jackson for a conversation on the current state of identity politics in America, the broader erosion of character, personal responsibility, and values, and realistic paths to restoring cultural sanity.
This discussion directly leads into a solution: their new venture, Unified Solutions America, a strategic consultancy founded by Crenshaw, Jackson, and Reilly (with Love on the advisory board) now actively fundraising through Reg CF. The firm helps client businesses assess and eliminate divisive DEI policies, refocus on merit, efficiency, cohesion, and sustainable excellence without the ideological baggage.
For more information on Unified Solutions America, visit unifiedsolutionsamerica.com
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome physician, Navy veteran, and conservative reformer Dr. Zuhdi Jasser to discuss government overreach and perverse incentives crippling American healthcare, his bold vision to reform Islam for genuine compatibility with Western values and liberty, and his active 2026 campaign for Congress in Arizona's competitive 4th District.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Daryl Davis to discuss his engaging racism and the Klan through personal relationships, how broad cultural exposure is informative in better understanding the human condition, and the inaccuracy of overinflating accusations of "white supremacy."
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Charles Love, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome evolutionary biologist, journalist, and Manhattan Institute fellow Colin Wright to discuss the current state of woke and gender ideology in the advent of the second Trump administration and their collaboration with leading experts to remove DEI from corporate clients with Unified Solutions America.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Charles Love, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Restore Childhood founder Natalya Murakhver to discuss the tremendous costs of the COVID lockdowns, the 'Zoom-in-a-room' policies of teachers' unions, and her documentary film 15 Days.
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The CTB panel in a free-for-all discussion commemorating bicentennial episode with a special appearance by Shemeka Michelle!
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Charles Love, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome former CTB Cohost Shemeka Michelle for a return special episode.
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Host Wilfred Reilly welcomes writer and journalist Helen Dale to discuss the bizarre idea of settler colonialism, bonging her way through academic nonsense, the "nonce-ness" of Foucault, and the failure of moral universalism.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome AP4Liberty Austin Peterson to discuss the schisms in the Liberty Movement, the problems of a too prudish conservativism, and the uncertain future of the GOP in a post-Trump world.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Charles Murray to discuss whether empiricism and faith can be reconciled, the debate on the existence of the soul, and his latest book, Taking Religion Seriously.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome @redheadranting Jennifer Brown to discuss online dating apps, men and women in the current era, complaining about the mundane in modernity, and her book Ginger Snapped.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Eric Wallace to discuss his views on woke ideology commandeering the black church in America, the importance of highlighting the conservative values that still exist in its congregations on many leftist issues, and his book The Heart of Apostasy.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw sit down with Turning Point Faith Senior Director Lucas Miles to discuss the role of faith in opposing "woke", Charlie Kirk's legacy, and his book Pagan Threat.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw sit down with Katherine Brodsky to discuss the cancel culture phenomenon, free speech, and her book, No Apologies
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Co-hosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Natalia Antonova to discuss the war in Ukraine, Trump 47's honeymoon phase, and the Charlotte train stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee.
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Cohosts Charles Love, Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw sit down with Miss Scarlet for a candid conversation on libertarian philosophy, politics, drug policy, and the realities of sex work as a profession.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Nick Wolfinger to discuss missteps in higher education, bureaucratic bloat, the abuse of Title IX, and his latest book, Professors Speak Out: The Truth about Campus Investigations.
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Charles Love returns with Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw to discuss current events including the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Charlotte train stabbing, and what it all means moving forward.
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Co-hosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome legendary NFL and Olympic Broadcaster Michele Tafoya to discuss political shifts in virtue signaling, markets in sports, and her successful move from mainstream broadcaster to leading podcaster.
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Co-hosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Canadian author and educator Jim McMurtry to the podcast to discuss the Kamloops burial site that wasn't, his excommunication from teaching for repeating accepted data provided by the Canadian government, and his book, The Scarlett Lesson.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome Robert Cherry, professor emeritus at Brooklyn College to discuss the surprising ethnic diversity in Israel, conflict in the Middle East, and his latest book, Arab Citizens of Israel: How Far Have They Come?
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome guest and psychologist, Dr. Patrick Lockwood to discuss therapy, its benefits, its over-prescription, and the loss of voluntary community structure as a causal factor.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome guest Allie Voss to discuss environmental concerns, the political divide around environmentalism, and how the left's climate strategy has been a disservice to the larger effort.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome guest Jason Riley of WSJ and The Manhattan Institute to discuss standards in the wake of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Ames v. Ohio, as well as his latest book, The Affirmative Action Myth.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome guest Alan Dershowitz to discuss his latest book, The Preventative State, the challenges of representing high profile defendants, and rebalancing a state run amok at the expense of individual liberty.
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Cohosts Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, and Brooks Crenshaw welcome guest Russell Warne to discuss IQ, the misconceptions, controversy, and vulnerabilities around the concept, the pitfalls of more recent concepts of EQ and SEL, and his book, In the Know- Debunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence.
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Hosts Wilfred Reilly, Brooks Crenshaw, and Christy Kelly sit down with criminologist and former Baltimore police officer Peter Moskos to discuss policing, public safety, criminal justice policy, and the realities behind the badge.
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Hosts Wilfred Reilly and Brooks Crenshaw welcome author Mary Grabar to explore her journey as an immigrant, what it means to be an American, and on debunking Howard Zinn, The 1619 Project, and FDR.
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Talia BONGOLAN Schwartz discusses the modern left and why she left it.
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"Our man in the KY House" discusses Southern politics, and whether DC can be reformed.
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Brother Jesse tells us about his military experiences, and his professional study of the threat of radical Islam.
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"Yale couch incident" survivor Sarah Braasch describes being/becoming the 1st major Karen.
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Hosts Wilfred Reilly and Brooks Crenshaw, along with Christy Kelly discuss better dating through data, the troubling trendlines in American and Western culture, and the trouble with pure democracy with guest Hunter Ash, social media manager at Keeper, the scientific dating app.
Follow him on X at x.com/ArtemisConsort
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We discuss the state of the country, and the culture, with writer, columnist, & speaker Brooks Crenshaw.
Check out his Substack, The Daedalus Thread.
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Former congressman, Democratic presidential candidate, and "Common Sense Advocate" Dean Phillips joins us to discuss the maddening political landscape and how we get back to sanity.
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Political advisor, Carlton Hoffman, discusses white supremacy, being canceled, and how he became enlightened.
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Transsexual Buck Angel and feminist Lisa Selin Davis have an honest conversation about the gender identity agenda. We discuss why it's dangerous, the problem with suppressing truth, the effects of President Trump's executive orders, and the madness of the NYC district 2 community education council of which Charles is a member.
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The Distributist, David Greene, joins us to discuss immigration. Specifically, the problem with H1B visas.
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Charles, Wilfred, Christy, and Lou discuss the inauguration, executive orders, pardons, and the transgender map.
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We're back with our first episode of the year. We discuss religion, politics, and the future with best-selling author, two-time presidential candidate, and potential DNC chair Marianne Williamson.
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The gang talks election madness, what does (and does not) influence voters, Diddy (don't know how that happened), and predictions. Also, Wilfred and Christy try to tell an undecided voter why he needs to pick Harris or Trump. Spoiler alert, it's Charles.
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Captain Guy Higgins joins us to discuss the Calvert Task Group's book, Don’t Give Up the Ship: Woke Politics Are Endangering Our Military and Our Nation.
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Best-selling Author and Filmmaker, Dinesh D'Souza joins us to discuss his new film, Vindicating Trump.
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Cultural and political commentator Matt Walsh joins us to discuss his latest film, Am I Racist?, the importance of reaching new audiences, and his "controversial" social media takes.
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Former deputy assistant secretary of the Interior and Claremont Institute senior fellow Jeremy Carl joins us to discuss his book, The Unprotected Class: How Antiwhite Racism is Tearing America Apart.
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Former PA Senator, Republican presidential candidate, and Newsmax Contributor Rick Santorum joins Charles and Wilfred to discuss the LGBTQ movement, the culture, and the presidential race. Charles offers Rick an apology.
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Karys Rhea, Epoch Times associate producer, discusses the current climate of antisemitism.
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Physical Anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss discusses her book, On the Warpath: My Battles with Indians, Pretendians, and Woke Warriors.
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R. Barbara Gitenstein - President Emerita of The College of New Jersey, joins us to discuss her new book, Experience is the Angled Road.
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Maud Maron joins us to talk about education, antisemitism, and her removal from the NYC parent-led school council, of which Charles is a councilmember.
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Host Wilfred Reilly turns special guest to discuss his new book, Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me.
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Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon joins us to talk about her latest book, Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women.
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Our favorite CA high school teacher, and author of, Hollowed Out, Jeremy Adams is back to discuss his Magnum Opus, Lessons in Liberty: Thirty Rules for Living from Ten Extraordinary Americans.
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Diane Yap joins us to talk about her social media persona, crime, culture and racism.
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Publius PR CEO and Woking Dead author, A.J. Rice discusses culture and politics.
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Larissa Phillips, founder of the Volunteer Literacy Project, joins us to talk about her important piece in Quilette where she discusses how the feminist approach to rape is hurting women and victims.
Link to her piece detailing her experience dealing with rape.
https://quillette.com/2024/03/20/toward-ruin-or-recovery-celeste-marcus-liberties-journal-yascha-mounk-feminist-metoo/
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Corey Deangelis, Senior Fellow at the American Federation for Children, talks about the problems in education and why he's fighting for school choice.
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This week journalist David Marcus returns to discuss his tweet about Gen X and racism. Fatimah Gilliam joins the conversation to offer an alternative to David's view on race relations in the late nineties and how they're different from today. The conversation ends on a heated debate about journalistic integrity and rape accusations in the Israel-Hamas war.
David's Tweet
https://x.com/BlueBoxDave/status/1766246060995825773?s=20
Hamas
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-team-says-rape-gang-rape-likely-occurred-during-hamas-attack-israel-2024-03-04/
Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/22/claims-of-israeli-sexual-assault-of-palestinian-women-are-credible-un-panel-says
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4477340-un-experts-reports-executions-sexual-assault-israeli-soldiers/
Here is the New York Times Fatimah was referencing.
https://archive.is/IeY6U
Here is an article from The Intercept challenging the New York Times piece
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/04/nyt-october-7-sexual-violence-kibbutz-beeri/
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Barrington joins Charles, Wilfred, and special guest Lou Perez to discuss social media. We dive into Twitter debates, influencers, racism, the real world, and if blacks are funnier than whites.
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Shelby Steele, author, filmmaker, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, joins us to talk race, antisemitism, and algebra.
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Former Olympian and candidate for Congress Claston Bernard talks about acceptable blacks.
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This week, we talk to Fatimah Gilliam, author of Race Rules: What Your Black Friend Won't Tell You.
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Historian Larry Schweikart discusses his new book, A Patriot's History of Globalism.
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Brian Mullins joins us to discuss big city problems, specifically Chicago, and why the left isn't helping the black community.
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We talk race, resilience, and solutions with Woodson Center and 1776 Unites founder Bob Woodson.
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Charles and Wilfred discuss the annual debate around Black History Month with Lou Perez and David Sypher.
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The host of The Reason We Learn joins us to explain her radical views on education.
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Lenore Skenazy joins us to talk about promoting independence in kids and the dangers of safetyism.
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West Point grad, combat veteran, and ER doctor, John Hughes, joins us to talk about his new book, American Doctor: Coming Home To War.
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Charles and Wilfred talk past guests, 2024 predictions and are visited by the OG Cut the Bull star.
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Artist and animator (canceled) and Heterodorx co-host Nina Paley joins us to discuss gender issues, liberalism, and the death of the gender critical movement.
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The Cruel Philosophr brings his blunt analysis to CTB audience. He poses a question: In 2023, who is holding back Black America; the white liberal, the black female voter, the black father, or the black elite? We discuss this, then Charles and Wilfred add a couple additional options.
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New Jersey black republican David Sypher discusses the critique of black republicans, BLM, GOP outreach, Kathy Barnette, and voting patterns of blacks.
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Hosts Wilfred Reilly and Charles Love have a casual chat about the topics of the day without a guest.
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On the heels of his Genspect controversy, Phil Illy joins us to talk about his book, Auto-Heterosexual: Attracted to BEING the Other Sex.
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We talk racism and compassion with Roxy Manning and Sarah Peyton, authors of The Antiracist Heart: A Self-Compassion and Activism Handbook.
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Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a New York Times bestselling author of several books including The War on Cops and The Diversity Delusion. She joins us to talk about her latest book, When Race Trumps Merit.
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Here we continue our discussion of the Hamas attack and the complications of the region with Aryeh Tepper and David Bernstein.
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Inez Stepman, senior policy analyst at IWF and host of the High Noon podcast and Adaam James Levin-Areddy, senior producer at the Dispatch and host of the Uncertain Things podcast join us to talk about the 10/7/2023 Hamas attack.
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Board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Kenneth Kim discusses the dangers of general anesthesia, surgery, and the importance of finding a skilled physician.
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Professor emeritus at Brooklyn College, AEI fellow, and 1776 Unites Scholar Robert Cherry discusses his latest book, The State of the Black Family.
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African American History teacher Donique Rolle discusses teaching black history in Florida and issues surrounding education.
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Carrie Gress is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a Scholar at the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University of America. She joins us to discuss her latest book, The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Destroyed Us.
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Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, discusses educations, parental rights, white supremacist accusations, and more. She and Wilfred have a fiery discussion over book banning.
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GA State Representative Mesha Mainor joins us to talk about her party switch and the community issues that led up to them.
At the end or the interview, Charles mentions an event Representative Mainor is joining him at. Here's the link - SEE Vision Summit.
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Dr. Randall Bock talks about his book Overturning Zika: The Pandemic That Never Was. We discuss what mistakes were made, what we learned, and why we keep following the same pattern when it comes to Covid and other viruses.
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WURD radio host Nick Taliaferro joins us to discuss cultural issues and where black liberals and conservatives agree and disagree.
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Writer and co-host of the Smoke 'Em if You Got 'Em Podcast, Sarah Hepola, discusses her book, Blackout.
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We talk education with Katharine Birbalsingh, headmistress of the Michaela School in London.
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Peachy Keenan (The American Mind and The Federalist), discusses her new book, Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War.
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Rio Veradonir, editor-in-chief of Queer Majority talks LGBT rights and the Left's obsession with "the gays."
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Christy Kelly, Sour Patch Lyds, and Clarity Speakz talk about today's women's issues.
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John Mattingly, Sgt. Louisville Police Department (Ret.), discusses his book 12 Seconds in the Dark and the shooting he was involved in that became international news.
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"Rabbit," The Rabbit Hole84 on Twitter, discusses, statistics, viewpoint diversity, citizen journalism, and separating fact from fiction. They discuss police shootings, changing sex, implicit bias, and affirmative action.
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The Christian conservative rapper talks politics, LGBTQ, culture, and his latest hit song Reclaim the Rainbow with host Shemeka Michelle.
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Chris Ferguson, professor of psychology at Stetson University and author of Catastrophe! How Psychology Explains Why Good People Make Bad Situations Worse. Discusses the book and how partisan politics can be a hurdle to solutions.
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Shannon Thrace, author of, 18 Months, discusses how gender identity destroyed her marriage.
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Emmy Award-winning sportscaster Michele Tafoya joins us to talk about sports, the culture, and why she walked away from her dream job.
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Brown University Economics professor Glenn Loury joins us to discuss the cultural divide, truth, and his visit to a private school in Boston, MA.
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Wink and Jen join us to discuss their new book, Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America.
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Natasha Dunn from the Black Community Collaborative discusses the migrant issue in her neighborhood, Chicago politics, and what people talk about away from Twitter.
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We talk with political commentator Benji Irby about reparations, white supremacists, and the politics of being black.
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Bethany Mandel discusses parenting and her book, Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation. Shemeka meets a Jew.
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Greg Kelly, host of Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports joins us to discuss law enforcement, racism, the media, and his new book, And Justice For All.
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This week we talk to @JenniferSey, author of Levi's Unbuttoned, about Covid, free speech, TDS, diversity, and gymnastics.
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Kira Davis, Editor-at-Large at Redstate and host of the Just Listen to Yourself podcast, joins us to discuss her new book, Drawing Lines: Why Conservatives Must Begin to Battle Fiercely in the Arena of Ideas.
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Aella discusses sex work, cultural perceptions around sex, and her sex studies.
https://knowingless.com/
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Luka and Chloe talk about gender ideology, the dangers of "gender affirming care," and the real life challenges of detransitioning.
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Jay Richards, Director, Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at The Heritage Foundation, talks about gender ideology.
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This week, we talk to Christopher Harris, executive director of Unhyphenated America, about racism, black history month, and what he calls the wretched subculture of African Americanism.
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Political commentator, professor and host of the Working Class Elites podcast, Jason Nichols joins us to discuss the issues facing America today.
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This week we talk to Ben Jealous, former president of the NAACP about his new book, Never Forget Our People Were Always Free. Great book, great conversation. You'll want to buy the book then hold out for part 2!
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Free Black Thought president and co-founder, Erec Smith discusses anti-racism in his field and the negative ramifications of its application.
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Leonydus Johnson discussed his new book, Raising Victims: The Pernicious Rise of Critical Race Theory.
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Professor of Gender Studies and author of Antiracist Fetus educates the team on gender, race, and other important issues.
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This week we talk to journalist, author, and podcaster Nancy Rommelmann about the perils of Portland and the sad case of Rachael Angel Abraham.
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David Bernstein, founder of the Jewish Institute of Liberal Values, talks about his new book, Woke Antisemitism.
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Kathy Barnette, author and former candidate for US Senate, discusses the culture, here senate race, and the GOP.
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Matt Rosenberg, senior editor at Wirepoints and author of What Next, Chicago?, gives a first-hand account of 2020 in Seattle and Chicago.
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Robert Cherry, professor emeritus at Brooklyn College and author of Why the Jews?: How Jewish Values Transformed Twentieth Century American Pop Culture, discusses concerns of antisemitism and the complicated relationship between blacks and Jews.
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This week we talk to Mary Grabar, author of Debunking Howard Zinn and Debunking The 1619 Project about Columbus, free speech, lying to children, grifters, and Nikole Hannah-Jones's trolling response to Wilfred.
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Former WCCO-TV anchor and Emmy award-winning reporter Liz Collin talks about ground zero of the "2020 Summer of Love", Minneapolis, and her new book: They're Lying: The Media, the Left, and the Death of George Floyd.
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Tori Hope Petersen, former foster child and reigning Mrs. Universe, talks about her childhood, the foster care system, and her new book, Fostered.
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This week we discuss homelessness, mental illness, crime, and radical activism with Michael Shellenberger, author of Apocalypse Never and San Fransicko.
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This week we talk to Thomas Klingenstein, chairman of the Claremont Institute, about the cold civil war that is currently being waged, political polarization, and his viral video on Trump's Virtues.
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Economics bloggers and founder of the Noahpinion substack, Noah Smith, joins us to discuss what the issues the progressives are right about (even if their solutions are crazy). There is also a deep discussion on pets and street-smart rats.
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This week, we talk to Jeff Charles, Red State contributor and host of A Fresh Perspective podcast about the disconnect between black elites and the black community.
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Film critic and Hollywood in Toto founder, Christian Toto discusses his latest book, Virtue Bomb, explaining how wokeness affects Hollywood.
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Newsweek contributor Pamela Denise Long joins us to discuss race, culture, and the political gray area.
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We talk covid with internist, and cardiologist Peter A. McCullough, MD. Dr. McCullough discusses treatment, vaccinations, mistakes, alleged misinformation, and his new book, The Courage to Face COVID-19.
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Kurt Schlichter, trial lawyer, retired army colonel, and senior columnist at Townhall, talks about his new book We'll Be Back: The Fall and Rise of America.
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This week, we talk to columnist and New Yorker David Marcus. We discuss the good and bad side of NYC including: crime, covid, alleys, and why the city might want to change it's nickname to the big tomato.
We also discuss David's wonderful approach to writing and his book, Charade: The Covid Lies That Crushed A Nation."
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Comedian, radio and tv personality, and political commentator Dave Smith take a break from the heavy hitters like Joe Rogan and Tim Pool to chat with the team about libertarianism, the culture war, and comedy in the age of cancel culture and media personalities who, unintentionally, try to top the comedians at their jobs.
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Charles, Shemeka, and Wilfred have the most honest conversation about the gender issue with Buck Angel, a transsexual man who self describes as a female who lives as a man.
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This week we talk about the pitfalls of public housing and the importance of poor neighborhoods with Howard Husock, senior fellow at AEI and author of the Poor Side of Town: And Why We Need It.
The Poor Side of Town: And Why We Need It
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Craig Scott, the 'Black Robin Hood', robbed white owned banks and deposited the money into black owned banks, using the funds to empower the community. Craig discusses how he was radicalized, how he got caught, and how Donald Trump got him out of prison.
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Rhonda Ezell, co-founder of Black Guns Matter comes on to talk about...guns.
Chicago Guns Matter
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Charles listens as professors and scientists Razib Khan, Tade Souaiaia, and Wilfred Reilly discuss race. Is it real? If not, why are so many people consumed by it. If it is real, how important is it and should it be a priority, culturally, politically, and medically.
Shemeka vacations.
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This week we talk to Ian V. Rowe, Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute, founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, and author of the new book Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power.
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The team talks policing with Maury Richards, former police chief of the Martinsburg, WV police department.
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Shemeka and Charles discuss true equality and diversity of thought with Jason Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and one of the organizers of the Old Parkland Conference, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, research fellow at the Hoover Institution and founder of the AHA Foundation.
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Denisha Merriweather, founder of Black Minds Matter, discusses school choice and the issues with failing education. Well, at least she tries to, but Shemeka and Charles keep taking the conversation on these interesting tangents.
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Greg Lukianoff, president and CEO of FIRE comes on to discuss free speech, polarization, the academy, and FIRE's exciting new name and broader reach.
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Jason, a trained SEL specialist, joins us to discuss what the progressive racists have done to SEL and how it's harming our children.
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NBA star Jonathan Isaac discusses his new book Why I Stand. We talk about faith, family, positive male role models, anxiety, BLM, and Covid.
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Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies discusses the problems with America's immigration system.
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This week we talk to civil rights icon, Clarence Henderson. He talks about the historic Woolworth lunch counter sit in, racism - then and now, economic empowerment, and our cultural problems today.
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Charlie Camosy, associate professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University discusses his latest book, Losing Our Dignity: How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality.
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This week we talk with Dr. Chloe Carmichael, clinical psychologist and author of, Nervous Energy. We discuss how anxiety can be used for good, free speech, personal responsibility and mental illness, the problem with trying to prevent everything that is bad, and how radical ideas are hurting her profession.
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Tamuira Reid, Associate Professor of Writing at NYU, joins us to set the record straight on the topics we cover, especially trans rights.
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Kara Dansky, feminist and author of The Abolition of Sex, joins the team to talk about the rabid push to prioritize gender identity and how it is harmful to women and girls.
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Jeremy Adams, high school teacher and author of Hollowed Out explains his warning about America's next generation.
Warning Wilfred is working blue this episode.
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Natalie Wexler, education journalist and author of The Knowledge Gap joins us to discuss her approach to addressing issues in education, articles from her substack, and how to address the current education climate.
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New York Times bestselling author, 'recovering' investment banker, and big hair enthusiast, Carol Roth joins us to discuss the state of the union, capitalism, and her latest book, The War on Small Business.
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Karol Markowicz, Columnist NY Post and Fox News, Contributing Editor at The Spectator and Contributing Writer at the Washington Examiner., discusses her move to Florida and the impact of Covic restrictions on kids.
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DePaul University Professor of Philosophy, Jason Hill discusses his latest book, What Do White Americans Owe Black People? Racial Justice in the Age of Post-Oppression.
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Delano Squires, Fearless w/Jason Whitlock and Blaze contributor and scholar at 1776 Unites comes on to discuss the black family.
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This week we talk with Rebekah Koffler a Russian-born U.S. intelligence expert (DIA and CIA National Clandestine Service) and author of Putin's Playbook.
We discuss her life in the U.S.S.R., Putin's plans for Russia, our national security issues, and the dangers of socialism/communism.
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Our guest this week is Dr. Peter Boghossian. He is a Founding Faculty member at the University of Austin, Texas, an advisor to the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR), and the director of National Progress Alliance.
We discuss his book, How to Have Impossible Conversations, the culture, the legitimacy crisis, and more.
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In the first episode of 2022, we speak to Chris Ferguson, professor of psychology at Stetson University about his book, How Madness Shaped History.
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We talk about America's darkest day with Tom Donelson, Chairman, Americas Pac and author of the upcoming book America At The Abyss, Will America Survive?
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Charles, Shemeka, and WilFRED discuss the year's top stories and revisit memorable moments from the show.
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This week's guest is New York Times columnist Bret Stephens. The group discusses Biden's job performance, the problem with Democrats and Republicans, the cultural decline, and the looming presence of Donald Trump.
Bret brought the heat and the Home Team was up for the challenge.
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Fox and Friends host and author Brian Kilmeade discusses his latest book, The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America’s Soul.
They have an in-depth conversation about the book and the tremendous lives of Lincoln and Douglass and, as usual, the team finds a way to segue into the current cultural climate, the failures of the GOP, waves of feminism, and whether or not Shemeka could bring a white man home.
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Adam Coleman, founder of Wrong Speak Publishing, discussed his book Black Victim to Black Victor.
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We speak with health reporter and pain patient Peter Pischke about the opioid crisis and the realities around drug addiction.
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Actor, producer, and director Nick Searcy discusses his new film, Capitol Punishment.
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Nationally syndicated radio host and author, Dennis Prager joins the team to talk about morality and atheist who go to church.
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Conservative firebrand, David Horowitz, discusses his new book, I Can't Breathe: How A Racial Hoax Is Killing America
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This week we talk to Bruce Gilley, Political Science professor at Portland State University and author of The Last Imperialist. Here we talk about the pros and cons of colonialism, was it a net gain, and why it is views as solely bad.
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New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas discussed his new book, Is Atheism Dead?
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In this episode we talk to Maud Maron, Attorney, former public defender, candidate for NYC city council, and politically homeless liberal about liberalism, the dangers of the Left, and being canceled.
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In this episode, we discuss the works and legacy of Thomas Sowell with Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal Columnist, Sr. Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and Author of Please Stop Helping Us, and Maverick, a biography of Thomas Sowell.
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In this episode, we talk with Victor Avila a retired supervisory special agent for ICE and author of Agent Under Fire. We talk immigration from the enforcement side rather than the policy side. It is a shockingly raw and real description of what's going on at the border.
Victor also describes the harrowing attack by a Mexican cartel that he survived but, unfortunately, his partner Jaime Zapata did not.
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We talk policing and crime with Rafael Mangual, legal policy expert at the Manhattan Institute and head of research, policing and public safety and contributing editor at City Journal.
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This week, Barrington Martin II, former congressional candidate (GA-f5) and host of The Barrington Report, joins the home team. They discuss the cultural/moral problems in America including: creating monsters to fight, patriarchy (or faux toxic masculinity), race, gender roles, and what women really want.
Shemeka offends feminists along with the fat and the ugly.
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In this episode the team talks to Tucker Carlson, host of Tucker Carlson Tonight. They have a robust, wide-ranging conversation, discussing everything from Nicki Minaj to Al Sharpton, Immigration to COVID vaccine mandates, and black aristocracy to hair products. Charles asks him about an interesting City Journal article he penned 25 years ago, Will clears up the "white nationalist" question, and Shemeka asks Tucker who gets more sex him or Donald Trump.
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Andrew Gutmann is the father who gained national exposure when the letter he wrote to the parents of his daughter's NYC private school, The Brearley School, went viral.
Since then, he has been fighting tirelessly for "classical" liberal values, founding Speak Up For Education and cofounding the Institute for Liberal Values.
In this episode, the home team discusses what is actually being pushed in schools beyond the claim of "black history" and Will asks, "What's the return on investment in a $54K education?"
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This week we discuss IQ and other abilities across racial lines and whether differences are primarily due to genetics, culture, or a combination of things.
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In this episode, Triggernometry co-host Konstantin Kisin joins the home team to discuss his long Twitter thread discussing possible reasons for vaccine hesitancy and overall mistrust of government and traditional power sources. They also discuss cancel culture, the media, and the state of comedy.
Wilfred comes in, drops some truth bombs, and exits - off to spread logic.
Can Shemeka get through an entire episode without mentioning our more corpulent brothers and sisters?
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Jennifer Kabbany, editor of the College Fix, is our guest. She alerts us that cancel culture, free speech issues, DEI extremism, and hate crime hoaxes haven't stopped while we've been distracted by COVID-19 or the fight over critical race theory in K-12, in fact, she says it has gotten worse.
Shemeka goes to college and Will goes to a bar.
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In this episode, we talk to actor, producer, and director Nick Searcy about Hollywood, COVID restrictions, public shaming, and what's wrong with the GOP.
Surprisingly, the conversation shifts to obesity.
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onsider Culture's Chi Brown makes a triumphant return to excoriate those who advance white supremacy under the guise of promoting equity. Shemeka and Will take us down the path of obesity, single parent households, embracing bad cultural norms.
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Charles and Will desert Shemeka, leaving her to close the show alone.
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The Cut The Bull crew is joined by Gabrielle Clark, a concerned parent at the center of a lawsuit against Democracy Prep and the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority. She tells her shocking account of discrimination, racial essentialism, white guilt, bullying, and inappropriate sexual content. And this from a black mother.
As usual, the team , with Will's knowledge of history, Charles's cultural awareness, and Shemeka's bluntness, stretch the conversation. They discuss sexual education, amoral teachers trying to instill morals, and whites teaching black history.
Finally, Will explains that being called a colonizer and conqueror is not an insult and Shemeka wants to learn about different Niggas.
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This week's guest is Batya Ungar-Sargon, deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, co-host of the The Debate Podcast, and author of the upcoming book, Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy.
In this episode, Charles, Shemeka, and Batya discuss her new book, elites vs. the populace, and media distortion.
Next, Batya hosts a mini podcast where she interviews Charles and Shemeka on issues of race, their backgrounds, and the Confederate Flag.
Finally, Batya and Charles have a peaceful disagreement on black farmers (though Charles argues it wasn't a disagreement) and Wilfred joins in time to cut the bull and use his "Taboo" approach to bring frankness to the issue.
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Kenny Xu joins the team this week to discuss his new book, An Inconvenient Minority set to release Tuesday, July 13th. It focuses on the Harvard case highlighting discrimination against Asian American students, the role Asians Americans play in the fabric of America, and how they crush the stereotypes of immigrant life.
They ask the important questions like, Is it fair or moral to use race in admission decisions, will it produce the desired results, and who is really hurt by overlooking merit?
Shemeka makes a grand entrance.
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This week we're joined by former Smith College employee Jodi Shaw. We discuss the need to self-describe as liberal/conservative, how the debate over race is distracting from our real problems, the advantages of addressing cultural issues through entertainment and sports, and of course, the release of Bill Cosby.
If that's not enough, Shemeka explains why giving women power is ruining the country, the problem with supporting immoral acts but banning words dismissive of those acts, and how O.J. Simpson's blood got at the crime scene, while Will explains the problem with secret anal.
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In this episode, we are joined by Kira Davis, host of the Just Listen To Yourself podcast and editor-at-large at Red State. The group talk about the beef between Candace Owens and Kim Klacik, Race Norming in the NFL, and the aggressive push of LGBT themes in children's programming.
Also, Will is back and he has a Stetson hat and wealth of knowledge of IQ and other "measures" of men.
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In this episode, John McWhorter, Columbia University professor, writer, podcast host, and author joins the team. They discuss the social media fervor over the Juneteenth holiday, and take an interesting look back.
In 2001, John penned an eloquent article for City Journal entitled, "What's Holding Blacks Back?" In it, he listed pervasive beliefs by blacks, myths commonly believed by blacks, and internal issues that impede success for far too many blacks. We are coming up on a 20-year anniversary of the article so we ask him, "How much has changed?"
We also discuss his podcast and his latest book, Nine Nasty Words.
Shemeka longs for Will's return.
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In this episode, the team is joined by Angel Eduardo, writer, musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City. He is a staff writer and content creator for idealist.org.
They talk about better communication, how to get the most out of debates, and Angel's idea of "Starmanning." They also discuss meritocracy, Will's pimp interview, and whether the practice of "grade inflation" should be adopted for women's clothing.
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This week we are joined by Colin Wright, former evolutionary biologist and managing editor of Quillette. In this episode, we discuss intelligence - who has it, who doesn't, and how it shapes who we choose to hold up as authorities.
The hosts also discuss the issue of biological sex and why it's suddenly the most important, and illogical, issue of our time.
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Obaid, along with the Home Team (Charles Love, Shemeka Michelle, and Wilfred Reilly), discusses American race relations, the lab-leak theory of COVID-19's origins, and the surprisingly large number of similarities between "Wokeness" (Wokism?) and radical Islam.
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In this episode of Cut The Bull, the home team is joined by the hosts of The Underground Podcast - Plebity co-founder, Sasha White and Nesim Vatani. They discuss free speech using two seemingly opposite stories; Joe Rogan saying white men will soon be silenced, and UNC withholding tenure from Nikole Hannah-Jones. Also, Nesim asks the group is capitalism really conservative?
Finally, Shemeka tests the limits of cancel culture.
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In this episode, Charles, Shemeka, and Wilfred talk try to pin down who exactly are the white supremacists and talk Palestinian/Israeli conflict and the Jews relationship with liberals and the BLM movement.
This week's guest host is David L. Bernstein. Founder of the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values. In the discussion, they discuss David's recent article about his first encounter with BLM and the first time he heard the term "woke." Here is the link to the article. https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/334702/my-cheshbon-hanefesh-for-cowardice-in-the-face-of-wokeness/
Follow him on Twitter: @DavidLBernstein
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In this episode, Charles, Shemeka, and Wilfred talk about critical race theory, black feminism, repealing AP and "gifted" programs, and the juror in the Derek Chauvin trial.
This week's guest host is Xavier Bonilla. Xavier Bonilla holds a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) and has been a licensed clinician doing mental health work for 15 years. He is a former seminarian and is the host of Converging Dialogues, a podcast designed to have honest and authentic conversations with a diversity of thought and opinions from a wide-range of guests. He has also written opinion pieces on centrism, nationalism, and Latinos here.
Follow him on Twitter: @xavierbonilla87
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The inaugural episode! In this episode, we discuss mask freedom (only vaccinated people, outside, when no one is around), Caitlin Jenner for governor, recent Supreme Court cases, and more. Charles, Shemeka, and Will are joined by Clifton Duncan, classically training actor and singer and Broadway veteran.
Clifton talks about his political evolution and how Broadway and Hollywood will change post COVID-19 and "wokeness."
Oh yeah...and Shemeka pulled a gun on a girl.
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In this clip, Charles talks about his approach to the issues of the day and the importance of focusing on root causes and things you can control rather than feelings and virtue signaling. As an example, he uses the recent rash of attacks on Asian Americans.
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In this sample clip, Shemeka talks about the type of black conservative men she initially encountered when joining the movement.
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In this cut, Professor Reilly, explains the powerful effect of perception over fact by citing a study that rates the incredibly high number of unarmed black men liberal respondents believe are being shot annually by police and comparing those numbers with the actual number of unarmed black men killed by police.
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