The Quarantine Tapes With John Payne: Recent Episodes
John Payne
Socially distanced from society, join host John Payne on THE QUARANTINE TAPES, a podcast covering history, current events, and generally taking the temperature of the culture at large as we all ride out The Great COVID-19 Lockdown of 2020. We'll be speaking with guests ranging from policy experts, medical professionals, journalists, "journalists", entertainers, and whoever else we can. And let us know How's The Apocalypse Treatin' Ya?™
In this episode, John has a conversation with friends of the show, Dave Roland and Brad Ketcher, both attorneys with considerable experience in election litigation, discussing the state of play in the presidential election following Trump's insistence on his own victory (of which, we should note here, there is no evidence to support), including the dwindling chances of the president's legal challenges and what it means for the rest of us.
In this special episode, John talks with Brad Ketcher, who served as Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan's chief of staff during the 1990s, regarding the 20th anniversary of the governor's untimely passing in a plane crash, which occurred just before the 2000 Election. The interview, recorded mere hours before Donald Trump announced to the world that he tested positive for Covid-19, digs into the murk of the electoral implications of a candidate being incapacitated, or, grimly, dying before a major election.
Our long-awaited miniseries on Why Were The '90s So Weird? kicks off with our dissection of the year that was 1989. As detailed in the landmark (if decidedly overstated) piece, The End of History by Francis Fukuyama, it seemed as though we were at the end of the game called The World--y'know like when you beat a game of Civilization and you keep playing turns anyway, it was like that. John and producer Mark Willey talk about the cultural and historical touchstones of 1989 for both indicators of what felt like a victory lap for the American Century as well as the dark undercurrents taken that would lead our world to its current moment.
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We've got a new format we're going to be bringing to you semi-weekly where we get together a band of friendly commentators to just yak it up on the olllll' yak box about what's on our minds, what's in the news and what's in the skies. John and his producer Mark Willey are talking with William Elliott and Jon Watson about UFOs, Kim Jong Un, Eels, and more!
John speaks with Nick Calcaterra who delineates the history of intellectual property, patent, and copyright law and how the current model, in tandem with the FDA, stratifies a classist system, allowing a stranglehold on innovation and presenting potential dangers to the public health.
We're live with our weekly round table discussion of the news of the week where John speaks with producer Mark Willey and guests Bill Elliott, Chris LeGrand, and Jon Watson! We'll be talking conspiracy theories, the New Brunswick Double Bubble, the Phineas Gage Connection, and Porno, porno, porno!
In this live installment, John spoke with Megan Ellyia Green, Alderwoman for Ward 15 of the City of St. Louis, discussing city politics and governance and how that has changed in the face of a pandemic, what reopening businesses will likely look like in St. Louis, and, yes, backyard chicken coops.
Our intention to have a 420 jambaroo with the inveterate degenerates at Hoosier Sophisticate got waylaid by technology, so we made it up a few days later. Here John and his guests shoots the breeze discussing cartoons and all things cannabis.
In this installment, John speaks with pals, chums, and compatriots William Elliott, Jon Watson, and his producer Mark Willey to discuss music suited to our current moment, showcasing a broad spectrum of emotions and wide array of artists from Nine Inch Nails and Obituary to John Prine and, uh, Pure Moods.
In this installment, we talked with with Christoffer Aav, who is a nursing assistant in Sweden dealing with COVID-19 everyday.
Sweden has pursued a very different strategy for handling the pandemic than most countries. The vast majority of businesses remain open, and groups are only limited to 50 people (recently down from 500). So far, the infection and mortality rates in Sweden compare well with most of Europe, but there are signs that the situation could rapidly deteriorate.
If the cops beat you up because they are after another guy, should you be able to sue them? The federal government says no.
On Monday, April 6, I spoke with Patrick Jaicomo, an attorney with the Institute for Justice, who is part of the team arguing against the feds before the Supreme Court. This is a lightly edited audio version of our discussion on Facebook Live.
Read more about the case here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2020/03/31/supreme-court-will-hear-case-that-could-let-cops-dodge-police-brutality-lawsuits/
On this installment, John speak with John Wilson, an American attending medical school in Milan, Italy, near the country's alarming epicenter of COVID-19 cases. Learn how the two countries' strategies differ, and what Italy's present might hold in store for the United States' future.
In this episode, John talks with Dave Roland, the Director of Litigation with the Freedom Center of Missouri, and Justin Stoddard, a human geographer and Chinese linguist working for the Department of Defense. It should be noted that Justin's opinions are his own and do not represent the opinions of the D.O.D.
Eerily on-the-nose in their early COVID-19 prognostications, Dave and Justin provide insightful perspective to the current crisis, bringing their brilliant minds to bear on where we've been and where we're going with the Coronavirus Pandemic.
For our second episode, we spoke with Dr. Mimi Vo, an MD in the City of St. Louis and advocate for medical cannabis in Missouri and beyond on Facebook Live on Thursday March 26, concerning all things COVID-related. Listen to our recorded conversation here!
Hey! It's our first episode! And we're talking about Plagues! From antiquity to this current moment, our intrepid host trips across the centuries and the various viral and bacterial scourges that have, er, plagued humanity. Also, find out How the Apocalypse Is Treating Us This Week™.