The Night Owl News: Recent Episodes
Scott Smith
This episode explores Hamas's attack against Israel and President Joe Biden's speech in support of Israel.
This episode explores the evolution of Democratic presidents (and presidential hopefuls) on their views of same-sex marriage from 1996 to 2012 to predict Democratic candidate positions on Trans rights in the upcoming 2024 election.
Today's episode is a history of sorts of my Dad's celebration of life service. I read my Dad's obituary, give a version of the speech I provided, and provide the playlist I made for my Dad.
This episode reviews Tucker Carlson's episode focusing on the 40000 hours of Jan 6 footage given to his show by House Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Today's episode explores why I haven't made podcasts in four months, a movie review of Jonah Hill's Netflix movie You People, and author A.N. Wilson comparing Prince Harry's book Spare to Adolph Hitler's Mein Kampf.
Today's episode explores Herschel Walker's abortion scandal, terrible gaffes made by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Donald Trump's increasingly authoritarian discourse at his October 1, 2022 Michigan Rally.
This episode recaps news from the week, which includes the hearing on whether a special master will be appointed for the documents found in the FBI Mar-a-lago raid, the UN's report on Human Rights abuses against Uyghurs in China, Mary Peltola's upset win in Alaska, and updates about the new COVID-19 booster. The second segment focuses on writing challenges when you lose faith in humanity and the final segment analyzes President Joe Biden's Battle for the Soul of the Nation Speech.
The first segment explores Joe Biden's best week as president. The Biden administration scored wins with the killing of Ayman al-Zawahir, providing weapons to Ukraine, passing the burn pit bill, and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The second segment examines what we know and don't know about the FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. This includes exploring the federal judge that approved the warrant, the conservative response to the search, and Merrick Garland's Aug 11, 2022 press conference.
This episode explores July 21, 2022 news, corrections from the previous episode, exploring the December 18, 2020 meeting, Trump's tweets between December 19, 2020 and January 6, 2021, and the role of social media in politics, which includes testimony from the anonymous Twitter employee and Stephen Ayres.
Today's episode covers half of the Jan 6 Committee Day 7 hearing. This episode focuses on senior White House officials belief that Trump should have conceded the election, Pat Cipollone's discussion of the President's responsibility to uphold the rule of law, the potential seizing of voting machines, and the absence of evidence to support the Election Lie.
This week's episode is quick rundown of some of the major stories of the week. The show covers my acid reflux problem, Shinzo Abe's assassination, the image of the Supreme Court, Brittney Griner's detention in Russia, the Akron Police killing of Jayland Walker, and conservative responses to the Highland Park shooting.
http://www.thenightowlnews.com/2022/07/july-10-2022-acid-reflux-shinzo-abe.html
This episode explores getting COVID, persuing the culture wars, and examining Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the January 6 committee and relevant defenses from Trump, Meadows, Giuliani, Ornato, and Engel.
This episode explores the third Jan 6 Committee Hearing to prepare for tomorrow's hearing and analyzes President Trump's defense provided at the Faith and Freedom Conference.
This episode explores some January 6th Committee findings and a potential preview to a recession.
This episode explores Americans' opinions about guns, U.S. vs. the World gun violence, conspiracy theories revolving around mass shootings, and NRA donations.
This episode explores how Donald Trump moved the Republican Party away from the recommendations of the 2012 RNC Autopsy and towards fringe conservative theories like replacement theory. This theory was a primary motivator for Payton Gendron who shot 13 and killed 10 in Buffalo this weekend.