Grapevine is essentially the mid point between Southlake and another wealthy, racist, WASP, white-flight burb called Coppell. Patriot Front started at Coppell HS. That stretch of north DFW burbs has done unbelievably outsized damage to the decency of American social climate.
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I love BTB! I tried to follow a lot of people from the Cracked diaspora on to their next things and that's been the one that I really stuck with.
I haven't heard of Know Your Enemy before but it definitely sounds up my alley, I will have to give it a try. QAA is fantasic, their Jim Caveizel episode is one of the best things I've ever heard.
I don't have any long commutes (work from home) so my pod listening time is basically a 15 minute dog walk in the morning and a half hour dog walk in the evening.
I’m pretty addicted to ‘The New Books Network.’ It helps me keep up with the books I have no time to read by providing 45 minute interviews with the authors. I even have a class that is partially based on students reviewing the interviews.
While I mostly dig into the History category there are also ones on Science & Technology, the Arts, Architecture, and so.
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If you like movie and movie-adjacent podcasts you might like Soundtracker, they talk about movies through the perspective of their soundtracks. It's really fun.
Certain topics I have to be careful with. They get me so pissed off that I want to ram my car into someone. I have enough driving anxiety without any triggers.
A Cubs/Bills/Arsenal fan? Are you just a masochist?
I used to listen to the Daily Wire regularly, as it was the best source I could find for intelligent commentary on conservative politics. I just can’t do it anymore. I listen to 3 minutes and have to switch to something else. I don’t know if he’s just chasing the money or something, but Shapiro is basically another Alex Jones at this point.
Yeah the only Ben Shaprio content that needs to exist is the video of him going, if the sea levels rise don't you think the people who live there will just sell their houses and move? and Hbomberguy chops through a fake wall with an axe and goes "SELL THEIR HOUSES TO WHO, BEN, FUCKING AQUAMAN???" only Hbomerbuy is British so he says it "ACK-waman." It's great.
Yeah I’ve tried it before and I feel like it warps the tone and inflection of the speaker too much, to the point that it’s easy to misinterpret the message they’re trying to get across.
I tend to listen at 2x also for similar reasons. I sometimes slow it down to 1.75 or 1.5 if the speakers are fast talking.
I can't go any faster than 1.2x or so, otherwise I'm not absorbing any words, just vibes
I used to listen to the Ben Shapiro show for a similar reason. I think he's intelligent and generally pretty reasonable while relaying conservative views. He even acknowledges that the election wasn't stolen. I don't know if it's because we're close to the election, but he's been unbearable recently. Ted Cruz (Verdict) isn't quite as bad and they can both speak intelligently about topics regarding the law.
