Dennis & Julie

Julie and Sean discuss Julie’s new gig… and Sean and Dennis dealing with tragedy.  Dennis knows happiness is a serious problem and he is living it.  Why is D+J different than other shows?  Take nothing for granted, be yourself, and appreciate the good times while they are happening.  When you are living right God opens the universe to you.  Have grace, protect...

Julie and Sean discuss their experience with the Southern California fires.  Sean lost his home in the Eaton Canyon fire, and Julie lost her childhood neighborhood in the Pacific Palisades fire… and nearly her parents’ home.  Many people are in a terrible situation… it will take a long time to recover from the loss.  J+S share takeaways and lessons learned from t...

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Julie and Sean discuss many topics including: 2024 was an eventful year; goals to get away more in 2025 - camping and traveling; being still in silence; true crime documentaries; being bold and reaching out to pursue opportunities; the easily embarrassed cannot learn; the desire to be “liked”; life is relentless; seeking fame; the differences between what women and men pay attention to...

Julie shares a classic D+J episode where they examine the similarities and differences of Christianity and Judaism.  There is a symbiotic relationship… and a necessity for both.  Judaism is particular to a people and a land… and Christianity is universal, meaning not particular to any land or race.  Judaism needs the universality of Christianity… and Christianit...

As Christmas and Hannukah approach… all thoughts and prayers continue for Dennis’ recovery.  Julie and Sean discuss many topics including: teaching kids about Santa, Christmas memories, and lost “shared experience” in the United States.  Do you have a New Year’s resolution?  Music: Straight to the Point c 2022 Richard Friedman Music Publishing 100% Ric...

Julie brings in Sean “Triple G” McConnell to discuss faith and the Christmas season.  How do you balance religious tradition with new customs? All thoughts and prayers continue for Dennis’ recuperation. Music: Straight to the Point c 2022 Richard Friedman Music Publishing 100% Richard Friedman Writers 100% ASCAP (PRO) IPI128741568 RichardFriedmanMusic.com Discover more Chris...

Julie shares some classic D+J moments: being sad is acceptable but being offended is not.  Don’t sweat the small stuff because the power of instant rage is staggering; Dennis believes the baby boomer generation brought in the decline of the United States… the greatest generation didn’t pass on the things that made them great; they also discuss the rape of language; character uber alles and the Lef...

Julie sits down with Sean “Triple G” McConnell to share your thoughts and prayers for Dennis.  They play some clips from an address that Dennis made in 1987: Dennis Prager – Why I Am a Jew, Why Be Jewish, the Intellectual Case for Judaism.  They also share some of the behind-the-scenes things that make Dennis the special force he is. Music: Straight to the Point c 2022 Richard Friedman Music Publi...

Julie shares some classic D+J moments: first they discuss Julie’s senior speech at Harvard. She spoke about condemning anti-Americanism. Leftism reduces America to its ugliest moments. We must stand up and fight, as President Reagan said: "If not us, who? If not now, when?"; second, they discuss Christians and slavery - confronting reality; and finally, we have macro-ized feelings - discomfort in...

Julie talks about Dennis’ situation and shares some choice cuts from past Dennis and Julie’s: how Judaism and Christianity complement each other; aphorisms, which are a huge part of Dennis’ life; and having the courage to be wrong. Music: Straight to the Point c 2022 Richard Friedman Music Publishing 100% Richard Friedman Writers 100% ASCAP (PRO) IPI128741568 RichardFriedmanMusic.com Discover more...

Dennis and Julie react to Trump’s big victory…  aside from being happy, Dennis’ overwhelming feeling was relief, and Julie felt optimistic about the future of the country.  The 2024 election was an indictment of the Left and the legacy media.  Praise God for Elon Musk purchasing Twitter.  What is this disdain that people on the Left have for people on the Right?  Other topics include: Abortion; To...

Dennis and Julie appreciating happiness.  What are the happiest years of your life?  Do you think that your presence in other people’s lives makes them happier?  Few people realize that they are in the happiest time of their life when it is occurring.  Dennis philosophizes: “If you’re happy and you know it… clap your hands.”  At what age do you think about the past more than the future?  Dennis ta...

Dennis and Julie breakdown special treatment: extra time for tests, pre-boarding, and service animals.  Compassion in the micro leads to cruelty in the macro.  Dignity prevents Dennis and Julie from taking advantage of these special accommodations.  They expose the self-esteem movement… high self-esteem is great if it is morally rooted.  You must earn your self-esteem, or it is worthless.  Other t...

Dennis and Julie discuss being a character… looks can be deceiving.  Dennis’ nature is to play… but his friendship with Allen keeps him accountable and therefore more productive.  Dennis decided at a young age, after watching the Diary of Anne Frank, to channel his emotions into action.  Dennis’ “sanity preserver” is his belief in an afterlife.  How can you function without a belief in God?  How d...

Dennis and Julie tackle: can a thought be a sin; lust versus having an affair; Dennis talks about his “Christian envy” when was growing up… “guilt over thought” snapped him out of it; Julie talks about her curiosity/flirtation with Judaism… it’s powerful to have a religion centered on referring to God rather than Jesus; people have done evil with “good thoughts,” and conversely good things have co...

Dennis and Julie discuss one of the benefits of having people in your life… it can help you to understand yourself.  Asking interesting questions of people can help them to understand themselves.  Are women more aware than men… what are the differences in the way the sexes pay attention.  Dennis shares his love of street photography.  Julie references a takeaway from: I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myse...

Dennis and Julie dedicate this episode to prayer.  Does prayer play a role in your life?  What does prayer mean, and how does prayer in Judaism differ from Christianity?  Define what it means to have a “relationship” with God?  What does God want you to do?  Do you talk to God?  Does God talk to you?  Is God difficult to love?  Do you listen to God?  They discuss the difference between praying for...

Dennis and Julie ask did you have trepidation on your wedding day?  The famous are rarely significant, and the significant are rarely famous.  Is fame significant?  Is fame a uniquely American pursuit?  Let’s say you do get into a good college… then what?!  You need an “inner” life to be happy, the “outer” stuff won’t get you there.  Once you get what you want, it may not be what you thought it wo...

Divorce, Dignity, and Demons Dennis and Julie start with the decline of “Mrs.”  Topics include: affinity groups; changing last names upon marriage or divorce; it is not the divorce that damages children… it is what happens after the divorce that damages children; how the parents treat each other matters; dignity matters… spreading dignity is contagious; everyone needs to develop “shock absorbers,”...

Dennis and Julie analyze the power of the aural and the visual.  Is it inauthentic to have a bookshelf full of books that you haven’t read?  Social media has bred an increase in posturing, posing, and homogenization in humanity. What does it mean to be an individual?  Is being authentic and being an individual synonymous?  Where does individuality end and “being a nut” begin?  Other topics include...

Dennis and Julie ponder whether it’s harder to come out as gay or as conservative in 2024.  Conservatives are mischaracterized as racist and homophobic… but there is great diversity on the Right side of the aisle.  Do you know the origin of Dennis and Julie’s unlikely and unique friendship?  Conservatives are mischaracterized as simple-minded religious zealots… but the Right is more intellectually...

Dennis and Julie discuss smoking, micro versus macro topics, and what motivates people to have affairs?  Is being shallow required in certain situations in life?  “Being informed is a moral obligation,” - Aaron Prager. Should we judge people… if so, when and whom?  Are you a decent and moral person in the micro and the macro? Other topics include: universalism vs relativism; generation values/mora...

Dennis and Julie begin with the topic of… not being full of yourself, and the rise of self-obsession and arrogance in society.  What affect does being raised with a disabled or deceased sibling have on a one’s ego?  “1. And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness. 2. Suffering is part and parcel...

Dennis and Julie discuss appreciating the United States from abroad.  They review the news events of the past month – the Trump shooting, Biden stepping down, and Kamala being anointed.  How would the media have acted if the assassination attempt had been on President Biden?  What would have happened if the assassination attempt had been successful?  Julie speculates if it was a deep state conspir...