Politically High-Tech

Send us Fan Mail We push past the usual left-right script and ask what happens when spirituality, conscience, and civic duty become the foundation for politics and public life. We weigh AI as a powerful tool for reform, then zoom out to corruption, global prosperity, environmental warnings, and the inner work required to build a more mature society.  • Alan explains the meaning of “the Paraclete”...

Send us Fan Mail We explore hip-hop as a culture with the reach to improve classrooms, counseling, and civic life, not just a playlist on the radio. Manny Faces shares how authenticity, the cipher, and a remix mindset can bridge divides and build skills that matter. • hip-hop defined as culture, rap as expression within it • New York roots, global spread, universality across groups • media narrati...

Send us Fan Mail We challenge the stigma around psychedelics, contrast therapy with recreational use, and trace a journey from trauma to healing with honest talk about safety, science, and hope. We also press into climate action, billionaires’ responsibility, and how personal change can ripple through society. • underground psychedelic-assisted therapy as a lifeline for trauma and depression • the...

Send us Fan Mail We share a blunt playbook for leaders: stop chasing an all‑knowing AI, design for adoption, protect sensitive data, and turn time savings into measurable growth. Hunter Jensen explains why he pivoted from services to product and how to deploy AI safely at small and mid‑market companies. • framing AI for leadership, not hype • risks of the “oracle” model and access control • adopti...

Send us Fan Mail We trade outrage for evidence and turn a fearful bathroom story into a lesson on bias, safety, and the science of identity. A trans PhD and veteran tech leader joins us to ground the debate in data, history, and everyday human experience. • why fear felt real despite no danger • how media narratives shape snap judgments • guest background in genetics and analytical chemistry • sex...

Send us Fan Mail We challenge the idea that discomfort equals disorder and explore how conversation, creativity and real human presence can outperform quick labels and fast prescriptions. Dr Fred Moss shares why he “undoctors” patients by centring connection and agency over medication and diagnosis. • undoctoring as undiagnose, unmedicate, undoctrinate  • why labels reduce identity and limit choic...

Send us Fan Mail We explore how AI and open data can shift healthcare from reactive to proactive, cutting waste and improving outcomes without replacing clinicians. We also compare Brazil and the US, unpack the economics of chronic disease, and touch on regulation, fraud, and the future of molecular diagnostics. • AI as augmentation to prioritize scarce clinician time • Brazil–US parallels in priv...

Send us Fan Mail We trade empty hype for hard strategy with Lee Pepper, a veteran and executive who translates military models into clear moves for marketers and leaders. From fighting bureaucracy to escaping bad incentives, we share tools to pivot fast, protect budgets, and win. • military decision models applied to marketing • agility over tradition and ritual • data-led persuasion and attributi...

Send us Fan Mail We unpack how to keep money decisions simple and effective with CFP and fiduciary Nancy Hite, from Roth strategy to diversification and long-term care. Practical tips, clear guardrails, and a mindset shift that treats money like calories guide the entire talk. • KISS method for daily spending and saving • AI for general info, humans for personal plans • Diversification across equi...

Send us Fan Mail We reset the season with a focus on purpose, then sit down with Morgan DeNicola to unpack diplomacy as a daily craft, philanthropy as love of humanity, and mental health as the engine that sustains real impact. The conversation moves from labels vs outcomes to tools anyone can use to stay steady and effective. • reframing distraction with purpose and action • redefining diplomacy...

Send us Fan Mail We challenge how schools handle dyslexia and show a faster, cheaper path that uses the brain’s strengths to build real reading and writing. From kindergarten screening to AI-ready research skills, we lay out a plan any district and family can use right now. • personal journey from exclusion to evidence-based results • early screening in kindergarten and why timing matters • simple...

Send us Fan Mail We examine how incentives broke mainstream dating apps and how an AI matchmaker that learns from both people can realign dating around outcomes. The talk widens to data ownership, crypto marketplaces for real-world collectibles, and a spiritual lens on algorithms, feedback, and growth. • AI-generated tags from real digital footprints • Matching that learns from both sides of a cha...

Send us Fan Mail We trace how a misclassification by New York’s DEC snowballed into media damage, lost tenants, and a fight to restore due process. Julian shares the legal roadmap he’s using—Article 78, TROs, and FOIL—to check agency overreach and updates his Smithsonian case. • DEC’s legitimate role versus ideological overreach • Dry-cleaner chemicals PCE and TCE and migration risk • Conflicted r...

Send us Fan Mail We push past basic budgeting and dig into the modern family office, money emotions, and the definition of true wealth, with guest Stoy Hall sharing candid insights and practical steps. We also trace how policy and market games affect real households and how to respond with clarity. • redefining a family office for real households • money memories driving adult choices • using emot...

Send us Fan Mail I weigh Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win against NYPD’s surveillance muscle and ask whether a progressive platform can work with Jessica Tisch’s hard-data approach. Then we react to another GTA 6 delay and debate whether a $20,000 home robot is help or a privacy hazard. • mandate from a three-way race and decision to keep Jessica Tisch • scope of NYPD surveillance and post‑9/11 legacy...

Send us Fan Mail We confront tribal habits, set aside ego, and explore how to disagree without scorched-earth rhetoric. Nathan Smolensky shares tools for curiosity, active listening, and clear messaging, plus a realistic path for independents in a system built for two. • defining the problem of outrage-first politics • using curiosity to lower defenses • active listening as a repeatable habit • ba...

Send us Fan Mail We dig into guerrilla scholarship with Dr. Sheldon Greaves, exploring how independent learners can recreate the best parts of academia without the bureaucracy. We share practical tools, stories of underground universities, and a sober view of AI’s promise and limits. • defining guerrilla scholarship and why it matters now • academia’s incentive traps and the credential vs qualific...

Send us Fan Mail We turn a rough founder setback into a bigger lesson on resilience, then map where AI is actually headed: agent coders, wild generative video, IP fights, outages that prove why decentralization matters, and a bumpy creative economy that needs smarter transitions. • converting anger into productive energy • founder vision, community drift, and the why • generative video hype, satir...

Send us Fan Mail NYC’s mayoral odds point to a clear front-runner while policy reality narrows to what can actually pass, led by a likely rent freeze. We then widen to the redistricting fights shaping Congress, ballot measures that set the rules, and why census math outruns slogans. • betting odds place Mandani far ahead • rent freeze seen as most viable policy • execution and board appointments a...

Send us Fan Mail We push back on outrage culture and political hypocrisy with a low-tech symbol: the yellow feather. Carew Papritz joins us to share how shame, gratitude, and small acts of courage can restore integrity in public life, alongside stories from The Legacy Letters and life on the border. • why the yellow feather calls out bully cowards without violence • how The Legacy Letters teaches...

Send us Fan Mail We explore how a musician and IT pro built a dating card game to fight shallow swipes, why documentation and empathy matter in tech, and how creative autonomy fuels a sustainable career. Candid talk on remote work, culture fit, politics, and spiritual resilience keeps it real. • breaking dating stereotypes with courageous questions • how Dating Assassins works and why “pass” prote...

Send us Fan Mail We sit with author and podcaster Teri M. Brown to explore how fiction builds empathy, why Ukraine’s past matters to the present, and how to argue without hate. We challenge media echo chambers, defend real free speech, and make the case for reading widely as an antidote to doomscrolling. • the meaning behind Sunflowers Beneath the Snow • 2014 as the overlooked precursor to 2022 •...

Send us Fan Mail We bring on Queen Michelle, a retired teacher who left the work–pay–bills loop, awakened abroad in Mexico, traced her roots to Guinea-Bissau, and built a consciousness curriculum for Generation Alpha. We explore time as the real currency, healing generational trauma through ancestry, and how AI can help teach inner life skills. • escaping the matrix of work and time • moving to Me...

Send us Fan Mail We sit down with St. Louis Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler to unpack how AI can make government faster and safer without cutting people, and to map the long game of Missouri politics where policy wins often outpace party wins. The throughline is mission over personality—use tech to serve residents and organize for durable change. • why back-office AI beats shiny chatbots • human-...

Send us Fan Mail A combat spy turned podcaster joins us to unpack Iraq’s hard lessons, Hamas’s information war, and why stability begins with water and power—not press releases. We also share practical advice on building a durable podcast, taking tough feedback, and investing in a life you actually want. • Evolving the show through specific listener feedback • Pete A. Turner’s Gen X roots and fiel...