Just a Guy in a Truck

On today’s drive home, I’m talking trickle-down economics, wealth inequality, and why the middle class keeps falling behind . After 40 years of tax cuts for the rich, nothing’s really “trickled down.” So what if we flipped it? Think Mario Kart economics — give the boosts to the people in last place, not the ones already winning. Just a regular guy, paycheck to paycheck, trying to make sense of tax...

On today’s drive home, I’m thinking about empathy, tribalism, and why we feel so divided lately. From road rage to social media to politics and immigration, it’s easy to stop seeing people as people and start seeing “us vs. them.” And when empathy disappears, everything gets meaner — and more broken. Just one regular guy talking through how we slow down, listen better, and remember there’s a human...

Today’s drive home gets heavier than planned. After a recent ICE shooting , I’m thinking about law enforcement, racism, and what “white privilege” really means from my own life as a straight white guy. We talk policing, immigration enforcement, gun culture, and why we should expect more accountability from the people sworn to protect us — not make safe places more dangerous. No scripts. No politic...

Five years after January 6th, I’m remembering where I was when the Capitol was stormed — and trying to process how we went from calling it an insurrection to pretending it never happened. On today’s drive home, I talk about the Capitol riot, Trump’s pardons, “law and order,” and how constant lies and gaslighting make it hard to trust the people running our government. No spin. No scripts. Just an...

On today’s drive home, I’m trying to process the news out of Venezuela — Maduro, Trump, and the U.S. getting involved overseas again. As just a regular guy (not a foreign policy expert), it feels a lot like Iraq and Libya all over again: regime change, oil, and politicians making big decisions that regular families end up paying for. We talk America First, war powers, democracy, and why it’s so fr...

Welcome to Just a Guy in a Truck . I’m a wildlife biologist, dad, and regular guy recording daily thoughts on my drive home — talking politics, science, the cost of living, and how everyday Americans make sense of a complicated world. From growing up conservative to thinking more independently, this show is about changing your mind, following the evidence, and figuring life out in real time. No sc...