1850 Main Street™

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Are Google and Amazon taking over more than just our web searches and shopping? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the tech giants' push into nuclear energy and examine if we are willingly (or unwillingly) handing these companies too much control over our daily lives. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is it ethical for the media to selectively edit interviews with presidential candidates? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the controversy surrounding the editing choices in 60 Minutes' interview with Vice President Harris and the role of bias in major media vs alternative media sources. 1850Mai...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Does voting make you feel overwhelmed? Good thing there's a place that can tell you exactly what's going to be on your ballot without trying to tell you who or what to vote for. Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss iVoters' shift from printed and mailed voter information pamphlets to a robust onlin...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is it really as hopeless as it feels for first time homebuyers to break into the housing market? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the effect that stagnant wages, rising taxes, skyrocketing home costs, and other factors have on young people trying to buy their first home. Listen to our interview...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. You've probably heard the phrase "if you're not laughing, you're crying," and it can certainly feel that way during election season. But how else does laughter relate to politics and worldview? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how SNL has influenced American culture over the past 50 years and h...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. When a disaster strikes and all other forms of communication are down, what's the one way to get vital information to the people who need it? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the devastation of Hurricane Helene and how when it comes to communications and all else fails, AM radio prevails. 1850M...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. We've talked about moments from the vice presidential debate that everyone saw, but what about the major moments that no one seems to be talking about? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss more highlights of the vice presidential debate, particularly a whopper from Tim Walz regarding abortion polic...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is it possible these days for two candidates who disagree on several key issues to have a debate and not explode? After watching the Vance/Walz debate, apparently the answer is yes? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the highlights of last week's vice presidential debate. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. It's common knowledge in the world of media and broadcasting that you should never read comments about yourself, but sometimes a comment section can be very… informative. Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss what's going on in the comment section of the Washington Post article "Why Americans are ha...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Why are Americans having fewer kids? Why could it be a problem? And why has it taken the Washington Post this long to notice? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how despite having completely different sets of circumstances, both the U.S. and China are facing population crises due to not having en...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Have you ever heard of G.K. Chesterton? We're discussing the book Gilbert & Jack today at 1850 Main Street. Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Alan C. Duncan discuss G.K. Chesterton and his influence on C.S. Lewis, along with how his and Lewis' writings became the basis of a book by our own Alan C. Duncan. Listen to the audiobook ve...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. With recent tragedies in the news related to abortions gone wrong, some politicians are trying to play the blame game. So where do you get the real facts about what's happening with abortion in America? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Alan C. Duncan discuss the myth of autonomy and the consequences of the crusade for abortion, al...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. How is the tragic story of a young woman in Georgia who died after taking abortion pills being exploited for political gain? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how the failure of a hospital to treat this woman and save her life has Vice President Harris and the media fired up… in the wrong direct...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Have you ever heard the term "whistling past the graveyard?" That's what the New York Times is doing in their recent article about China's "Silver Economy." Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how China "broke the baby" with their one-child policy and the fact that no major media outlets are willi...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Why do they keep talking about iVoters.com on this podcast? Well, do you want to feel like the smartest kid in class or not? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the impact and history of iVoters.com and how your vote is more important than you might think, especially down the ballot. 1850MainStree...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. We've now had a second assassination attempt against Donald Trump, but folks are more concerned about his comments on immigrants eating pets. What does that say about the momentum of this campaign? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the ebbs, flows, and unusual events that accompany political cam...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. How are major media players, particularly The Atlantic, driving the forces and energy behind this election process? And could it be any more obvious whose side they are on? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss Kamala Harris' role as the Left's new "Dragonslayer," ready to chop down and destroy the...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is it really fair to call what happened on ABC last night a debate? Or was it something else entirely? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss ABC's biased moderation and coverage of the debate and whether the whole thing was more about policy or psychological manipulation. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What can we expect to see in tonight's debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss potential strategies and pitfalls for the candidates based on personal experiences in the realm of debate preparation and consulting. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. When someone finally comes around to the right side of an issue, is it our job to tell them they should have gotten here sooner? Or should we celebrate the fact that they're with us now? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the reactions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard leaving the Democr...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Now that a Kennedy has joined the Trump campaign, it's got us thinking about conspiracies… like what actually happened in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the remaining unanswered questions about the assassination attempt at the Trump rally in Butler...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Did the Biden administration really bully Meta into censoring certain content related to COVID 19 and other sensitive topics? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the letter from Mark Zuckerberg to Jim Jordan detailing how the U.S. government pressured Facebook to censor American citizens in 2020 a...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suspended his campaign and endorsed Donald Trump, how does the "Kennedy Factor" have the potential to impact the election? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s endorsement of Donald Trump could tilt the final electoral college count in...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Did you miss any of our coverage of last week's Democratic National Convention? Don't worry, we've put all three of our conversations about the DNC together for you, right here at 1850 Main Street. Pull up a chair and listen in to David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan's discussion of the Democratic National Convention day-by-day as events...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. If the Democrats' message is that "we're not going back," then what's their plan to move forward? And what are they going to leave behind? Our coverage of the Democratic National Convention wraps up today. Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention and...