1850 Main Street™

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Have you heard of solar geoengineering? Even if it sounds like it, we promise it's not just something from a science fiction movie. Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss whether or not we should let Bill Gates block out the sun in an attempt to mitigate global warming. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Where do you get your news? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and David Zanotti discuss how exposing ourselves only to major news source can affect our worldview and why it's a better alternative to attempt to discover the truth behind the news together. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. So does the potential of dockworkers striking and causing major supply chain issues give anyone else COVID flashbacks, or is it just us? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss how a potential strike on the horizon from East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers could affect the holiday season and the election, and what t...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is the state of legalized sports gambling as bad as we said it was going to get… or is it worse? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss the death threats that have been issued to Major League Baseball players as a result of the MLB's acceptance and promotion of sports gambling. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. At what point in time do people in power have the right to weaponize the justice system against their opponents? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and David Zanotti discuss the results of the Trump hush money trial and whether or not this whole thing is truly about crimes or politics. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Have you ever overindulged? If the answer is no, you might want to think again. Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss the change that happened overnight when a remote tribe in the Amazon got smartphones with access to the internet. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Should Americans be more concerned about a civil war… or a revolution? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and David Zanotti discuss the administrative state's goal to control every aspect of life by consolidating power into the federal bureaucracy and out of the hands of voters and elected officials. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Now that Donald Trump has been convicted of felony crimes in relation to the hush money case, what's next? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and David Zanotti discuss what it means to be an American living under the rule of the Declaration and Constitution and what happens when political interests take control over the judicial process....

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What does Apple consider to be the top 100 Albums of all time, and why should we care? (Don't worry, we won't go through all 100) Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss the highs and lows of this list of albums and how it reflects today's culture, all while tormenting Dave by not letting him see the...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. They say you can tell what a society values by what it builds… how about what it destroys? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss how the 20th century saw the destruction of some of America's greatest architectural achievements and what was constructed in their place. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. If you want to criticize a speech, do you think you should go over the whole thing for context first? Does anyone do that? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss the lack of context in criticisms over Harrison Butker's commencement speech at Benedictine College and the hypocrisy of those who condemn his remarks whil...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Does anyone actually like going to college commencement ceremonies… or actually listen to the speeches? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss the controversy surrounding the speech recently made by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker at Benedictine College's commencement ceremony. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. A lot of people are obsessed with polling numbers. Do polls even matter this far ahead of an election? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss the degradation of accuracy in polling over the past 20 years and how the major news outlets use polls for their own benefit. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What's a pocket knife without a knife? What is the Boy Scouts if it's not just for boys? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss Swiss Army Knives being manufactured with everything but the knife and the rebranding of the Boy Scouts of America. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Why would an authoritarian government want to shut down a local pub? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss C.S Lewis' book That Hideous Strength and how public meeting places where people can get together and share ideas are dangerous in the eyes of an oppressive government. 1850MainStreet.com Check...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Why did Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors receive a lifetime ban from the NBA? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss what a prop bet is and how the gambling industry is increasingly affecting not only sports fandoms, but the teams and players themselves. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What exactly is going on with these pro-Palestine protests on college campuses across the country? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how the ongoing pro-Palestine protests have gotten dangerously antisemitic and universities have done nothing to put an end to them. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Last time we met, we left off reading a letter from Union soldier J.B. Buckbee to Confederate soldier P.J. Johnson. What can that letter teach us? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Dr. Jeff Sanders discuss how one of the biggest lessons we can learn from the Civil War is the regret felt afterward by everyone involved, along with as...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. A lot of people these days want to talk about America having another Civil War. Did we not learn our lesson the first time around? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Dr. Jeff Sanders discuss the Civil War and what a correspondence between a Union captive and Confederate soldier can teach us about the power of reconciliation. 1850Mai...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Why are conservatives unwilling to do anything to contribute toward their view of good government while progressives will do whatever it takes to get their candidates into political power? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate discuss how the federal government is using taxpayer dollars to fund efforts to register left-lean...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. How can a nonprofit organization get around the rules and attempt to affect the outcome of elections? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate discuss how left-wing organizations have been created to target voter turnout in specific areas to ensure Democrat victory and sway congressional and presidential elections in their fav...

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Have Democrats really found a way to control the way elections turn out? And are we paying for it? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate expose one of the most effective strategies to control the outcome of elections that we've ever seen, but no one else seems to talk about. 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is an empowered voter more likely to be a participating voter? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate discuss how the power brokers play the game of electoral politics to control the House, Senate, and more by using the parties to tip the scales in their favor. iVoters.com 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Just how important is the Senate? And why don't they ever seem to get anything done? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate discuss how the Club of 100 Senators are really representatives of the State rather than the People. iVoters.com 1850MainStreet.com

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Just how much money has iVoters.com lost over the years by refusing to monetize or cater to only one party trying to steer elections? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate discuss how the census affecting voting districts by counting population rather than citizens could change the look of the electoral map in the 2024 elec...