Be Reasonable: with Your Moderator, Chris Paul

In today's episode: Eric Garcetti informs his city's residents and businesses that they'll have their water and power shut off if they have 'unauthorized gatherings'. Bill De Blasio sets up covid checkpoints at New York City points of entry and fines up to $10,000 for people defying his quarantine regulations. Australia becomes a veritable police-state in a new round of lockdowns. Outbreaks in Jap...

In today's episode: How Jonathan Swan's lack of knowledge about the mail-in voting debate made his line of questioning an embarrassing example of the state of media How Jonathan Swan's lack of knowledge about the coronavirus statistics made his line of questioning one, nor the rest of media, would apply to Andrew Cuomo when compared with Ron DeSantis How requiring voter ID is neither voter suppres...

In today's episode: The body camera footage from the George Floyd incident was released. Media didn't pay much attention. How all media that doesn't support the central narrative is disregarded as "conspiracy theories" or "right-wing". El Paso County, Colorado sent out mail-in ballots color-coded on the outside, showing the party registration. Our sugar daddy economy - tell people they can have wh...

In today's episode: Democrats and media are now setting up an excuse apparatus for Joe Biden to withdraw from the debates. The New York Times accidentally publishes an article about the unmitigated disaster in New York's mandatory mail-in balloting. How disinformation operates: they've spent decades tell you that voter fraud doesn't exist. It does.  People running in the heat with their masks arou...

In today's episode: Congressional hearings with witnesses Anthony Fauci, Robert Redfield, and Brett Giroir. Sweden and Denmark's aversion to mask use based on a complete lack of efficacy and need. Why Sweden and Denmark are used as perfect examples of a socialist medical system for Bernie Sanders, but not when it comes to mask use or lockdowns. LA arrests of four men caught paying homeless people...

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In today's episode: The shameless misrepresentation of Trump's tweet about mail-in voting and election delay. The story of when Amazon sold me a 'new' stolen MacBook and how Jeff Bezos denied it happens in his congressional testimony, and how Amazon responded when I tweeted my story at a congressman. Explosives found in a Seattle van, even though the 'protests' are really almost entirely peaceful....

In today's episode: We should be living like living matters Update on the very challenging black and white pictures - we're all Turkish now! The slander of a Nigerian woman doctor based on her religious beliefs The best way to get good news coverage is to curate a good Twitter feed The disgraceful performance of Democrats "reclaiming their time" at the House Judiciary Committee's hearing with Atto...

In today's episode: Why I'm doing all this and why I only focus on disrupting one side's narrative California Governor Gavin Newsom paying influencers to advertise masking and when, if ever, it will be okay to stop wearing masks. Our masked future. Will children have to be socially distanced forever because the flu is more deadly to them than the coronavirus? The video of doctors who dispute the c...

The first of the weekday short episodes of Be Reasonable. In today's episode: Anthony Fauci can't throw a baseball but can lie about it and drinking water. Pretending masks are effective encourages people to engage in 'riskier' activities. Kyle Lamb's incredible work showing the actual date of death vs reported day of death. The media covering up the violence spreading across the nation in anythin...

On how society discusses racism and sexism, the poison of identity politics, the catastrophic consequences of the Old Guard's continued hold on power, and the one true systemically racist institution remaining in America. For reference, Old Guard: political parties, media, tech, entertainment, academia, and corporations, all dominated for a generation by the same people, all aligned with the same...

Dominic Blackwell Cooper is a writer, director, and producer. We discuss the failure of America to have an effective conversation about race and the disservice that problem causes us all. You can follow him @blackwellcooper on Instagram and Twitter. Be Reasonable is sponsored by Anchor, the easiest way to make a podcast: www.anchor.fm ... and by Spotify. Thank you to our sponsors. This is a public...

A quick update and then two essays. The first is called Love in the Time of Coronavirus, which I published on Medium on 3/15/20 about how the lockdown was an opportunity for personal advancement and connection with people. The second is called A Call for Chivalrous Men, published on 3/16/20 and deals with the potential need for traditional masculinity in a time of uncertainty.  This is a public ep...

Michael Krause is a former Marine Captain, military contractor/mercenary, an attorney, and a foreign policy analyst. We discuss his time in the military, the role of the military in foreign affairs, Obama's issues with Syria, the goals of the Chinese Communist Party, the origins of coronavirus and how it spread, and US/Chinese relations going forward. (Recorded 5/16/20) Be Reasonable is sponsored...

The Unified Theory of Coronavirus Chris deconstructs the entirety of the coronavirus pandemic and America's response and what's to come as the country ends its lockdown. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit imyourmoderator.substack.com/subscribe

The Data Behind Lockdown Skepticism Justin Hart is a business data consultant and data architect who served as digital director for Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign. Like me, Justin has been providing data-driven reasoning to end the coronavirus lockdowns. We discuss: The problems with coronavirus death statistics The problems with following the "cases" metric The confused notion that staying open duri...

Charles Galanis is a double board-certified plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, CA. We discuss coronavirus from a medical perspective: The data The models Why so many people got this wrong The fallout from bad decisions Anthony Fauci's role ...and more Be Reasonable is sponsored by Anchor, the easiest way to make a podcast: www.anchor.fm ... and by Spotify. Thank you to our sponsors. This is a publi...

Noah Rothman is Associate Editor at Commentary Magazine and a regular contributor at MSNBC. Noah and his compatriots at Commentary have a podcast that has been a beacon of sanity throughout the pandemic, and they're now doing five shows a week, so tune in. We discuss whether conservatives are scary, the origin of neo-conservatism, mixed messaging and contradictory policies, narrative journalism (a...

Chris reads his essay, "On Theorism", which lays out a new framework through which to view the world. Strap in. Theorists: People whose beliefs are comprised of a series of stories supported by other stories Anti-Theorists: People who exist to see through Theory and live their lives to destroy it Rooted: a state of being where the thing you believe is believed for its own sake, provable in the phy...

Chris reads an email from a doctor of the 1% of the 1%. This is for information purposes only. It is 100% legit. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit imyourmoderator.substack.com/subscribe

Chris talks to geneticist and writer, Razib Khan about an article called 'Waking Up to Reality' published in City Journal Visit him at www.razib.com and www.gnxp.com You can follow him on social media @razibkhan Please support the show by following @imyourmoderator on all social media platforms and on Patreon, where Patrons get early access to episodes and all essays and writing. Or support the sh...

Part two of Chris' extremely reasonable rant about: How social media influences politicians and the media in a cycle of disinformation Bullying in the name of social justice and the intellectual vacancy of the SJW argument structure The accuracy of 'the models' and how they influence our decisions The shortcomings of trying to navigate a secular world 'by the numbers' Extended discussion on the mi...

Part one of Chris' extremely reasonable rant about:  The fear of opening The manipulation of the public fear Jacksonville beaches The debate over hydroxychloroquine as presented by a wholly dishonest media The reopening of Texas The tradeoffs inherent in the 'economy vs health care' debate Please support the show by following @imyourmoderator on all social media platforms and on Patreon, where Pat...

A monologue about the dangers of emerging. Please check out our sponsor, Anchor.fm , the easiest way to make a podcast. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit imyourmoderator.substack.com/subscribe

Matt Bilinsky is an attorney and an advisor/investor for startups in Los Angeles. He's been utterly obsessed with everything COVID related and has a knack for filtering the noise from the signal. We discuss: How to find balance and truth in the modern media landscape How it's necessary to stay objective about Trump, no matter how offensive you find him The origins of the virus, whether in the wet...