Minority of One

In this episode, I interview Dr. Candace McCoy, a prominent criminologist, about her late husband, Dr. James J. Fyfe. After working as an NYPD cop during the 1960s and 1970s, Fyfe earned a PhD in criminal justice and became an outspoken advocate of police reform, testifying in many police misconduct lawsuits on behalf of the plaintiffs. Among his top concerns were excessive force and racism within...

In the conclusion to my "death penalty in fantasy literature" trilogy, I analyze how capital punishment is dealt with in the Harry Potter series, as well as the wizarding world more broadly. After briefly discussing how both capital punishment and segregation laws are used as examples of wizarding America's backwardness in the Fantastic Beasts films, I turn to the book series. Find out why I think...

In Part 2 of my trilogy of podcast episodes examining how 3 fantasy series address capital punishment, I analyze Lord of the Rings. I make the case that, in stark contrast to Narnia, LOTR takes a very strong anti-death penalty stance that comes up multiple times in each book of the trilogy. I examine a J.R.R. Tolkien quote that has sometimes been construed as pro-death penalty and give my take on...

This is the 1st part in a trilogy of podcast episodes in which I look at how the issue of capital punishment is addressed in 3 fantasy series: Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter. In this episode, I focus on Narnia. I'll be making the case that of the three series, Chronicles of Narnia takes the most positive view of capital punishment, leaning pro-death penalty. Learn what C...

This episode critiques obscenity laws, argues for their full abolition, and makes the case that premise behind them conflicts with one of the basic purposes of free speech. You'll get to hear the thoughts of both the late SCOTUS Judge Hugo Black and Grandpa Munster about obscenity laws, as well as getting to hear me do my best Jerry Nadler impression.

In this episode, I discuss what ranked choice voting is, how Democrats' failure to push it helped lead to them losing in 2000 and 2016 and the demise of Roe v. Wade, why we need to demand they do better on this issue, and what Rosario Dawson and I have in common.

This episode marks the final part of my trilogy on the history, current status, and possible future of racial profiling. I'll be examining what Obama did and didn't do to tackle the problem; the way in which racial profiling helped cause the Philando Castile murder; the dumbest thing CNN's Jonah Goldberg ever said about racial profiling back when he worked for National Review; discussions of the i...

This episode is the 2nd part of my series on the history, current status, and possible future of racial profiling. It covers the history of racial profiling from the mid 1990s to the late 2000s. In this episode, you'll learn: how local and state police departments, U.S. Customs, taxi services, and TSA were all engulfed in various controversies over the issue, with the New Jersey State Police endin...

This represents the first of a trilogy of episodes covering the history of racial profiling, what the current status of the problem is, and where the issue may be headed. This episode focuses mainly on examining when and how racial profiling started, including the fact that the practice existed for centuries before the term actually, the history of controversy surrounding it, and a number of court...

In this episode, I delve into Angela Merkel's record on gay rights as Germany's chancellor. I argue that while her gay rights record is to the left of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, she's actually less gay-friendly even than British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The following is an uncut version of a debate I had on the newest episode of The Genius of Thomas Sowell podcast, which can be found here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Podcast/B08K54LQTL I also include some special bonus content, including an introduction before the debate and final thoughts at the end. I want to thank Alan Wolan for hosting me and Dr. Wilfred Reilly for agreeing to this debate. Our...

In this episode, I take on California's Republican Frontrunner in this month's recall election, Larry Elder. Specifically, I debunk a series of claims he made in a now-viral 2016 interview on a show called The Rubin Report. I demonstrate why Elder is wrong about systemic racism not existing, wrong about the origin of racial disparities in non-nuclear homes, wrong about conservatism and libertarian...

Blue Waves and Blue Walls by Charles Boyd

Here, I continue discussing the presidential election, the takeaways, predictions I got wrong, why rioting likely damaged Trump's already-poor reelection chances, and what fictional villainous breakdowns Trump reminds me of.

This is the first of my 2-part retrospective on the 2020 Presidential Election. I start off by looking at the Capitol Riot some other political issues from the close of 2020--Tulsi Gabbard going back to the well of anti-LGBT advocacy, Edward Snowden not getting the pardoned he deserved--before beginning to analyze the election.

In this episode, my former schoolmate, Josh Cohen, sits down with me to discuss a variety of issues related to Judaism, including problematic Bible passages, salvation, interfaith dating, and Israel.

In this episode, I discuss Donald Trump's narcissism regarding Puerto Rico and NFL protests, some of the latest developments in LGBT rights rights, and women finally being able to drive in Saudi Arabia. I then move on to my main event, a discussion of the musical, Hamilton, in which I talk about why I loved it while also giving a historian's critique.

The first episode of this history and politics podcast looks at fake looting reports, the debt ceiling, DACA, anti-gay discrimination, and the strange desire of many conservatives to defend the actions of dead racist Democrats.