None Taken: Independent News Commentary, and Comedy

Side A topics: 1. Tragic personal life 2. The Prison of Two Ideas 3. Thinking like a skeptic vs. only open-mindedness 4. What we know about Kenosha 5. Is there a new general consensus in the US 6. Portland 7. Bidens response speech 8. A list of 13 bad things going on in Trump's life 9. Russia was hiring us journalists 10. Rand Paul attacked again

This week is exactly like every other week, only about 33% longer. After a refresher of the concept of The Prison of Two Ideas, we see how that thought experiment can be applied to many of this week's news stories. Are we being manipulated into divide and conquer tactics? Is there already a civil war on our streets? Can thinking dialectically help us break free from our idea prisons and she'd ours...

Side B Starts with the main story of the day, the police shooting of Jacob Blake and it's fallout. Warning: Dustin got a little emotional, sorry. An update on the UAE/Israel Alliance and weapon sales deals. None Taken makes a challenge for Donald Trump to prove he's the winner he claims to be, you'll have to tune in to the 49 minute mark for that one. Some virus talk, a funny news story, Dustin's...

Side one of this week's show starts off with a quick recap of the week that was, including barbequing, beach, strip club owners and a real MaskHole. Almost all of Side A is the Republican National Convention: was Don Jr. on coke?; Kimberly Guilfoyle gave a... let's call it effective speech Monday night; TRUMP is their platform; Kellyanne Conway quiting for family reasons. And Joe Biden was caught...

After a quick recap of the week that was, including barbequing, beach, strip club owners and a real MaskHole, we get into this week's topics. Almost all of Side A on this week's show is the Republican National Convention: was Don Jr. on coke; Kimberly Guilfoyle gave a... let's call it effective speach Monday night; TRUMP is their platform; Kellyanne Conway quiting for family reasons. And Joe Biden...

We split our weekly show into two halves for the weekend in case you haven't had a chance to make it to all the nooks and crannies we packed into our longer shows. Enjoy.

We split our weekly show into two halves for the weekend in case you haven't had a chance to make it to all the nooks and crannies we packed into our longer shows. Enjoy.

This week's topics include: A personal life recap including Allan's Maskhole encounter (10:00)/ What's going on with the post office (26:00)/ Russia's Vaccine Claim (35:00)/ Census Shenanigans (37:00)/ DNC online convention (41:00)/ Did Kamala bring the centrist vote? (46:00)/ The Israel & UAE treaty (1:06:00)/ General Wesley Clark's most famous quote shows up at (1:13:00). • • • One more thing. T...

Side A: Allan starts the damn show with Ben Shapiro hilarity. Then we catch up and talk sports before we dive into the week's topics (NOW W/ TIME STAMPS). Mask Hole of the week (14min mark). Everything you need to know about why Kamala Harris was the worst pick the Dems could've chose as Biden's VP (16min). Trump's newest executive orders and the potential fallout (42min). Chicago: Derecho and Pro...

Personal Life - our weekend recap includes a brief run in w the law. Sports - MLB players and staff test positive, more games cancelled. Mixed opinions on hockey. Explosion in Beirut, unknown cause. What really was in the China seeds. Election fears, we theorize how it might go. The Pres is anti mail in ballots; election might need to be delayed; delegitimizing the election? Axios interview, asked...

This week on None Taken Allan recaps being on assignment, 17 Marlins (The baseball players) test positive for covid-19, What can baseball do? What can college football look like this year? The President complains that Fauci has high approval ratings and he does not. The President decides to take the virus more seriously after being shown that cases are spiking in red and swing states; Cancels the...

This week Dustin is joined by 2 of the founding hosts of the beloved podcast SMaC Attack, while Allan is on assignment. After a trip down memory lane, topics include Portland kidnapping stories, Ghislaine Maxwell, is The Moon real, are covid parties a thing?, The Dalton School, what's IvanBear?, We argue over mask effectiveness and shutdown. Brought to you by Red Apron • • • One more thing. Thank...

People in our inner circles are testing positive for covid-19. Find out why Dustin is done with the libertarian party. The Washington NFL team is changing its name. Tommy Tuberville had the biggest win of his career over Jeff Sessions on Tuesday. The California Senate's decision to remove the 1996 ban on racial and sexual discrimination from it's constitution starts a whole hornet's nest of a conv...

We recap our 4th of July weekends, including a fun pet trick you can do with your dog. Coronavirus corner topics: WHO says airborne transmission is a thing; Mutating? More contagious/less lethal?; Sayonara Bolsinaro; Spain has bad news regarding heard immunity; Hydroxychloroquine-again. We discuss Trump's weekend under the stars and why he's campaigning like it's still 2016. Kamala Harris Wikipedi...

We recap our prior weekends. Dustin went to Vegas and came back with stories of pandemic and connubial frivolity. We try to understand the Russia Bounty story. Two news items from Trump Country. A revisit to Dustin Explains Things Poorly, and a What Have We Been Consuming segment that includes skeptic The Amazing Randi. • One more thing. Thank you for listening. If you're enjoying this show please...

We laugh with LA based and Iowa's own Mike Bridenstine talking baseball coming back, being a cubs fan, a certain senators "ladybug collection", and much more. Also, the debut (and finale) of a new segment: Dustin Explains Things (Poorly). You can find everything you need to know about Brido and what he's doing over at https://linktr.ee/brido • One more thing. Thank you for listening. If you're enj...

In this episode we discuss the SCOTUS ruling that dropped this week. The Rayshard Brooks murder. Police unions in California propose reforms. The president struggles to drink water. Covid makes a comeback in China. We spin the Light Topic Roulette Wheel. Also, are Americans happy? Enjoy!

If you've already listened to the interview we did on episode 17 then jump ahead to about the 1 hour mark to get to the rest of our usual show about politics, current events, and our tragic personal life.

This week we do an interview with habitual line stepper Ricci Sergienko. He takes us through his journey in activism and his involvement in Sunrise LA, People's City Council and most recently Black Lives Matter. Get to listen to what it was like to lead protests in the streets of LA, including the events around his arrest. You won't want to miss this episode. Follow Ricci @Ricci_Sergienko on Twitt...

We watched a live concert stream. Dustin goes to the beach. Also there's protests, the President holding a Bible, anarchists organizing? Allan does a 180 on NOFX? It's kind've a long one, but there was a lot to get into, we hope you enjoy!

We talk about the weekends golf match. We have a Karen of the Week. George Floyd got murdered by cops and Minnesota is rioting. Biden told us how black we are. Dustin may have found a reason to vote?

Pretty sure we achieved world peace in this one, you can thank us later. Also the breakdown of mighty wings by cheap trick, you didnt even know you needed in your life. Enjoy!

One of us took a Covid-19 test. It didn't go as expected. We talk about all the obvious things. Some of the less than obvious, also Rand Paul. For any additional info maybe you should ask China. Outro music by Doug Kiklowicz (feat. Lola Paja) @kiklowicz https://instagram.com/kiklowicz?igshid=1rze0n71fehm

Hot takes on Aladdin the live action movie. We love Jim Nantz and toast. The Michigan protests. A Justin Amash (AKA Justin Smash) update and correction. At the end we talk about a movie and never name it, it's called Planet of the Humans. Enjoy!

We talk (eventually) about the thing, you know what I mean. Not the disinfectant thing, but okay also that too. We discuss how well markets are performing in our current environment, eg meat processing plants. Also... other stuff. Enjoy!