None Taken: Independent News Commentary, and Comedy

We talk about the mixed messages coming from the white house, the lockdown protests, the Waco show on Netflix, and the difficulty getting outside our echo chambers. Plus a few other hopefully entertaining subjects, enjoy!

Erik explains wagyu beef and how they create complex flavores while running a humane cattle ranch. From embryo to birth to dna proving to marbleizing. If you appreciate things that require a special skill that transform something that's otherwise ordinary into something exceptional, and simply for the purpose of enjoyment, you won't want to miss this episode. Also he thinks we're gonna survive Cor...

Allan Smith and I have our weekly current events recap. Biden Got backed by Bernie before Obama. More on the president's newest statements in his press conferences. Pennsylvania closed their state run liquor stores sending people driving to New Jersey mid pandemic. And we come up with a better name than heard immunity.

We talk about current events, missing sports, politics, social cohesion after being locked inside our bubbles, should Bernie have ran as a 3rd party, and relationship updates

Allan Smith @allan579 on Instagram joins us for another current events discussion. Topics include, in home hair dresser charged w attempted murder for violating quarantine; the ethics of using the legal system in this moment in ways that we'd never consider 6 months ago; Is COVID-19 showing symptoms of upset stomach and not being tested?; President Trump's new tone in daily briefings (is it becaus...

Jenn and I finish up our conversation talking about gun ownership. We talk about what Jonnie Rooke means. "We're experiencing world history and for once it's not world war". Charging people w terrorism for spreading COVID-19. The endless drone of the white noise of rage. What are you willing to suspend democracy for? We talked about her perceived threat and ability to cope with the virus. Keeping...

Today I caught up with Jenn (Last name withheld, as you'll soon find out). You can see her photography on Instagram @jonnierooke. We talked about Westworld and Game of Thrones. Jenn's life experience. Doing porn at ~18 in Toronto. Bartending in New Orleans after Katrina. Rebuilding Biloxi. Tales from bartending at dives, and serving people poison. Being able to accept new facts and move forward th...

Allan Smith returns (@allans579 on Twitter), and we talk about the anxiety of the COVID-19 moment. The ways we've been successful in dealing with that. We also talk about Albert Brooks movies, the Coen brothers and whether or not The Big Lebowski is a remake of The Big Sleep, if Joe Biden is in a Ronald Reagan moment, how tech companies are responding to social distancing and more. This might not...

This episode is just a hang w three friends. We argued, but that's how you learn sometimes. We are joined again by Clint @clintinsd and Jon @obejonkenobi82 to talk more about the ethics of enforced Quarantine, when is it appropriate to protest, and what are the consequences of quantitative easing. I again threaten to talk about Modern Monetary Theory, but forget to bring it up. https://sciencebase...

I talk with @clintinsd, an Anarcho Capitalist about how we are managing our anxiety during the virus and government response. I get called an enemy of freedom, so you'll want to tune in to find out why. Don't worry, we're still friends. This episode is brought to you by STAY INSIDE