These Days

What started out as an obsession for Bob Dylan when I was 15  evolved into something more. In early work Dylan spoke of the dangers of the world out there but he later showed me that the greatest dangers were internal. By holding a mirror to my darkness, rage and fear he let me know I was not alone. My bond to him is now more aptly a love story—yet like any love story it's complicated.  (Musi...

Orioles lead play-by-play announcer Kevin Brown has not been on tv since a July 23 game in Tampa. Multiple sources have reported that Brown has been suspended indefinitely for comments he made during that Rays series that in turn offended Orioles Managing Partner John Angelos . What's in order moving forward, plus a possible silver lining for the surging team itself. Always more at https://di...

When my dog Roger and I came across a woman and her two dogs on the trail, it was a reminder of one of the most healing aspects of dog ownership: the chance to exude calm authority and to inhabit a space not taken up by the nervous filler of words. Always more at dimitrigats.com

Throughout my youth and into adulthood I was a proud liberal. At some point that changed. This episode looks at the when and how of a mindful rightward shift. Links: Christopher Hitchens on Clintons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrM0Siszq8&t=322s Joni Mitchell on vice as chic (@4m24s):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3g-Wv-p_ug&t=299s Always more at dimitrigats.com

Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson took issue with the ongoing racialized antics of the NBA, saying it had turned him and many others off from the sport. Despite the criticisms of people like ESPN commentator and woke shill Jalen Rose, Phil Jackson couldn't have gotten it more right.  Link re William C. Rhoden and the "activism of denial":  https://dimitrigats.com/when-woke-ate-metoo/...

Adam Sandleer was recently honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. When friend and fellow comedian Chris Rock spoke humorously at the award ceremony of "the Jews" it proved troublesome—but not for the reason one might expect.  Always more at dimitrigats.com

The emergence of ChatGPT raises very serious concerns, not least of which is our habit of being seduced by technology without first asking basic questions about how it will affect us, our children and our society.  Always more at dimitrigats.com

The Baltimore Orioles, a team that lost 110 games in 2021, will go to the World Series this year. Here's why.  Always more at dimitrigats.com

In light of the Damar Hamlin tragedy, a moralistic rant, without apologies, on the NFL and our complicity in its ongoing advocacy of life-altering violence. Blog post titled "Is the NFL Guilty of Sociopathy?" Brutal hit by Derwin James on Ashton Dulin Always more at dimitrigats.com

Actor Jonah Hill's film Stutz is an intimate look at his own therapy—and his therapist, Phil Stutz. But for all its benefits, Stutz's tools-laden approach reflects a tendency to bring a "hack" to therapy, and that may have its limitations.  Always more at dimitrigats.com

Entitlement afflicts not just the Archie Bunker type but most of us. How it manifests (hint: it's built on a demand for justice and fairness) and how to keep it in check.  Always more at dimitrigats.com

A recent poll has Trump and Biden running neck and neck. For those still considering Trump there's a clear cut reason (as if more were needed) to just say no.  Always more at dimitrigats.com

When women's tennis star Peng Shuai went missing after alleging she was raped by a high-ranking Chinese government official, WTA chief Steve Simon responded with something remarkably rare in our world: he put principal before financial gain. Today's second segment offers a take on the new biopic King Richard , about Richard Williams and his world famous daughters Venus and Serena.  Alway...

Amid a potent mix of hope and fear, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th U.S. President. Partisanship aside, Biden may be the perfect person to hold us together at this dangerous time. Always more at dimitrigats.com

The national hysteria over the incident between police and Jacob Blake exposes yet more shoddy presumptions of the social justice movement.  Always more at dimitrigats.com

The anti-racism crusade, led by people like Ibram X. Kendi, is an epistemological sham.  What's worse, it creates a culture polluted with distrust.  (Episode first aired July 12, 2020.) Always more at dimitrigats.com

These Days is a podcast about exactly that. And these days we’re in need of something different. We’re in need of a space in which to challenge ideas—to have an honest exchange of them and the connection that comes from that.  Always more at dimitrigats.com