Walter Rhein Podcast

Hello Friends, I was chatting with Natasha K. on New Year’s Eve. She said this year flew, and it felt like a century. I think it’s worth subscribing to her just on the basis of that comment 🤣! A guy I used to work with used to say that when you’re young, the days are short and the years are long. As you get older, it reverses. The days become long and the years become short. I think that observat...

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Hey Everyone! Will and I finished off the year by upgrading to a zoom meeting. Hopefully the audio and video quality is a little bit better. For some reason, my cheap camera doesn’t like zoom and it gives me endless problems. Then again, maybe I’m just impatient because if I wait it tends to work just fine. We’ve been on quite a journey this year. I think this conversation is a wonderful summary o...

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Hello Everybody, I didn’t realize what a theme this would become over the last week. I have to admit that I feel kind of frustrated that so many people seem to be accepting a narrative around the Epstein files that isn’t necessarily supported by the contents of the files. Friends, we don’t know everything yet. Now is not the time to make assumptions about who is innocent. The files they’ve release...

I recall being indoctrinated with the tactic of mockery. White supremacists can never be wrong. They can never look weak. They can never admit there’s something they didn’t know. If they’re caught by surprise, they immediately default to, “Well, that was impossible to predict. That was an act of God.” If anyone attempts to challenge them on this, they perceive it as a personal attack and respond w...

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I’m so exhausted from having to deal with the mediocre white supremacy president. He’s not a man, he’s Ozymandias. Look upon the nothingness of his works and despair. He looks like an animated load that somebody dropped into a pair of cheap underwear. He shuffles around staining everything orange like he just shoved his face into a bag of Cheetos. The rest of us have had to put our productive live...

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Hey Everyone! My kids are on break until the end of the week, so I’m still working through all the lives I did last week. Shane took a needed day off, so I was joined by Arturo and the Opinionated ogre. We had such a great talk. Ogre’s observation that “whiteness has to be invisible” really rocked me to the core. That’s such a succinct way of saying what’s going on, and it helps explain why so man...

I’m getting really tired of the excuses. The FBI released a memo regarding the Epstein files in July in which they said they would “not permit the release of child pornography .” The problem is that in today’s cowardly media environment, all the reporters just nod their head and say, “Oh yes, of course, you can’t release child pornography.” Meanwhile, nobody says, “Wait a minute, if you have video...

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There is no Christmas story that begins when all the presents have been unwrapped. Everything about the holiday season is about build up, but Christmas morning is an insufficient release. When the lights go off, your focus returns to the soiled snow piles at the side of the road. You’ve eaten so many Christmas cookies you have a headache. You’ve seen so many bad movies about the holiday spirit tha...

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Hello Friends! This was a fun talk. I’ve seen Cat a lot in my other chats, so it was fun to sit down and talk with her about surviving toxic family members. We recorded this just before Christmas, but as more and more people decide to go no contact, this message will only become more important. The essence of the program comes down to the fact that, in the end, it’s not you that decided to end the...

We live in a news cycle where dishonest people spend an astonishing amount of time and energy promoting narratives that are maliciously false. Republicans are the party of blame, and they’ve become masters at wriggling out of accountability. Unfortunately, the “representatives” of liberal ideas that are allowed to go on platforms are almost always ineffective at breaking through the dishonest tact...

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Hey Everybody! I had this conversation about a week ago now and I’m still thinking about it. I’d known Eric and Evan from their work on Substack, but this was the first time I got a chance to sit down with them. Unfortunately, Evan was going through a moment of heartache and we were there to provide support. Nick and I often talk about how young men these days do not have any appropriate role mode...

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Hey Everybody, This seemed like an appropriate replay for Christmas day. Brandon joined us to discuss his exploration of little known Christmas films. By complete chance, he started looking at films from years ending in 4 (1934, 1964, etc.). That seems a little random, but when you stop and think about it, it’s as good a method for doing a survey of Christmas films as anything else. He brought up...

Hello Everyone! Merry Christmas! I wrote this story about five or six years ago and actually won a contest with it. I think it’s an appropriate sentiment for this holiday morning. Wishing all of you the best! Try to relax today and enjoy time with your loved ones!—WR My wife and I were married in Lima, Peru in January of 2009 one day before my wife’s birthday. I figured having the two dates togeth...

Hello Friends, I saw this video sitting in my draft folder so I thought I’d dust it off and publish it. It was from a day in maybe December or January when I went out skiing. The video quality is a bit choppy but the message comes through okay. It’s only about an 8 minute video, but for some reason the replay includes about 5 minutes of silence. Still working out the bugs back then I guess. It’s k...

Hey Friends! This was a fun one, I got all riled up and started screaming into the microphone, then Dana and Lawrence joined in. I mean… if any year deserved be flushed into the void to the sound of a primal yell, it was 2025. I always have a good time with Dana and Lawrence. It’s been fun seeing them grow their platform this year! I try to send them new guests every chance I get. The more voices...

As I slid into the family car, I noticed how the warm rays of the morning sun had illuminated the gently floating dust motes. They blazed with a muted but magical energy as they drifted across the console. It was as if a miniature, slow-motion fireworks display had been ignited just for us. “Look!” I said, drawing the attention of my infant daughters. “Fairies! A procession of fairies is marching...