Walter Rhein Podcast

Help me fight the abusers. Upgrade at 30% off Hello Friends, Last week I received some gentle but surprising pushback to a comment I made while doing an interview. I’m used to fielding challenging, hostile, and even threatening comments. But this pushback caught me off guard because I was speaking to a group that I felt mainly consisted of allies. Live interviews are always challenging because you...

Hello Friends, I'm a little reluctant to write this argument because I know I'm wading into some contentious waters. There have been many times when people have informed me that they're unsubscribing because they didn't appreciate what they felt was undeserved criticism of their favorite politicians. I find that viewpoint disturbing for a number of reasons. For one thing, we can't have areas of ex...

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Help me fight the abusers. Upgrade at 30% off If a child manages to escape her sexual tormentor and crosses the border looking for help, she's likely to be scooped up by the sadistic gestapo and subjected to another round of torture. Your tax dollars fund this. She'll be sent to an overcrowded death camp in Florida where she'll be fed to alligators. Republicans flock to social media to laugh about...

Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off I grew up in a family that called itself “great.” That’s all I ever heard, “Boy, you sure were lucky to be born into the best family on the planet. No other family in history is as good as yours. I expect you to show daily deference and gratitude for your good fortune.” My relatives on my father’s side had a reputation for being “boisterous.” F...

Hey Everyone! Today we had the pleasure of chatting with Philip Ogley . I know Philip from his work on Medium and his regular show with Peter William Murphy . Philip was born in the UK but is currently living in France. I always appreciate getting an international experience. Over the years, I’ve found that much of how we interpret literature comes from our cultural assumptions. So, I always find...

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I’ve always aspired to make some sort of contribution to humanity. I’ve daydreamed about discovering a breakthrough that would allow the human race to pierce the veil of lies that trick us into inflicting harm on one another. You won’t find the answer by sifting through the collected works of history. The fact that we are not living in an enlightened age is evidence that the ultimate discovery is...

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If you’ve been thinking of sponsoring me, why not do so today :) Upgrade at 30% off I truly believe that people are not inclined to be cruel. The military has to train soldiers to overcome their innate reluctance to kill. Even sociopaths usually have to work their way up to inflicting violence against people by first tormenting animals. A commonly held assumption is that human beings are inclined...

If you have the means, I greatly appreciate your support! Upgrade at 30% off Once when I was around ten we were on a family drive. For some reason, my dad decided that was the moment he was going to introduce us to the music of Bob Dylan. First, he gave us a lecture as to how great Dylan was. My mom sort of rolled her eyes as my dad inserted the cassette. We listened expectantly, only to be hit wi...

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If you’ve been thinking of sponsoring me, why not do so today :) Upgrade at 30% off Yesterday, every other post was a message to veterans thanking them for their service. I have nothing against veterans. My heart goes out to the underpaid men and women in our society who are put in harm’s way by our irresponsible politicians. The military budget is the largest in the world, but little of that mone...

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Help me keep saying the thing that need to be said. I appreciate you! Upgrade at 30% off! Hello Friends, People can be blind to the fact that they're in an abusive relationship. I know this from experience because I was born into one. My father was extremely abusive, but I didn't have the context to even recognize inappropriate treatment. So what happens? It's sad to say, but you make the best of...

If you’ve been thinking of sponsoring me, why not do so today :) Upgrade at 30% off I help coach my daughter’s basketball team. She’s in sixth grade and all the players have the same bad habit. Whenever they get the ball, they immediately go into a dribble. This prevents them from surveying the court to see if anyone might be open for a pass. Most of them are right-handed so they immediately drive...

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Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.”— Timothy 6:10 One of the many problems in the United States of America is that the population has been conditioned to shy away from important conversations. One example is the way we twist ourselves into knots to justify the accumulation of obscene wealth. “Well, wealthy people earned it.”...

Help me keep saying the thing that need to be said. I appreciate you! Upgrade at 30% off! Your writing doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Any story you write is always a concentrated version of the larger reality of you. It’s only within the context of your life that any of your observations have any meaning. Therefore, it’s up to the artist to offer the world a little peek behind the curtain. Consider di...

Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off “We're not perfect. We've got our problems. But when times get tough, we stick together.” Growing up, this is the line I was told. The words were spoken with such sincerity that there was no room for doubt. “We're country folk. We take care of our own. You can trust that. We'll be there for you.” As the years went by, I encountered men who didn...

Help me keep saying the thing that need to be said. I appreciate you! Upgrade at 30% off! Your indoctrination started even before you formed your first memory. They told you that you shouldn’t color outside the lines, that doing so was “wrong,” that if you persisted in making that mistake, it made you “less” than others. You had to accept this because you didn’t have power. It continued from there...

Hello Everyone! This was an excellent discussion with David Grover. David is an independent filmmaker who helped to create Kill Mode and Psychonaut . It was really cool getting his perspective on making independent film, plus hear his comments on some new and old favorites. I hope you enjoy the conversation. You can follow David here: https://substack.com/@david894719 Thank you Brandon Ellrich , M...

Have you considered sponsoring a writer? Upgrade at 30% off and make my day! One day, back when I was in high school, my girlfriend and I went to visit a friend in a neighboring town. He’d graduated the year before and was now attending classes at the tech school. He said, “My doorbell doesn’t work. When you get to my building, pull into the parking lot and honk your horn, then I’ll come down.” Se...

When my wife and daughters see a puppy, they are overcome with delight. “Aw!” they coo. “Look at the adorable little guy! He's so cute!” They want rush up and pet it and hold it. Their voices go into a high pitched register. This happened even when my daughters were essentially babies themselves. Even so, they instinctively tried to make their adorable voices even less threatening. For a long time...

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