Walter Rhein Podcast

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This newsletter is supported by your generous tips! Upgrade at 30% off I saw a post criticizing Megan Rapinoe and foolishly left a response in her defense. “She’s an American champion and a heroic public figure,” I wrote. Later on, I discovered that the individual who posted the initial criticism had over 200k followers. The next morning, I awoke to find them coming after me like a swarm of bees....

Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off “Sometimes I feel bad for the other kids in my class,” Sienna said. She’s my daughter, just shy of becoming a teenager. “Why?” “Because they can’t read ,” she said, drawing out the last word with a mixture of sadness and disgust. We were climbing the stairs to the second floor of our house. She became thoughtful, then added, “They couldn’t even...

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Hello Friends, This was another wonderful talk with a guest that I’ve been excited to have a conversation with for a long time. I know Simon Dillon from his work on Medium. He’s always got insightful comments on movies, and we share the same love for Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits (1981). We had a wide ranging conversation about the various Superman films and their cultural impact. As always, we tri...

A tip today would be awesome! Thanks in advance: Upgrade at 30% off I remember when my wife first came to this country from Peru. I hadn't seen anyone from my family for many years, so I made the effort to reconnect. It's always me making the effort. It turned out to be a mistake. “Do they have cars in your village?” my aunt asked. Hearing this question momentarily stole my words. My wife and I sa...

Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off It's becoming more and more common for children to make the tough decision to go no contact with their parents. I feel this trend is a symptom of a larger source of division within American culture. There is an overwhelming lack of effective communication at work today. It's unfortunate that this divide manifests both as a general ideological c...

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Hello Friends, I'm seeing another wave of memes that say things like, “There's no such thing as a perfect candidate, so get behind our guy so we can win.” On the surface, that seems like a pretty good message. The problem is that when I read it, I feel like it's a veiled way of saying, “We're not interested in fighting for universal healthcare or universal education, so just quit asking for it.” F...

Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off I attended the public meeting to discuss the direction of our local school system. During the time allotted for comments, I stood up and looked around at a room filled with white faces. “Do we all agree that one of our core values is that our kids need to feel welcome at school?” There were a few passive nods, so I continued. “We can agree on t...

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Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you! Hello friends, In the interest of preserving democracy, I thought I'd address a hypothetical scenario so we could brainstorm an appropriate response. Again, this is nothing more than a mental exercise and it is not intended to bear any resemblance to any actual events. For the sake of argument, let's consider what would happen if a career crimi...

Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you! A few weeks ago I wrote a story about the time my dad punched me in the face and gave me a bloody nose . The sad part (there are a lot of sad parts)… one of the sad parts is that our society strongly conditions us not to reflect on moments like these. Even when it happened, it was very clear to me that I was supposed to forget about this moment...

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Hello Folks! It was really nice to have Dash from The Halfway Cafe as our guest this week. He’s responsible for some of the best satire on Substack. The thing that’s kind of remarkable about his satire is that it’s consistently funny and easy to recognize as satire. Neither of these things is easy to achieve within our dystopian reality. I’ll often read fake news that I mistake as true and it make...

Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you! I’d worked with Jeff for a few weeks out on the farm, about half a year before he took his own life. I can’t remember if I was driving yet. I suspect I wasn’t. His dad had sent him to work at our place to see if a change of scenery would do him any good. I immediately sensed Jeff’s pain, but I didn’t have the tools to help. I lacked the wisdom....

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I PLEDGE TO FIGHT FOR YOU!!! Upgrade at 30% off Perhaps the most disappointing thing about the 2024 election was how the Democrats rolled over without a fight. The biggest fight happened in North Carolina where the Republican candidate for Supreme Court tried to throw out 60,000 votes so he could steal a win. The Democrats fought that one, though the corruption was so blatantly obvious that it was...

There’s a lot of work that needs to be done in order to heal America. If you support this work, please consider leaving me a tip :) I remember witnessing my cousin bathed in the blood of an animal he'd just killed. My uncles were all beaming. Blood lust was upon them. It was odd how they were standing there, almost as if they were numb. Normally they were crouched and ready, waiting for a moment t...

Hey Everyone! I always enjoy chatting with Dana Dubois, though I wish Lawrence Winnerman had been there. We had a nice time chatting about karaoke. I’m constantly astounded how fast these 1 hour sessions can go by. Karaoke was a big deal for me and my wife when we were first dating. We’d play poker with the American immigrants (I refuse to call them expats), and then we’d take our winnings and go...

Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you! Hello Friends! I want to make it abundantly clear that I am absolutely opposed to violence in any form. I am on the political left. Violence is not a tool used by my side of the political spectrum. The people out there who say, “There are violent people on both sides,” are not being truthful. The fact is that the number of left-wing activists w...

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