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"A sane person to an insane society must appear insane." ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Not Mad as in Angry, Mad as in Insane. And in an insane world, the sane are simply Mad. I am a Mad Centrist. You can be too! The Mad Centrist podcast is a middle ground, pragmatic, politically polite, and irreverently independent show. Pulling the rug out from beneath Democrats and Republicans alike, while respecting democrats and republican citizens (the distinction between Party and people is critical!). Amusing a ...
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Conservative, Liberal, Centrist: You gotta screw one, marry one, murder one. Introducing Party of One. What's the real difference between a Republican and a Democrat? Still believe the game's red vs. blue in Washington? Here's something new for your ears. Party of One pushes past the political posturing and ramped-up rhetoric of division, to uncover a much scarier reality: It's business that's booming, and we're the ones losing. And the stakes couldn't be higher. Tune in for conversations wi ...
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Two Canadian podcasters, Taylor and Matthew, discuss shenanigans and hijinks in Canadian politics. We also talk about high-profile Canadians, and criticize them from a leftist perspective. Whether you're a toiling MP in a rural riding, or riding high in the Red Chamber—watch out! We will probably make fun of you.
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Episode 24 - National Embarrassment, ah, I mean Debt
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It took the United States well over 200 years to reach the staggering level of National Debt we collectively hold. Embarrassment begins to describe it. Most Americans still don't really get what it means though. This episode attempts to correct that. Buckle up, and let's go! Links: Nations holding US Debt: Countries With The Largest Budget Surplus …
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Rambo: First Blood deconstructed in context of the Reagan revolution and its pernicious effects on popular culture.By Centrist Madness
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TMC Episode 23 - Biden, Harris, Trump, & Vance - Oh My!
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” Welcome to a special 'stream of consciousness' episode! Going over the recent political happenings in the United States, and where it leaves us little peo…
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Don't cry cause it's Joever, smile cause it Joeappened.By Centrist Madness
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TMC Episode 22 - Supremes, Debates, and why
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” The Supreme Court has been busy, with the striking down of the Chevron Deference, and the creation of Presidential Immunity, continuing the politicized dr…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” The Budget - the next topic in the Government Economics series. The American budget process is complex, but not overly so. Still, it seems neither party i…
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TMC Episode 20 - 10 Trial Lies & 1 Truth, Supreme Redux
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” No real agenda, let’s talk about some past episodes, and just sort of catch up on some things: Alito announcing he won’t recuse himself despite the flag-g…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” When did ethics so thoroughly leave the world of politics? Specifically, when did it leave the one branch of government supposedly immune to the baser qua…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” Back to the money series of Podcasts, this one deals with Inflation, and some truly important things to consider regardless of your political leanings. Wh…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” The most important Podcast I have ever done. The small eastern European nation of Georgia is struggling, and the world seems to not even know it is happen…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” Donald Trump is the first former president to go on trial for a crime in the history of the United States of America. In this episode we take a peak at "w…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” Shh! You're not supposed to bring up abortion in conversation! Or are you? I think we should. Listen to a brief discussion on a bit of history, a bit of c…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” Debt ceiling? Debt? Deficit? These terms get tossed around often in the news, but what do they mean? In the 2nd in a series of money issues in politics, t…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” Russia has a long history of battlefield, influence, and cyber campaigns. How is the world handling them today? Where are they winning, and where are they…
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TMC Episode 12 - Congressional Conscience
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” It seems apropos to drop an episode on the myth of George Santos and his removal from Congress by the Republicans in the House on April Fool's Day, but it…
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In the rain forests of Indonesia, there grows a plant shaped like a miniature toilet which provides such an ideal pooping place for the tiny tree shrew that it is almost as if it were hand-crafted by a wise and benevolent creator.https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2zxOlbh-RF/?igsh=ZTFnM3dna3h2cGU3By Centrist Madness
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” The Supreme Court, the revered highest court in the land! History, despite many safeguards put in place by the Founders, says otherwise. The question: Is …
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” What is with Congress and the debt limit? And...what is a 'debt limit' anyway? Continuing a series on economic issues, this episode strays into current ev…
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Rocky 4. Matt addresses the lactating Al Gore incident.By Centrist Madness
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” Is raising the Minimum Wage a good idea? Or a bad idea? Have we learned from the past, or does it even matter in modern times? This episode is an honest (…
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Trump trial updates. Graduate seminar-level semiotic analysis of Rocky 2/3By Centrist Madness
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” The Top-Secret information on this episode: What the FBI Files Reveal About Hillary Clinton’s Email Server - POLITICO Magazine Lt. Colonel Benhamin Pierce…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” Parties change over time. Sometimes it is drastic and takes a long time, sometimes it is shocking and happens before the party is even aware. Let's walk t…
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This is the rocky that started them all, the rocky upon which all subsequent rockys would build.By Centrist Madness
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Servants being swatted, and more reasons, ironically, why things are actually not that bad. In fact, there is great reason…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. Episode #5: What happens when bias enters politics? And what is the key to making better choices? Are some types of bias more harmful than others? Also, some show notes and stuff to catch up on. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person t…
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TMC - Episode 4 - Compromise is the American Way!
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” No not angry, but crazy. Also not crazy, but sane in a crazy world. I think a large portion of the earth’s population feels this way, but I know we feel t…
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TMC - Episode 3 - One America, Two Parties
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he Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” No not angry, but crazy. Also not crazy, but sane in a crazy world. I think a large portion of the earth’s population feels this way, but I know we feel th…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” No not angry, but crazy. Also not crazy, but sane in a crazy world. I think a large portion of the earth’s population feels this way, but I know we feel t…
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The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us. The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” No not angry, but crazy. Also not crazy, but sane in a crazy world. I think a large portion of the earth’s population feels this way, but I know we feel t…
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Critics say we're the worst podcast ever made. We're keeping em honest. PLUS the Republican debate, vampires, volcanos and Microsoft.By Centrist Madness
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Home Depot, Republican debate predictions, annexing CanadaBy Centrist Madness
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Returning after extended hiatusBy Centrist Madness
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Polycules, Olivia Wilde salad story, Brittney GrinerBy Centrist Madness
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Patrick Breen joins to help us solve the mystery of the JFK assassination once and for all. The answer may surprise you (if you're a rube.) Also some really great discussion on Bill O'Reilly's killing X book series.By Centrist Madness
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Hobbits can be black now. What does it mean? How does it affect YOU? We break down all the angles. PLUS special guest Dhaaruni makes her Centrist Madness debut with some big ideas for the Democratic party.By Centrist Madness
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Matt rain man's correct inflation rateBy Centrist Madness
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Ep 63: Manchin on Deez Nuts by Centrist MadnessBy Centrist Madness
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Matt attracts some (unwanted?) attention at a gay bar in NYC. Best restaurant idea. French jet boots. Murdered oil execs and whatever Putin is dying of.By Centrist Madness
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Ep 59: Please do not attack nuclear power plants
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There's all kinds of stuff in there you don't want to blow up. They have like big complicated cooling systems that are piping water around all sort of different ways, and a lot of controls and electrical stuff you don't want to hit with a RPG. Honestly, and I'm not trying to be a dick, this seems really intuitive and it's fucked up that we even hav…
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Ep. 58: #1 Top Ukraine Predictions of All Time
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200,000 Russian troops have massed on the Ukranian border. What are they up to? We have a few theories. Recorded Wednesday, February 16th.By Centrist Madness
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Ep. 57: Centrist Madness Revisited (Born to be mild)
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Returning to our roots...two guys being right about things...By Centrist Madness
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AOC's dress. Selenium, like the element. S-to-the-E. The borderline metalloid. Atomic number 38 woot woot!By Centrist Madness
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Our man in Moscow, Sergey Goryashko, reporter for BBC Russia, catches us up to speed on Russian politics, the rise of "Male State" and the foodie culture that is sweeping the Kremlin.By Centrist Madness
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Kabul falls, but the dream of a gay caliphate lives on. Continuing coverage of #LambGate. Pro-chef @anashwt joins and he's also some kind of middle-eastern history expert? That's the type of people we have in the alt-center...real renaissance persons. Goddamned polymaths is what they are.By Centrist Madness
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Will Pounder stops by to talk cryptoBy Centrist Madness
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It’s the American Dream: “Available” to all, accessible by some, denied to many, indifferent to the consequences — just the way the good lord intended it to be! The productive forces have given us so much stuff, but the endless extraction, manufacture and commodification of planetary and human resources is leading us down a path we won’t be able to…
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War. What is it good for? Doesn’t really matter – because the wheels that keep the gears of the military industrial complex turning are spinning as furiously as ever. From comparing missile size to primal displays of brute force, the US has a big one, and we want (nay need) everyone to know it. Where’s the anti-war movement of our parents’ generati…
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What’s the real difference between dissent and disloyalty? Why is “subversion” so subjective? And why does advocating for workers rights, affordable housing and racial equity make you a monster? We’re talking political persecution the American way, with a deep dive into one of our darkest chapters as a nation: The House Un-American Activities Commi…
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Try to imagine a world where corporations don't run Washington. We can't either. Most Americans think money plays too big a role in US politics. So where's the bipartisan support for legislating a new path forward? And if the Dems and the GOP aren't going to fix this, how can we? When will cash take a back seat to real human voters? We’re dumpster …
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