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Andrew and Jerry Save The World!

Andrew Langer and Jerrry Rogers

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In a world gone mad, only rationality and common sense can save it! Join seasoned policy professionals and long-time radio hosts Andrew Langer and Jerry Rogers as they bring in-depth discussion and real solutions to the world's most-pressing problems. Andrew and Jerry have decades of experience in both politics and public policy--Jerry is the editor of several sites in the Real Clear family of websites, and Andrew is president of the Institute for Liberty. Every week, they'll take the issues ...
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Since 1980, State of Origin rugby league has been a treasure trove of remarkable stories. They involve mateship, resilience, winning against the odds. Pain, refusal to quit. Underdogs triumphing in the face of doubt. The most romantic elements of sport. Stories of Origin features Origin greats Allan Langer, Brad Fittler, Billy Slater, Paul Vautin, Wally Lewis, Phil Gould, Andrew Johns, Cameron Smith, Jonathan Thurston, Darren Lockyer, Paul Gallen, Ricky Stuart, Ben Ikin, Chris Close and many ...
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It’s more than just a sporting contest. It’s the pride of two nations, where victory couldn’t be sweeter, but defeat is the bitterest taste of all. It’s a rivalry that transcends sport and creates true heroes and villains. This is Legends of the Ashes, hosted by lifelong cricket fan and current Marylebone Cricket Club President, Stephen Fry. This podcast series will delve deep into the stories that make the England versus Australia rivalry one of the greatest there is. Relive incredible matc ...
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Hunter Biden is convicted of a series of felonies and the major media uses this as an opportunity to prop up the Bidens. But this is but one example of the rope-a-dope being played against the American people. Jerry tells a story about the collapse of the rule of law visiting upon his family in a very personal way. This leads into a discussion of t…
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On this week we kick off what we're calling an "AJSTW Remix" - no, it's NOT a "best of" podcast... this is material Jerry and I have done elsewhere, but for the majority of you, it's brand spanking new! The remix starts with Jerry giving his thoughts about the verdict in the Trump trial, and just what this might mean for the election. What are his …
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Throughout the 1990’s, Allan Langer and Ricky Stuart engaged in an intense on-field rivalry. The star halfbacks of their respective club and state teams, the pair were virtually always opponents and locked into a perennial tussle to wear the Australian number 7 jersey. On this episode of Stories Of Origin, we explore the battle of Langer and Stuart…
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After a humiliating defeat in the 2000 State of Origin series, Queensland turned to legendary coach Wayne Bennett to restore state pride. Bennett's bold move to select an entirely new Maroons team paid off with a victory in the opening game of the 2001 series. However, the Blues fought back, leveling the series with a dominant performance in game t…
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With Andrew & Jerry's schedules gone crazy, they do a split show this week. With the arguments in the NYC Trump trial coming to a close, Andrew offers his thoughts about where things seem to be going and what's gone awry with ths prosecution. Then, Jerry sits down with Elaine Parker, President of the Job Creators Foundation and Communications Direc…
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Allan Langer’s playing legacy still looms large over the Broncos. The clubs Inaugural halfback in 1988 would become their first premiership captain in ‘92, a title they defended in ‘93. He’d go on to lead a team rated among the greatest club outfits ever assembled to the Super League premiership of ‘97, and in ‘98 they reigned supreme again in a re…
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A Rugby League halfback is the beating heart of a football team, part drummer, part lead guitarist, but every seven needs a six. In the case of Alan Langer, his illustrious wingmen are as much a part of his story as himself. On this episode of Stories of Origin ‘Alfie’, we shine a light on Langer's leading men, playmaking champions Wally Lewis and …
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Justin Timberlake said it best, "It's gotta be May!" It's the first of May, and not only is May Day a traditional communist "holiday", but it's also a signal of someone or some thing in distress. Like America. Andrew and Jerry break down what's going on on America's college campuses, talking about the origins of these crises, who is behind them in …
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One of the smallest men to have played the game, ‘Alfie’ rose to become a giant figure of the sport. On episode one of Stories of Origin, Alfie, we go back to where it all began. The sports loving, blue collar Queensland city of Ipswich, which has played a significant part in developing champions of the state. And we explore a truly unique relation…
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Episode 1 available Monday 29 April 2024. Allan Langer. The diminutive playmaking whiz who bamboozled and befuddled opponents for decades remains Queensland’s most capped halfback and revered as ever. Tough, tenacious and talented beyond all comprehension. This season Stories of Origin shines the spotlight on the career of the little number 7 that …
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Easter Sunday also happened to coincide with the National Transgender Day of Visibility, and Andrew and Jerry noodle through how that happened to happen. With the myriad months, weeks and days dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ agenda, what does this mean for the world at large from both a theological and civil society perspective. What happens when society…
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The State of the Union is Angry (or IS IT?)! Andrew and Jerry break down last week's bizarre and largely unprecedented State of the Union address. What does it say about Biden's mental state? They talk about the President's departure from SOTU norms by focusing on Ukraine at the top of the speech, then saying there's a crisis in democracy, and then…
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Ali Dia - it's a name synonymous with footballing failure. How did a below average footballer find his way onto the sport's most elite stage, the Premier League? Josh Widdicombe and Dara Ó Briain preview their new 6-part podcast series, in which they unearth the weird and wonderful truth behind the biggest mystery in football history. The series ki…
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With Jerry delayed a bit, Andrew sat down to do a couple of solo interviews for the podcast. He's joined by former Congressman Doug Collins (R-GA) and Jon Schweppe from the American Principles Project! Rep. Collins talks about the war on intellectual property with the Biden Administration's attempt to seize patents as a backdoor way of implementing…
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It's Day 2 of CPAC, and Jerry is coming in HOT! Tales of altercations narrowly avoided, and just how one should navigate crowds. We're joined by singer/songwriter Hadas Levy, who follows up on our conversation with the creative forces behind Cabrini with a discussion of how changing the culture can change societal narratives. Mary Walter joins agai…
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It's that most-wonderful time of the year! CPAC 2024 is upon us! Jerry is late, so Andrew has to handle some of the interview duties. He's joined by Horace Cooper from the National Center for Public Policy Research's Project 21. Then he sits down with former Trump White House Deputy Communications Director Roma Daravi, when Jerry arrives. Together …
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There's breaking news happening! It's being reported that Ronna Romney McDaniel is stepping down as Chair of the Republican National Committee. Who is going to replace her? Major media outlets are reporting that Chairman of the North Carolina GOP, Michael Whatley, is going to step in as Chairman of the RNC. As it happens, Andrew has known Michael W…
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New year, new show! It's been a crazy first few weeks of 2024, and between work and weather, it's been tough to get together to do a show. Andrew and Jerry break down the wet start to 2024, and talk about the weather in the context of both the climate change and energy debates. They talk about the public policy problem of offering up so-called "sol…
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It's the last AJSTW before the end of the year, and 2023's most-important story broke this week: 4 members of the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Donald Trump ineligible for the presidential primary ballot, and not only ordered his name removed from it, but also took the extraordinary step of ruling that any write-in votes cast for Trump would be toss…
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Andrew and Jerry are LIVE from the studios at the Conservative Partnership Campus! Jerry has Seinfeldian tales of parking his car, and this seems apt given the surreality of our political climate. They revisit this week's debate, and question the purpose for which it serves. They look at the 2024 presidential landscape, and wonder whether we will e…
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The Christmas season is upon us, but the craziness doesn't abate. Andrew and Jerry start with the story of a city council meeting in Oakland, CA and the hatred and misinformation that ensued. They explore the history of anti-semitism on the left, and the relationship between the evolution of DEI and the deepening of anti-semitic hate within the pro…
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We are exactly one year out from the 2024 presidential elections, and Andrew & Jerry break it all down for you. The third GOP Candidates debate was last night, and we talk about who won, who lost, and whether or not things were at all better with only five candidates on the stage. What happens when you wait until after the debate to watch highlight…
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In the two weeks since our last Episode, the planet has edged closer to another World War, with Hamas attacking Israel and the Middle East coming close to exploding as a result. Andrew and Jerry sit down to dispel myths about the history of the conflict between Israel and the so-called "Palestinians" (and they explain why they refer to "Palestinian…
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Speaker McCarthy is OUT, and Andrew and Jerry have a deep discussion as to why. Is there really chaos in Congress--and if there is, is there anything new about it? What kind of Speaker was McCarthy? What did he accomplish, if anything? What did Matt Gaetz and the 7 Republicans who joined him accomplish, if anything? They discuss the hypocrisies in …
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The second GOP debate is upon us, and Donald Trump will be absent again. Jerry lays out the case as to why he thinks this should disqualify Trump from the Primary ballot, and Andrew asks Jerry whether this changes his view of Rank Choice Voting. Trump is going to speak to the UAW instead, and Andrew & Jerry debate the merits of this and whether Tru…
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Are mask mandates coming back? Andrew and Jerry talk about the soft re-introduction of Covid19 mask protocols and Anthony Fauci's appearance on CNN over the weekend. What is America's appetite for new mandates or lockdowns--and why are masks a form of sacrament to the left? There's a word for the intersection of corporate and state power, which is …
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Apologies in advance for Andrew's bad audio. President Biden brushes off a legitimate question from a reporter about the tens of millions of dollars paid by foreign governments to the Biden family, and Andrew and Jerry discuss the significance of this revelation. Then, we're two weeks shy of the first Republican presidential debate, and Andrew is u…
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Just a day after Hunter Biden's longtime business associate, Devin Archer, gave explosive and incredibly illuminating testimony to Congress, America's attention was turned away from possible Biden family corruption to a new set of indictments against former President Trump--making the weaponization and politicization of the nation's justice system …
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If Hollywood disappeared as a result of both the Writers' Guild and Screen Actors' Guild striking, would anyone really notice or care? Andrew and Jerry talk abut the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and what this could mean for Hollywood (and entertainment for years to come). Where and how might one be sympathetic? Why so many of us just don't care - or …
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Another Independence Day is upon us, and Andrew and Jerry focus on the fundamentals. The 2022-2023 Supreme Court term came to a stunning end, and with that, the attacks on the High Court's legitimacy have started to approach a fever pitch. They discuss the cases in the latest term, and what the statistics really show regarding the court's ideology.…
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Andrew is back from his trip to Alaska, and boy did he miss a ton! Trump gets indicted, then arraigned, and he and Jerry agree that just about EVERYONE commenting on the Trump indictment is wrong - Never Trumpers, Pro-Trumpers, libertarians, progressives, conservatives, NOBODY seems to be calling balls and strikes. They break down the indictment, t…
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In the summer of 2019 England hosted the Cricket World Cup and the Ashes. 48 one-day internationals and six Tests in 14 crazy weeks, it was the stuff of dreams for all cricket lovers. And every dream needs a hero. Step forward Benjamin Andrew Stokes. After his heroics in that chaotic World Cup final, things looked to be taking a turn for the worse …
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Many Ashes series have been won by pairs of great bowlers. In this episode, the most potent combinations – from Lillee and Thompson, Botham and Willis, Warne and McGrath to the most recent deadly duo, Anderson and Broad. James Anderson and Stuart Broad explain how they work together to methodically analyse conditions and opponents and recognise whe…
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England planned their 2010/11 campaign in Australia, where they had not won a series for 25 years, with military precision. The strategy of captain Andrew Strauss and coach Andy Flower was based on patience, stamina, consistency and making mountains of runs. The Ashes were sealed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when England bowled Australia out for…
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Australia reinvented the game in the late 1990’s with three aggressive opening batsmen: Matthew Hayden, Michael Slater and Justin Langer. To compound England’s woes, they were followed by greats Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh and adding the coup de grace – Adam Gilchrist, wielding his bat like a Samurai sword. They intimidated England’s attack, sending…
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No-one has burst onto the Ashes scene as dramatically as Shane Warne did in 1993. With his first ever delivery in an Ashes contest he dramatically clean bowled Mike Gatting with a ball that turned and bounced ferociously. It became simply known as “That Ball”. It transformed not just Ashes matches but the way spin was used worldwide. The tales of W…
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In 1981 Ian Botham became a national sporting hero. From the depths of despair after being sacked as England captain, he fought back to lead a remarkable resurgence. All while playing some of the most scintillating cricket the game had ever seen. In this episode you'll hear from the key protagonists of one of English crickets finest moments. Botham…
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The Australian batsman Vic Richardson played in the first Bodyline series and was terrorised by the English bowlers. His grandson was the gimlet-eyed Australian captain Ian Chappell. Having heard so many of his grandfather’s stories, he vowed revenge. In 1974/5 he unleashed the marauding Dennis Lillee and the supersonic Jeff Thomson on England – th…
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The 1932/3 Ashes in Australia was one of the most volatile contests in sporting history. This was down to the phenomenon that was Donald Bradman and England’s desperate attempts to stop him scoring masses of runs, something they were far too familiar with at that point. The plan was a revenge mission called Leg Theory, which involved targeting Brad…
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Four players have dominated Ashes series more than any others: Donald Bradman, Ian Botham, Shane Warne and Freddie Flintoff. In this episode, their immense impact, most dramatic moments and behind the scenes antics. You'll hear how the phenomenon Bradman shunned his teammates and never socialised, quite the contrast to Botham who lured leading memb…
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The 2005 Ashes is widely thought to be the greatest Test series in the history of the competition. It enthralled two nations and catapulted Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff to icon status. A titanic battle between bat and ball, featuring one of the closest ever test match finishes, it was the series that had it all and breathed life back into English cric…
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It’s more than just a sporting contest. It’s the pride of two nations, where victory couldn’t be sweeter, but defeat is the bitterest taste of all. It’s a rivalry that transcends sport and creates true heroes and villains. This is Legends of the Ashes, hosted by lifelong cricket fan and current Marylebone Cricket Club President, Stephen Fry. Over 1…
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We have a debt ceiling deal... or do we? Andrew and Jerry break down the arguments for and against the deal, who won, who lost, and whether or not calls to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy are spot-on or overblown. It's graduation season and the idelogues abound--Maryland Governor Wes Moore being one of the worst. Is he the kind of Democrat that ChatGPT…
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It can take just one play to make someone an Origin hero. In the case of Adam Mogg, his two games for Queensland are as significant as any. In 2006, State of Origin was in its 25th year. New South Wales was coming off its third straight series victory and there was growing concern about the long-term future of State of Origin, as many commentators …
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The 2014 State of Origin is best remembered for New South Wales' victory which ended Queensland's record run of eight straight series wins. The opening game in front of a raucous Queensland crowd at Suncorp Stadium was a grueling affair. The Blues won 12 - 8 in a demanding match, in large part thanks to the memorable performances of the Morris Twin…
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The Durham report on FBI/DOJ malfeasance in the investigation of Russian Collusion has dropped, and it paints a horrible picture. Where does this scandal fit into tragedies like January 6th or Pearl Harbor or the Civil War? What makes this worse than Watergate? But most-importantly, how does this report color our assessment of the victories and fai…
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The 1998 State of Origin series featured some of the best Rugby League ever witnessed. After three years of interruptions due to Super League, the best of the best were back to battle it out for interstate supremacy. Player for player, it was perhaps the strongest series ever staged. Champion Darren Lockyer wore the maroon of Queensland and the gre…
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