Normal Men

One of the Normal Men has to go on hiatus, but three soldier on to talk about a vegan on a rampage, Israel’s attack on Iran, No Kings Day protests, and the disconnect between national politics and local reaction.
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Chapters:
0:00 Vegan Tofu & Lab-Grown Meat5:47 Welcome & Housekeeping8:15 Israel-Iran Hot War30:35 US Domestic Unrest & Military38:51 Legal Battles: National Guard & Marines46:42 No King's Day & Army Parade52:30 Local Police & Democracy Breakdown59:58 Optimistic Note & Outro
Chapters:
0:00 Vegan Tofu & Lab-Grown Meat5:47 Welcome & Housekeeping8:15 Israel-Iran Hot War30:35 US Domestic Unrest & Military38:51 Legal Battles: National Guard & Marines46:42 No King's Day & Army Parade52:30 Local Police & Democracy Breakdown59:58 Optimistic Note & Outro

This week, we welcome our first guest, Faine Greenwood, to talk about drones, Elon Musk and the purgatory party train that is Bluesky.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & Ukraine Drone Attack1:55 Drone Tech & Covert Operations5:40 Drone Terrorism & Reproducibility11:30 Drone Costs & Cartel Use15:50 Drone Limitations & China's Influence20:00 Civilian Drone Uses & Protests23:40 Musk vs. Trump Feud & Fallout36:50 Pride, Blue Sky & Alf Hogg47:00 Blue Sky Habits & Outro
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & Ukraine Drone Attack1:55 Drone Tech & Covert Operations5:40 Drone Terrorism & Reproducibility11:30 Drone Costs & Cartel Use15:50 Drone Limitations & China's Influence20:00 Civilian Drone Uses & Protests23:40 Musk vs. Trump Feud & Fallout36:50 Pride, Blue Sky & Alf Hogg47:00 Blue Sky Habits & Outro

This week, we talk about Elon Musk (again) and his drugs, what his missteps mean for DOGE, new news on tariffs, and the Trump Administration’s war on the legal system.
Chapters:
0:00 Podcast Intro & Elon Musk's Downfall5:00 Elon's White House Exit & Shiner10:00 Elon's Health & Doge's Future15:00 Joni Ernst's Impunity & Danger20:00 Doge, Project 2025 & Bureaucracy25:00 Doge's Internal Conflicts & Firing28:00 Tariffs & International Trade Court36:00 Supreme Court & Major Questions Doctrine41:00 Trump vs. Legal Establishment54:00 Outro & Pride Month Fundraiser

This week, we talk about Lowtax Speedrun Enjoyer’s limitless Jeep enthusiasm. We also get into a serious conversation about recent political violence in the United States (and why it’s bad), and discuss the finer points of the doomed-to-be-rewritten House Republican budget bill.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & Memorial Day Weekend4:00 Wild Car Stories & Jeep Talk21:00 The DC Shooting & Political Violence47:00 House Reconciliation Bill: Overview52:00 Bill Details: Tax & Social Programs57:00 Bill Details: Energy & IRA Repeal1:02:00 Bill Details: Immigration & Crypto1:07:00 Anti-Growth Policy & Outro

This week, we get into some of the details of the Moody’s US credit downgrade, and have updates on last week’s Supreme Court decision on the American Enemies Act. Finally, we talk about the world’s Chief Weeb for Boers, Elon Musk, and how his chatbot went floridly insane.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & US Credit Downgrade4:50 Credit Rating: Blame & Impact10:20 Tariffs and Trade Negotiations20:00 SCOTUS & Alien Enemies Act25:00 Habeas Corpus & Court Dynamics30:50 Judicial Politics & Fifth Circuit35:00 Grok's White Genocide Glitch40:00 Elon Musk's AI Propaganda46:00 Elon's Retcon & Podcast Outro

This week, George returns from Greece, Lowtax Speedrun Enjoyer demands that the new Pope defend the honor of his people, we talk about some good news from North Carolina, bad news for Congressional Republicans, and discuss the newest dysfunctional alcoholic joining the second Trump Administration. Propter Malone and GOLIKEHELLMACHINE exhaust their weekly allotment of dad(bad) jokes.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & Pizza Debate4:00 North Carolina Election & Gerrymandering9:50 2026 Senate Race Outlook20:50 Texas Senate Race Deep Dive36:00 DC Reconciliation Bill & Budget45:50 ICE Oversight & Ras Baraka53:50 DC US Attorney & Trump's Influence1:01:50 Trump's DC Parade & Abortion Access

In this episode, George joins the gang from Greece to talk about normal — and abnormal — men. We also get into what’s going on the world’s most hacked group chat software, and we close out with a brief explanation of quarterly corporate filings including what they’re saying about the economy as it stares down the barrel of tariffs.
Chapters:
0:00 Global Politics & Greek Travels5:00 Defining the 'Normal Man'10:00 The Manosphere's Toxic Masculinity15:00 Beyond Abnormality: What is Normal?20:00 Gender Performance & Bronze Age Pervert26:00 The Telemessage Security Breach31:00 Israel, SEC, and Data Archives36:00 Q1 Earnings Season Overview41:00 Apple, India, and Trade Deals

This week’s show is a bit on the lighter side. It’s spring time so we’re skies out thighs out before the boys do a round-up of the cabinet clownshows and calamities that are already defining the second Trump Administration. It’s also time for some Truck Talk given the new EV pickup company that emerged from stealth last week.
Then, finally, the most normal story of the week: Shadeur Sanders.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro: Inseams & Trump Admin3:00 Pete Hegseth's Breakfast Blunders7:30 Cabinet Misadventures: Noem, Burgum, Patel17:30 Rubio & Econ Team's Tariff Fights25:00 Tariff Impact & Supply Chain Woes28:30 Sweet Trucks: EV Innovation & Future49:00 NFL Draft: Sanders' Hubris & Fall57:00 Jerry Jones' Woke Take & Outro

A very normal Canadian election calls for some very Normal Men to talk about it. We also catch up on all the horrible effects of DOGE (which do not include lower government spending).
Also: another update on Kilmar Ábrego García.
Chapters:
0:00 Cold Open & Episode Preview1:30 Kilmer Abrego Garcia Case Update10:30 Doge's Devastating USAID Cuts19:00 Doge's Financial Failures & Musk's Pattern25:00 Doge's Attack on Federal Agencies39:00 Interviewing Affected Federal Workers41:00 Canada's Election & Anti-US Sentiment51:00 Canadian Identity & US Relations57:00 Canadian Politics: Future Dynamics
Chapters:
0:00 Cold Open & Episode Preview1:30 Kilmer Abrego Garcia Case Update10:30 Doge's Devastating USAID Cuts19:00 Doge's Financial Failures & Musk's Pattern25:00 Doge's Attack on Federal Agencies39:00 Interviewing Affected Federal Workers41:00 Canada's Election & Anti-US Sentiment51:00 Canadian Identity & US Relations57:00 Canadian Politics: Future Dynamics

In this week’s episode of Normal Men, your very normal hosts are joined by an inspiring special guest before we talk about tariffs and bonds, because tariffs and bonds are going to continue to be big news for the foreseeable future (nobody is happy about this).
We also discuss updates in the Kilmar Ábrego García case and the effort to overturn an election to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro and iPhone Tariffs5:00 Tariff Policy Chaos10:00 Bond Market Turmoil15:00 Dollar's Decline and US Debt26:00 Threat to American Hegemony31:00 The Abrego Garcia Legal Battle47:00 Economic Identity and Tariffs59:00 North Carolina Election Crisis