Best John David Barnett Podcasts (2025)

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Denny Neagle, Member of the 2000 World Series Champion NY Yankees and Marvin Weinberger, Inventor of the Grill Fighter BBQ Cleaning Tool 1:43:50

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Episode 299 features former Major League Baseball pitcher and a member of the 2000 World Series Champion New York Yankees, Denny Neagle and the inventor of the barbecue Grill Fighter cleaning tool, Marvin Weinberger. Denny Neagle is former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for six teams over a 13-year career, including the Minnesota Twins, P…

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PREMIUM: "In-Groups & Out-Groups" with social psychologist Jolanda Jetten 32:50

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Are you defined by your identities? Where do you rank in the hierarchy of your social group, either online or in real life? How are the boundaries of your communities policed? By whom? In an era of social-media mobs, splintering communities and anti-immigrant ideas, the way we sort ourselves into in-groups and out-groups is a fascinating field of s…

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Rewriting the Rules: Antitrust and the FTC with Jonathan M. Barnett and Larry White 50:08

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Rewriting the Rules: Antitrust and the FTC with Jonathan M. Barnett and Larry White by Technology Policy InstituteBy Technology Policy Institute

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“Josh vs the Anti-Gay-Parenting Activist” Katy Faust 2:03:35

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Katy Faust is a family-values activist who campaigns against all families that don't contain a biological mother and father. A rockstar among American conservatives, she's the founder of the children's rights organization, Them Before Us. On shows like Jordan Peterson's - and in her lobbying of lawmakers - she argues for prioritising every baby's r…

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Don Drysdale Up and In Author, Mark Whicker and Twisted D Cookers, Donnie Howard As We Explore a Baseball Hall of Famers' Career and a Barbecue Pitmaster's Journey 1:45:16

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Episode 298 features Don Drysdale Up and In Author, Mark Whicker and Twisted D Cookers, Donnie Howard as we explore a Baseball Hall of Famers' career and a barbecue pitmaster's journey Mark Whicker worked for 49 years in the newspaper business and spent 34 of those years as a columnist for the Orange County Register. Before that he was a columnist …

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"Artificial Intelligence in a Human World" with Prof. Toby Walsh 50:39

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Is it legit for tech companies to vacuum up everything humans create, to spin off A.I. content, and not to compensate humans? Will this world of creative artificial creatures promote or corrode human creativity? In America, two tech giants just won landmark court cases over their use of copyrighted works to train A.I. models. The court found that M…

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"Should We Ban Extreme Wealth?” with Prof. Carl Rhodes 1:05:56

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Is there something broken about a world where some people are absurdly, insanely rich? Or is inequality the price we pay for innovation? What do Bezos, Gates, Musk & Zuck tell us about what's malfunctioning in our societies? Would be better with no billionaires, or is the anti-rich movement an impoverished politics of envy? Professor Carl Rhodes wa…

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Former MLB Player and Executive, Ed Lynch, Inventor of the BBQ Hooker, John Garcia With His Son, Gabriel, and Winner of Netflix's Season 2 Barbecue Showdown, Thyron Mathews 1:21:26

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Episode 297 features former Major League Baseball player and executive, Ed Lynch, inventor of the BBQ Hooker, John Garcia with his son, Gabriel, and winner of Netflix's season two Barbecue Showdown, Thyron Mathews Ed Lynch was drafted by the Texas Rangers and after three years in their minor league system he was traded to the New York Mets and had …

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PREMIUM: “The Palestinian Delusion: the 'Right of Return' & the Mirage of Peace” with fmr Labor Knesset parliamentarian Einat Wilf 50:43

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What if the problem for the Palestinian people was not Israel, but the encouragement by the international community of a fantasy that, one day, Palestinians will return to Israel proper? That’s the thesis of 'The War of Return’ by former Labor parliamentarian and foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Einat Wilf. She opposes settlem…

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"A.I., Artificial Souls, and the Crazy Conundrum of Consciousness" with Philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel 1:04:16

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Let's take a break from the news cycle for a moment, shall we? There's a lot of cool shit to ponder that's more important and more fascinating. Like, how does the gooey blob of atoms between your ears generate all of your experiences? And are we on track to producing machines that feel as alive as you? Eric Schwitzgebel is a legendary professor of …

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Babe Ruth's Great-Grandson, Brent Stevens and Author, Kelly Bennett Discuss Out of the Mouth of Babe While Alex Fei of Roto-Q 360, Hunter Breshears of Plainville Farms, and Stefan Nicodemou of Saucy Rascals ... 1:18:48

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Episode 296 features Babe Ruth's great-grandson, Brent Stevens and author, Kelly Bennett discussing Out of the Mouth of Babe, while National BBQ Festival participants, Alex Fei of Roto-Q 360, Hunter Breshears of Plainville Farms, and Stefan Nicodemou of Saucy Rascals discuss their products Kelly Bennett is the author of many award-winning books for…

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"Being Courageous in a Conformist World" with Sarah Wilson 1:15:08

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Are we too spoilt to be creative? Are we succumbing to decadent decline? How do you dissent when the incentives are to conform? How do the French retain the art of disagreement while the Anglosphere gets stuck in predictable squabbles? How can we grow a pair of collective cojones and defiantly create a better future? Today's episode would normally …

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JUST JOSH: "Staying Sane on Israel" 56:11

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Anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Palestinians, Hamas, Israeli Arabs, diaspora Jews, Gaza, and now an all-out war with Iran. It's head-spinning, trying to make sense of Israel right now. Today, Josh comes to you battered and bruised by the slings and arrows of a national pile-on. He wrote the lead opinion piece in the big thumping weekend edition of Sydn…

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Baseball Gaijin, Tony Barnette and an Encore Presentation of Barbecue Hall of Fame Member, Lee Ann Whippen 1:48:10

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Episode 295 features baseball gaijin, Tony Barnette and an encore presentation of Barbecue Hall of Fame member, Lee Ann Whippen Tony Barnette is a former professional baseball pitcher and the main subject of the book, A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back written by our previous guest, Aaron Fischman. Tony played in Major League Base…

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PREMIUM: “Old Media, New Media & the Truth” with legendary journalist Chris Uhlmann 44:32

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Chris Uhlmann is one of the most experienced and well-known journalists Down Under. He worked for decades as either the host or the chief political reporter on many of the country's most respected news shows: The 7.30 Report, ABC News, Nine News, and ABC Radio's flagship current affairs show "A.M." He's made the leap to Substack, and joined Josh to…

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BONUS: The Playwright Who Just Won the Tony Awards 47:08

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Over the weekend, the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play went to Eureka Day, a brave, hilarious satire of wokeness, vaccine denial, identity politics and social justice. Fresh from Broadway, the Sydney production is on now at the Seymour Centre. Its playwright, Jonathan Spector, joined Josh from California before his Tony triumph. Eureka Day is …

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“An Incredible Clean-Energy Future: Smart Homes, Smart Grids & Smart Thinkers” like energy entrepreneur Saul Griffith 1:00:10

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If you want to feel optimistic about the mind-boggling potential of the renewable energy revolution, listen to Saul Griffith, one of the world's leading experts in electrification, decarbonisation and renewable energy technologies. He's founded a dozen Silicon Valley technology companies, R&D labs, and non-partisan organizations, and he was instrum…

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Meathead, Barbecue Hall of Fame Member and Ryan Dempster, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Member, Plus Guest Co-host Scott Crawford, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Director of Operations 2:02:34

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Episode 294 is filled with members of their respective Hall of Fame's as we welcome Barbecue Hall of Fame member, Meathead and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame member, Ryan Dempster. Plus we are joined by guest co-host Scott Crawford, Director of Operations for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Meathead is the founder and publisher of the immensely…

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PREMIUM: "Trump, the Left, and the Future of Liberalism" with Yascha Mounk 35:19

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While the showdown continues over Trump's military deployment against Los Angeles protestors, can we take heart from the resurgence of anti-Trump liberalism in Canada, Australia, the U.K. and Europe? Could the Democrats capture that energy? If the culture has moved on from "wokeness", then what's the next paradigm for the Left? How should we think …

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"Influencers, In-Fights & New Media" with Hannah Ferguson 1:35:02

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At 26, Hannah Ferguson is one of the most influential young women in Australia. Her media company, Cheek Media, boasts an army of politically-engaged, progressive female fans. Ferguson co-hosts the smash hit podcast Big Small Talk, which breaks down politics and pop culture. An unapologetic progressive, she recently interviewed the prime minister a…

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It's Time To Disco With Author, David Krell and We Talk Saucy with Big Dog Sauce Company Cofounder, Dan Lloyd 2:01:58

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Hang up the disco ball, put on the bell-bottom pants, tube tops, halter tops, leisure suits, and platform shoes as we step back in time to 1978 with author, David Krell and then come back to 2025 as we chat with the cofounder of Big Dog Sauce Company, Dan Lloyd. David Krell is an author, baseball historian, and a reoccurring guest. His latest work …

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PREVIEW: Andrew Sullivan 36:10

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Andrew Sullivan is one of the most influential political writers of his generation. He became the face of the gay marriage fight, after writing the first major American article arguing for it in 1989. His 1995 book, Virtually Normal, became a bible of the marriage equality movement. Andrew had moved to America to get his PhD in politics from Harvar…

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"Why Gaza is Genocide" with Israeli Holocaust Historian Prof. Amos Goldberg 1:00:09

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Terms like "genocide" and "apartheid" are thrown around a lot by anti-Israel activists. But when a leading Israeli Holocaust historian declares his own country to be a genocidal apartheid state, we ought to listen. Born and raised in Israel, Dr Goldberg is a professor in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew Universi…

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Chef Ray's Annual Father's Day Gift Guide and Brett Moore is a Baseball Savant, Plus Guest Co-host, Gary Looney 1:50:31

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Episode 292 features Chef Ray's highly anticipated annual Father's Day Gift Guide and Brett Moore dazzles us with his encyclopedic baseball knowledge as Gary Looney joins us as guest co-host. Ray Sheehan also known as Chef Ray is an award winning maker of barbecue sauces and rubs as well as an award winning cookbook author. We continue with our ann…

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PREVIEW: “Tariffs, Greenbacks, Qatar’s Air Force One, and American Empire” with Assoc. Prof. David Smith 28:19

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How do you reconcile Trump's passion for American Greatness with his disengagement from international systems which America set up? What are the consequences so far of Trump's tariff flip-flops? Can Ukraine be resolved by the Great Powers alone? Do volatile bond markets predict the end of the U.S. dollar? Where does this all leave America in relati…

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Josh on... Can You Change People's Minds? 1:33:36

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We've got a special treat for you today. Josh sat down with the hosts of the "Changed My Mind" podcast, who interrogated him about whether it's really possible, in our divided times, to change someone's mind. Josh shares his thoughts about the art of persuasion; reveals topics on which his position has changed; and wrestles with conundrums like fac…

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Author of Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America, Will Bardenwerper and Founder of Nate's Smokehouse BBQ Blends, Nate Corbitt 1:48:43

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Episode 291 features Will Bardenwerper, author of Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America and Nate Corbitt, founder of Nate's Smokehouse BBQ Blends Will Bardenwerper has contributed to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Harper's Magazine. He served as an Airborne Ranger-qualified infantry officer in Iraq and w…

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"The Game-ification of Everything" with Gurwinder Bhogal 1:42:43

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Gurwinder rose to fame writing elaborately insightful Twitter threads about how to be human in the twenty-first century. He now publishes The Prism, on Substack, a guide to navigating the digital age. Watch this conversation on YouTube. And you’re missing out on our best ad-free content if you haven’t popped over to the Uncomfy Convos Substack page…

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“Free Thought vs Free Speech” with Jenara Nerenberg 1:05:25

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Are people too disagreeable these days? Or, in fact, are we losing the knack for disagreement? Are we self-silencing? Or getting more rude? Jenara Nerenberg is the founder and host of The Neurodiversity Project. She's a Harvard graduate who lectures widely on neuroscience and diversity, and who runs workshops at institutions like the Stanford Gradu…

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Former MLB Player, Carlos Baerga and World Food Championships Finalist, Michelle O'Guin Both Know a Thing or Two About Competing 1:47:28

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Episode 290 features former Major League Baseball player, Carlos Baerga and World Food Championships finalist, Michelle O'Guin Carlos Baerga is a former Major League Baseball player, who spent most of his playing career with the Cleveland Indians. It was during his time with Cleveland that he earned three All-Star appearances, two Silver Slugger Aw…

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"Does Alien Life Exist?" with astrophysicist Dr Sara Webb 1:21:17

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Are we alone? If alien life exists, why can't we find it? What's "the great filter"? Why is the universe set up the way it is? What are the chances there 's some purpose to it all? And is BBC News correct in reporting that "Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet"? What have we actually found? What might it mean? Whenever…

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“Conspiracies, Echo Chambers & Culture Wars” with Sacha Judd 1:44:24

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The internet is a dumpster fire. Are you a firefighter? Or an arsonist? This episode is a cracker. Sacha Judd is an expert on internet subcultures. A former lawyer, she has become something like “the Mark Cuban of New Zealand” - a smart, left-wing investor in high-growth startups; advisor to businesses; and fierce commentator on Big Tech. Sacha wan…

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HQ Trivia and ChangeUp's, Scott Rogowsky and King Louie's Meat Apostles, Michael Goff and a Recap of the Jeff Michner Foundation BBQ Benefit at Pig Beach 1:56:56

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Episode 289 features HQ Trivia and ChangeUp's, Scott Rogowsky and King Louie's Meat Apostles, Michael Goff and a recap of the Jeff Michner Foundation BBQ Benefit at Pig Beach. Scott Rogowsky is a comedian and television personality. He is well known for his time hosting HQ Trivia, a mobile game show. Scott also co-hosted ChangeUp, a baseball progra…

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PREVIEW: Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dave Sweeney 50:27

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Do nuclear weapons protect Western civilisation? Or are they an insane error that humanity should undo? Is nuclear power worth the cost and risk? Dave Sweeney co-founded the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. Dave and Josh debate the risks and rewards of nuclear weapons and nuclear pow…

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William Kovacic and Jon Nuechterlein on Agency Independence and Humphrey's Executor 48:49

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William Kovacic and Jon Nuechterlein on Agency Independence and Humphrey's Executor by Technology Policy InstituteBy Technology Policy Institute

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BONUS: "Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Furore" with Tyson Yunkaporta 1:11:54

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Have indigenous Welcomes-to-Country gone too far? On Friday, far-right hecklers disrupted the Welcome to Country (i.e. the land acknowledgment, in North American parlance) of a profound Australian national event, the Anzac Day Dawn Service. The protest has sparked a national firestorm about race, racism and remembrance. Josh shares his thoughts abo…

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"Facebook Whistleblower" Frances Haugen 1:13:36

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What’s social media doing to us, and how would you fix it? Mark Zuckerberg has been a busy boy on the witness stand in Washington DC lately. In one of the most consequential antitrust cases in tech history, Meta is being sued by the U.S. government for allegedly maintaining a monopoly. It could reshape the future of social media, privacy regulation…

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Talkin' 21, A Discussion of the Legendary Roberto Clemente with Danny Torres and BBQ Talk with Pitmaster and YouTuber, Daddy Dutch 1:40:46

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Episode 288 features Danny Torres discussing his career as well as his love, respect, and admiration for the legendary Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member and humanitarian, Roberto Clemente. Plus we talk barbecue with pitmaster, Daddy Dutch who has a dedicated YouTube channel with plenty of food related videos. Danny Torres is a freelance spo…

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"American Authoritarianism" with Matt Welch 1:24:55

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What do you make of a U.S. government that snatches people off the street and disappears them into Central American prisons, forever, with no trial, and no way to appeal? Matt Welch is a libertarian journalist. He's no wild-eyed, Trump-loathing leftie. Fresh off the back of his appearance on Bill Maher, Matt joined Josh on Josh's streaming TV show,…

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“Reimagining Schooling” with Finnish education icon Prof. Pasi Sahlberg 1:48:09

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What's the purpose of school? Why do we run schools the way we do? How might we reinvent education in an era of artificial intelligence and ADHD? Professor Pasi Sahlberg is one of the world's leading education experts. He ran Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture, moved to Washington DC to advise the World Bank on education, and was a visitin…

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A Baseball Gaijin Author, Aaron Fischman and Champion Pitmaster Fred Robles, With Guest Co-host, Doug Scheiding 1:46:49

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Episode 287 features the author of A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back, Aaron Fischman and Champion Pitmaster Fred Robles, With Guest Co-host, Doug Scheiding Aaron Fischman is a sports writer, author, editor and multimedia journalist, who currently hosts the On the NBA Beat podcast, a weekly interview show he helped co-found with L…

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PREVIEW: "What Can Democrats Do?" with David Pakman 20:23

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The Democratic Party is paralysed. It can't merely offer resistance to Trump. It also needs to offer an alternative to him. But how? Should they oppose his every move, as the likes of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Cory Booker believe? Or should they shut up and wait for the president to doom himself, as Senate minority leader …

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“Decoding the Gurus” with Chris Kavanagh and Matt Browne 1:18:53

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When are independent shows like Uncomfortable Conversations serving a useful purpose... and when are they just preaching to the choir? "Decoding the Gurus" is a podcast that dissects how new-media personalities gain guru status. Frequently, such podcasters claim to be bravely challenging the status quo... while comfortably pandering to their team. …

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Pig Beach BBQ's, Matt Abdoo and Shane McBride Promote the 5th Annual BBQ Benefit for the Jeff Michner Foundation and Author, Chris Jensen Discusses Baseball's Two-Way Greats 1:42:22

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Episode 286 features Pig Beach BBQ's, Matt Abdoo and Shane McBride Promoting the 5th Annual BBQ Benefit for the Jeff Michner Foundation and Author, Chris Jensen Discussing Baseball's Two-Way Greats Matt Abdoo and Shane McBride from Pig Beach BBQ join us to discuss the 5th Annual BBQ Benefit for the Jeff Michner Foundation taking place at Pig Beach …

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Anthony Bourdain’s “Lieutenant”, Laurie Woolever 1:11:24

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Anthony Bourdain was Josh's hero. Laurie Woolever was, as Bourdain called her, his "lieutenant". A writer and culinary graduate, Laurie had worked for another gigantic cooking celebrity, Mario Batali, before he was brought down for alleged sexual harrassment. She spent almost ten years as Bourdain's right-hand-gal. The two of them wrote two books t…

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PREVIEW: "What Is the 'Patriarchy'?" with Prof. Cordelia Fine 38:46

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Do males and females differ in what we want out of life? In what jobs we want to do? In how much we want to look after babies, or run a tech start-up, or sweep the living room, or be a CEO? Or are biological preferences just an excuse to justify inequality? Cordelia Fine is a feminist academic who studies scientific explanations of sex differences …

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Dave Stevens, Athlete, Seven-Time Emmy Award Winner, and Congenital Amputee Tells Inspiring Stories While Jimmy Carbone and Sean Ludwig Discuss Upcoming Barbecue Events and Barbecue's Enormous Growth 1:55:13

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Episode 285 features inspiring stories from athlete, Dave Stevens, a seven-time Emmy Award winner and congenital amputee, while Jimmy Carbone and Sean Ludwig promote upcoming barbecue events and barbecue's enormous growth. Dave Stevens is an athlete and a seven-time Emmy Award winning sports broadcaster. Dave is a congenital amputee and has wrestle…

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JUST JOSH: The Woke Catastrophe of “Snow White” 28:49

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If you want to see what's wrong with not being offensive, watch Snow White. The new Disney re-make is so committed to not offending anyone that it’s a social-justice jumble. Snow White isn’t white as snow; her love interest isn’t a prince; the dwarves aren’t “dwarves”; but there IS a dwarf in a non-dwarf role; Snow White doesn’t need a man; the man…

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BOB CARR on Diplomacy, Statesmanship and Grief 1:40:32

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Even if you're not Australian, you want to listen to this conversation with one of the nation's most iconic statesmen. Bob Carr is a former foreign minister of Australia (i.e. the secretary of state) and, before that, the longest-continuously-serving Premier of NSW, Australia's most populous state. He's an intellectual powerhouse, an icolonoclast, …

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Trust Your Butcher With Butcher BBQ's, David Bouska and Get An Inside Look at the MLB With Former Player, Ryan Thompson, Plus Guest Co-host, Gary Mack 1:50:41

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Episode 284 features Butcher BBQ's, David Bouska and Former Major League Baseball player, Ryan Thompson, plus guest co-host, Gary Mack. David Bouska is an award-winning pitmaster and the owner of Butcher BBQ. He has won numerous awards, including titles at the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational BBQ and American Royal World Series of Barb…