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   +title: "Transcript: 2026 Starts With A Bang | Bugle Weekly Episode 92"
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   +date: 2026-01-12
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-0">0:00</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-0" data-t="0">I'm an angry butch lesbian who's been one shotted by MSNBC.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-5" data-t="5">Me, my bull dyke wife, and our 17 year old dog are headed to Minneapolis</span> <span class="cue" id="t-9" data-t="9">to ram feds with our Honda Pilot.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-11" data-t="11">Trump derangement syndrome? Nah. I'm not mad at him. We're here to melt ice, and we're headed to ground zero after we drop our non binary kid off at Somali day care.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-22">0:22</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-22" data-t="22">Fuck me. Good?</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-25">0:25</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-25" data-t="25">And if you don't have the right car insurance, one trigger happy fed could lead to me clobbering my Honda into your car that was just parked on the street while I bleed out on TikTok. So get car insurance from First Amendment Mutual. First Amendment Mutual protects you from the mayhem caused by libtards with Trump derangement syndrome.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-51">0:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-51" data-t="51">Welcome to 2,026,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-54" data-t="54">faithful podcast listener.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-56" data-t="56">We're twelve days into January, and a lot has happened.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-60" data-t="60">We took out Venezuela's dictator, Nicolas Maduro.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-63" data-t="63">The Iranian</span> <span class="cue" id="t-65" data-t="65">government is on the verge of collapse.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-67">1:07</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-67" data-t="67">The Ukraine war is escalating.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-70" data-t="70">US is hijacking</span> <span class="cue" id="t-71" data-t="71">Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers. And now</span> <span class="cue" id="t-75" data-t="75">Trump is talking about invading Greenland.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-78" data-t="78">But we're not just on the verge of World War three.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-81" data-t="81">No. That's not enough. We're also on the verge of a civil war.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-84">1:24</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-84" data-t="84">ICE agents and broccoli haircut, TikTok journalists went to Minnesota to shut down the Somali day cares and ended up killing some George Floyd, which has sparked another round of civil unrest in America's streets.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-97" data-t="97">But we didn't get here overnight, folks.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-100" data-t="100">You got here because journalism has failed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-103" data-t="103">us. The mainstream media doesn't inform you anymore. It possesses you. It crawls inside your skull like cordyceps, mushrooms, and whispers,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-111" data-t="111">Trump is coming back. Trump is already back. Trump's behind you right now. And suddenly you're not a person.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-117" data-t="117">You're a content delivery system with a pulse. I mean, look what the media did to Mike Brock.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-124">2:04</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-124" data-t="124">They give you Trump Terangement Syndrome like it's a Pfizer booster.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-128" data-t="128">Two doses plus a lifetime subscription.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-131" data-t="131">You don't even know what you're mad about anymore.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-133" data-t="133">You just know you're mad at authority,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-136" data-t="136">for authority,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-137" data-t="137">becomes of authority</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-138">2:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-138" data-t="138">all the same time.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-140" data-t="140">You're screaming fascism</span> <span class="cue" id="t-142" data-t="142">at a guy whose job title you don't understand.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-144" data-t="144">In a historical era, you learned about exclusively</span> <span class="cue" id="t-147" data-t="147">through podcasts recorded in Brooklyn basements.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-150" data-t="150">And then they tell you it's a fourth turning, which is just astrology for men who own bookshelves.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-156">2:36</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-156" data-t="156">This is the crisis phase, they say.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-159" data-t="159">Institutions will collapse, yeah, starting with you because you watched six MSNBC</span> <span class="cue" id="t-164" data-t="164">panels, two TikToks, and a guy named real patriot angel four twenty, and decided today's the day you're gonna confront the federal government in cargo shorts.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-173" data-t="173">Next time, you know, you're in the streets, adrenaline pumping, yelling about democracy like it's a coupon code, while the media is live tweeting your nervous breakdown with the chyron that says unfolding</span> <span class="cue" id="t-184" data-t="184">situation,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-185" data-t="185">and it goes bad, don't worry, they'll honor you.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-188">3:08</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-188" data-t="188">You'll</span> <span class="cue" id="t-189" data-t="189">be remembered as a complex figure, a tragic symbol,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-193" data-t="193">a thread.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-195" data-t="195">Because the media doesn't care if you live,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-197" data-t="197">they just need content.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-199" data-t="199">They need a narrative arc.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-201">3:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-201" data-t="201">They need a body to explain why tomorrow's panel needs to be six minutes longer. They need to compete with broccoli haircut zoomers with a YouTube channels four times bigger than their dying boomer audience.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-214" data-t="214">So yeah,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-215" data-t="215">don't let the mainstream media give you TDS,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-218" data-t="218">because history isn't a marvel movie, the fourth turning isn't a larp, and ice isn't a metaphor.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-225" data-t="225">The people selling you panic from a studio with catered lunch will absolutely be fine when you're not.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-231" data-t="231">They'll just call it another chapter.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-234">3:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-234" data-t="234">But you might be dead,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-236" data-t="236">like Renee Goode.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-238" data-t="238">And while Renee's wife and the ICE agent who shot her are gonna be able to retire from their GoFundMe fundraisers,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-245" data-t="245">your family probably won't.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-248" data-t="248">When you get ICE by a fed or run over by some libtard screaming about Nazis,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-253" data-t="253">everyone will be broke from donating to those who came before you, if they're not broke from hyperinflation</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-259">4:19</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-259" data-t="259">caused by World War three, or the money we print to buy Greenland.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-264" data-t="264">I guess the lesson is this,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-266" data-t="266">It's the fourth turning and it's getting real. Your goal is to listen to as many hours of Bitcoin podcasts</span> <span class="cue" id="t-274" data-t="274">as you can. Your goal is to reread</span> <span class="cue" id="t-277" data-t="277">Atlas Shrugged from the comfort of your homestead,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-281" data-t="281">or your pod.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-282">4:42</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-282" data-t="282">The lesson is to not let the mainstream media and uncredentialed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-286" data-t="286">journalist cause you to crash out and get TDS</span> <span class="cue" id="t-290" data-t="290">during the fourth turning.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-292" data-t="292">Good luck.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-294">4:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-294" data-t="294">It's real.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-295" data-t="295">The the Trump arrangement syndrome stuff is real. Like, it it is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-300" data-t="300">at catastrophic levels right now.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-303" data-t="303">There there's been all this, like, Zoomer,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-306" data-t="306">TikTok brain discussion around</span> <span class="cue" id="t-309" data-t="309">anxiety.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-310">5:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-310" data-t="310">There's this book that's circulating that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-313" data-t="313">they all read called The Anxious Generation.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-317">5:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-317" data-t="317">Yeah. It's real. It's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-319" data-t="319">And, right, before we get right into it,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-323" data-t="323">you know, this is the first</span> <span class="cue" id="t-326" data-t="326">episode that we recorded at least of the year.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-330" data-t="330">We're back 2026.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-333" data-t="333">This is not the Bull Market Bitcoin podcast</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-335">5:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-335" data-t="335">like we started 2025</span> <span class="cue" id="t-337" data-t="337">out with. This is the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-340" data-t="340">the fourth turning, the GDS</span> <span class="cue" id="t-342" data-t="342">year. I don't know. What what we did our</span> <span class="cue" id="t-347" data-t="347">our,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-348" data-t="348">our year</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-350">5:50</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-350" data-t="350">end review</span> <span class="cue" id="t-351" data-t="351">episode was the last episode.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-353" data-t="353">Is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-355" data-t="355">did we do predictions?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-357" data-t="357">Did we already do predictions</span> <span class="cue" id="t-359" data-t="359">for this year?</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-361">6:01</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-361" data-t="361">I don't think so. No. We did we did not do predictions yet.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-365">6:05</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-365" data-t="365">Because so much has had it's twelve days into the year and so much has happened.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-369" data-t="369">Where we I just went over some of it, but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-372" data-t="372">we've got a lot to counter.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-374" data-t="374">We've got a lot of 2026</span> <span class="cue" id="t-377" data-t="377">review to do</span> <span class="cue" id="t-378" data-t="378">already.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-380">6:20</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-380" data-t="380">What is,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-382" data-t="382">what is the,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-385" data-t="385">I guess, the highlight or the the main thing</span> <span class="cue" id="t-389" data-t="389">that, you've been focused on these first twelve days has been a lot?</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-395">6:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-395" data-t="395">Well, I've been working on the hero series.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-398" data-t="398">I've been super dialed into that. I've been working on,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-402" data-t="402">the hero's album.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-404" data-t="404">That's what I've been focused on. I I think,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-408" data-t="408">there there there's a set of individual that that will make it out of this,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-412" data-t="412">and they will really determine</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-416">6:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-416" data-t="416">how it all plays out.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-418" data-t="418">And it it is the individuals that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-422" data-t="422">decide to be heroic in the these hard times and don't lose their minds. And and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-429" data-t="429">I'm excited about this this concept and this idea.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-433" data-t="433">The the people that are</span> <span class="cue" id="t-435" data-t="435">more active participants and and acting out of their</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-440">7:20</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-440" data-t="440">their own volition instead of just being pinballs</span> <span class="cue" id="t-443" data-t="443">being,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-446" data-t="446">updated with different the the new variant or the new booster shot of Trump derangement syndrome just responding,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-453" data-t="453">and reacting to everything,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-456" data-t="456">like the red team chat.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-459">7:39</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-459" data-t="459">I mean, the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-460" data-t="460">the plebs with TES</span> <span class="cue" id="t-463" data-t="463">in the streets in Minneapolis</span> <span class="cue" id="t-464" data-t="464">and, in other cities, they they think that, you know, Ray Good herself, the the lady who got shot, she thought she was a hero. They think they're heroes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-473" data-t="473">So how do you know</span> <span class="cue" id="t-476" data-t="476">if you're the right type of hero?</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-479">7:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-479" data-t="479">Because everybody</span> <span class="cue" id="t-481" data-t="481">I mean, that's kind of the problem, like, woo,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-484" data-t="484">every all the normies,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-486" data-t="486">we live in a generation among people who grew up watching Disney movies</span> <span class="cue" id="t-491" data-t="491">and other Marvel movies and they all identify they all think that they're the hero of the fourth turning. Every individual thinks they're the hero of the fourth turning and they're getting one shot left and right by ICE agents, by MSNBC,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-504" data-t="504">by Mike Brock's essays,</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-506">8:26</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-506" data-t="506">by Pledgeslop. I mean, people are getting one shot left and right trying to be heroes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-511" data-t="511">What is like the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-514" data-t="514">the the hero's cookbook or like the hero's, you know, do</span> <span class="cue" id="t-518" data-t="518">is VTC Sessions</span> <span class="cue" id="t-519" data-t="519">gonna do a tutorial about being a hero? Like, how do</span> <span class="cue" id="t-523" data-t="523">you become the right type of hero and not get, you know,</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-527">8:47</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-527" data-t="527">run over by by libtards in the in the snowy streets?</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-531">8:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-531" data-t="531">Yeah. That's a really good question.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-534" data-t="534">It's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-536" data-t="536">I mean, it it's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-537" data-t="537">I I think,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-540" data-t="540">generally, you need a sense of self awareness.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-544" data-t="544">You need to be able to look in the mirror</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-547">9:07</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-547" data-t="547">and get an accurate depiction of yourself.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-550">9:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-550" data-t="550">And,</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-553">9:13</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-553" data-t="553">and you just need to be grounded. It's it's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-556" data-t="556">is typically the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-559" data-t="559">if</span> <span class="cue" id="t-561" data-t="561">you're self evaluating yourself,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-564" data-t="564">you're you're incredibly unhappy. You're giving your power to other people.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-571" data-t="571">They're they're just ruling your life. You're you're reactionary</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-574">9:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-574" data-t="574">to whatever Plebslop stimulus is being thrown in your direction. Like, you're probably not gonna be</span> <span class="cue" id="t-580" data-t="580">showcasing a whole lot of qualities of of heroism.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-583" data-t="583">It it's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-586" data-t="586">generally,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-587" data-t="587">like, I like Rand's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-589" data-t="589">framing of heroism. I I talked about this in episode one of my my hero series pretty in detail. I won't get into this super detail, but</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-598">9:58</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-598" data-t="598">they're they're just individuals that live in integrity</span> <span class="cue" id="t-602" data-t="602">and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-604" data-t="604">and really live out</span> <span class="cue" id="t-606" data-t="606">to be their,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-609" data-t="609">live into their potential.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-611" data-t="611">And it it I think the question is is, like, when you're looking in the mirror, are you are you living into your potential? And 99%</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-617">10:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-617" data-t="617">of the population will</span> <span class="cue" id="t-619" data-t="619">say no. I mean, you you got individuals like,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-625" data-t="625">Renee Goode that,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-628" data-t="628">you know, probably lived pretty insignificant lives. I I bet she was, like, some semblance of a Disney adult.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-634" data-t="634">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-637" data-t="637">you know, suicide by cop being thrust</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-643">10:43</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-643" data-t="643">into relevancy</span> <span class="cue" id="t-645" data-t="645">just because the plug slot media finds it to be a convenient situation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-652" data-t="652">is not it I don't think that's really, you know, an act of heroism. But the the this is the thing is, like, you know, the heroes to the plums oftentimes are individuals that aren't very</span> <span class="cue" id="t-664" data-t="664">heroic</span> <span class="cue" id="t-665" data-t="665">or impressive. Like, you look at George Floyd.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-669" data-t="669">They they they they like to to prop up these martyrs that, you know, oftentimes are pretty mediocre, and that that's what makes them relatable to the plebs.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-678">11:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-678" data-t="678">Can plebs be heroes?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-681">11:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-681" data-t="681">I think they could grow up to be heroes, but, you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-684" data-t="684">historically, the plebs almost always hate heroes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-688" data-t="688">They almost try and fight them because</span> <span class="cue" id="t-691" data-t="691">the plaids</span> <span class="cue" id="t-693" data-t="693">are followers. They tend to follow people that that don't live in</span> <span class="cue" id="t-697" data-t="697">integrity,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-699">11:39</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-699" data-t="699">and that puts them in conflict with the individuals that are the the individuals that are trying to,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-706" data-t="706">you know, change the world. You look at, like, Howard Rourke in the fountainhead.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-711" data-t="711">The Plebs didn't hate like him at all. They're like, wow. Your art sucks.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-717" data-t="717">They didn't they had no appreciation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-719" data-t="719">for, you know, his</span> <span class="cue" id="t-721" data-t="721">his buildings that he made because what they what they wanted was the the Peter Keating type of slot.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-729">12:09</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-729" data-t="729">And what about sidekicks? Can pledge be sidekicks to heroes</span> <span class="cue" id="t-733" data-t="733">while they're</span> <span class="cue" id="t-735" data-t="735">to see the the oldest</span> <span class="cue" id="t-738" data-t="738">the oldest story arc, the oldest narrative arc,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-741" data-t="741">maybe of all time, is the hero's journey.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-744" data-t="744">So a pleb who embarks</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-747">12:27</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-747" data-t="747">first of all,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-748" data-t="748">the fourth journey is a great</span> <span class="cue" id="t-750" data-t="750">time to embark on a hero's journey.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-753" data-t="753">But if you are a pleb, you're not ready to be a hero, can you be a sidekick</span> <span class="cue" id="t-758" data-t="758">like a Robin?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-759" data-t="759">Like a Batman or Robin, you have a pioneer Batman,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-763">12:43</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-763" data-t="763">and you have Robin as sidekick and a pleb to your sidekick.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-767">12:47</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-767" data-t="767">Maybe. I don't know.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-769" data-t="769">I should I should do I'll have to think more about sidekicks and and the roles as pleb to sidekicks. I I don't really think about that. Maybe that'll be use useful to to add into it. But,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-780" data-t="780">yeah, I don't know. I mean, the the first two weeks of the year have been</span> <span class="cue" id="t-785" data-t="785">incredibly interesting. It's it's never been a better time to monitor the situation.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-793">13:13</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-793" data-t="793">Yeah. The revolution will not be televised.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-796" data-t="796">It will be monitored,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-798" data-t="798">however.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-800" data-t="800">I mean okay. So</span> <span class="cue" id="t-802" data-t="802">I've been monitoring the situation pretty hard. I mean,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-806" data-t="806">going back to last June</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-808">13:28</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-808" data-t="808">when,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-809" data-t="809">when The US</span> <span class="cue" id="t-811" data-t="811">and the Israel,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-812" data-t="812">they they bombed. I ran for the sake of the economy,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-816" data-t="816">and I never stopped. Some people did. They took time off, and they came back after Christmas.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-822" data-t="822">They did their Chris their New Year's resolutions, which allowed people's New Year's resolutions monitored the situation more closely.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-830">13:50</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-830" data-t="830">If you are new</span> <span class="cue" id="t-832" data-t="832">to monitoring the situation,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-835" data-t="835">Where do you start? Do you have any tips? How many monitors,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-839" data-t="839">literal computer monitors, do you need to monitor the situation? Which websites? I mean, do you use I mean, I'm I'm thinking you need two or three monitors. You need to have your Twitter timeline open, maybe Tally market or Predix,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-854" data-t="854">you know, listening to podcasts,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-856" data-t="856">where do you but where do you start? Do you there's so many situations to monitor. Can you do monitor more than one at a time?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-863">14:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-863" data-t="863">Which one do you start on? What's a good starting situation to monitor?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-869">14:29</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-869" data-t="869">Well,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-870" data-t="870">you know, part of what's so great about being a journalist is that journalism is full time situate it's professional situation monitoring.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-878" data-t="878">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-880" data-t="880">I think in every news agency, every journalistic,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-884" data-t="884">serious journalistic</span> <span class="cue" id="t-886" data-t="886">agency,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-889">14:49</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-889" data-t="889">you create your own situation room</span> <span class="cue" id="t-892" data-t="892">where you have a lot of monitors</span> <span class="cue" id="t-895" data-t="895">to be monitoring on.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-897" data-t="897">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-899" data-t="899">I think this is kinda what separates the the credentialed journalist</span> <span class="cue" id="t-903" data-t="903">from</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-904">15:04</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-904" data-t="904">the casual,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-906" data-t="906">you know, blogger</span> <span class="cue" id="t-908" data-t="908">like Mike Brock.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-912" data-t="912">Frank Korva,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-913" data-t="913">he's got this</span> <span class="cue" id="t-915" data-t="915">insane</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-916">15:16</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-916" data-t="916">situation monitoring room. Mark Goodwin and Whitney Webb,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-921" data-t="921">unbelievable.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-922" data-t="922">It's like on par with the White House. They they've got so many monitors up on their wall. You got</span> <span class="cue" id="t-928" data-t="928">Lola. Lola's got a ton of monitors.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-932" data-t="932">Shinobi, on the other hand,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-934" data-t="934">he's just got his laptop. He's not a very serious situation monitor. And you can kinda see it in the group chats when he gets all wound up about something. But, you know, Shinobi is too busy, you know,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-945">15:45</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-945" data-t="945">he likes to monitor in this situation from a flip phone.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-949" data-t="949">Like, that's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-951" data-t="951">that's that's an amateur</span> <span class="cue" id="t-953" data-t="953">but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-955" data-t="955">one advice I would give, and we talked about this before, is if you're new</span> <span class="cue" id="t-960" data-t="960">to monitoring situation, you're you're you're an amateur, so to speak, you don't have credentials,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-965">16:05</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-965" data-t="965">You don't have to spend</span> <span class="cue" id="t-967" data-t="967">$30,000</span> <span class="cue" id="t-968" data-t="968">on a Bloomberg terminal</span> <span class="cue" id="t-970" data-t="970">to monitor the situation. Don't be like Green Candle.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-973" data-t="973">Green Candle,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-974" data-t="974">he spent all of his</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-977">16:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-977" data-t="977">all of his,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-978" data-t="978">all of his money</span> <span class="cue" id="t-979" data-t="979">on a on a Bloomberg terminal to monitor their situation, post plebslop,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-983" data-t="983">and, you know, you see he's probably regretted it a little bit, especially now that they're suppressing the plebslop</span> <span class="cue" id="t-989" data-t="989">on the timeline, but we'll get into that a little bit later.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-993" data-t="993">But that's</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-995">16:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-995" data-t="995">actually, maybe we should get into that now because you talked about this before we</span> <span class="cue" id="t-999" data-t="999">before we went live, which is the situation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1003" data-t="1003">that we're all monitoring</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1006" data-t="1006">is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1008" data-t="1008">in large part</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1010" data-t="1010">coordinated</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1011">16:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1011" data-t="1011">through social media algorithms.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1013" data-t="1013">So</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1014" data-t="1014">there's, like we said, there's the Venezuela situation,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1017" data-t="1017">there's Iran in The Middle East, there's Syria, there's Russia, Ukraine,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1022" data-t="1022">there's NATO, Greenland,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1025" data-t="1025">and I can go on and on even China, Taiwan and then there's regional</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1030">17:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1030" data-t="1030">more isolated situations, you've got them US cities, you've got all those civil wars and unrest going on and all over other parts of the world.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1041" data-t="1041">To know which situation to monitor and to have everybody's attention</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1045" data-t="1045">is really</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1047" data-t="1047">coordinated through these social media algorithms and now</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1051" data-t="1051">they're playing games with the algorithms, they're suppressing,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1054" data-t="1054">you know, FlevSlop, they're suppressing other types of slop</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1059">17:39</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1059" data-t="1059">and that can have unintended consequences</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1061" data-t="1061">because sometimes it is slop</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1064" data-t="1064">that kind of signals people's attention and draws them into a situation to monitor,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1068" data-t="1068">so tinkering with</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1070" data-t="1070">the algorithms</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1071" data-t="1071">can really have a profound effect on</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1074">17:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1074" data-t="1074">everybody's attention and what they're focused on?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1077">17:57</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1077" data-t="1077">It controls everything.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1080" data-t="1080">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1081" data-t="1081">I think it's important for individuals to just be aware how much their lives are controlled by these,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1088" data-t="1088">algorithms.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1090" data-t="1090">And, the pub sloppers,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1093" data-t="1093">one thing you'll only get from them</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1096">18:16</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1096" data-t="1096">is you'll they they will only talk about</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1099" data-t="1099">this phenomenon</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1101" data-t="1101">if it disadvantages</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1103" data-t="1103">them.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1105" data-t="1105">What they what they typically do</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1108" data-t="1108">is they talk about how great social media is</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1112">18:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1112" data-t="1112">for creating some semblance of, you know, freedom and and and discourse,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1117" data-t="1117">you know, when when the algorithm is,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1120" data-t="1120">circulating and promoting their plug slot. But then the second that,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1125" data-t="1125">the algorithm changes</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1128" data-t="1128">and it it it's not promoting,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1131" data-t="1131">their slot, they</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1133">18:53</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1133" data-t="1133">will start tweeting about being shadow banned</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1137" data-t="1137">and throwing a hissy fit.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1141">19:01</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1141" data-t="1141">Alright. So the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1144" data-t="1144">that's a good point.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1145" data-t="1145">As the algorithm changes,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1149" data-t="1149">do you do you fight</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1151" data-t="1151">the algorithm, or do you ride it like a wave?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1155" data-t="1155">Because</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1156">19:16</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1156" data-t="1156">yeah. I mean, I'll I'll start with that. Like, do you do you resist, or do you try to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1163" data-t="1163">force,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1165" data-t="1165">your content into the algorithm, or do you just kinda do you need to go with the flow?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1171">19:31</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1171" data-t="1171">I don't know. I mean, I think individuals should respond</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1176" data-t="1176">in their own unique way and and think critically about things in the situation, but,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1183" data-t="1183">I think it's important to have a have a low time preference</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1187" data-t="1187">as a podcaster</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1189" data-t="1189">that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1191" data-t="1191">a lot of people, you know, they just wanna</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1195">19:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1195" data-t="1195">get start recording a podcast. They they want to start</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1199" data-t="1199">engaging in the conversation,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1201" data-t="1201">and they have this expectation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1203" data-t="1203">off the bat from getting a lot of engagement, a lot of,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1208" data-t="1208">following. And and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1212" data-t="1212">you gotta just stick with it. You know what I mean?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1215">20:15</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1215" data-t="1215">Build momentum over time. And I think that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1219" data-t="1219">is,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1223">20:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1223" data-t="1223">How do you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1224" data-t="1224">how do you know the difference between</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1228" data-t="1228">being shadow banned</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1230" data-t="1230">and just being irrelevant?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1233" data-t="1233">Or are they the same thing?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1235">20:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1235" data-t="1235">Well, when when you live by Plebslop, they are the same thing.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1240" data-t="1240">I think the way the way you transcend transcend,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1243" data-t="1243">you know, being ruled by the algorithm and being irrelevant,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1247" data-t="1247">you know, when when it</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1249" data-t="1249">works against you for whatever reason</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1253" data-t="1253">is,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1254">20:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1254" data-t="1254">you you put something relevant and interesting and compelling out, and you get in people's heads,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1260" data-t="1260">and you become</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1262" data-t="1262">memorable.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1263" data-t="1263">Like, you you have impact on people.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1266" data-t="1266">I think that that that's the way to transcend,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1268" data-t="1268">you know, just being a a slop slave.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1272">21:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1272" data-t="1272">Do you</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1274">21:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1274" data-t="1274">to be in people's heads, to be memorable, to be relevant,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1279" data-t="1279">do you have to glaze do you have to glaze</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1282" data-t="1282">to stay in the algorithm?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1285">21:25</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1285" data-t="1285">Yes. I mean, of course, but it's just about glazing the right people. Like, you have to have the discernment to know who who to glaze and who not to glaze. And I I think that's where,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1295" data-t="1295">you know, many people make mistakes is they they they glaze the wrong</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1299" data-t="1299">people over and over and over again.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1303" data-t="1303">It's just,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1306" data-t="1306">I don't know. You you gotta you gotta glaze carefully,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1310" data-t="1310">in my opinion.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1312">21:52</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1312" data-t="1312">Glaze responsibly. Yeah. I think I posted a week or two ago,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1316" data-t="1316">If you're new to monitoring the situation,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1319" data-t="1319">you don't know where to start.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1321" data-t="1321">Follow the glaze</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1323" data-t="1323">because</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1325" data-t="1325">once you start following the glaze, you you end up</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1329">22:09</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1329" data-t="1329">in the thick of things in in in the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1332" data-t="1332">in the the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1333" data-t="1333">the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1336" data-t="1336">well, you don't necessarily wanna be in this situation. You wanna monitor the situation.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1341" data-t="1341">Because if you don't,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1343" data-t="1343">you risk</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1344">22:24</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1344" data-t="1344">becoming the situation,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1346" data-t="1346">being monitored.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1348" data-t="1348">And if we're in the fourth turning,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1351" data-t="1351">you put into that context.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1353" data-t="1353">What advice do you have</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1355" data-t="1355">the people to pledge</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1357">22:37</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1357" data-t="1357">who might be going along there maybe you're like Shinobi you're Naruto running through Minneapolis</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1362" data-t="1362">and not paying attention to the situation because you don't have the right technology you're just using the flip phone it's lagging</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1369" data-t="1369">your three or four situations behind and next thing you know</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1373" data-t="1373">you wind up you find yourself</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1376" data-t="1376">in the middle of the situation being monitored,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1379" data-t="1379">which is</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1380">23:00</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1380" data-t="1380">definitely not where most people wanna be, especially if you're not prepared, especially if you haven't been listening to forty hours per week. You are not prepared to be the situation being monitored,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1393" data-t="1393">but you're there. It's too late to back out now.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1397" data-t="1397">What advice do you give to people</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1399" data-t="1399">who wind up?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1401" data-t="1401">They woke up from their phone</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1404" data-t="1404">and they realize all eyes are on them. Broccoli haircuts are pointing their phones at them.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1409">23:29</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1409" data-t="1409">They're streaming live on TikTok, on YouTube.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1413" data-t="1413">What do you do?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1415" data-t="1415">Start a podcast.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1418">23:38</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1418" data-t="1418">Right there. Right in the middle of the street. Start a podcast. Just just take advantage of it. Yeah. Take advantage of being the center. Like, it Haley Welch, the Hawkgirl,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1428" data-t="1428">she</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1430" data-t="1430">she did the perfect road map. You say you you you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1435" data-t="1435">start a podcast,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1437" data-t="1437">get on social media, you you get some creative</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1441" data-t="1441">juice to, you know, manage your persona or whatever, and then, you launch a meme coin and then you rug pull, and then you can retire</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1450">24:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1450" data-t="1450">and never have to do anything again and just kinda go in go into the shadows while people forget about you.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1457" data-t="1457">She she set the playbook</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1459" data-t="1459">for how to do this. Right?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1461">24:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1461" data-t="1461">Right. That's true. That's a good point. Now</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1466" data-t="1466">you made it sound pretty easy,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1468" data-t="1468">and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1470" data-t="1470">conceptually,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1471" data-t="1471">that is true. It is easy to start a podcast.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1474" data-t="1474">But</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1476">24:36</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1476" data-t="1476">I think it's a little bit easier said than done.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1480" data-t="1480">So advice for, like,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1482" data-t="1482">now you,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1483" data-t="1483">all eyes are on you for being monitored, you're part of the situation, and maybe not necessarily individually, but you are in the thick of it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1490" data-t="1490">How do you avoid getting one shotted</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1494" data-t="1494">and ending up being, you know,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1496">24:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1496" data-t="1496">turned into</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1498" data-t="1498">a,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1499" data-t="1499">a meme with, you know, blood spewing out of your neck? Everybody's laughing at you.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1504">25:04</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1504" data-t="1504">Well, I mean, I think That's perfectly speaking.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1509" data-t="1509">Well, you don't you don't marry</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1512" data-t="1512">a CIA asset like an intelligence asset. I think that's, like, lesson one.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1517" data-t="1517">If you don't wanna be casualty of the pepslop wars,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1521" data-t="1521">don't do that.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1525" data-t="1525">She might seem like she's gonna make your podcast better, but,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1529">25:29</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1529" data-t="1529">you know, there there's gonna be consequences on the back end for that one. And, you know, when you do get one shotted,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1535" data-t="1535">she's gonna be twerking on your grave</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1538" data-t="1538">with JD Vance.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1543">25:43</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1543" data-t="1543">So don't don't get that's a that's a good point.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1547" data-t="1547">Because a lot of people, the plebs in general,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1550" data-t="1550">I've been scrolling the time on the plebs think ICE is on their side.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1554" data-t="1554">The plebs think the feds</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1556" data-t="1556">are their allies</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1558" data-t="1558">in the foreturning.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1561">26:01</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1561" data-t="1561">What is your advice to people who want to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1564" data-t="1564">or think</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1566" data-t="1566">the feds are on their side</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1568" data-t="1568">in the foreturning during any given situation being monitored?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1574" data-t="1574">Do you do you trust the feds? Do you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1577" data-t="1577">do you fear the feds or do you</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1580">26:20</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1580" data-t="1580">maybe maybe the best advice is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1583" data-t="1583">just respect, not respect in the sense of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1586" data-t="1586">salute,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1587" data-t="1587">hello, sir,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1588" data-t="1588">I'm a patriot, I support you. Respect in the sense</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1593" data-t="1593">of understand</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1594">26:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1594" data-t="1594">the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1596" data-t="1596">severity of the situation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1598" data-t="1598">and the consequences</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1599" data-t="1599">of not</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1600" data-t="1600">the way you respect God or the way you respect nature.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1603" data-t="1603">Respect mother nature, respect the feds, like, what's your advice there?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1608">26:48</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1608" data-t="1608">Yeah. I mean, if you,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1612" data-t="1612">you're a pioneer. Right? You're out in the frontier.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1616" data-t="1616">You got your livestock</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1617" data-t="1617">that you gotta protect. Right?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1619" data-t="1619">And a wolf comes onto your property.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1623" data-t="1623">The wolf starts, you know, screwing with your, with your livestock,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1627">27:07</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1627" data-t="1627">which you need in order to, feed your family.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1633" data-t="1633">You come across the wolf one day.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1636">27:16</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1636" data-t="1636">You need that livestock to produce tau o to sell</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1639" data-t="1639">on Twitter.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1641">27:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1641" data-t="1641">Exactly.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1643" data-t="1643">You're you're not gonna,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1645" data-t="1645">you know, take this wolf</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1648" data-t="1648">unseriously.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1649" data-t="1649">Right?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1650" data-t="1650">You're gonna you're gonna understand it's,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1654">27:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1654" data-t="1654">it's positioned as a predator,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1656" data-t="1656">as a as a viable threat</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1659" data-t="1659">to your lifestyle,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1660" data-t="1660">to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1661" data-t="1661">your homestead, and you're gonna you're gonna have a respect for it as a dangerous thing of, like,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1667" data-t="1667">you know, not only can it kill your chickens, it can kill your,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1671">27:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1671" data-t="1671">kill your family, it could kill you.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1674" data-t="1674">And so you gotta treat</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1676" data-t="1676">it, you know, with respect in the sense of,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1679" data-t="1679">as a serious threat.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1681" data-t="1681">You know, and you need to be careful and respond accordingly.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1685">28:05</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1685" data-t="1685">What if the wolf</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1687" data-t="1687">is wearing plebs clothing?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1690">28:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1690" data-t="1690">You gotta be you gotta tread even more carefully.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1694">28:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1694" data-t="1694">It's a it's a it's interesting. If you see a pleb dress like a pleb, you're saying that's probably when your</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1701" data-t="1701">spidey senses start tingling. You should say,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1704" data-t="1704">I don't wanna talk. I'm not joining this guy's group chat with I'm not going I'm not joining this fed in plebs clothing. I'm not joining his Discord server.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1713" data-t="1713">Because</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1715" data-t="1715">that's how you get</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1717" data-t="1717">that's how you end this is this is this is probably the most likely</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1722">28:42</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1722" data-t="1722">scenario</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1723" data-t="1723">for how you end up</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1725" data-t="1725">being this situation.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1727" data-t="1727">You're just a pled you're just for a pled you're a pioneer you're anybody.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1732" data-t="1732">You're going about your day maybe you're just trying to work hard for your family</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1736" data-t="1736">and a pled or you know somebody comes along looks like a pled.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1740">29:00</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1740" data-t="1740">They're friendly.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1742" data-t="1742">They could talk about podcasts.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1744" data-t="1744">They're saying you really good racist memes,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1747" data-t="1747">and they say, hey.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1749" data-t="1749">Hey. Hey. You you wanna join my group chat, this special group chat I got? It's really cool, we're all in here, we're sharing all kinds of cool memes, stuff you can't show your kind of workers, HR ladies, even the even the new HR ladies, the ones who call you retarded,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1762" data-t="1762">they will get you in trouble if you share these memes. And you're like, dude, I wanna see those memes. These guys are not glazing.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1768">29:28</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1768" data-t="1768">You get in the group chat and they get you all wound up and they gas you up and they glaze you,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1774" data-t="1774">and they send you in to do</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1777" data-t="1777">some sort of activist thing, something something funny, you wanna make a name for yourself, You wanna be popular in a group chat. So they send you out and they say, you need to go park your Honda Pilot</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1786" data-t="1786">in front of the feds</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1789" data-t="1789">and block them. You're a legal observer. This is a real time. You're a legal observer. You can go to you will be a legend. Record it, and then next thing you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1798" data-t="1798">you're bleeding out on TikTok, crashed into the max of cars.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1803">30:03</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1803" data-t="1803">And now, you you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1805" data-t="1805">it's too late for you.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1807">30:07</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1807" data-t="1807">It's a dangerous thing to underestimate</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1809" data-t="1809">people.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1812">30:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1812" data-t="1812">That's a good point. Can you say that again?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1814" data-t="1814">And talk and and and elaborate.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1817">30:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1817" data-t="1817">Well, it's dangerous to underestimate</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1819" data-t="1819">people.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1820" data-t="1820">It's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1822" data-t="1822">people do it all the time with us. Mike Brock did it</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1826" data-t="1826">to me. He he severely underestimated</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1828" data-t="1828">my,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1830">30:30</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1830" data-t="1830">ability as a as a podcaster</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1832" data-t="1832">and a journalist.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1835" data-t="1835">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1837" data-t="1837">when you when you underestimate</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1839" data-t="1839">people</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1841" data-t="1841">in the wrong way,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1844">30:44</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1844" data-t="1844">they could severely take advantage of you if they know what they're doing.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1849" data-t="1849">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1851" data-t="1851">yeah, there there's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1852" data-t="1852">nothing</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1854" data-t="1854">more dangerous than the the fed and plaid clothing,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1857" data-t="1857">for sure.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1859">30:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1859" data-t="1859">The the the plainclothes fed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1861" data-t="1861">is,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1863" data-t="1863">could take you for a ride.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1864" data-t="1864">And</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1868">31:08</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1868" data-t="1868">Now there's there's there's two types of people. There's more than two types of people. It's two that I think about the most.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1874" data-t="1874">There's a type of person</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1876" data-t="1876">who</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1879" data-t="1879">they're very</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1881" data-t="1881">outspoken,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1882" data-t="1882">very,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1885">31:25</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1885" data-t="1885">the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1887" data-t="1887">they they they want you to know.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1890" data-t="1890">They're very they want you to know not to underestimate them. They feel constantly</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1895" data-t="1895">disrespected</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1896" data-t="1896">and underestimated.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1898" data-t="1898">Those people are per it's a pretty clear cut, you just stay away from those people because they're trying</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1905">31:45</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1905" data-t="1905">to constantly do something</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1907" data-t="1907">or to create an action so that people will respect them,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1911" data-t="1911">maybe not in a healthy way</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1913" data-t="1913">or not underestimate them. You don't wanna be around somebody who's trying to constantly prove themselves in line they shouldn't be underestimated. Then there's the other person</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1922" data-t="1922">who's easy to underestimate.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1925" data-t="1925">Maybe they're unassuming</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1926">32:06</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1926" data-t="1926">or maybe,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1927" data-t="1927">and this is where I'm getting, they want you to underestimate them. The people who want you to underestimate</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1934" data-t="1934">them</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1935" data-t="1935">are the most</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1937" data-t="1937">dangerous because</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1939" data-t="1939">it's easy to do,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1941">32:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1941" data-t="1941">and then when your guard is down, when you're unprepared,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1945" data-t="1945">and you're in the situation,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1948" data-t="1948">and you underestimated</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1949" data-t="1949">them, you're unprepared for</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1952" data-t="1952">whatever it is they do. How do you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1956" data-t="1956">have the self awareness or the</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1959">32:39</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1959" data-t="1959">instincts or how do you know</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1962" data-t="1962">that you maybe you've gotten to a situation where you've incorrectly underestimated</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1966" data-t="1966">somebody and it may be now to your detriment? Because see, you may underestimate somebody and it ends up being</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1972" data-t="1972">a good day and they may end up surprising you in a good way and it leads to something great, but you may underestimate somebody</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1979" data-t="1979">to your demise,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1980" data-t="1980">How do you avoid that?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1983">33:03</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1983" data-t="1983">I think always having self awareness</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1987" data-t="1987">is a huge one.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1992" data-t="1992">Trying to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1993" data-t="1993">constantly reflect</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1996" data-t="1996">on your interactions with people.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1998" data-t="1998">And,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2000">33:20</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2000" data-t="2000">when you start losing, just know when to retreat and to, cut your losses, I think is the big one. I think where a lot of people get in trouble is they, overextend themselves.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2012" data-t="2012">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2013" data-t="2013">you ever you ever play the game risk?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2017">33:37</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2017" data-t="2017">Of course. Yeah. Love that game.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2019">33:39</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2019" data-t="2019">Well, I mean, one of the one of the ways that, you know, you win risk</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2024" data-t="2024">is through just constant</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2027" data-t="2027">gradual expansion.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2029" data-t="2029">If you if you,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2031" data-t="2031">like, there there is a point in the game where you gotta go all in and just go and dominate other people. But</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2040" data-t="2040">if you are</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2042">34:02</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2042" data-t="2042">either constantly losing territory</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2044" data-t="2044">or you are, you know, you get a little bit overzealous, you shoot your shot too early, and you try and expand,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2051" data-t="2051">you're gonna get completely clobbered</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2053" data-t="2053">by another person as you get overextended. And I feel like it's the same thing,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2058" data-t="2058">you know, when you're interacting</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2060" data-t="2060">socially with people,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2063">34:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2063" data-t="2063">especially</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2064" data-t="2064">strangers that you don't know very well, is you you have this constant,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2070" data-t="2070">gradual expansion, and you you just you you operate</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2074" data-t="2074">knowing that individuals</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2076" data-t="2076">might have</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2078" data-t="2078">bad</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2081">34:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2081" data-t="2081">intentions for you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2083" data-t="2083">and that they might have</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2084" data-t="2084">a set of cards up their hand that they can deploy and,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2088" data-t="2088">while they don't look very strong at in the moment, they might deploy those cards and just come in and clobber you at some point.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2096" data-t="2096">And so you gotta you gotta</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2098" data-t="2098">be</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2099">34:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2099" data-t="2099">and just, like, a little bit more alert.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2101">35:01</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2101" data-t="2101">My advice</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2102" data-t="2102">is kind of along the lines of what you said about self awareness.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2106" data-t="2106">The first and foremost,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2109" data-t="2109">don't underestimate yourself.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2111" data-t="2111">Because if you underestimate yourself,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2115" data-t="2115">you're more likely to underestimate others. But if you don't underestimate yourself, if you do understand</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2122">35:22</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2122" data-t="2122">the estimate, the the appropriate estimation of your abilities,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2126" data-t="2126">you are more likely to notice and see that in other people. But if you underestimate yourself,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2132" data-t="2132">you're more likely to project that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2134" data-t="2134">into other people. And when you project the underestimation of yourself into others, that's where you're gonna get in trouble.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2141">35:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2141" data-t="2141">Yeah. I I think a lot of people get the in this dangerous position when they're when they're acting from a place of weakness, like it's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2149" data-t="2149">having a inferiority</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2151" data-t="2151">complex</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2152" data-t="2152">type situation where they</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2154" data-t="2154">are</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2156" data-t="2156">demanding</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2157">35:57</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2157" data-t="2157">of other people's attention or demanding</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2160" data-t="2160">of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2161" data-t="2161">other people's time and, you know, energy. And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2165" data-t="2165">that's a dangerous place to be. But, you know and there's there's kind of like an overestimation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2171" data-t="2171">of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2173" data-t="2173">of yourself,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2174">36:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2174" data-t="2174">which is actually you know, when when you're overestimating yourself, you're actually coming from a place of insecurity.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2181" data-t="2181">And in some ways, you are underestimating</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2183" data-t="2183">yourself at the same time. Like, it's like, you know, you're driving on the highway,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2189" data-t="2189">and you hit a patch of ice, and you overcorrect,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2192" data-t="2192">and then you just start</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2194" data-t="2194">swerving out of control</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2196">36:36</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2196" data-t="2196">and spinning in circles, that that's kinda, you know, what happens here.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2202" data-t="2202">So we're we're getting I'm I'm sure we'll talk about this next week, on the next episode, Rob, but we're getting some,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2209" data-t="2209">notifications right now that,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2211" data-t="2211">the sailor crash out episode is out.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2216">36:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2216" data-t="2216">The group shows You're gonna look forward to that. And I it was a rumor</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2219" data-t="2219">I tweeted about this. There was rumor that the sailor is crashing out,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2223" data-t="2223">apparently,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2225" data-t="2225">on the late steps, so which just dropped this morning of what Bitcoin did,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2229" data-t="2229">Sailor does crash out. D and E mentions the paper Bitcoin summer</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2234" data-t="2234">maybe hasn't had</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2236">37:16</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2236" data-t="2236">the greatest ending,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2238" data-t="2238">and it was fairly innocuous statement, but apparently this</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2242" data-t="2242">this was not well received by sale.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2246">37:26</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2246" data-t="2246">Yeah.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2247" data-t="2247">I'm excited. I'm gonna listen to it, this morning after, we get done recording here, but,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2254" data-t="2254">I I don't know. I mean, do you got any big predictions for,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2257" data-t="2257">for the year for 2026?</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2260">37:40</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2260" data-t="2260">Big predictions. I mean,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2263" data-t="2263">I think that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2265" data-t="2265">my prediction is that this will be</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2269" data-t="2269">World War three and the civil war</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2272" data-t="2272">are both going to occur, or they're both going to begin</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2275" data-t="2275">in 2026.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2276">37:56</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2276" data-t="2276">I don't think that in December of this year</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2280" data-t="2280">that there will necessarily be a consensus that those two things have occurred, but I think</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2285" data-t="2285">in the future we will look back</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2288" data-t="2288">and people will say, 2026</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2290" data-t="2290">was the beginning of the of the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2293" data-t="2293">the second half or, like, the the culmination</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2296">38:16</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2296" data-t="2296">of the fourth turning.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2298" data-t="2298">It will be</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2299" data-t="2299">remembered as the World War three, the escalation,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2303" data-t="2303">the civil war in The United States, and then,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2306" data-t="2306">I think,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2309" data-t="2309">is part like a broader umbrella that will be global cultural</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2313">38:33</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2313" data-t="2313">revolution as well. I think it's gonna all happen.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2315" data-t="2315">They'd all begin. I mean, it can really begin before</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2318" data-t="2318">2026,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2319" data-t="2319">but it's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2321" data-t="2321">the the dates that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2323" data-t="2323">the children will have to remember</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2325">38:45</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2325" data-t="2325">or will be asking CHAD GBT about in the future,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2328" data-t="2328">The dates will really start to get heavy, and they'll have to memorize those dates, and 2026</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2333" data-t="2333">will kinda be the beginning of those</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2335" data-t="2335">rapid fire</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2337" data-t="2337">events.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2338">38:58</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2338" data-t="2338">There's a lot of stuff happening that I mean, I talked about this in the in the episode that I published.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2345" data-t="2345">We we're living in a time that's gonna define</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2349" data-t="2349">the future</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2351" data-t="2351">in a pretty dramatic way. Like, all all like, you you you go eighty,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2356" data-t="2356">sixty to to ninety years from today</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2360" data-t="2360">in the next four turning.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2362">39:22</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2362" data-t="2362">All the conflict, all the chaos,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2365" data-t="2365">all the,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2368" data-t="2368">you know, just general upheaval that's happening, the the global conflict, if if there's a war,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2374" data-t="2374">if Bitcoin hasn't,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2376" data-t="2376">fixed everything by then,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2377" data-t="2377">which it probably will. But,</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2380">39:40</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2380" data-t="2380">you know, saying in</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2382" data-t="2382">the sense that, you know, humanity relapses</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2385" data-t="2385">into to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2386" data-t="2386">nonsense after, you know, Bitcoin fixes everything,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2392" data-t="2392">All the wars that are gonna happen are gonna be, you know, as a result</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2395" data-t="2395">of</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2397">39:57</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2397" data-t="2397">how everything plays out</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2400" data-t="2400">this year and in the coming years.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2403" data-t="2403">It's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2404" data-t="2404">it's really one of the most interesting</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2407" data-t="2407">times to be alive.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2410" data-t="2410">And,</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2412">40:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2412" data-t="2412">I mean, I I I think both those things, like, you know, have already started, you know, in a pretty dramatic way, World War three and and the civil war. I think, you know, people go back</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2423" data-t="2423">and, I I don't know when they'll say</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2427" data-t="2427">both of those things started, but this is you you know, you're kinda getting into the point where it's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2436" data-t="2436">like, maybe maybe we're in, like, a a Fort Sumter type moment right now this year.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2442">40:42</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2442" data-t="2442">If you are</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2444" data-t="2444">a calling market pled</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2446" data-t="2446">who</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2448" data-t="2448">is trying to monetize</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2450" data-t="2450">their predictions for 2026</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2453" data-t="2453">and beyond</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2454">40:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2454" data-t="2454">on Predix or</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2456" data-t="2456">on PolyMarket or Kalshi,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2459" data-t="2459">how do you play it?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2461" data-t="2461">How do you predict it?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2464" data-t="2464">Because predictions we talk about these predictions, right? And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2469" data-t="2469">both of ours were relatively</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2471">41:11</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2471" data-t="2471">broad, somewhat vague,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2473" data-t="2473">but he had to narrow it down to, like, these</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2476" data-t="2476">very specific outcomes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2479" data-t="2479">Where well, you, for example, whooped in his poor tweet again before 2026.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2484" data-t="2484">I I bet no. I won.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2488" data-t="2488">I don't know if you actually participated in that one, but if you had to boil it down into some, like, predicts markets</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2496">41:36</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2496" data-t="2496">real or,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2499" data-t="2499">you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2501" data-t="2501">just a scenario, how would you how would I'll I'll try to think of one myself, but, like, what</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2507" data-t="2507">what's an outcome that you would predict for 2026</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2509" data-t="2509">that you would dip dip your stats on?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2513" data-t="2513">Mine also mine will be</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2515">41:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2515" data-t="2515">I think the Iranian I Ayatollah</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2517" data-t="2517">regime</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2518" data-t="2518">will fall</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2520" data-t="2520">in 2026.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2521" data-t="2521">I don't know if that will be I mean, of course, The US and the CIA is involved. I don't know if that will be b two bombers again.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2530" data-t="2530">And people think that this is</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2532">42:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2532" data-t="2532">a good thing, and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2534" data-t="2534">that's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2535" data-t="2535">that's their,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2538" data-t="2538">prerogative. But I predicted</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2540" data-t="2540">the Reagan regime will fall,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2542" data-t="2542">and then this will lead to</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2546">42:26</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2546" data-t="2546">escalating</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2547" data-t="2547">conflict and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2549" data-t="2549">instability</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2550" data-t="2550">in The Middle East and in in that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2553" data-t="2553">Southeast Asia region</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2556" data-t="2556">more broadly. I think that will be maybe a catalyst</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2559">42:39</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2559" data-t="2559">to additional,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2564" data-t="2564">additional situations to be monitored.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2567">42:47</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2567" data-t="2567">Well, that that's gonna happen in the next coming weeks, I think. That that's gonna happen in very short order</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2573">42:53</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2573" data-t="2573">as well. Yeah. That was a that was a pretty conservative prediction. Yeah. Yeah.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2579">42:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2579" data-t="2579">So that's the layout.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2582" data-t="2582">One of one of my predictions that I think is gonna happen, I think over the summer, there's gonna be a lot</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2588" data-t="2588">of social unrest,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2589" data-t="2589">and there's gonna be widespread martial law in The United States. I think there's gonna be a lot of control over the Internet, a lot of calls for control over the Internet.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2600" data-t="2600">I think that,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2604" data-t="2604">you know, all the nihilism that has been, you know, building up</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2609">43:29</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2609" data-t="2609">amongst many young individuals</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2611" data-t="2611">and, you know, older individuals too is gonna boil into just, you know, general violence.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2617" data-t="2617">I think people are gonna be, you know, snapping</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2620" data-t="2620">left and right.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2622" data-t="2622">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2623" data-t="2623">physically, it's gonna be pretty dangerous</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2626">43:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2626" data-t="2626">over the next year. You've,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2630" data-t="2630">I don't know. I mean, I I I'd like to you know, next episode, I'd like to,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2636" data-t="2636">get into or just think a little bit</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2641" data-t="2641">more thoughtfully on on predictions for the next year. But,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2646" data-t="2646">yeah, let's get into the fountain boost.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2650" data-t="2650">Let let us know in the boost for this episode, you know, any predictions that you got for the year, and then we we can use that to</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2657">44:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2657" data-t="2657">discuss.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2659">44:19</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2659" data-t="2659">Yeah. And if you, you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2661" data-t="2661">maybe we'll get those loaded up on predicts, and we'll get the we'll get everybody,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2666" data-t="2666">to see we'll see how everybody feels about you or predictions.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2671">44:31</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2671" data-t="2671">I think the summer's gonna be spicy.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2674" data-t="2674">It's gonna be a spicy summer.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2678">44:38</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2678" data-t="2678">It's why you smoke cigarettes because cigarettes dull to your taste buds, so you can survive the spice.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2684">44:44</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2684" data-t="2684">First boost from Doobie Satoshi, 10/2021</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2687" data-t="2687">says, thank you for your time. Enforcement by government is about punishment. Bitcoin will bring more education instead of punishment based on propaganda.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2695" data-t="2695">Education will be better. Thank you, Satoshi, for bringing a base.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2699" data-t="2699">That will force society into a better place by education over senseless punishment justified by lies.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2706" data-t="2706">Everything is upside down</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2708" data-t="2708">near the reversal of the foreturning. Our kids will rebuild</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2712">45:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2712" data-t="2712">upside</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2713" data-t="2713">with Bitcoin as base.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2715" data-t="2715">Bitcoin is hope in a decade or two, our kids will have a better life.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2720">45:20</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2720" data-t="2720">A decade or two. I hope it's sooner than that.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2724" data-t="2724">Our kids, you know but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2728" data-t="2728">I I I would not predict it would be sooner than that.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2732">45:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2732" data-t="2732">Sounds like you're a little bit older.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2735" data-t="2735">I don't know. I mean, I I think unless you're kind of like</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2738" data-t="2738">a older Gen X, Boomer,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2741" data-t="2741">you're millennial or Zoomer. It's you're you're in the process of,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2745" data-t="2745">rebuilding. It's your,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2747" data-t="2747">your responsibility</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2748">45:48</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2748" data-t="2748">to do that,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2750" data-t="2750">to lead the charge on that regard. But,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2754" data-t="2754">fundamentals is trying to make education better.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2758" data-t="2758">He well, we'll see</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2760" data-t="2760">if he doesn't. He he just started that that math podcast with with Rob Hamilton. But,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2766" data-t="2766">I don't know. Is is he the example of, Bitcoin making education better, like David Satoshis talking about? Well, Rob and and and fundamentals</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2777">46:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2777" data-t="2777">are pioneers in this regard,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2779" data-t="2779">but definitely</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2781" data-t="2781">check out</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2782" data-t="2782">Magic Internet and Math is the name of the podcast.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2787" data-t="2787">Just came out. I think they're on the Genesis episode is what it's titled.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2792" data-t="2792">Reteaching</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2793">46:33</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2793" data-t="2793">math as a liberal art.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2795" data-t="2795">I I don't know if I think we should</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2800" data-t="2800">be making math liberal, but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2804" data-t="2804">I'm gonna check that out this week after the What They Quented episode.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2808">46:48</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2808" data-t="2808">I don't think math should be liberal, but that's they're gonna make the argument. Alright. Next week What what is this? Is it like the the Progressive Bitcoin or podcast where they're they're trying to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2818" data-t="2818">fit Bitcoin into their,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2820" data-t="2820">their construct, saying that it's Okay. A prog progressive calculus</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2825">47:05</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2825" data-t="2825">progressive calculus got, Renee good</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2828" data-t="2828">killed,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2830" data-t="2830">but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2831" data-t="2831">I will not judge until I listen.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2834" data-t="2834">Next boost, 5,000 sats from our buddy Bubba.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2839" data-t="2839">Who the flying flipping fuck is Teddy Bitcoins?</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2842">47:22</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2842" data-t="2842">Jack Dorsey,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2844" data-t="2844">Michael Taylor,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2845" data-t="2845">Michael Brock,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2847" data-t="2847">Matthew Crater, etcetera, etcetera.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2849" data-t="2849">Who the fuck are we? Me and you to Bitcoin.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2852" data-t="2852">None of us are important.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2854">47:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2854" data-t="2854">None of our opinions matter to anyone or anything.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2857" data-t="2857">We are just spunk that landed.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2859" data-t="2859">Thanks, Pops and Mom, for the landing strip. The importance of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2864" data-t="2864">the importance of being is not really important at all. 2025</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2868" data-t="2868">had its moments, but then again, every year prior to it. All this rambling</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2873" data-t="2873">on that we do is nothing more than God's Jerry Springer episode.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2878">47:58</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2878" data-t="2878">Have fun and forget almost everything you think you know.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2881" data-t="2881">We're all just dogs on the run.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2883" data-t="2883">Sometimes we stop and take shit.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2887" data-t="2887">That</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2888" data-t="2888">that is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2890" data-t="2890">that's quintessential Bubba right there.</span></span></p>
   +
   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2893">48:13</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2893" data-t="2893">Sounds like he's underestimating</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2895" data-t="2895">himself.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2896">48:16</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2896" data-t="2896">Yeah. I think so too. I think Bubba underestimates the fourth turning a little bit,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2901" data-t="2901">but the fourth turning is really about the millennials hero's journey</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2905" data-t="2905">and the broccoli are consumers</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2908" data-t="2908">rise to power.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2910" data-t="2910">The boomers</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2912" data-t="2912">I know Bubba doesn't wanna hear this, but the boomers are probably not gonna have the best four turning ever.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2918">48:38</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2918" data-t="2918">But I think Bubba will be alright because Bubba is,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2921" data-t="2921">Bubba's a pioneer. Bubba's a boomer pioneer,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2925" data-t="2925">and he's, he's got a good perspective, but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2929" data-t="2929">don't underestimate Bubba. Don't underestimate yourself. Don't underestimate</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2935" data-t="2935">your role, and don't us don't underestimate,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2939" data-t="2939">your wisdom</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2940">48:60</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2940" data-t="2940">because it's been valuable to us.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2943">49:03</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2943" data-t="2943">Don't underestimate the importance of Bitcoin podcasting either.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2950" data-t="2950">Thanks for the boost, Bubba.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2951" data-t="2951">You used to read a lot. 2,500 sat</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2954" data-t="2954">says, glaze not, want not, or glaze not, yet lest you be glazed. Either way, my dad always said it.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2961">49:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2961" data-t="2961">Thank you. That's a good advice. Thank you.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2965" data-t="2965">Katie.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2966" data-t="2966">23</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2967" data-t="2967">or 2,300</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2968" data-t="2968">subs.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2969" data-t="2969">Glad you mentioned the podcaster investigating the assassination</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2972">49:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2972" data-t="2972">of another podcaster.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2974" data-t="2974">Wild.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2975" data-t="2975">Pretty sure she listens to Bitcoin podcast too. She keeps referring to the official narrative as Fed Slop.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2983" data-t="2983">Oof. Fed Slop. That's gonna be a lot of Fed Slop in 2026.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2987" data-t="2987">2025</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2988" data-t="2988">was just the tip of the iceberg for the Fed Slop. If you look at the</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2993">49:53</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2993" data-t="2993">Department of Homeland Security social media,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2996" data-t="2996">the White House social media,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2998" data-t="2998">eth and the all the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3000" data-t="3000">federal government social media, it's pretty much all Fed Slop.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3004">50:04</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3004" data-t="3004">Absolutely. Well, thank you, Katie.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3007" data-t="3007">Sasha Hodder said 2025</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3009" data-t="3009">was great year. Excellent episode.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3013" data-t="3013">Yeah. You know, it's super interesting.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3017" data-t="3017">We're</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3018" data-t="3018">we're seeing this</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3021">50:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3021" data-t="3021">decoupling</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3022" data-t="3022">of the the podcast listener and their lives improving</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3026" data-t="3026">in the non podcaster</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3028" data-t="3028">podcast listener, their lives</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3030" data-t="3030">degrading</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3031" data-t="3031">pretty severely.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3034">50:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3034" data-t="3034">The decoupling has begun. But, yeah, we Rod and I just did an episode with Sasha,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3040" data-t="3040">last week. If you wanna go check that out, Sunset Circuit,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3044" data-t="3044">podcast.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3046" data-t="3046">He he started the the interview, and then I showed up late, and then I ended the interview. It was</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3052" data-t="3052">a interesting format, but we we did some discussion on,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3059" data-t="3059">yeah,</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3060">50:60</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3060" data-t="3060">just some legal discussion</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3062" data-t="3062">on our thoughts on on different stuff that Sasha was asking about.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3066" data-t="3066">It it was fun. It was interesting. You know, Rod, I was listening back. You you had,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3071" data-t="3071">I think, one of the best</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3073" data-t="3073">explanations</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3074" data-t="3074">I've ever heard for why a,</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3077">51:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3077" data-t="3077">somebody new to Bitcoin should use Bitcoin</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3080" data-t="3080">right at the beginning of the episode.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3084" data-t="3084">Have you been practicing that one?</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3087">51:27</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3087" data-t="3087">No. In in fact, I was I was, a little bit distracted.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3093" data-t="3093">But, yeah, check that out.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3094" data-t="3094">Sasha is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3096" data-t="3096">a she's not a Jewish lawyer, but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3099" data-t="3099">still a good lawyer,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3103" data-t="3103">Thank you.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3105">51:45</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3105" data-t="3105">Next one, 2,000 sads from user 22290668.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3109" data-t="3109">2025</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3111" data-t="3111">was the second best year of my life after 1642.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3115" data-t="3115">Now 1642 marked the beginning of the devastating English civil wars. King Charles</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3120" data-t="3120">the first failed to arrest parliament members and fled to London, raising his loyal standard to rally forces</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3127" data-t="3127">leading to the first major battle of Edgehill. It is also</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3131">52:11</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3131" data-t="3131">the founding of Montreal</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3133" data-t="3133">in Canada.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3135" data-t="3135">I don't know which one of those two things I assume the civil war must be a civil war buff.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3143" data-t="3143">You you also must be extremely old.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3146" data-t="3146">You must be a grumpy boomer if you're not old. But thank you for the stats. Thank you for the boost.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3152">52:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3152" data-t="3152">Older than Brian</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3153" data-t="3153">Johnson's gonna live to at this point.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3156" data-t="3156">BTC onboard to wrap up the episode with a 100 sats, three thumbs up.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3163" data-t="3163">Well, folks,</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3165">52:45</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3165" data-t="3165">Thank you, BTC onboard. Loyal listener. Loyal booster. You, the man.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3171">52:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3171" data-t="3171">Well, folks, I wanna thank you for listening to this episode, and,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3175" data-t="3175">we're gonna be here. We're gonna be here for 2026.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3179" data-t="3179">This could be your spot</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3182" data-t="3182">to to understand</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3183" data-t="3183">how to,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3185" data-t="3185">navigate</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3186">53:06</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3186" data-t="3186">the fourth turning. So if you've been a listener for a while,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3190" data-t="3190">thank you. If you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3192" data-t="3192">have been a supporter</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3195" data-t="3195">of the Beagle,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3197" data-t="3197">thank you. Thank you for your boost. Thank you for your support.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3202" data-t="3202">We appreciate it.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3204">53:24</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3204" data-t="3204">Have a good week, folks.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3227">53:47</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Kailey Welch</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3227" data-t="3227">Just wait. Been waiting since I learned how to conjure gate. Oh, I still feel numb at the family plate. Wait. Pastor bros, pastor Cole, pastor Blaine. Praise the Lord.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3237" data-t="3237">Praise the feed. Everybody</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3255" data-t="3255">But I'm still bored and are in still more. Oh, say you kids got it easy. But my future look like a lotus grand freezey.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3263" data-t="3263">They see stacks as like it's therapy.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3266" data-t="3266">I stacked anxiety</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3267" data-t="3267">and some irony.</span></span></p>
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   +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-3269">54:29</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Kailey Welch</b> <span class="cue" id="t-3269" data-t="3269">Everyone plays in their own reflection.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3271" data-t="3271">Call it truth when it fits the direction. Left side, right side, same obsession,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3277" data-t="3277">different fonts, same need for validation.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3298" data-t="3298">But</span> <span class="cue" id="t-3299" data-t="3299">still no peace in the terms of service. Amen to the cope, amen to the slop, amen to the take that never stops. Because God's real, he's tired of the post, and the comment section's the closest hell I know. They say I'm a go up just for leaps. I believe I'm burnout in Christmas Eve. I got one meaning, not another threat, not another told you so from a guy named Ted.</span></span></p>