Normal Men

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  Episode 73 - Less Than Normal 16.09.2026 1ч 21мин

  Why every enterprise open-weight model is bad, digging holes in your yard, consumer AI and warfare, the Amodei Pause, capex math, and dayenu on the models. Lowtax turns up late with a dispatch on Ian Paisley Jr. Plus Cascadia subduction, the generic ballot, and the correct amount of Tajin.
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  Episode 72 - Yr Beatdown Sommelier 11.09.2026 1ч 16мин

  This week: leatherwork. Ed tries on a harness, George does some shoe-leather reporting, and we kick around the ol' pigskin. Also: an old coinage, and a departure reviewed. Links: Polytoken · Sky Marchini, harassed over heavy sour crude
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  Episode 71 - Thirst Traps 02.09.2026 1ч 40мин

  This week: the Lake Effect and CBC comes packing. The Men investigate pheromone-maxxing, chicken-tender nation, and (unfortunately) data centers. Links: Shiv Ramdas's Rice Truck thread · George's Jerome Powell shirt
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  Episode 70 - Harps and Minds 27.08.2026 1ч 23мин

  This week: a brief exploration of comparative religion and the lost art of letter-writing. George teaches us about USMCA and les dangers du Québec. Ed thinks they should cut the power. Also: Dude Wipes. Links: George on Canadian supply management (FT) · Hailey · Sky Marchini, owed an apology · Fatal Attraction
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  Episode 69 - Take Sennett 20.08.2026 1ч 17мин

  the Ed-less Men tackle the state of the Senate states. Buckle up, it's the preseason!
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  Episode 68 - I See Sea People 11.08.2026 1ч 19мин

  Down one normal man and up one provisionally normal historian: Bret Devereaux joins to discuss Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, and we make it about twenty minutes before the Late Bronze Age collapses.Chapter markers say which segments contain spoilers for the film.Bret Devereaux blogs at acoup.blog and is @bretdevereaux.bsky.social.
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  Episode 67 - Getting Defensive 29.07.2026 1ч 29мин

  Mike Black joins the Men for a wide-ranging conversation about mostly the NDAA. Authorized and appropriate at all times.
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  Episode 66 - Nolan, Diarrhea, And Antitrust 22.07.2026 1ч 24мин

  Improv episode after Glonzo ate our guest's internet connection. Three thousand words about lettuce, Nolan does Homer, Troy in Maine, and Taco Bell totally exonerated. Then: some Tate schadenfreude, the darkening of the dawn, and Spanish supply lines. Also, gossip about some models. Normbot now live on Bluesky: @normal-men.bsky.social
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  Episode 65 - Deliberative Bodies 15.07.2026 1ч 19мин

  Lindsey Graham and the McConnell succession watch. Brazil's World Cup exit gets blamed on Protestantism. Count Binface takes the fight to Clacton. Michigan's Senate proxy war, and how Graham Platner actually got out of Maine. Links: the Institute for Hispano Studies, the hand dryer at the Crown and Treaty, and Allagash, Maine.
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  Episode 64 - Happy Birthday to US! 09.07.2026 1ч 26мин

  Some futbol, moderate arborism, the fast road to Argentina, and Eurovision. 250 years and Normal as ever. Show notes:Mexico 2–3 England at the Azteca (match report)The cherry trees and the golf courseTrump confirms he asked FIFA to review Balogun's red cardBalogun: born American by accidentCanada joins EurovisionFrederick Douglass, “Love of God, Love of Man, Love of Country” (1847)Albion's SeedGroverhaus
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  Episode 63 - Thermal Shock Doctrine 01.07.2026 1ч 35мин

  The normal men get hot and bothered, fix what's wrong with NYC politics, are gone to look for America, and contemplate an unwise conflict that expects too much of the Curds. A well-insulated episode.
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  Episode 62 - Thinking Like Bad People 25.06.2026 1ч 41мин

  Come take a mind-safari with us to Beirut, Manchester, and West Palm Beach. Plus: tilling the GOP 2028 field way too early.
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  Episode 61 - Transatlantischism 17.06.2026 1ч 6мин

  A defence of the pastoral lifestyle and also the barbacoan lifestyle. Also: your gut health and soda, thunder v swamp, grudgingly handing it to the Knicks, and 10 mpg(ame). Links: Musicology Duck’s reflecting pool · The Double Pivot · Sickos Committee
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  Episode 60 - Smoothgroins, Smoothbrains 09.06.2026 1ч 10мин

  Unfortunately additional Maine. Then: a bit of fish and the Intercept Cinematic Universe.
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  Episode 59 - The TeXrrible SecreXt of SpaceX 03.06.2026 1ч 39мин

  A Very Special SpaceX Episode with Quantian (@quantian) and ESGHound (@esghound)! Come for the S-1, stay for the physics. Contains not even homeopathic levels of investment advice. Links: Ann Lipton, "No Votes, No Sales, No Suits" · our earlier space ep with Normal astrophysicist Mike Boylan-Kolchin, We Are All Made of Starmusk.
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  Episode 58 - The Pope Should Wear Air Monarchs 30.05.2026 2ч 1мин

  Lots of tech, somewhat more Pope than usual, and a well-conceived 2028 Presidential Democratic contender tier list that will never embarrass any of us in any way. Plus Jack White's upholstery era and Stephen Colbert.
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  Episode 57 - Bracketology 15.05.2026 1ч 43мин

  Patrick Wyman joins the Normal Men to talk dirty soda, apartment deposits we definitely did not get back, the only bracket that matters, 1619 and its descendants, and sharp little lads.
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  Episode 56 - Bottom Feeders 06.05.2026 1ч 49мин

  The Men get chippy, Fed up, car talk, Giuliani hantavirus and other pathogens, Graham crackers and some states that are probably in the Midwest, and the AI capex bubble (?).
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  Episode 55 - Cracking Spreads 29.04.2026 1ч 28мин

  Panic! at the WHCD, several niche beverages, American airports, and strait cash homie.
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  Episode 54 - Carpe Baculum 24.04.2026 1ч 25мин

  Iran oil futures, market madness, Spencer Pratt for some reason, ivermectin and psilocybin, spammers and affinity scams, and hyping the Mythos.