Normal Men

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  Episode 68 - I See Sea People 11.08.2026 1t 19min

  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 1t 29min

  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 1t 24min

  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 1t 19min

  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 1t 26min

  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 1t 35min

  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 1t 41min

  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 1t 6min

  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 1t 10min

  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 1t 39min

  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 2t 1min

  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 1t 43min

  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 1t 49min

  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 1t 28min

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

  Iran oil futures, market madness, Spencer Pratt for some reason, ivermectin and psilocybin, spammers and affinity scams, and hyping the Mythos.
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  Episode 53 - JD and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week 14.04.2026 1t 17min

  Vance screws up at everything, Orbán eighty-sixed in Hungary, Iran negotiations collapse and the world stays oil-thirsty, Swalwell sex monsters and gets summarily defenestrated, and the thrilling secret of space.
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  Episode 52 - It’s From Massachusetts, Actually 08.04.2026 1t 27min

  Yakuza discourse, the terrible secret of space, BTS on Hot Ones, Bondi beached, careerists vs maniacs, and who's next for Attorney General.
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  Episode 51 - C.R.E.A.M.: Chaos Ruins Ed’s Audio Machine ft. Aaron Cohen 26.03.2026 1t 37min

  Aaron Cohen of Gracie's Ice Cream (@unlikelywords.bsky.social) has a wicked scoop for the Men. George doesn't deliver, Lowtax goes out of his gourd, Ed's interested in principles, and Propter gets stuck. Note:1) We ran into tech issues post-recording and decided that we would rather release a pretty rough final cut this week than no episode. Sorry about that and we won't be offended if you give it a miss. 2) this is a Nanaimo bar
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  Episode 50 - Strait Expectations 17.03.2026 1t 49min

  Ed runs some numbers, George eyeballs the urbs, the Strait gets bent, Lowtax socializes, and Propter gets sloppy.
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  Episode 49 - No Apologies For The Dutch ft. Aaron Kleinman 12.03.2026 1t 25min

  Episode 49: Texas primaries, North Carolina's political shake-ups, oil prices and the Strait of Hormuz, and EV battery drama with very special guest Aaron Kleinman (@kleinman.bsky.social) from Heartland Signal.  check out his more formal work at https://radio-free-america.beehiiv.com/