Dennis and Julie ponder whether it’s harder to come out as gay or as conservative in 2024.  Conservatives are mischaracterized as racist and homophobic… but there is great diversity on the Right side of the aisle.  Do you know the origin of Dennis and Julie’s unlikely and unique friendship?  Conservatives are mischaracterized as simple-minded religious zealots… but the Right is more intellectually formidable than the Left.  Other topics include: Jonathan Haidt’s study – conservatives know liberals better than liberals know conservatives; The Humanist Manifesto; Atheism versus Belief; Dennis’ question to Christopher Hitchens; Uncomfortable reality; Clarity, accuracy, and honesty are paramount; Lies are the root of evil; The writing process behind Prager U’s five minute videos; The definition of prayer in Hebrew.

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Dennis and Julie discuss smoking, micro versus macro topics, and what motivates people to have affairs?  Is being shallow required in certain situations in life?  “Being informed is a moral obligation,” - Aaron Prager. Should we judge people… if so, when and whom?  Are you a decent and moral person in the micro and the macro? Other topics include: universalism vs relativism; generation values/morals… like sending thank you notes; gradations of sin; private versus public speech – humans beings are pressure cookers – private talk is a release of the pressure; the golden road – the middle between extremes – the extreme is so tempting; “the purity death spiral,” - Jeremy Boreing.

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Dennis and Julie ponder how much freewill people really have in life?  They discuss the impulse to steal, reasons for not stealing, and cheating on tests.  What are the five Commandments that people struggle with most?  The bible is a divine life manual.  If God gives people good individual natures… does God give people evil individual natures …or is it random/luck?  Did God create evil… or did God create the possibility for evil?

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Dennis and Julie delve into revealing your conservatism in public. They discuss family vacations… the differences for parents and children.  It is crucial for parents to have time away from the kids.  Julie talks about her visit to Prager U. and Dennis has thoughts about his experience with The Young Turks.  How do you handle anger in arguments?  Leftism is narcissism. 
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Dennis and Julie delve into how real the show is…they both agree they must be the same person on and off the air.  It’s not the actions that matter… it’s the intentions.  God judges you is a more meaningful message than God loves you.  It is also preferred that you fear God rather than loving God, when you fear God… you fear less.  The Bible states that a person should fear their mother and father… in that order, for a reason.  Julie has found that reading the Bible makes her calmer …Dennis suggests it is because it keeps her in touch with the eternal.  The best is the enemy of the better.  You cannot judge people from the past by today’s standards.  You’ve got to know history… one of the staples of Julie’s new show Timeless.  A discussion of how tonal languages are much harder to learn leads Dennis’ to share a story of his street fight in Marrakech.  Why does Dennis love language so much?!  Dennis recommends The Story of Language by Mario Pei if you love language too.  What makes Finnish, Albanian, and Hungarian languages different than all others?  When you learn other languages, you improve your own.  They debate their favorite words in the English language.  Is it harder to convert a liberal or a Leftist?

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Dennis & Julie September 19, 2022- 28 Uniform of Nonconformity

Dennis and Julie delve into masculinity, and femininity.  Would you prefer a male or female boss?  Women need men.  Some people cannot lie... and cannot accept lies.  Do Leftists believe what they're saying... do they have principles… or do they just want change?  Disabled people, Christians, conservatives, and the unvaccinated are the most oppressed groups in 2022.  The egalitarian impulse in the human is ancient.  Egalitarianism is rooted in coveting.  Traumatization should be reserved for people that have experienced trauma.  It’s your reaction to the action that matters.  Leftism has people subverting their own nature's.  It's impossible for Leftists to be hypocrites... if a conservative changes they are a hypocrite… if a Leftist changes... they're progressive.

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Dennis and Julie delve into public versus private conversation... the lack of civility while being confronted in public by the Left.  Julie recounts an encounter she had while on a first date in Venice, CA.  Julie's exchange reminds Dennis to recount a similar experience he had.  What's the best way to deal with unhinged haters?  Aphorisms... they aren't 100% and they aren't making better humans.  No one is perfect the way they are... everyone needs improvement.  If you want to raise good kids teach them... life is hard.  If you embrace the hard truths of life... you will be a happier person.  Dennis explains why Jews view Christians like blacks view whites, and why being chosen people shouldn’t lead to antisemitism.  Exceptionalism... most groups believe they have it... and they should.  Dennis recalls when he first learned of the Holocaust.  DISCLAIMER: this episode contains language that may be inappropriate for children.

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Dennis and Julie delve into both definitions of optimism.  It is crucial in society for boys to have, and for men to be father figures. In Meghan Markle's new podcast 'Archetypes' she interviews Serena Williams, and they discuss the labels and boxes women are put into.  Are claims of sexual assault overstated to promote victimhood status?  Dennis never liked the campaign slogan “hope and change…” does America need major change?  Dennis and Julie disagree on “gay marriage.”  People on the Right are more accepting of opposite viewpoints than people on the Left.  The Left’s rhetoric is so powerful that people are doing things against their own nature.  Leftism makes you a worse human being… it’s ruining people’s natures.  Most evil is ideological evil.  We know the consequences of too much religion… we are learning the consequences of too much secularism.  Religion is humbling… humanism is arrogant.  Which came first …bad values or the Left?

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Dennis and Julie delve into music… it is generational.  Julie’s Spotify list is changing as she ages.  Dennis believes classical is best and doubts anything at the top of iTunes would hold his interest.  Ben Shapiro showed up at a Podcast Movement event; the organizers apologized for the trauma his presence caused.  Words like trauma and pain are overused by the Left.  Dennis couldn’t stand small talk on a date… he’d have rather discussed human suffering and evil.  On his radio show Dennis talked to Jon Mellis, a January 6 political prisoner who has been in jail for 19 months and has never had a bail hearing, let alone a trial.  The believer in God has to account for the existence of unjust suffering; the atheist has to account for everything else - Milton Steinberg.  Does God know what decision you would make, furthermore can God be saddened by that choice if he already knew?  Do people really, truly believe the United States is systemically racist, or that climate change is an existential threat?  What percentage of attractive women think they are attractive... do they really believe they aren't?  Surely, if you do right, there is uplift. But if you do not do right Sin crouches at the door; Its urge is toward you, yet you can be its master - Genesis 4:5-7.  What would Jesus think of the New Testament?  The Left suffers from cognitive dissonance.  Today's criminals are not held responsible for their actions... but the founding fathers are.  If you vote Democrat... you are voting to destroy America.  Having high expectations for humanity… leads to disappointment. 

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One may have a messy desk and a clear mind.  How DO you to spell Nietzsche?!  Dennis and Julie delve into their high school athletic experiences, and both agree having coaches toughens you up.  One of the greatest traits you can teach your child is resilience.  Affluence has made us weak...we’ve taken America for granted.  People despair… the importance of the sabbath is more crucial than ever.  Julie has genuine fear for the future of the United States, and Dennis has learned that to despair is a sin.  What helps with despair?  Boston Children’s Hospital has released a video: Children Know They Are Trans ‘the Minute They Were Born.’  Are liberals a bigger problem than the Left... is the bully or the bystander the bigger issue?  Judaism is based in law, Christianity in faith... these gifts are also the curse of each religion.  If you aren't on the Left, you’re a fascist... this binary thinking lacks courage.  The Left’s brainwash is effective, and most effective in big cities.  Dennis explains that the Tower of Babel from Genesis is always mentioned with “the city attached to it.”  Big cities, masks, and protesting provide anonymity.  Anonymity foments lawlessness and doesn’t breed kindness.  The secret weapons in combating despair are knowing history, belonging, religion, and fighting... you don't have to have a microphone... small things matter.

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Are you a character, is it genetic, or can it be learned?  Dennis’ theory on having theories… like Julie, he wanted to understand life at an early age.  Dennis and Julie were taken by an email from a young fan.  Only good people acknowledge goodness.  Many on the Left disregard free will and avoid confrontation.  Living a good life will lead to having no fear of death.  Love is a false God… religion can be too.  Dennis would rather be on an all-star team than be a star.  Passing the torch of civilization is constant hard work... nothing is guaranteed.  Many people on the Left are fighting issues they've never experienced; they have contempt for the traditional… while novelty is rewarded.  Students are asked to critique the classics, not appreciate them.  Paul Johnson is a gift to humanity.

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Dennis and Julie discuss being vulnerable in today’s culture.  Does having a hobby require a certain level of vulnerability?  Dennis observes that while men rib each other… women do not.  Hook up culture benefits one sex… and it isn’t women.  Men desire variety, how can that lead to monogamy?  Is sex before marriage a sin? Dennis believes there are gradations of sin… all evil is sin, but not all sin is evil.  The prevalence of marijuana use in society continues to rise.  They discuss using marijuana versus alcohol.  Dennis watched an episode of Real Housewives and Naked and Afraid much to Julie’s surprise.  How much of reality tv… is reality?  Surrogacy is miraculous, but is it being misused.  Conservatives understand how liberals think, but liberals have no clue how conservatives think.  Dennis regrets saying one thing in 40 years of broadcasting.  Have Dennis’ views changed in 40 years… “Am I conservative or am I just logical!”  Forget political affiliation… does it make sense?

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Dennis and Julie discuss the desire to always keep learning.  Strive to do what you love for a living.  Passionate individuals are infectious… the passionless are boring.  Dennis did it his way, unafraid of the pressure to conform to societal norms.  They lament the effects that masks have had on public interactions.  The politicization of everything in society has killed social relations.  Is Facebook fading in popularity… replaced by Instagram?  Social media has crushed human to human exchanges.  Is social media more detrimental to females?  How do you protect children from the harmful aspects of social media?  Shabbat provides a solution… having no screen time is beneficial for kids.  What’s the fascination with posting food pics?  If you’re not interesting, you’re not interested… you’re not bored, you’re boring.  One way to avoid boredom is to find a way to make things fun.  Dennis talks about his childhood… traveling alone at seven years old.  Romantic behavior is great, romantic thought is dangerous.  Love is love… it doesn’t matter who it comes from.

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Dennis and Julie discuss dignity and the pernicious nature of social media.  They breakdown self-promotion versus the cancer of social media.  There is too much needless posting and there are too many needless opinions.  Parents, mostly mothers, are using their children on social media for fame and money… it’s child abuse.  Pedophilia…. has social media exacerbated it?  Polylogism is the belief that different people or groups have different forms of logic.  Sharia law… is it all bad?  Many value systems exist… moral clarity is paramount.  The death of moral clarity will be the end of civilization.  The media of the West are a bigger threat than any terrorist organization… they cause more damage.  You must use reason and pursue truth at any cost.  Cultural appropriation … is it all bad?  Can you live an electronic-less life?  The desire to be an “influencer” …does the yearning to be “important” drive the social media life?  Being deep is more valuable than having fame. 

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Dennis and Julie discuss God’s role in a world with suffering.  Both Dennis and Julie have family members on the spectrum… how do you reconcile God and Autism?  The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”  The system fails us all… it's how you react that matters.  If you think people in the United States are oppressed… travel abroad!  Most universities were founded based in religion and have become bastions of “wokeness.”  Today state of “woke-ism” equals Spoiled Brat Syndrome.  Americans are the most privileged people on the planet.  The phrase "the personal is political" arose in late 1960s and it underscored the connections between personal experience and larger social and political structures.  Feminist Catharine MacKinnon is falsely attributed with saying "All sex is rape."  It annoys the Left if you don’t have politics at the center of your life.  It’s important to have a rich life outside the realm of politics.  Envy versus emulation.  Dennis shares his encounters with Betty Friedan, Elie Wiesel, and Simon Wiesenthal.

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss the fear of being alone, and the difficulty of finding a partner with your values.  Hook-up culture has killed traditional dating and allows boys to remain immature.  Being vulnerable is difficult but shows great strength of character.  Birthdays are a marker of maturity… exciting when one is young …and a reminder of futility as one ages.  Dining out equals freedom.  In the United States today, sadly, ideology trumps nature.  Julie explains “sub-tweeting” to Dennis.  Why do we never hold secular hypocrites accountable?   We are living in an unprecedently overly secular society – unique in human history.  Dennis’ life mission has been to urge his audience to fully understand the consequences of secularism.  Anyone who says they love ALL of one group… is crazy.

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss finding Julie a suitable husband.  Is flirting still acceptable or just received as creepy?  The Left/Woke culture has done such damage to younger generations with respect to courtship, dating, and love.  They been taught to not trust religion or wisdom from the past …you do you… value yourself uber alles.  This generation has also been taught that nothing is superior, that moral neutrality is a better way.  If there is no Bible… then why is murder objectively wrong?  Arguing the importance of God is what matters, not arguing the existence of God.  Julie’s old high school now has “healing” rooms.  World travel has tremendous benefits. 

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss what kids believe in.  If not God and country, what do younger generations believe in? There is no such thing as “your truth.”  The self-esteem movement has bred self-centeredness. Paranoia is a form of narcissism.  Julie was taken aback by the large number of Anti-Fourth of July posts. To which she replies: if the United States is so horrible… Why do you still live here?  Actions without speech are not enough.  Life is made up of doing things you don’t want to do.

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss suffering as a requirement of a world with free will.  Has the pursuit of a meaningful life been replaced by the desire to seek excitement? America has always exported great values, and now we export “woke” ideology.  The story of Adam and Eve portrays the choice of man rather than the fall of man.  If you want honey… prepare to be stung. 

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss growing up with good character. George Bernard Shaw wrote: "Youth is a wonderful thing. What a shame to waste it on children," Dennis offers some key things that can lead young people into a meaningful life.  Learning about life is the most important thing one can do to combat wasting youth.  How does Dennis’ mind work regarding his bible commentaries?  How did Dennis arrive at the understanding that God is a He?  Nothing matters that isn’t true… Dennis always asks: is it true… and will it make a good world?  Good character traits require habit, ritual, discipline, and diligence.  Who is your greatest role model?

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss Dennis’ recent debate with an Orthodox Rabbi on whether people are innately good.  You are a happier person if you do not believe that people innately good.  There is a world of difference between the Left and the Right… the chasm grows daily.  Lack of religion is fueling narcissism.  It is easier to blame America than yourself.  If the world can do well without God… it’s irrelevant if God exists.  Moral chaos is inevitable without biblical values.  Topics include: meeting fans; love at first sight; common sense vs what experts say; good intentions mean nothing; saying you believe in God tells you nothing about a person; transgenderism; overcharging terms cheapens their meaning; forgiveness requires atonement.

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss: masking; capitalizing the “B” in black; racial terminology; is it safe for conservatives to share their opinions publicly; people that share famous names; JFK conspiracies; thanking law enforcement is a must, they see a side of life most do not; the future of the Left, America, and social media; is there hope… there IS, but there’s no chance; young people would be better off not chasing once in a lifetime experiences, but instead developing a few good habits; social media can be a huge waste of time, and trying to curb your use of it is difficult; “the medium is the message” - Marshall McLuhan; a good person in the Left’s view fights America’s bad aspects… a good person on the Right fights the bad aspects of themselves; you must know your opposition by reading them rather than using intellectual shortcuts.

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss Julie’s graduation from Harvard.  The NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave the commencement speech.  As Julie transitions from college to working professional… Dennis has advice.  The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but the road to heaven is paved with wisdom.  Other topics discussed: big government vs small government; power and gun control; the Uvalde shooting; hostility from the Left; fatherlessness; Godlessness; arrogance; practice what you preach but also preach what you practice; it wasn’t Covid that changed the world it was the lockdowns; the Left loathes Judeo-Christian Heteronormative values.

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss Julie’s senior speech at Harvard.  She spoke about condemning anti-Americanism.  Leftism reduces America to its ugliest moments.  We must stand up and fight, as President Reagan said: "If not us, who? If not now, when?" America will face a reckoning if we do not counter this “woke” movement.  Explore your own mind, it takes discipline, very few people produce without coercion. Modern conservatism summarized equals: religion, nationalism, and economic freedom.  The antipathy of the Left derives from a desire to be God… the unwillingness to accept a moral transcendent source higher than oneself.

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Dennis and Julie react to the Trump conviction.  Evil isn’t dark… it’s so bright that people don’t want to face it.  We are in a battle …civilizational versus anti-civilizational.  If you have a clear mind the Trump trial makes no sense to you.  In his book Liberal Fascism, Jonah Goldberg brilliantly traces the intellectual roots of fascism to their surprising source.  Dennis says Judge Juan Merchan could have been one of Stalin’s judges.  The toughest question you can ask a Leftist in your family is… what were the 34 crimes Trump was convicted of?  We are in the age of inversion… who’s the real threat to Democracy?  Isaiah 5:20 - Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.  Dennis says there’s no hope for people who lie and believe their lies.  Do Leftist believe their lies? They discuss Israel versus Hamas… and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.  We are the beneficiaries of western civilization …we are obligated to protect it. 

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss the leaked Roe v Wade decision from the Supreme Court.  The Left has freaked out about abortion on social media and that has buried the larger issue… that something was leaked from the Supreme Court.  There is a real threat to the right to free speech in America today.  If pro-life people are racist, wouldn’t they advocate for abortion… much like Margaret Sanger did.  Leftist secularists of today reject the ethics of the religion that created our country and the freedoms we enjoy.  Demonization and inaccurate characterization of the Right is a tactic of the Left, not sound evidence… anger and victimhood go hand in hand.  The need for attention now supersedes the pursuit of truth.

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss Dennis’ trip to Mar-A-Lago and his meeting with former President Trump.  The 2020 election had several anomalies… Dennis discusses his screening of the film 2000 Mules.  They also talk about former President Trump’s tenure in office, “locker room talk,” and his possible run in 2024.  There is an old Hebrew saying, it's not the thought that counts but the deed.  Both men and women need to control their natures.  The Left externalizes their emotions and characterize their perceived evils… but reality does not match these characterizations.  Being amongst people who disagree with you sharpens your convictions.

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Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss Harvard University setting aside $100 million for an endowment fund and other measures to close the educational, social, and economic gaps that are legacies of slavery and racism. The funding will also support continuing inequities of slavery affecting communities in the United States and in the Caribbean, to which New England’s slavery economies were closely tied. Julie clarifies she isn’t anti-Harvard… she wants Harvard to be better.  They also discuss how the devolution of what we are living through today began when Dennis was in college.

Topics include: having the courage to know who you are… and live accordingly; no one knows proper English anymore; Harvard’s legacy of slavery… look how moral we are to avoid the woke mob; does one’s nature at a young age remain the same though life; the diversity delusion; the woke movement is actually hurting the groups it portends to help; respect should be earned.

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Good intentions are no excuse for failed results.  To be Conservative means to conserve the good values and morals from the past for new generations.  Being a mature adult is not a value on the Left… they want adults to be children and children to be adults.  The childish nature of Leftism believes that imperfection is awful.  Only a child continues to be disturbed by the imperfection of its parents.
Topics include: Jen Psaki literally breaks down in tears over state laws that ban children from undergoing sex changes; Conservatives judge on results not intentions; the number of unarmed blacks killed by the police is astronomically lower than portrayed in the narrative for defunding the police; on the Left original thought is valued over clear thought; Everything does not need to be reimagined, many things have worked well for thousands of years; struggling early in life makes for a better human than growing up privileged; the idea of desiring maturity has been lost.

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There is glaring division in America that continues to grow… Dennis & Julie discuss the battle lines, and the seeds of its origin.  Was the country more divided in the Sixties?  What can you do to navigate the great divide?  Is there any hope for a “United” States?  Topics include: scientific discoveries in the last century by Darwin and Einstein led to the division we are now living in; is it worse today than it was the Sixties; scientific relativism vs moral relativism; this is the first generation of pessimism because of the constant drum beat of systemic racism and climate change; is there hope that this divide will resolve, and how; there is hope but no chance; we must stand up and fight; we owe it to the fighters that came before us; as America weakens, cruelty increases in the world; standing up for your principles will cost you friendships.

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Topics include: the Anne Frank in bikini Harvard Lampoon scandal; are all jokes acceptable, or should comedy be censored; the New Jersey Board of Education guidelines for teaching of sexuality; the Left disregard people that lived in previous generations; people in general are afraid to acknowledge tragedy; knowing the Bible is to know tragedy; Life is suffering; Having no expectations is a key to life; only in America where there is so little evil, could the Left manufacture such evils.

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Topics include: Dennis’ Son got married; Is getting married the most important day in one’s life; The road less traveled; What’s more important to a parent, that their child marry or get into a good college; the importance of the Friday night Shabbat, and having one’s views challenged; the difference between marrying off a son versus a daughter.

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Topics include: Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmation Hearings; What is a woman; When does life begin; Leftism weakens one’s ability to think straight; the cowardice of groupthink; KBJ’s answer on Court packing; Taking things for free weakens ones character; Are you happier on the Right?

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Topics include: Traveling to Israel; Resilience of the Jewish People; the Israeli apartheid charge; Food poisoning; National pride; the Importance of Traveling Abroad; Tragedy in Ukraine; Binging Shtisel.

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Topics include: Putin’s Aggression; Condemning Evil; The Age of Idiocy; Authentically Alone vs Group Think; Outliers Do Good.

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Dennis and Julie discuss joy and performance… passion is infectious.  Dennis recalls fondly his father, Max Prager’s lessons and examples in life.  Not achieving your God given potential will cause bitterness. If you are stuck in a situation… find a way to celebrate it.  The most powerful thing you can give a person is a good example.  Finding joy in life requires effort and enthusiasm matters.  They reflect on Jordan Peterson living in the public eye. The importance of being a good model and passing on values.  Being a good role model isn’t enough however, it also requires spoken word.  Conversely a negative role model can be equally effective… and devastating.  Is the influence of a bad role model more powerful than the influence of a good role model?    

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Dennis and Julie discuss the differences of working with women and men.  You should have close same sex friends… if you don’t, that is odd.  Very close opposite sex friendships rarely work.  Can you learn from someone else’s mistake… or must you experience the issue to understand? Beware of people who are too close to their parents, and conversely parents who are too close to their children.  D+J discuss three reasons parents attend their children’s games… are they healthy reasons?  The limits, boundaries, separations, and distinctions of appropriateness have been blurred in today’s society.  For the credit of being a good or bad person… you are not solely a product of your parents.  Reason without God leads to chaos.

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Dennis and Julie examine having fun… male fun versus female fun; donkey versus monkey; language, pronunciation, and accents; Johnny Carson; Harrison Butker’s commencement speech; and Clarence Thomas.  The political is everywhere in society… there are no boundaries.  Leviticus 19 - “The Lord said to Moses, Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.”  Chaos is the natural state of the world… civilization provides order, and we are moving backwards.  Bangladesh became the first country to grant its rivers the same legal status as humans.  A survivor of Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution said she has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder since watching 'Marxist hordes' overrun US college campuses. How are parents reacting to, or handling, the “wokeness” in their kids?  Everything is upside down… those who accuse racism are racist… those who claim to protect trans kids are hurting them... those who claim tolerance are intolerant.  Are people brainwashed or mentally ill?  We are in an era of incompatible views… is the gap unbridgeable?

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Dennis and Julie reflect on complimenting each other, when and how to take criticism, and avoiding “always” and “never.”  Today’s culture lacks nuance… very few positions in life are binary.  Bad ideas prevail because the vast majority of non-evil people are weak. Other topics include: the missing tile syndrome; the Israel protests; BLM; proper grammar; TDS; micro versus macro values; private versus public speech; Talmud wisdom - a bashful person cannot learn; aphorisms; The Book of Virtues – Bill Bennett’s book https://amzn.to/3WwyxKj; and the poem If by Rudyard Kipling

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Dennis and Julie start with the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University.  The damage that university professors have done to the country over the last eighty years is incalculable.  When moral confusion is accepted in one category it spreads to other categories.  Parents… what makes you think your child won’t be affected by this if you send your children to university?  Dennis reflects on his trip to South Africa.  They discuss Jewry in the United States versus Jewry around the world.  People become cynical because they started out naïve.  Learning how to say “thank you” in as many languages possible has served Dennis well.  It is a beautiful thing that there are many cultures in the world… it is not a beautiful thing that there are many moralities in the world.  Julie shares her experience on the subway in NYC.

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Dennis and Julie reveal that being sad is acceptable but being offended is not.  Don’t sweat the small stuff because the power of instant rage is staggering.  There is righteous anger… Julie was robbed of her college experience by the Covid lockdowns.  The differences between the Trump and Biden Presidencies are clear.  Derived from Aesop’s Fable - The Herdsman and The Lost Bull – D+J discuss that you should be careful what you wish for; your wish may be granted.  Raising the minimum wage has had some awful unintended effects on the workforce.  Secularism produces morons.  Diagnosing problems is good… offering solutions is better.  They analyze optimism versus pessimism. How can the average person fight?  Life is not a dress rehearsal.  Julie raises an email she received from a transgender viewer.

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Dennis and Julie examine being “cat-called” in the USA versus in Italy.  Women do not see themselves the way men see them.  How people dress in public has become less important over the past half century. You become a persona of how you dress. The art and architecture that was inspired by divinity is infinitely more impressive and beautiful than anything produced since.  Dennis and Julie prefer American pizza to Italian pizza.  You must make time in your life to travel. You must ask yourself what will better my life rather than what do “I” want to do?  Dennis recalls traveling alone to Japan as a young man. Julie discusses why she's more adventurous when she travels.

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Dennis and Julie begin with the topic of… not being full of yourself, and the rise of self-obsession and arrogance in society.  What affect does being raised with a disabled or deceased sibling have on a one’s ego?  “1. And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness. 2. Suffering is part and parcel of extensive intelligence and a feeling heart. 3. To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky.  One should strive to be authentic and strengthen the core of who they are.  Does having a healthy core negate the desire for fame or status?  Can you develop a core, personality, or nature …or are they fixed at birth?  Other topics include:  Tyrannical parents; The miracle of “you”; Luck; Balaam’s Donkey; Are you a Dennis Prager Superfan?

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Dennis and Julie reflect on being paid to speak around the country. The Oklahoma Bombing Memorial and the case for capital punishment.  The U.N. is scum… it’s the United Governments, not Nations.  Numbers 23:9 – Balaam - For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.  Dennis had a brain scan… if you could know all the illnesses that will strike you, would you want to know?  Dennis and Julie discuss aging and being ageless.  What do you wish you knew earlier in life?  Elevator Pitches for God: 70 One-Page Essays by Thought Leaders On Why They Believe - https://www.amazon.com/Elevator-Pitches-God-One-Page-Thought/dp/1962598004/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=    

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Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman recently died… Julie asks Dennis why he didn’t support him as Al Gore’s VP nominee in 2000.  Dennis went to a brain expert, and he found the results intriguing. Do you follow your intuition or gut instinct?  Do you think most people nowadays follow their gut, or the herd?  Julie has become interested in reading the energy of people when it comes to friendships. Do you become who you want to be?  How important are your thoughts when it comes to becoming who you want to be? Elevator Pitches for God: 70 One-Page Essays by Thought Leaders On Why They Believe - https://www.amazon.com/Elevator-Pitches-God-One-Page-Thought/dp/1962598004/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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Dennis and Julie start with chivalry.  Dennis’ mentions his meticulous texts… what does bad grammar say about you?  Julie wonders why men try to look like pimps on dating sites.  Is sophistication shunned in today’s society… classy, traditional, and mature have been replaced with cool and casual.  Julie asks Dennis if there is anything about younger generations that he thinks they are doing well.  Dennis believes the baby boomer generation brought in the decline of the United States… the greatest generation didn’t pass on the things that made them great.  They discuss: the rape of language; eloquence; holding an elevated response; and setting a good example.  They debate the consequences of freedom of speech.  Why are the “woke-est” countries the freest?  Social norms have been derided… where is all of this headed… is it worse now than it ever was?

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Dennis and Julie address a letter received about Julie using the world shalom.  Are some religious people too uptight or formal?  How bad was Senator Katie Britt’s SOTU response?  Why do we hear of Right-wing hypocrites… but never hear of Left-wing hypocrites?  Do Leftists purposefully lie… or are they unaware that they are lying?  The war on women …re-labeling… reducing women seems to be acceptable, whereas not accepted when it comes to men.   “You know what really frosts my cookies” …is that a real phrase?  People don’t care about blacks… they hate whites.  People don’t care about Palestinians… they hate Israel.  Dennis examines that Jews recovered quicker from the Holocaust than Blacks have recovered from Slavery.  Trump’s “blood bath” reference and the unwarranted outrage that followed.  Biden’s use of the term illegal and the apology tour afterward.  It is programmed into human nature to do what others do.  Driving habits in traffic are a microcosm of human existence.  “Hypocrisy is the compliment vice pays to virtue.”  – François de La Rochefoucauld.  Being offended - people are hurt even when they don’t have the right to be.  Writing important things down is a great way to remember them.

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Dennis and Julie point out that watching old tv shows is like a view into a time capsule …a time when you could smoke in planes and bibles were prominent.  Advocacy groups say they care about their group, but don’t really care.  The Left doesn’t want order… that’s what the battle is all about.  Other topics include: Leviticus; cathedrals; idolatry; the deleterious consequences of the death of God in society; religious versus secular government; Dennis and the Crucifix… did Jesus have a choice; Jewish suffering is not meaningless; why do protestants use the cross and not the crucifix; Julie’s religious evolution.

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Dennis and Julie start off with languages: Semitic; Arabic; Music; and the beauty of learning languages… inspired by Mario Pei’s book - The Story of Language.  Dennis explains the French’s mustard syndrome.  There are many ways of doing things… the only thing that matters is moral standards.  The question you should ask yourself is… am what I’m doing and saying going to age well?  Is it better to have an easy childhood… or a difficult one?  It is not a good thing to be liked by everyone.  They discuss the blurring of distinctions …there are/were boundaries for a reason.  Other topics include: India and Hinduism; Dennis’ favorite countries to visit; Navalny; victimhood; depression – there’s more suicide now than during the Great Depression; having courage; Tom Sowell’s great concept – Stage One Thinking.

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Dennis and Julie discuss Alaska, experiencing 25 below, and missing the Northern Lights.  Life will disappoint you… you must deal with it and overcome.  Has Dennis been dog sledding?  Everything in life is… how you react to it.  Julie discusses college admissions, testing, working hard versus cheating, and succeeding on your own merits.  Is thinking rationally a curse?  Having beliefs is a luxury.  Being in snow is peaceful, unlike the rain.  It’s not about the existence of God, it’s about the necessity of God.  We are surrounded by manmade things… this can distance you from God.  People who suffer are more likely to believe in God than people with affluent lives.  Dennis loves the quote: “He Is a Self-Made Man.” “Yes, And He Worships His Creator.” Dennis shares the story of his last of the 50 states he’s visited.  How liberal Jews reacted to October 7t.  Being a naïve adult is a choice.  Truth is not a Left-wing value.  Are people who they will be throughout their lives?

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