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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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