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We interview Mike Sacks, who is running for Congress in NY-17; people are doing more mass shootings; Propter sounds robotic; and what is truth, really?

Mike Sacks (https://bsky.app/profile/mikesacks.bsky.social) is running for Congress in the New York's Fightin' Seventeenth: (https://bsky.app/profile/mikesacks.bsky.social/post/3lmev4vf4hc2n)

Learn more here:  https://www.mikesacksforcongress.com/

Give his campaign money here:  https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mike-sacks-donate

Early corvid scholarship by Mr Sacks:  https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/cb488d23-ab03-42be-994b-1fe5b2054038

An AI-generated video of a crow sledding on a frisbee:  https://www.facebook.com/reel/864322122972412

Chapters:

0:00 Podcast Intro and Guest Mike Sacks 4:50 NY-17 District and Politics 19:30 Universal Healthcare as Key Policy 24:30 Supreme Court and Structural Reform 30:30 Primary Race and Competitive Edge 45:00 District Deli and Smoked Fish 47:30 Mass Shootings and Gun Violence 55:30 Proctor's Voice and Robotics 1:02:30 AI, Crow Video, and Epistemology 1:12:30 Duke Chronicle Letter & Outro

Infant diction, Noted Underdogs Duke, birthright citizenship, c-c-c-cocaine, coffee: black. Norwegian outreach:  https://bsky.app/profile/norwayinusa.norway.no/post/3m4bcalmg7s2u

Coffee, black:  https://bsky.app/profile/bmhughes.bsky.social/post/3m6wc33skm22z

Chapters:

0:00 Intro & Linguistics Lesson 4:39 Trump's Pardon & RGV Politics 12:53 College Football Playoff Explained 33:29 SCOTUS & Birthright Citizenship 50:39 Navy SEALs & Cocaine Strikes 1:00:21 FIFA Award & Global Bribery 1:04:29 Normalcy Studies & Identity 1:18:01 Outro

A Normal Man returns to take us through the unpleasantness in Portland, we break down the shutdown, and sans George the video game freaks get digital.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro & Portlandia Ad 2:59 Portland Occupation & Absurdity 13:43 Legal Status of Portland Occupation 22:39 Fox News & Media Critique 25:38 Oregon Political Unity & ICE 32:47 Government Shutdown in DC 41:44 Shutdown Impact & Future 50:05 What We've Been Up To 1:00:13 Outro & Yarvin Quote

Chapters:

0:00 Intro & Portlandia Ad 2:59 Portland Occupation & Absurdity 13:43 Legal Status of Portland Occupation 22:39 Fox News & Media Critique 25:38 Oregon Political Unity & ICE 32:47 Government Shutdown in DC 41:44 Shutdown Impact & Future 50:05 What We've Been Up To 1:00:13 Outro & Yarvin Quote

With special guest Eva Cantor (@machete.gay on Bluesky).  George talks us through some real economic growth, Propter breaks down pre-snap federal shutdown reads, Eva talks us through a whole lot of violent extremism, and the gun touchers geek out.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro, Eric Adams, and Podcast Setup 12:24 Economic Growth and Tariffs 25:58 Government Shutdown and Politics 45:36 Cheer Wine and Glonzo 49:24 Extremism: Shooters and Motivations 1:06:35 Gun Culture and Violence Normalization 1:18:56 Positive Ideation and Metric System

Lowtax gives us a report on South Florida and the Very Specific Type of Guy (hint: Jeremy Shockey jersey) that lives there now (0:00-3:15). This week’s main event is Jimmy Kimmel, and the Men review MAGA’s effort to bring everyone who doesn’t salute Charlie Kirk at every opportunity to heel (3:15-32:45). Tom Homan secures the (Cava) bag before a check in on Trump Administration approvals and energy politics (32:45-1:06:30). We also talk about Maine (Ed is from Maine) and the quixotic politics on the margins of the lower 48 (1:06:30-1:21:15). Finally, a brief check in on the biggest embarrassment in the history of South Carolinian football and the run for his money being offered by the UNC Tarheels (1:21:15-1:27:00).

Chapters:

0:00 Cheerwine & Boston Baked Beans 9:34 Normal Men Intro & News Preview 11:34 Charlie Kirk Assassination Discussion 22:09 Federal Reserve: Lisa Cook Update 32:13 Hyundai Workers & Korea Diplomacy 41:17 Ed Becomes a Cyborg: Eye Surgery 53:22 George's MLS Team Sets Record 1:03:56 The Joys of Sports Fandom

Chapters:

0:00 Cheerwine & Boston Baked Beans 9:34 Normal Men Intro & News Preview 11:34 Charlie Kirk Assassination Discussion 22:09 Federal Reserve: Lisa Cook Update 32:13 Hyundai Workers & Korea Diplomacy 41:17 Ed Becomes a Cyborg: Eye Surgery 53:22 George's MLS Team Sets Record 1:03:56 The Joys of Sports Fandom

The Normal Men are back and covering it all this week. To start (0:00-17:30) we check in on the fighting game community before Soda Chat and learnings about the weird stuff they’re drinking up in Maine. George and Propter reminisce about A&W and the gang laughs at grocery stores. Next up, Elon’s unhealthy obsession with fertility and race, as well as some discussion of the very real shifts in global birth rates around the world (17:30-30:30). Speaker of the House Mike Johnson broke some news this week: the President is a snitch (30:30-42:45) and the all carrot no stick Republican governing theory turns its eye to Georgia manufacturing (42:45-57:30). Our government murdered 11 Venezuelans this week, and the Men discuss, followed by some conversation about movies ranging from the light-hearted to the troubling (57:30-1:19:30). 

Join the Normal Men for a break in the midst of Labor Day weekend for some college football chat and a victory lap celebrating Lowtax’s beloved Florida State University Seminoles (0:00-12:00). Next we talk Senate primaries and Senior Maine Correspondent Ed explains why Maine is actually a very large state, George commemorates one of our strongest Representatives, and the Men talk through the doomed logistics of applying tariffs to packages (12:00-42:00). Next up, it’s Glonzo time as Propter leads a discussion about the health of the President (42:00-51:00). Then it’s on to LLMs and why they’re such efficient mechanisms for cooking your brain (51:00-1:19:00). Finally a little Labor Day roundup of how each of the Men intended to spend their day off, including bachelor life, woodworking, grilling, potty training, and an anecdote about how seriously the state of Georgia takes college football (1:19:00-1:31:00).

Kick back with your heavily caffeinated beverage of choice as the boys dive into the world of canned stimulants (0:00 to 20:00). This week we’ve got Musicology Duck on to share some of her experiences from the streets of DC amidst a federal occupation of the nation’s capital (20:00 to 1:03:00). We also dive into President Trump’s efforts to take control of interest rates by an attempt to remove Governor Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors (1:03:00 to 1:32:15) before a review of a landmark election result in Iowa (1:32:15 to end).

The Men start this week talking about our fears, including heights, creepy-crawlies, and amoebas (from 0:00-5:40). Then: we’re going to Swift School this week as the Normal Men get up to speed on Taylor Swift and why we should pay more attention to her career (from 6:00-43:00). Then it’s time to chat about the large number of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard troops who have descended on the nation’s capital (from 43:00-1:05:00. Finally, we are unfortunately putting a few notable Democrats on flub watch. (1:05:00 to end)

Chapters:

0:00 Unusual Fears and Water Woes 4:50 Introducing Taylor Swift 9:58 Taylor Swift's Impact and Misconceptions 19:30 Taylor Swift, Kelce, and Master Rights 33:00 Artistic Output and Political Stance 42:00 The Federal Presence in Washington D.C. 53:00 DC: Cosplay, Danger, and Deep State 1:04:00 Political Cringe: Catabu and Jeffries 1:15:00 Chris Murphy's DC Comments & Wrap-up