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MADD: TikTok Moms & Profiting From Strangling Your Kids Aug 19, 2026

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On this week's Mean Age Daydream, Brian looks at the horrible case of Lindsay Clancy, who murdered her three young children, and is awash in sympathy and money from deranged moms and women on TikTok. Also: "Crimes of Necessity" bill fails in CA, and Jason Arday gets a ridiculous new law proposal named after him.

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FF: No Family Should Have to Cross an Ocean to Save Their Child with Kendra Riley Aug 17, 2026

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Kendra Riley's two daughters were diagnosed with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a rare terminal genetic disorder. With no FDA-approved treatment available in the U.S., Kendra's family had to raise nearly half a million dollars and relocate to Italy so their youngest daughter could receive a life-saving gene therapy. While that treatment succeeded, their older daughter's disease had progressed too far — she is now in hospice care at age eight. Kendra joins Finding Freedom to advocate for Right to Try 2.0, federal legislation that would give rare disease patients access to individualized gene-based therapies at home without crossing an ocean. She also shares advice for families navigating rare disease diagnoses and resources that can help along the way.

Video Chapters:

0:00 — Intro & Guest Introduction

3:19 — The MLD Diagnosis

4:55 — Moving to Italy for Gene Therapy

6:43 — Right to Try 2.0 Explained

8:07 — Two Daughters, Two Outcomes

13:53 — Advice for Rare Disease Families

17:32 — How to Help & Where to Follow

Links:

Kendra's family blog: rileysroad.com
Instagram: @MrsKendraRiley
Right to Try 2.0 — introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (WI) and Rep. Diana Harshbarger (TN)
Goldwater Institute — lead organization behind Right to Try 2.0
MLD Foundation — resources for metachromatic leukodystrophy
Armer Foundation for Kids — financial assistance for families of children with life-threatening illnesses
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Francesca Hong Kong Phooey'd Aug 12, 2026

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On this week's Mean Age Daydream, Brian looks at the defeat of Marxist anti-white racist nutjob Francesca Hong in Wisconsin.

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TLPP: What Killed Late Night Comedy? Aug 11, 2026

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Recorded live at FreedomFest 2026 in Las Vegas. Lou Perez moderates a panel on politics, comedy, and the death of late night TV.

Panelists: comedian Boris Khaykin, comedian and podcaster Andrew Heaton, Georgetown law professor and author Randy Barnett, Consumer Choice Center head of media Stephen Kent, and comedian Peter Stewart.

Topics include: why Colbert was losing $20 million a year and what that tells you about the economics of late night; the no-monoculture problem — Joe Rogan now outperforms Fox News; how going political gave Colbert a short-term ratings boost and gutted the comedy long-term; the Daily Show's original rule (cut anything designed to get applause, not laughs) and how every show that copied it forgot the rule; the math of splitting one sixth of a dying market; whether Trump actually pressured CBS to cancel Colbert (the FCC and Kimmel story is more interesting); Kill Tony, YouTube, and the new formats replacing late night; the democratization of comedy and what AI tools mean for talent in Nebraska; why writing 252 episodes a year is an impossible creative ask; what it's like to be on Gutfeld! and whether he's actually the new Johnny Carson; and what's still off-limits in comedy.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 — Intro — Lou Perez moderates the panel at FreedomFest 2026

1:39 — Is late night actually dead? The panel's opening takes

2:35 — We live in the clips economy — nobody watches late night live

3:33 — When did you last watch late night live? The panel answers

5:12 — Colbert lost $20 million a year — the economics of late night explained

5:50 — No more monoculture — Joe Rogan outperforms Fox News

6:43 — Why going political gave Colbert a short-term boost and a long-term problem

8:15 — Short term gains for long term pains

9:33 — The Colbert Report was brilliant. The Late Show was a dad reading the NYT with a band.

10:35 — The Daily Show's original rule: cut anything designed to get applause, not laughs

11:25 — The math: Kimmel, Fallon, and Colbert splitting one sixth of a dying market

12:18 — The Weather Channel sitcom and the pre-cable era of tepid centrist content

13:39 — Did Trump pressure CBS to cancel Colbert? What actually happened.

14:05 — The FCC, Brandon Carr, and Kimmel — government jawboning explained

14:46 — Kill Tony, YouTube, and the new model replacing late night

15:23 — SNL, Alec Baldwin as Trump, and the Instagram kid doing it better

16:37 — Ben Burke live in Naples, Florida — the demographics that surprised everyone

17:39 — Johnny Carson was unifying — a conservative Republican family from the Midwest loved him

18:10 — Kill Tony as an evolution of late night

19:34 — YouTube as a gateway to live comedy

20:18 — Is the FCC still necessary? The property rights argument for radio airwaves

22:23 — Howard Stern and transgression — you need a line to cross it

23:29 — Richard Pryor's masturbation jokes and why taboo topics lose their edge

25:12 — What podcasting did to late night — Conan's pivot

26:47 — Reality TV is cheap. Writing jokes is hard.

27:09 — The democratization of comedy — from 3 channels to 31 flavors

28:16 — Randy Barnett got in trouble on X — Georgetown security called

29:11 — The future: AI tools, zero barriers, a flood of new talent

30:41 — Human connection — why people still show up live

33:39 — Joe Rogan is now an institution — new late nights are forming

36:22 — Lou on Gutfeld! — what it's like to be on the number one late night show

37:57 — Gutfeld vs. Carson — is he actually winning or just winning on the right?

39:30 — The volume problem — 252 shows a year is impossible to do well

41:42 — Kimmel's Charlie Kirk joke, the FCC, and when both sides can be wrong

42:28 — Q&A — what's currently off-limits in comedy?

Watch full episodes on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Vb53s4I0A&list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ

Listen on Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lou-perez-podcast/id1535032081

Listen on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU

Co-host of Happy Hour Econ → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-hour-econ/id1863476697

Lou's book — That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r

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FF: Watched from the Cradle to the Cubicle Aug 10, 2026

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While most Americans are rightly concerned about government surveillance — license plate readers, Flock cameras, the deep state — a quieter and more intimate surveillance culture has taken root at home and at work. Employers are deploying AI to scan employee Slack messages, monitor productivity keystroke by keystroke, and flag tone and sentiment across billions of internal messages. At the same time, parents are tracking their teenagers' every move through apps like Life360 and Apple's Find My, often without stopping to ask whether they're solving a real threat or just following social pressure. Host John Odermatt argues that we've begun replacing trust with tracking — and the most unsettling part is that most people don't realize they're actively participating in building that culture. This episode is a call to examine your own role in the surveillance ecosystem, take ownership of your choices, and start having the harder, more honest conversations that actually build trust.

Video Chapters

0:00 – Intro: The Surveillance We're Not Talking About

1:03 – Welcome & Solo Show Setup

1:34 – Government Surveillance vs. Private Surveillance

4:48 – Salesforce, Slack, and AI Monitoring at Work

8:36 – Revisiting the David Deane Interview: AI as a Mirror?

9:40 – Family Surveillance: Life360, Find My & Tracking Your Kids

10:37 – The Research: What Constant Tracking Does to Teenagers

16:57 – Flock Cameras & the Government Surveillance Fight

20:19 – The Collapse of Trust: Edelman Trust Barometer Data

22:01 – What You Can Actually Do About It

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TBNS: Fauci Pled The Fifth 111 Times, RFK Torched CNN, & Rand Paul Was RIGHT Aug 10, 2026

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The Fauci diaries are public - 1,141 pages of them. He pled the Fifth 111 times. RFK Jr. torched CNN's pandemic narrative to Dana Bash's face. And they still want a pandemic amnesty... so today, we open the vault.
Because I didn't start covering this last week. I have four years of tape.
Inside the diaries: the fatality rate he kept private while telling Congress 3%. "I didn't close the schools" - under oath - while claiming credit behind the scenes. Six months of entries... just gone. And the lab leak call HE convened, then cited at the White House podium like he'd never seen it.
Then the receipts. 2021: Trent Ortner and I said Rand Paul was right about Wuhan funding while the media called it conspiracy. 2022: Jeffrey Tucker (Brownstone Institute) and I did the autopsy the day Fauci announced his resignation. And my full answer to Emily Oster's "pandemic amnesty" pitch in The Atlantic.
We said it then. The data said it then. They lied. And now they want amnesty. No.
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Conspiracy Theorist
3:33 - The Day I Became A Threat
5:30 - Inside The Fauci Diaries
6:40 - The Death Rate He Kept Private
8:20 - "I Didn't Close The Schools"
10:10 - The Claim That Built The Mandates
11:45 - Six Months Of Diary... Gone
12:05 - The Lab Leak Cover Story
16:10 - 111 Times He Took The Fifth
19:20 - RFK Torches Dana Bash
25:05 - 2021: The Campus Mandate Tape (Ep 316)
46:50 - Rand Paul Was Right
54:30 - The Resignation Autopsy w/ Jeffrey Tucker (Ep 567)
1:12:50 - The Pandemic Amnesty Read (Ep 614)
1:34:15 - The Verdict: No.
1:36:00 - What Happens To Fauci Now
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Politicks: The New King of Academic Fraud Aug 07, 2026

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Join Brian McWilliams, John Odermatt, Lou Perez and Brian Nichols every other week for the newest show on the Lions of Liberty Network, the Politicks Podcast!

This week, we talk about newly resigned Cambridge professor Jason Arday, who lied about just about everything while being feted by academia. Also: Fauci brought up for contempt of Congress for pleading the 5th, and Mamdani goes after electric scooters.

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MADD: WNBA About to Put Up or Shut Up on Trans in Women Sports Aug 05, 2026

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On this week's Mean Age Daydream, Brian the Sophie Cunningham effect has put numerous WNBA coaches on the pro-trans offensive, but they are about to have to put up or shut up with a trans "female" dominating in France who wants to play in the US.

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TLPP: Rocky, Dylan, Wildfires and Sports Dads with Jon Miltimore Aug 05, 2026

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Jon Miltimore is back — writer, commentator, and one of the sharpest guys covering arts, culture, and politics on Substack. This is his second time on the show and we did not run out of things to talk about.

Topics include: why California can't fight wildfires and why Native Americans had better land management practices; the World Cup finally breaking through in the US; what to actually expect at a Bob Dylan concert when you're a Dylan fan (Jon didn't get what he wanted; he has no regrets); Ben Askren's double lung transplant and why elite athletes bounce back from things that would end most people; the new Stallone biopic about how Rocky got made — specifically the part where a broke, dog-selling, parking-car Stallone turned down $1 million because he refused to not play the role himself; the Rocky franchise and what it means that it somehow worked as it became more absurd; working out at 44 and 47 and why exercise is mental health; the case for travel sports (and why Matthew Yglesias is wrong); and why you should never outsource teaching your kid to ride a bike.

Follow Jon on Substack → https://substack.com/@miltimore

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 — Intro — Jon Miltimore, writer and commentator

0:31 — Canada's wildfires — black skies over New York and Minnesota

2:37 — Why California can't fight fires — federal land, bad policy, and arson

4:38 — Native Americans had better land management — and we stopped listening

5:21 — Private land vs. federal land — the tragedy of the commons

5:38 — Happy Hour Econ — a comedian and an economist walk into a bar

8:50 — The World Cup in America — how soccer finally broke through

10:26 — Bob Dylan at a Bob Dylan concert — what you should actually expect

13:38 — Lou cries at a Bob Dylan concert. He's not embarrassed.

17:21 — Ben Askren's double lung transplant — and why athletes bounce back when others don't

20:44 — Askren retires on his shield — and makes peace with his rival

23:26 — The new Rocky biopic — Stallone turned down $1 million to play the role himself

27:53 — Lou used to go by Rambo as a kid. Old ladies still ask about him.

28:29 — Jon's 13-year-old son shadowboxed like Clubber Lang at age two

29:11 — The Rocky franchise — from gritty 70s realism to superhero movie

32:50 — Working out at 44 and 47 — rowing machines, air bikes, and getting back at it

36:30 — Russell Crowe's comeback — individual agency and why exercise is mental health

41:14 — Travel sports — expensive, worth it, and Matthew Yglesias is wrong

45:34 — Teaching your kids to ride a bike — don't outsource the best moments

51:07 — Auto-deleting tweets and cancel culture — how we need to treat speech differently

52:10 — Outro — find Jon on Substack

Watch full episodes on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Vb53s4I0A&list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ

Listen on Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lou-perez-podcast/id1535032081

Listen on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU

Co-host of Happy Hour Econ → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-hour-econ/id1863476697

Lou's book — That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r

TheLouPerez.com | info@thelouperez.com

Newsletter: https://substack.com/@louperez

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FF: Why Most Small Business Branding Is Quietly Killing Their Marketing with Amber Andrews Aug 04, 2026

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Most founders build their brand around what looks good instead of what actually works — and it's quietly sabotaging their marketing. In this episode, John sits down with Amber Andrews, founder of Andrews Artistry, to unpack why looking good and being clear aren't the same thing. Amber breaks down the real difference between a brand and a brand system, the biggest mistakes founders make when picking colors and building identity, and why she believes AI should never be used to design a logo. They also dig into when it's time to invest in professional branding and why staying authentically human beats a polished, AI-sounding brand every time.

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Chapters:

1:13 – Welcome & guest introduction
2:55 – Amber's background and path to founding Andrews Artistry
3:36 – Corporate vs. founder branding
7:06 – Common branding mistakes founders make
9:56 – What is a "brand system" vs. just a brand?
16:20 – When should you invest in professional branding?
21:03 – The role (and misuse) of AI in branding
25:04 – Showing up authentically without being the face of your brand
39:36 – Where to find Amber and get her free brand guide

Links:

Andrews Artistry: https://andrewsartistry.com/

Andrews Artistry Page for Listeners: https://andrewsartistry.com/podbrand/

Schedule a 15 minute Gut Health Audit with John: https://calendar.app.google/B9fcGdSFjC5caTVu5

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