Maybe it used to be the case that everyone believed a bunch of wild and crazy and reality-denying stuff, but at least we mostly shared those reality-challenged beliefs. Now it feels like everybody has their own bespoke insane reality-denying belief system, largely defined by the rejection of any institutional authority or shared truth. It’s great, and we talk about it! Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown

Open — Packed theaters, rainy ballfields, and the NFL draft

18:33 — Another foiled assassination attempt

1:04:45 — Give me the baby teeth and I will show you the man

1:11:34 — Did CBS News’s Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?

1:20:38 — Wrap-up! Michael, Ben Sasse is Dying, and youth beisbol is child harm

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