Welcome back to What the Frock?, the show where a rabbi, a friar, and a strong cup of coffee try to make sense of a world that has clearly skipped a few maintenance checks.

In this episode, we start where all serious analysis begins, with football heartbreak and bad bets. From there, we wander, cheerfully and with intent, into the strange new marketplace where people no longer wager on games but on governments, resignations, and the expiration dates of world leaders. Not if, mind you, but when. That alone should tell you something about the age we are living in.

Along the way, we ask uncomfortable questions about media, madness, and why shouting has replaced persuasion. We talk about the economics of outrage, the difference between conviction and performance, and what happens when even the loudest voices start blinking at the craziness around them. We also notice something quieter and far more unsettling, the absence of celebration as the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches with barely a whisper.

There are no tidy answers here. Just history, skepticism, gallows humor, and a shared sense that silence often says more than noise ever could. Pull up a chair. Pour a drink if that is your custom. The frock is on, and the world is still strange.

Welcome back to What the Frock?, the show where a rabbi, a friar, and a strong cup of coffee try to make sense of a world that has clearly skipped a few maintenance checks.

In this episode, we start where all serious analysis begins, with football heartbreak and bad bets. From there, we wander, cheerfully and with intent, into the strange new marketplace where people no longer wager on games but on governments, resignations, and the expiration dates of world leaders. Not if, mind you, but when. That alone should tell you something about the age we are living in.

Along the way, we ask uncomfortable questions about media, madness, and why shouting has replaced persuasion. We talk about the economics of outrage, the difference between conviction and performance, and what happens when even the loudest voices start blinking at the craziness around them. We also notice something quieter and far more unsettling, the absence of celebration as the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches with barely a whisper.

There are no tidy answers here. Just history, skepticism, gallows humor, and a shared sense that silence often says more than noise ever could. Pull up a chair. Pour a drink if that is your custom. The frock is on, and the world is still strange.

This episode starts with a simple question that turned out not to be simple at all. Why is the biggest story on our screens not the biggest story in the world. While Western headlines obsess over a single domestic incident, Iran is burning, protesting, and shouting into an information blackout. There are reports, whispers, and very loud claims that the Ayatollah has been “eliminated.” What does that even mean. Killed, removed, sidelined, or simply wished away by the internet.

We talk about why legacy media is barely touching these protests, how protest fatigue and narrative discomfort shape coverage, and why uncertainty makes editors nervous. We also dig into how social media now drives belief faster than facts, whether it is Iran, Minneapolis, or the latest viral video that may or may not be real.

Along the way, we ask uncomfortable questions about suffrage, protest culture, ideological blindness, and what happens when emotion outruns evidence.

This is not an episode about easy answers. It is about paying attention when the noise goes quiet, and asking why.

Welcome to What the Frock.