Ant and James reflect on 9/11, both the day and its legacy.

0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview

0:24 Citizens United, Super PACs, and Money in Politics

6:48 Corporate Donations, Trump, and Political Influence

10:50 AI Is Putting an Entire Industry Out of Business

13:56 AI, College Cheating, and the Future of Education

17:28 Foolishness of the Week: Trump Threatens to Halt Trade

20:48 Why Trade Deficits Aren’t What Politicians Think

22:24 25 Years Later: Remembering 9/11

25:25 Where We Were When the Attacks Happened

29:03 How 9/11 Changed America Overnight

31:39 Fear, Terrorism, and the Wars That Followed 9/11

34:22 How 9/11 Changed the Nature of War

35:17 The War on Terror and America’s “Wars on Nouns”

42:28 TSA, Security Theater, and the Post-9/11 Surveillance State

44:30 The Militarization of American Law Enforcement

46:06 Did Americans Trade Freedom for Security?

48:31 Fear, Crime, and the Lasting Legacy of 9/11

50:32 Closing Thoughts: Have Some Charity in Your Heart

What's the deal with bonds and interest rates? Find out on Words & Numbers, where we will use both words and numbers to get to the bottom of things.

0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview

0:42 Free Speech and the First Amendment

7:45 Rutgers Dean Caught Recording Students

09:55 Renaming the Great Lakes “Lake America”

11:41 Foolishness of the Week: George Santos Gets Banned From Kalshi

14:27 Is the Government Running Out of Places to Borrow?

20:24 Why Treasury Investors Are Demanding Higher Returns

22:10 The Federal Debt and the Interest Rate Spiral

24:06 Can the Government Tax Its Way Out of the Deficit?

26:24 Will the Government Eventually Monetize the Debt?

27:43 The Federal Reserve vs. the Treasury

33:05 Scott Bessent’s Plan to Push Interest Rates Down

36:42 Is the Treasury Gambling on Short-Term Debt?

41:37 Is the Treasury Trying to Conduct Monetary Policy?

44:38 Are We Seeing the Beginning of a U.S. Debt Crisis?

49:03 Can Social Security Force Congress to Confront the Debt?

51:35 Closing Thoughts: Find an Excuse to Be Nice

A priest shows up. Antony doesn’t confess, James doesn’t convert, but they all talk about human dignity.

Checkout Fr. James Martin, SJ 's book, 'Work in Progress.'

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062694480

0:00 Introduction and Overview

0:29 The Ultimate Quiet Quitting Story

4:32 Scott Bessent’s $950 Billion Bond Buyback Plan

8:05 Is the Treasury Conducting Its Own Monetary Policy?

12:14 Foolishness of the Week: American Airlines Does It Again

16:57 Father James Martin on Pope Leo, AI, and Human Dignity

20:50 What Happens When AI Meets Humanlike Robots?

22:48 AI, Loneliness, and Replacing Human Relationships

24:57 Can Free Markets Serve the Common Good?

29:22 Property Rights, Poverty, and the Role of the Church

34:53 Who Gets to Define the “Common Good”?

36:17 Subsidiarity, Data Centers, and Local Decision-Making

41:18 Human Rights vs. Human Flourishing

43:38 Wealth, Profit, and the Morality of Capitalism

48:00 What Did Jesus Mean by “The Poor Will Always Be With You”?

51:22 Individual Charity vs. Community Responsibility

55:15 Social Media, Human Dignity, and the Loss of Community

1:00:09 Father James Martin’s Work in Progress

When government statistics are under question, it gets pretty hard to know what the hell is actually going on.

00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview

00:32 Civil Disobedience, Crime, and Flock Cameras

06:17 License Plate Tracking and the Surveillance State

10:52 Rising Treasury Yields and Federal Borrowing

12:20 Surge Pricing, Markets, and Government Intervention

15:48 Monopolies, Standard Oil, and De Beers

20:01 Foolishness of the Week: Trump Tariffs on Brass Instruments

24:02 The Death of Reliable Government Data

27:00 Why Politicizing Economic Data Matters

30:21 Immigration Data, Jobs, and the Economy

33:01 Immigration and Social Security

36:39 Migrant Workers, Business Planning, and Regulation

41:39 Why Reliable Data Keeps Prices Lower

44:06 Final Thoughts on Kindness and Grace

Clark Neily joins us once again, this time to discuss the thorny matter of constitutional interpretation.

00:00 Introduction and Overview

00:26 TSA Phone Searches and the Right to Privacy

06:26 The University of Michigan Abandons Traditional Grades

10:31 Foolishness of the Week: Transgender Athletes and the WNBA

18:48 Clark Neily on How to Read the Constitution

21:54 Originalism vs. Textualism

27:02 Applying the Constitution to Modern Technology

30:31 Wiretapping, Smartphones, and the Fourth Amendment

33:06 Constitutional Rights at the Border

36:54 What the Constitution Really Means by a “Jury”

40:22 Original Meaning and the Second Amendment

50:01 The Right to Bear Arms and Resisting Government

57:36 Equal Protection and the Fourteenth Amendment

01:09:49 How Far Does the Second Amendment Go?

01:13:35 What Does It Mean to “Infringe” a Right?

01:25:14 The Forgotten Privileges or Immunities Clause

01:27:07 Closing Thoughts

This week Ant and James seem not to have much of a point, but that's never stopped them before, and it sure didn't stop them this week.

00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview

00:24 Caleb Hammer, Personal Finance, and Economic Hypocrisy

05:13 Thomas Jefferson, Hypocrisy, and Judging Ideas vs. People

10:00 Political Tribalism and Why People Stop Thinking Critically

14:46 Government Ownership of Corporations and Modern Socialism

20:51 Gas Prices, Oil Company Profits, and Government Taxes

26:43 Foolishness of the Week: The Reflecting Pool Fiasco

31:28 The 2028 Election, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and John Fetterman

33:48 Russia’s Nuclear Threats and the War in Ukraine

41:35 China, Population Collapse, and the Future of Global Power

49:18 Closing Thoughts

All foolishness all the time, with the connoisseur of foolishness himself, Wes Westmoreland.

00:00 Introduction

00:43 American Airlines Travel Horror Stories

06:25 Is the GOP Becoming Socialist?

12:34 Goldfish Rights, Animal Rights, and Ethical Contradictions

17:03 Tim Walz’s “Gender Dolls” for Children

20:32 Crossbow Mishap at the County Fair

22:07 Zohran Mamdani, Grocery Stores, and Reparations

24:16 Democrats, Republicans, and the 2026 Midterms

29:57 Iran, Endless Wars, and Foreign Policy Failures

34:05 Anthony Fauci Takes the Fifth 111 Times

41:46 Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks

The adult entertainment industry has been sounding the alarm about the erosion of our rights for years. Adult actress London River joins us to explain.

00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview

00:43 Zohran Mamdani’s Housing Proposal and Rent Control

03:44 Foolishness of the Week: Do Goldfish Have Rights?

07:51 Introducing London River

09:55 The SAVE Act and Online Age Verification

11:35 Why Adult Websites Oppose ID Verification

13:26 Parents, Government, and Protecting Children Online

17:55 Privacy, Databases, and the Future of the Internet

20:23 Is Age Verification a First Amendment Issue?

24:01 Free Speech, the Second Amendment, and Government Overreach

26:02 Supreme Court Rulings on Online Speech

29:14 Why the Adult Industry Is the “Canary in the Coal Mine”

31:29 Defending Free Speech Before It’s Too Late

35:47 Soft Authoritarianism and Expanding Government Power

38:13 Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks