Host Charlie James reviews educational resources to counter Hollywood tropes.

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Charlie James: I—I don't watch uh, network television. Uh, my wife and I stream just about everything, but on the occasion that I do watch network television, um, it's mainly golf and lately soccer. Um, but I am shocked when they do the previews, the—the promos for the other shows that they have on the network, and I just sit there and I go, "What kind of absolute garbage is Hollywood turning out?" In fact, my wife noticed the other day, she's like, "Have you noticed all these big-name stars in these commercials, now?" She said, "I think it's because I think it's because Hollywood's turning out junk, and these people don't want to be associated." Well, one of the pieces of junk that they're actually putting out there now is The Odyssey. This is a—uh, Christopher Nolan film, and it is—I am going to predict, I haven't seen it, not going to see it but I predict this is going to be nothing but a bunch of woke BS. They've already got Ellen Page. Or, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I'm sorry, I misgendered Ellen Page. She's now Elliot Page. Yes, she—she transitioned to a man and she plays Synon in this rendition of The Odyssey. But if you're interested in The Odyssey, we found something today you might be really interested in. I remember reading The Odyssey in high school and really, really liking it. Um, it's one of the classics. Here's what you need to do if you're interested in in The Odyssey, and it might be just a good thing to do if you're not interested in in the movie, but—but in the classics. Um, there is a course that you can take. It's—it's brought to you by Hillsdale College. It is absolutely free. It's a free course on The Odyssey. I think it's a seven-section course, I believe I'm right about that—maybe wrong, but I think I am right about it. Um, seven sections where they take you through The Odyssey, and you can buy the study guide, which I believe we're going to do, uh, for $20 online, but the course is free. And you can check that out. But Hollywood is going to try to take The Odyssey and make it some sort of woke, liberal soup. That's— because that's just—that's just what they do. That's what they're all about. So pretty interesting. Also, if you're interested in some really cool lectures, there—I don't know about—I don't know if you know about this, because I didn't know about it, my wife found out about it—um, there is a college down in Savannah that is one of the most conservative colleges in the nation. It's called Ralston College. Man, let me tell you something, if you got a kid starting in high school and you want to look for a good education, conservative education for your kid, you look at Ralston College. You look at Ralston College. They're going to get a good education, and they're not going to be indoctrinated. I mean, they got some of the greatest conservative thinkers in the world doing this. Oh, it's—my wife just texted me, it's 12 sections, not seven—12 sections. So that's cool. So good. So 12 sections in the The Odyssey, and that'll be—it's six hours of class time. So that's cool, but you can do it at your own pace. So, uh, if you're interested in anything like that, do that. But definitely you kids uh, you folks out there, maybe looking for a good school to send your kid to, look at Ralston College down in Savannah, um, you'll be absolutely amazed. All right, WORD talk line: 800-905-0989. That's also the Common Sense Retirement Planning text line. Um, we got Don in Greenw— Sean in Greenville. How you doing, Sean? Sean (caller): Hey Charlie, how are you doing? Charlie James: I'm good, bud. What's up? Sean: I was just listening to you talk about The Odyssey, and um, I've noticed that too in our modern era, like every show that you have uh, used to have like a wholesome coming-of-age story, and now we have a not-so-wholesome coming out or transitioning story. And it really detracts from, you know, um, I think our overall culture because it's just not—it's not good to, in my opinion, expose kids to ...

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