Hour 2: Washington’s Birthday | 02-16-26

Lionel dissects the true history of Washington’s Birthday and ranks the worst U.S. presidents, including the "drunk" Franklin Pierce and the allegedly gay James Buchanan. He defends Yale professor David Gelernter against "militant atheists" while debating the limits of Darwinian evolution versus Intelligent Design. The conversation shifts to the modern surveillance state, the "Panopticon" of tracking data, and skepticism surrounding the media frenzy over the Savannah Guthrie missing person case. Finally, Lionel analyzes Barack Obama's "slip-up" regarding extraterrestrials and takes vivid listener calls about UFO sightings, ultimately asking: If aliens exist, do they have original sin? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices