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Call It Like I See It

by James Keys, Tunde Ogunlana

Call It Like I See It proves that news and social commentary does not have to be manipulative or sensationalist to be interesting, so join hosts James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana as they take a weekly look at notable news stories, opinion pieces, or products of our culture and break down what they see.

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  1. Best Of - Are Tech "Bros" Setting Us Up for a 2008-Style AI Collapse?

    Excerpt from the episode "Assessing the AI Doomsday Warnings: the Call is Coming from Inside the House" (Link) In that episode, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana took a look at what appears to be an increasing number of warnings that humans may already be losing control of artificial intelligence...

  2. Cultural Evolution Made Humans a Global Species - But at What Cost?

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at a recent attempt to quantify the extent to which culture, as opposed to genetic evolution, enabled humans to quickly adapt to different conditions and rapidly spread out all over world, discuss elements from Yuval Noah Harari's "Sapiens" which touched…

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  3. Assessing the AI Doomsday Warnings: the Call is Coming from Inside the House

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at what appears to be an increasing number of warnings that humans may already be losing control of artificial intelligence systems and these systems may kill us all, discuss how many of the warnings seem to be that coming from AI professionals, and...

  4. Best Of - Cracking the Code: How Politicians Use Hierarchy to Empty Your Pockets

    Why do people support leaders who pick their pockets? In this clip, Tunde Ogunlana and James Keys break down the profound and disturbing Lyndon B. Johnson quote on social hierarchy, the psychology of transference, and how modern political movements weaponize status to distract from massive...

  5. Was Nikole Hannah Jones Wrong to View Public Schools as Our Shared Responsibility? Also, Macklemore vs Robert Kraft: Who Gets to Speak and What Can They Say?

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Nikole Hannah Jones’ decision to send her own daughter to an under resourced public school and how her effort to be a part of the solution to the problems facing inner city public schools and consider whether the systemic issues in American education are...

  6. Best Of - Is It Fair to Say Jay-Z Keeps Selling Out Black Americans?

    Excerpt from the episode "Jay-Z Selling Out Mainstream Black America Is Understood Through Eugene Robinson’s 'Disintegration' " In that episode, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discussed the Jay-Z’s deal with Target to exclusively release the 30th anniversary edition of his first album Reasonable...

  7. How Power Literally Rewires Your Brain (And Changes Your Personality)

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at some recent research that investigates how having power really can change a person down to a hormonal and brain chemistry level, and consider whether this refutes or explains the old idiom that power tends to corrupt and absolute power absolutely...

  8. Flock Cameras, the Surveillance Industrial Complex, and the American Privacy Backlash

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the growing controversy around mass surveillance systems, especially Flock-style license plate tracking systems, and consider the extent that the issue is about cameras on street corners, or something deeper about privacy, evolutionary triggers, and how much...

  9. The Meta Settlement Won't Save Our Kids: The Truth About Social Media & Profits

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the settlement of a landmark federal child safety lawsuit involving Meta, Facebook and Instagram, discuss the use of the judicial branch to regulate business out destructive behavior, and consider whether this is something that can make a meaningful...

  10. Best Of - Why Prediction Markets Are Worse Than the Stock Market

    Excerpt from the episode "Are Prediction Markets Built for Insider Information and Sucker Bets?" (https://callitlikeiseeit.com/are-prediction-markets-built-for-insider-information-and-sucker-bets) In that episode, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discussed the story of the US soldier that is being...

  11. Postpartum Psychosis or Murder? No Easy Answers in the Lindsay Clancy Case

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss how the Lindsay Clancy case, which involves a mother killing her three young children and appearing to try to take her own life after having taken many psychiatric drugs over several months while under the care of doctors, exposes some significant faultlines…

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  12. Spend $100 MILLION in Political Contributions; Save $13 BILLION in Taxes. Any Questions?

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at a recent analysis done by Public Citizen that looked at the connection between political donations by corporations and their tax liability as well as recent reports about how much Google co-founder Sergey Brin spent to try to defeat a one-time wealth…

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  13. Best Of - Political System Entropy Means There's No Going Back to the Old Order

    Excerpt from the episode "Why a Political System Goes from Order to Disorder, and the Reason 'the Why' Matters." In that episode, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana considered whether what feels like rising disorder America’s political and legal system is actually the result of entropy, as understood…

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  14. Transgender Issue Consumes the WNBA and Exposes Americans’ Inability to Have a Discussion

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss at the controversy in the WNBA surrounding the idea of transgender participation that has followed statements by Sophie Cunningham suggesting that transgender girls should be banned from women’s sports and consider why this issue can so reliably get people...

  15. When a Political System Goes from Order to Disorder; Also, the Link Between Increasing Anxiety and Rising Self Imposed Perfectionism

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana consider whether what feels like rising disorder America’s political and legal system is actually the result of entropy, as understood in a physics sense, and discuss what this means for people who value things like representative government and rule of law. The guys...

  16. Is Racial Backlash to The Odyssey About “Owning the Past,” or Ignorance? Also, Tuskegee’s Ban of Durags and Bonnets an Attack on the Culture?

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the online backlash to Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” over its inclusion of black characters and consider the extent to which it is driven by people are trying to “own the past” in the Orwellian sense, people who are just ignorant as far as the...

  17. “Homo Criminalis” Reveals How the Criminal Underworld and Mainstream Society Create Each Other - Culture Series

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Mark Galeotti’s “Homo Criminalis - How crime organises the world,” the 2025 book that takes a look at the many forms organized crime has taken in societies throughout history, including how an argument can be made that the state itself is one of those forms....

  18. Will Post Literate Era Cause Us to Regress to a More Simple Minded Mean?

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the recent article by Rose Horowitch of The Atlantic entitled “The End of Reading is Here,” including how widespread reading shaped and sharpened minds of people, and of society as a result, over the past few hundred years, why people today are reading for...

  19. Capitalism’s Origin Story Reveals Contradictions in Modern Practices and Perceptions

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the video “How Amsterdam Invented Capitalism” and consider how what took place in Amsterdam actually exposes some of the inherent contradictions between how capitalism is perceived versus how it is practiced. The guys then discuss how capitalism and other...

  20. Trump’s $2 Billion Windfall Proves LBJ’s Famous Quote; Also, Democratic Party’s 2024 Autopsy Shows that the Party Does Not Understand Itself

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the revelation that President Trump made over $2 billion in in his first year back in office and discuss whether the free pass many Trump supporters give him with his obvious self-dealing is a result of Trump giving them “somebody to look down on.” The guys...

  21. The Psychological Toll from Working from Home; Also, AI Spam Calls May Make Phones Unusable

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to some recent research from Emma Harrington and Natalia Emanuel that suggests that in some scenarios, there are some very real social and psychological costs with working from home. The guys then discuss what at least feels like a drastic uptick in spam calls...

  22. Jay-Z Selling Out Mainstream Black America Is Understood Through Eugene Robinson’s “Disintegration”

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the Jay-Z’s deal with Target to exclusively release the 30th anniversary edition of his first album Reasonable Doubt despite (or taking advantage of) efforts from black activists to maintain boycott against Target for its rollback of DEI initiatives. The guys...

  23. What the Sharia Law Strawman Reveals About Certain News Outlets and the Audience They Cultivate

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana try to make sense of the recent push to ban Sharia law in the US at the state and national level and discuss why the apparent coordinated use of Sharia law as a strawman by right leaning media seems to be so effective even though there does not seem to be any notable...

  24. Should There Be a Separate Lane for Steroid Fueled Athletic Competitions; Also, Cardiologist’s Advice On Morning and Evening Routines Is Simple But Not Easy

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the recently completed Enhanced Games, which allow athletes using banned performance enhancing drugs and banned equipment to compete, and consider why the performances at the games came up well short of the kind of record breaking feats that the organizers…

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  25. “American Godfathers” Documentary Shows the Hidden Rise and Public Fall of the Mob in the U.S.

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana continue their streaming between the lines series and discuss the 2024 documentary “American Godfathers: The Five Families,” which is currently airing on Netflix and is based on Selwyn Raab’s book “Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most...

  26. The Overlap of Race and Partisanship in the Post Louisiana v. Callais Redistricting Boom

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the recent wave of redistricting that has followed the US Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision which allowed for partisan gerrymandering even to the extent it is discriminatory and consider how viewing and fighting this as a racial justice issue can...

  27. At What Point Does National Debt Matter? US Apparently Will Find Out

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the report that the US national debt now exceeds the size of the US economy, measured as the gross domestic product, for the first time since right after World War II in 1946 and consider whether all the talk about how bad huge national debts were, which...

  28. Can Creatine Use Backfire? Basketball Star's Recent Revelation Raises Concerns

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the dietary supplement creatine and its growing use by not just athletes but all people, particularly in light of a recent claim by Darryn Peterson, a college basketball star and top NBA draft prospect who suggested that taking creatine caused him major...

  29. “Beyond Belief” and the Magic that Lies Between Facts and Faith - Culture Series

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Nir Eyal’s “Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Breakthrough Results,” the 2026 book that deep dives into the concept of beliefs, including how they affect how we see and move through the world and how one can use them…

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  30. Will Prediction Markets Turn Everything, Including Military Ops, into a Bet; Also, How the Phases of Brain Aging Align With, and Divert from, Modern Cultural Practices

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the story of the US soldier that is being charged for using confidential insider information to win bets about the capture of Maduro on the prediction market platform Polymarket and consider the risks that society faces as prediction markets like Polymarket…

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  31. “Inside the Manosphere” Reveals the Image Young Men Are Looking For, and How That is Exploited

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana continue their Streaming Between the Lines series and take a look at Louis Theroux’s “Inside the Manosphere,” the 2026 documentary that is available to stream on Netflix. The guys discuss Theroux’s presentation of the manosphere, including the over the top characters...

  32. Artemis II Mission Shows We Still Have What It Takes to Reach for the Stars

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the recent Artemis II mission, consider its important from a scientific and a psychological standpoint, and consider whether the US really has the money to be spending money on projects like Artemis II and the upcoming Artemis missions. The guys then...

  33. Unpacking Albert Einstein's Bold Take on Race in America; Also, the Surprising Connection between Africa and Judaism

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at Albert Einstein’s 1946 essay “The Negro Question” and discuss how Einstein saw race affecting American society as well as Einstein’s perspective on an issue like that. The guys then react to a piece from the Christian Century magazine about both...

  34. Millennials and Gen Z Were in Trouble Once Baby Boomers Decided Greed Was Good

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the shocking statistics on how little spending power Gen Z has compared to what baby boomers had in their twenties, the reason American society was set up for baby boomers to succeed, and the way it has been reconfigured since the baby boomers in ways that…

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  35. AI Hype vs. Reality: Why Haven't Billion-Dollar Investments Driven GDP Growth?

    James Keys and Rob Richardson take a look at a recent claim from Goldman Sachs that the ongoing AI boom we are living through, with the hundreds of billions of dollars of investment and endless hype from media and corporate interests, did not actually produce GDP growth in the US in 2025. The…

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  36. Willpower is Cool, but the Real Trick Is To Not Need It; Also, What Makes Building Muscle Over 40 Possible?

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss willpower and its limitations, and consider whether the common effort by parents to help kids strengthen their willpower in order to prepare their kids to make good choices in life may be misguided or if it actually is just setting one up for failure. The…

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  37. American People Were Sold Out, While Toxic Chemical Industry Was Given Free Reign

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the ongoing efforts in the US government to allow for more toxic chemicals including glyphosate, the ingredient in herbicides like Roundup, and forever chemical based pesticides, to be introduced into people’s food and water and consider whether all the talk...

  38. Chayka’s “Filterworld” and What We Lose When the Algorithms Dictate What We See and Hear

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Kyle Chayka’s “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture,” the 2024 book that looks at where the recommendation algorithms that control what we consume on services like Instagram, TikTok, Netflx and Spotify came from, how they work to change us and the...

  39. Immigrants Have Been Vital to Making America Great, Recent Study Confirms

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to a surprising study from the Cato Institute, the well-known libertarian think tank, which demonstrates that over the last 30 years, immigrants (counting both legal and illegal) have contributed trillions more in taxes to federal, state, and local governments...

  40. Paul Robeson: the World Famous, Trailblazing Icon They Tried to Erase

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana continue their Streaming Between the Lines series and discuss “Paul Robeson: Here I Stand,” the 1999 documentary that was directed by St. Clair Bourne for the PBS series American Masters and is currently streaming on many platforms. The guys marvel at Robeson’s…

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  41. Did Science Just Prove Humans Are Telepathic? Also, Men's Obsession with "Size" May Be Evolutionary

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to a piece from Emma Frederickson at Popular Mechanics that asserts that humans are naturally telepathic based on the observation of how some people’s brainwaves may synchronize during communication or collaboration. The guys then discuss an article by Andrew...

  42. College Sports in Chaos: Did Billion Dollar TV Contracts, or Teenagers, Kill Amateurism?

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the new era that has emerged in college sports with players getting paid, particularly in sports like men’s basketball where marginal professionals are already now flooding in seeking to reestablish eligibility. The guys also consider what brought about the...

  43. Why Business Leaders Appear Afraid to Explicitly Condemn ICE for Killing the Innocent

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana question to motives and objectives of the Minnesota business leaders in their issueing of a statement that calls for a deescalation of tensions and deftly tip toes around any direct condemnation of President Trump’s paramilitary force for killing another American...

  44. Hidden Cameras in Airbnb Rentals: Real Concern or Just Hype; Also, Are People Starting to Speak Like Chatbots?

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to reports of voyeur cameras in AirBnB home rentals, discuss whether the problem is a widespread as it may seem, and consider the extent to which technology advancements have hidden cameras have made privacy a thing of the past. The guys then take a look at…

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  45. “Selma” shows MLK’s Blueprint for Beating Back Oppressive Government Officials

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana continue their streaming between the lines series and discuss “Selma,” the 2014 movie that was directed by Ava DuVernay and is currently streaming on many platforms. The guys consider movie’s depiction Civil Rights Movement leaders, most notably Dr. Martin Luther…

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  46. Nutrition Myths that Persist and Lead Astray; Also, Do Wearables Make People Workout More?

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to a piece from Harvard trained oncologist Ezekiel Emanuel on the most common misconceptions about nutrition and health and discuss how many of these “lies” are a result of unforeseen consequences of prior health initiatives or efforts to simplify health…

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  47. The Insect Apocalypse: Are We Making the Earth Less Friendly to Life? Also, the Fungus that Eats Radiation for Breakfast

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the so called “insect apocalypse,” and try to make sense of the fact that bugs are disappearing all over the planet at an alarming rate (1:01). The guys then react to a recent discovery of a black mold near Chernobyl that appears to have evolved to be feeding...

  48. MacKenzie Scott's Philanthropy Reveals Her Good Heart and Our Economic System's Rot

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, and the staggering amounts she has donated to charitable causes not just in 2025 but also since 2019, consider whether this level of philanthropy is needed now with how much wealth disparity has grown, and discuss…

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  49. College Sports, Private Equity, and Betting on the TV Money Bubble; Also, Viewing Sherrone Moore’s Fall From Many Angles

    James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the ongoing professionalization of college sports in light of the recently announced deal between University of Utah and the private equity firm Otro Capital of New York that is reportedly worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The guys also discuss how the...

  50. “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” - Key Takeaways from the Eye Opening Documentary

    Note: This Podcast Contains SPOILERS. James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the recent Netflix documentary “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” which was directed by Alex Stapleton and has been promoted extensively by longtime Diddy antagonist 50 Cent. The guys break down a few themes that were…

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Call It Like I See It proves that news and social commentary does not have to be manipulative or sensationalist to be interesting, so join hosts James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana as they take a weekly look at notable news stories, opinion pieces, or products of our culture and break down what they see.

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