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Radio Free Ortona
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Come along as we vent our spleens about events of the day.We'll discuss subjects as diverse as why Brexit caused a fuel shortage in Lebanon. Which politician could best serve their countries by retiring? Why 9mm versus .45 ACP is the wrong question. How, after 116 years of business, Harley Davidson has only just started making decent motorcycles? Electricity is cool but are batteries really the future? Do women even like men anymore?In truth we're just 3 people with disparate backgrounds and experience trying, in good faith, to use those differences to make sense of this mad mad mad world
Episodes
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Separate But Unequal
After one of our lengthy breaks we return with out first podcast in the Post-Trent Era. Today we're talking about the non economic reasons for western separation, which we feel haven't been talked about enough in the current discourse on the issue. Though we make you sit through a half hour of...
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Are Trump And The Iranian Regime The Same
Well we fall down a rabbit hole right out of the gate, and I wish I could say it gets better, but it's kind of rabbit hole central with this episode. Nevertheless we persist and attempt to discuss if there's any moral equivalency between the Iranian regime's killing of some thousands of its...
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Like A Bad Rash, We're Back
With apologies for the 4 month hiatus, we're back. We've once again managed to assemble our crack production team of top men, and assembled an episode. It all starts with Trump and goes downhill from there. We get into TDS, corrupt capitalism, private sector unions and Che among other…
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In The Wake Of Charlie Kirk's Murder, What Happens Next
Today Paddy and Steve are without Trent's moderating influence and talking about what happens next in the context of the murder of Charlie Kirk. Where does the conservative movement go after this and how do they conduct themselves? Does the progressive left moderate itself, or does it carry on as...
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Will The End Of The World Be Mercifully Short
Paddy was catastrophizeing (that's a word) this week about the impending collapse of the liberal order and the western world more broadly, so we decided to work through that this week. I don't think enjoy is quite the right word for the result, but here it is. As always please send questions,...
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I Couldn't Think Of A Funny Title About Homelessness
We reconvene today, after our prolonged absence to ask some questions about the homelessness epidemic that seems to be North America wide. There was talking. There was yelling. Nothing was solved. Hopefully we're on our way to asking better questions. As always please direct questions, comments…
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Are We In The New Days Of Rage
Today we're exploring the issue our current level of political disorder and violence and how it compares to the upheaval of the late 1960s and early 1970s. We wander around rhetorically as we normally do, and at some point Paddy tries to blame it on immigration. We hope you enjoy. Also the…
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Why Radio Free Ortona
We made it! Episode 49. As your reward (punishment?) for sticking with us for this long, we give you an episode of navel gazing about why and how we came to call this thing Radio Free Ortona and why episode 49 is more important to us than episode 50. Thanks for listening and we're sorry....
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Trying to Election
Today we're doing our best to talk about the upcoming Canadian Federal Election. Attempts (however unsuccessful) are even made to stay on topic. As always please direct questions comments and concerns to [email protected] Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):...
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Trump Trump and More Trump
We just jump into it today with no intro. We, inevitably, end up focusing on the 900 pound gorilla that's once again resumed his residence in the White House. We're not complimentary As always, questions comments and concerns can be sent to [email protected] Music from Uppbeat (free for...
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Trump Effects
Today, in our first video podcast, we force you to stare at Trent and Steve's ugly mugs for 2 hours. Paddy is on the podcast, but we're saving his visage for Patreon, when we eventually start one. Honestly we couldn't think of a better way to drive ratings down even further. Today we're trying to...
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Educating Trent
Today we start by talking about corporate malfeasance, and Trent accuses Paddy and Steve of constantly moving the goalposts with regards to what they think is permissible corporate behavior. This somehow transitions into a discussion of the events of the 2008 mortgage led economic meltdown. As...
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This Hour Has 22 Digressions
It's a shorter episode this week, which is probably a good thing, since we didn't have a topic and we don't do a better job of staying on the topics we do discuss than we have previously. As always please email questions comments and concerns to [email protected] Music from Uppbeat (free…
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Trent's Post Vacation Catchup
Trent has recently returned from adventures south of the Equator and unfortunately he is compelled to return to paying attention to what's going on, if only for the purposes of these conversations. We hope you enjoy. As always please submit questions, comments and concerns to...
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It's Still Raininig in Spain on Plains
This week we are trying to bring a conclusion to our discussion on the events leading up to the Spanish Civil War and how they relate to the modern context. You'll have to judge for yourself, how successful we were. As always please send questions, comments and concerns to…
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How Do You Decide Who to Trust
It's just Paddy and Steve today. Unfortunately Trent was unable to join us. Today we're talking about what happens when 2 outlets that I follow and support financially end up at odds with each other. Specifically, Daryl Cooper, who hosts the MartyrMade podcast, which I have recommended on this...
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It Rains In Spain On Plains
Today, for...reasons, we're talking about the Spanish Civil War. The boys promised me that we'd get to the modern contextual reasons for this, but time constraints and our pathological need for digression have insured that there will be a part 2. Be warned. As always please send questions…
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Trump Takes A Hit ... Literally
In this, our second episode of the weekend, we talk about the recent attempted assassination of Donald Trump and it's wider repercussions. We ponder about whether the truth of the shooter's motivations will even matter as the story unfolds and evolves. Will the truth even be a part of what will...
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CRFO Sports Talk with Paddy and Trent
This weekend its a 2 for 1 special with Paddy and Trent talking football. We've got more of the normal fare coming up next.
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John's Back. Have We Learned Anything?
Hello everyone. Sorry for the long break between podcasts, but it's been a real bear to get everyone together. This week we have a returning guest and an ailing host, but we manage to make it work. We welcome back John for another discussion on Ukraine as well as the conflict between Israel and...
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Pinochet The Moderate?
Today we're talking about Bill C-63 again. Or more specifically our reaction to Jordan Petersen's conversation with Bruce Pardy and Konstantin Kissin about it. That can be found here. https://youtu.be/gmuj5gDsxJI?si=9G6_BnQipvgG9YK- Then we talk a little about the history of leftists overthrowing...
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Thirty Five
Once again, as is our wont, you join us in the middle of a conversation. We start off with a short discussion about the credibility of state media enterprises which was inspired by some curious editorial choices in this BBC documentary piece. https://youtu.be/Z51MTI9sbFY?si=8OMjHXbA4P9dopMx From...
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Are We Frogs And How Hot Is This Water
Apologies for the long delay in getting this episode out, but one of us almost died. In this episode, we try to highlight how much legislation with concerning authoritarian potential consequences the Canadian Federal Government has passed in the last few years. We mostly end up focusing on some...
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Is Tucker the new Walter Duranty
Today was Trent's chance to to take shots at the wack-a-doodle right, and he failed miserably. That was probably because Steve and Paddy kept feeding him a steady diet of crap from the wack-a-doodle left. Paddy and Steve try to make up for it by taking their own shots at Tucker and other...
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Denial Ain't just A River In Egypt
Today we're getting into extremism on both sides of the spectrum. What would it take to convince us that the other side of the climate debate was correct. And Paddy recounts Tucker Carlson's interview with Putin. Once again Trent demonstrates his awesome power to ask for a break and then just end...
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Covid, Gord and Tucker
You join us in the middle of a conversation about the repercussions of COVID and it's handling by governments. We move onto whether or not Gord Downey's ghost is disappointed in Justin Trudeau. Then we branch of onto Tucker Carlson's recent visit to our province. We hope you enjoy. Please send...
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Awkward Conversations with Old People
In today's final episode of 2023, we try to turn to the lighter side of things. Paddy talks about the difficulty of buying makeup. Trent reminisces about an awkward conversation with his grandmother. We talk about the greatness of Queen, food that hurts and soccer among other subjects. We hope…
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3 Old Men Try to Give Relevant Advice
In today's episode we try to come up with some useful advice to give people who are coming of age now. We spend a lot of time talking about work and education, as well we try to come up with some advice about life outside of career. This seems like something that we'll be revisiting in the…
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Isreal and Immigration
Today we spend some time catching up on the Israeli Hamas conflict and then somehow segway into immigration. Please send questions, comments and concerns to [email protected] Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): http://uppbeat.io/t/yeti-music/casa-vega License code: RZY4IEWYAJ0P19B2...
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Crappy Subway Trips To Our Jobs At The Rage Factory
We showed up without a topic today and this is the result. We start off in the middle of a conversation about the recent expansion to our hometown's light rail network, and how crappy it is. From there we transition to how media using anger to gin up engagement is really starting to effect us...
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Radio Free Digression Episode 4
The regular scheduled episode of Radio Free Ortona had to postponed this week do to illness. In its place we present another of our behind the scenes clips episodes. Topics include a rehash of our not at all confusing nautically themed political spectrum. Why some countries drive on the wrong…
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Isreal and Gaza: Is the only solution The Final Solution?
Today we're talking about the recent events in Israel and Gaza with a focus on reactions to it in the west. We ponder where all the open antisemites came from, and whether they seem to be clustered on one side of the ideological divide. We talk a little bit about whether the impetus for this…
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Demographics. The Upcoming Depopulation Bomb
Today we're talking about the massive shift in demographics of the developed world. Simply put, we're not having enough kids and our societies are threatened as a result. Shrinking populations means serious economic woes ahead as smaller generations of children will be unable to support the...
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The Seinfeld Episode, or, The Episode About Nothing
We just kind of jump into it in this one with no introduction. Topics include...well I'm not really sure. Hopefully it's more illuminating to you than it is to me. As always, please send questions, comments and concerns to [email protected] Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):...
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Poor Men North of Calgary
We're finally back for another live episode. It's a typically wide ranging episode, where we start with the what seems to be the latest front in the culture war, that being Oliver Anthony's song Rich Men North of Richmond. We move from there to a Substack article by N.S. Lyons where he talks…
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Radio Free Digression Episode 3
Welcome to another cynical attempt to remind the algorithm that we exist. In this episode of previously unreleased clips we have some year old Ukrainian hot takes that may or may not have weathered the passage of time. There are some musings on counter insurgency, followed by a little bit...
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The Lunatic Fringe Meets the Revolutionary Moderates - Alberta Election Roundup
Today on Radio Free Ortona, we try and possibly succeed to analyze the results of the, somewhat, recent Alberta provincial election. It's a pretty wide ranging conversation, and our collective ADHD took us down some pretty deep rabbit holes. We hope you find it interesting. As always, please send...
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Ukrainian Thoughts with John
Today we have another discussion on the current state of the Ukraine war, with someone who actually has a clue about the subject matter. Our first ever guest John has a backround in military intelligence, particularly in large mechanized formations. He's particularly well suited to comment on the...
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Who wins in Alberta?
In this episode we talk about the campaign for the 2023 Alberta general election. We look at the use of legacy and new media by the campaigns. We prognosticate on the potential results. Also Steve articulates his idea of appropriate labor relations with government employees, and confirms that he...
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Thanksgiving in April
For our 1st anniversary, we decided to challenge ourselves to figure out what we're actually happy about. We mostly succeed. Thanks to everyone who's been hanging with us for the last year. We hope we can keep getting better and keep growing the podcast. As always questions, comments and concerns...
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3 Old Men Complain About the Army
In this episode, we talk about potential improvements to Canada's version of the Westminster system. Then we somehow segway into the pitiable state of the Canadian military. Then we moved onto why the Laurentian elites want to keep western Canada down. We breeze through some cultural…
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Three Old Men Complain About Traffic
We weren't really sure what we were going to talk about when we started, so we jump right into the middle of a conversation about learning French, move on to the dating habits of Zoomers, then log our complaints about traffic. We conclude with a discussion about whether or not you can really…
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Thoughts on the Ukraine War
Today is a Paddy-centric episode as we take a look at where the war in Ukraine is and where we think it's heading. We talk about what lessons we think we can take from this conflict and apply to near peer conflicts in the furture. As always please drop us a line at [email protected] Music...
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Bugger Off Mussolini, You're Not in Our Club
Today Paddy and Steve try to convince Trent that the popular conception of Nazism and Fascism, as right wing ideological movements, was in fact a dastardly rewriting of history by apologists of Communism and Socialism. We hope you enjoy the episode. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):...
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Glossary Episode 2.1 Is The Political Spectrum Useful
Hello everyone. It's been a longer hiatus than we'd have liked, but Radio Free Ortona is back with a continuation of our discussion on the utility of the conceptual models of the political spectrum. Paddy starts off by completely discarding our well thought out and not at all confusing 2 axis...
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Radio Free Digression BTS Converstional Grab bag
Sorry for the delay between podcasts folks, but podcasting seems to have been preempted by the World Cup, Craft Sales, and the general business of the lead up to Christmas. We're hoping to get together and record another episode before Christmas, but we can make no guarantees. In our stead is...
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Glossary Episode 2
Thanks for tuning in to our 10th episode of Radio Free Ortona. As the title says, this is another glossary episode where we just try to figure out what we mean when we talk about the right or left wings of the political spectrum. In the process we invent an entirely new and not at all confusing...
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Why Do The Kids Hate Capitalism Pt 2
Thanks for tuning in to Episode 9 of Radio Free Ortona. First off, apologies for the length of time it took to get this episode out. And apologies for jumping right into it. Paddy walked into the room and started in on the topic before your intrepid producer had pushed the record button, so it...
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The Queen is dead. Is that why kids don't know what capitalism is?
In this episode, we talk about the Queen, and what she means to us. How hard it is going to be to adapt referring to the King, when it's been the Queen for all ours and our parents lives. After that we move onto a meandering discussion of why kids these days don't like capitalism, despite it…
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Behind the Scenes Conversational Grab Bag
Soon after we started this thing, I started hitting the record button as soon as everyone was in the room. This episode is an assemblage of clips from conversations we had before and after the actual podcast. Some of these conversations are preparatory to future episodes and some of them are...
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Come along as we vent our spleens about events of the day.We'll discuss subjects as diverse as why Brexit caused a fuel shortage in Lebanon. Which politician could best serve their countries by retiring? Why 9mm versus .45 ACP is the wrong question. How, after 116 years of business, Harley Davidson has only just started making decent motorcycles? Electricity is cool but are batteries really the future? Do women even like men anymore?In truth we're just 3 people with disparate backgrounds and experience trying, in good faith, to use those differences to make sense of this mad mad mad world
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