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Never Close the Inquiry — 58 episodes

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The Neophytes Bait Your Clicks: The American Dream Is Dead

2

The Neophytes: Hawaiian Mongeese and Trump’s Foreign Policy

3

The Neophytes: What Is Twitch and How Does It Influence Elections?

4

The Neophytes: Why Do Smart People Do Stupid Things?

5

The Neophytes: Trump, Mamdani, and Charisma

6

The Neophytes Pirro Into the Nation’s Soul

7

The Neophytes: So…How Socialist Is Democratic Socialism?

8

Why Christopher Nolan Matters: Two Nerds Sincerely Nerd Out About Their Favorite Director

9

Episode 50! The Neophytes Never Close the Self-Inquiry But Not in a Bad Way

10

The Neophytes: The Complicated Legacy of Lindsey Graham

11

The Neophytes: In Which the President Adds Graham Platner to the US Men’s National Team

12

The Neophytes Learn Politics from Jalen Brunson and Exult in Their Newfound SpaceX Riches

13

The Neophytes Get a Tad Bleak About the Importance of Character in Politicians

14

The Neophytes Masculinely Discuss Masculinity

15

The Neophytes Get Awfully Prudish About Prediction Markets

16

Ultramarathons and the Joy of the Difficult

17

Two of Three Neophytes Discuss Political Violence and Challenges to Norms

18

The Three Neophytes Again Discuss Iran and Maybe Some Ideas for Fixing Everything Wrong with our Politics

19

The Three(!) Neophytes Discuss the Ongoing Conflict in Iran

20

The Neophytes Think the Feds Should Look into this Epstein Guy

21

The Neophytes: Trump, Emirati Bribes(?), and Why We Decided to Purchase the Remaining 51% of World Liberty Financial

22

A Voice in the Conservative Wilderness: Ben Connelly on Venezuela, ICE, and Ice (Greenland)

23

The Neophytes Address Untimely Questions, Like Whether Lobbyists Are in League with the Forces of Darkness

24

Remaining Human in the Age of AI (Lawyering)

25

The Neophytes Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and…Dodge the Truth

26

Prof. Jonas Anderson on Why We Should Be Concerned That Judges Are Competing for Cases

27

The Neophytes Self-Diagnose: Why Are We Libs?

28

The Neophytes Have Never Been to Epstein Island

29

The Neophytes Talk the Big Beautiful Bill, Trolling, Trust in the Government, and American Pride

30

The Neophytes Talk Protests, Immigration, Political Violence, and More

31

K-12 Education Expert Karen Vaites On Reversing America’s Decline in Reading Achievement

32

EU Parliament Member Johan Van Overtveldt on The Icarus Curse

33

Ben Connelly on Traditional Conservatism and Why It Matters

34

Griffin Gooch on Restoring Trust in Religious Institutions

35

Decentralization as an Answer to a Polarized Media

36

Former Rep. Ben McAdams on Congressional Function and Dysfunction, Ideas for Reform, Pelosi, Biden, Trump, and So Much More

37

Zachary Elwood on the What, Why, and How of Depolarization

38

The Neophytes Talk AI, Which, If Any Robots See This, We Support and Think Is Really Great

39

Jeff Howell on Knocking 5,000 Doors Running for State Office

40

The Indispensability of Free Speech with FIRE’s Nico Perrino

41

The Neophytes Talk Katy Perry, Celebrity Endorsements, and the Passing of Pope Francis

42

Khaair Morrison on Malcolm X, Family, Activism in New York City, and the Moment for Democrats

43

The Neophytes Talk Abrego Garcia

44

Getting Dangerously Pro-Labor With the Guy Who Unionized Baseball’s Minor Leagues

45

Alan Monsen on RNCs, CPACs, and How the Republican Party Has Changed

46

The Neophytes Talk Tariffs

47

Rick Robison: From CIA Agent to Conservative Education Activist

48

A Pharmacist's Take on the American Pharmaceutical Industry

49

Professor Paul Mahoney - Why Securities Regulation Fails

50

Moral Individualism with Professors Kelly Patterson and Chris Karpowitz

51

Dr. Casey Burgat: We Hold These "Truths"

52

Two-Time House Candidate Adam Frisch on Democrats' Path Forward

53

National Security Deep State - Prof. Michael J. Glennon

54

Michael Baharaeen of The Liberal Patriot On Democrats' Path Forward

55

Gabe Fleisher of Wake Up to Politics on Trump 2.0 (So Far)

56

The Quiet Coup: Interview with Professor Mehrsa Baradaran

57

Truth Matters: Interview with Professor Robert George

58

Introduction: The Big Idea, Demystifying Republicans for Democrats and Vice Versa