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The Far Middle — 200 episodes

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Title
1

From Unfair to Fair: Strengthening the Middle

2

Built to Last: Evolution and Reinvention

3

The Hand of God Meets the Hand of Climate Alarmism

4

The Illusion of Knowledge

5

Kluszewski and Voltaire's Wisdom Go Back-to-Back

6

From the Hardwood and Hard Data to a Galaxy Far, Far Away

7

Stealing Bases and Preserving Fire

8

Rhetoric and Perception Versus Data and Facts

9

Gridiron Surprises and Global Challenges

10

Touchdowns, Taxes, and Tactics

11

Multi-Tentacled Leviathan

12

The Far Middle: No Room for Boredom

13

Sliding into 2025 

14

Christmas Truce to Boys Town: A Holiday Far Middle Special

15

Power Plays

16

Smashing Serves and Stealing Smiles

17

March to Greatness

18

Examining Veritas

19

Exploring Classic and Managerial Liberalism

20

Exposed: Decoding the 2024 Election

21

Opposite Directions

22

Baseball Brawls to Constitutional Calls

23

Tackling Truth

24

Rivalries

25

The Heart of Administrative Darkness

26

Unconventional Wisdom: Baseball, War, and Outlaw Country

27

Tough Guys and Cool Heads

28

From Baseball to the Baltic Sea

29

Data Driven Truth

30

Historic Journeys

31

Things That Make You Go, Hmmm

32

Bogus Justifications

33

The Genius of Alexander the Great

34

Higher Levels of Performance

35

Millers and Markets

36

Hard Truths

37

Blue Heaven

38

Powerful Impact

39

Justice For All

40

The Fastest Power Wins

41

Contrasting Pairs

42

Power Shift

43

Moore’s Impact and Eisenhower’s Vision

44

The Progressive Prosecutor Movement

45

Journalism Bias

46

The Far Middle Turns Three

47

Going Back to California

48

A Lack of Consistency

49

Big Truths

50

Little Lies

51

Years, Numbers, and Consistency

52

The Far Middle Journey

53

Manipulation

54

Fields of Resistance

55

The Struggle Between Liberty and Authority

56

Transformations

57

Wild Ride

58

Contrasting Views

59

Morphing the Narrative

60

Bring It on Home

61

Bad Medicine

62

Skating Through the Climate Maze

63

Echoes of Greatness

64

Never Surrender

65

The Fellowship of Data and Facts

66

Broken Finances to Broken Hands

67

Pushing the Envelope

68

Education in America

69

The Truth of the Matter

70

Radical Transparency

71

Thankful

72

The Hits Keep on Coming

73

The Real-World Scoreboard

74

Omnipotent Government

75

Lecturing vs. Personal Behavior

76

The Battle of Hurtgen Forest

77

Overreach

78

Stacking the Deck

79

Effective Leadership

80

Confidence and Conviction

81

Competitive Greatness

82

Upside Down Expert Predictions

83

Green Inflation

84

Inside Out

85

The Inevitable Cycle

86

Off and Running

87

Fiery and Feisty

88

Crazy

89

Unbreakable

90

The Great Reset Threat

91

That’s All Right

92

Giant Steps

93

Under Continual Assault

94

A New Constellation

95

Turbulence

96

Always Seeking

97

The Free Exploring Mind

98

Birds and Rabbit Holes

99

Outsized Impacts

100

Track Records

101

One-Hit Wonders

102

Knockin’ Out 100

103

The Left’s Grinding Long-Term Game

104

Back in the Summer of ‘98

105

Executive Power

106

Breezin’ into Spring

107

The Externality Reality

108

A Serious Math Problem

109

Penguins and Polar Bears

110

Tenacity

111

Greatness

112

Runnin’ and Disruptin’

113

The Two-Party Cartel

114

An Eruption of Illogical Moves

115

Accumulation, Accountability, and Advocacy

116

Climate Policy and the Damage Done

117

Hollow Proclamations

118

Appalachia First

119

Leading by Inspiring

120

December Clouds

121

Watching the River Flow

122

Welcome to The No-Growth Hotel

123

Unrest in the Forest

124

The Trenches

125

Paying Your Dues

126

A Double-Whammy World

127

Insult to Injury

128

Always Keep Swinging

129

Partnerships

130

Bridgers vs. Catalysts

131

Intervention Versus Intervention

132

Compromised Academia and Media Standards

133

Perpetual Change

134

Let’s Ride the Lightning

135

Once in a Blue Moon

136

The Inflation Equation and Twisted Economic Logic

137

Answering Constant Listeners’ Questions

138

Current Expectations on the Future Determine the Future

139

Buckle Up Your Chinstraps

140

Global Rivals

141

The Casual Hum of the Heartland

142

Compromising Standardization and Improved Transparency

143

Markets and Competition Work

144

Hypocrisy: Running Like the Bulls in Pamplona

145

Studies Show and Experts Agree

146

Realizing Untapped Greatness

147

Massive Potential

148

Big Policy Stuff Matters

149

High and Tight

150

Regrets to Gilded Glamour

151

Disciplined, Fierce and Prolific

152

Rules For Thee But Not For Me

153

Four-Way Threat

154

The Strikeout

155

Steel to Iron to Platinum

156

The 46 Defense

157

Troubling Trends

158

Russia/Ukraine Part Two

159

Russia/Ukraine Part One

160

Emboldening Our Adversaries

161

Shifting Leverage

162

Eighteen Inches of Daylight

163

Cobras Don’t Play It Safe

164

Connections: “Whole of Government” to Shark-Infested Markets

165

Combinations and Connections

166

Simple Equations: From Football to the Economy

167

Knuckleballing Policy

168

Never Die Easy

169

Theater and Optics

170

Connections: From Jim Brown to Build Back Better

171

Risk/Reward Math Demoted for Political Science and Ideology

172

Domestic Energy: America’s Goalie

173

Prepare for Blindside as Elites Tackle Climate Change

174

The Times They Are A-Changin’: From Pro Athletes to Dylan

175

Collisions Between Bad Government Policy and the Real World

176

Analyzing America’s 62% Crisis

177

LA Observations of Negative and Positive Liberties (Part II)

178

Ode to and Observations of LA (Part I)

179

Six Simple Things to Improve Economy, Culture and Society

180

Connections: Legitimate vs Red Herring 'Code Reds' for Humanity

181

Connections of Elite Reality: Campus Casualty to China Forces Fiction to Inflation/Shortages for All

182

Connections: Washington D.C. to Biden’s Incompetency to Fiscal Policy and Market Bubbles

183

Connections: Entitled Grads to Bezos Hypocrisy to China’s Fleecing of the U.S. and Czar Kerry

184

Connections: Bernie to the Academia Monster to Freedom of Viewpoint

185

Connections: Afghanistan to Swanky Doors to Culture Wars to American Pride

186

Ode to James Burke's Connections

187

Connecting Dots: NFL Preseason Stinks, MLB Ruining Team Legacies and Energy Policy

188

Author's Notes

189

Epilogue

190

Jeff Sachs

191

Bono

192

The Pope

193

Cities

194

Pensions

195

The Fed

196

STEM

197

Academia

198

Beyond Government

199

Big Government

200

Creators, Enablers, Servers, and Leeches