65 The Empire of PG&E: Making A Killing

In this episode, Loren, Shawn and Sam discuss the traditions that would later be amalgamated into Christmastime. Not an episode for children.

In this episode Loren, Sam and Shawn all discuss how private equity firms (a.k.a. Wall Street types) have gotten in the business of ruining businesses, providing worse customer service, and inflating the economy for profit while making us all foot the bill.

In this episode, Loren, Shawn and Sam discuss the science behind snake venom and those who dare to attempt to build an immunity against it, and how they may change the world.

Loren is joined by Sam as they discuss the zoot suit riots and the causes of the five day riots that spread across LA in 1943.

Sam, Shawn and Loren look at the Supreme Court Case of Hustler Magazine V Falwell. They begin by introducing a bit of a biography on both individuals before discussing the legal battle that ensued between them that endangered (and sort-of saved) free speech, allowing Americans to make fun of public officials and protecting parody as a 1st Amendment right.

Loren brings Shawn and Sam along for a discussion about the nefarious Agenda 21/Agenda 30 conspiracy and how it can neatly - yet wrongly - explain many other conspiracies.

Loren is joined by Sam and Shawn to discuss James Edward Baker Jr and the rise and fall of a hippy health food cult named The Source.

In this installment of the War On Women, Loren is again joined by Kelly and Allie to discuss marriage, no-fault divorce and incompatibility. They discuss the importance of no-fault divorce and take a look at some of the modern advocates of getting rid of it. They contend that the right to no-fault divorce is destroying the moral fabric of society by empowering women. We look into how they're wrong. This episode has a brief discussion of emotional abuse. [1] Smithsonian Magazine; "The Heartbreaking History of Divorce" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/heartbreaking-history-of-divorce-180949439/ [2] Mother Jones; "The Right's War On Divorce -- And It's Costs" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/no-fault-divorce-texas-republican-gop-crowder/ [3] History News Network; "Teddy Roosevelt Also Asked Congress to Add a Marriage Amendment-The Answer Was No" http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/3889.html [4] Media Matters: "After Roe, conservatives set their sights on ending no-fault divorce laws" https://www.mediamatters.org/tim-pool/after-roe-conservatives-set-their-sights-ending-no-fault-divorce-laws [5] Ben Shapiro's "Hot Take On No-Fault Divorce"; https://youtu.be/Q4TXVBaZO7g?si=LGSPQl-J30Tqfwl2 [6] Media Matters; "Tim Pool: 'I think a large portion of the women we've had on Timcast IRL are in favor of repealing the 19th amendment'” https://www.mediamatters.org/tim-pool/tim-pool-i-think-large-portion-women-weve-had-timcast-irl-are-favor-repealing-19th [7] Media Matters; "On YouTube, Tim Pool suggests “high values dudes” should shame women based on their number of sexual partners" https://www.mediamatters.org/tim-pool/youtube-tim-pool-suggests-high-values-dudes-should-shame-women-based-their-number-sexual [8] Media Matters: "On Timcast IRL, Terry Schilling claims no-fault divorce will lead to our cities being “ransacked” by “criminal orphans” https://www.mediamatters.org/tim-pool/timcast-irl-terry-schilling-claims-no-fault-divorce-will-lead-our-cities-being-ransacked [9] Media Matters; "Steven Crowder’s horrifically sexist YouTube show" https://www.mediamatters.org/steven-crowder/steven-crowders-horrifically-sexist-youtube-show If you or someone you know may be experiencing domestic violence contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or Text START to 88788 or https://www.thehotline.org/

In this episode, Loren is joined by Kelly and Allie to continue their conversation about the War On Women. This episode features discussions about women being banned from preaching in the Southern Baptist Church, what the "proper" roles are for the genders, seduction laws, that time people lost their minds over women wearing pants, that time people lost their minds over women smoking in public, that time that people lost their minds over the "dangers" of women riding bikes, and The Transformed Wife; a modern christian regressive trying to turn women into "godly women" by telling them they shouldn't have emotional needs.

In this episode, Loren sits down with his wife, Kelly, and their friend Allie to discuss the various battles that have made up the War On Women. They discuss marriage, virginity, women being kind-of-but-not-really property to first, their fathers and then, their husbands and how all of this was tied together with business, legality and fuck-contracts. Sources; [1] https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/13/us/idaho-abortion-doctors-drain/index.html [2] https://www.acog.org/clinical-information/policy-and-position-statements/position-statements/2018/restrictions-to-comprehensive-reproductive-health-care#2 [3] https://www.focusonthefamily.com/pro-life/the-history-of-christianity-and-abortion/ [4] https://michiganlawreview.org/the-return-of-coverture/ [5] https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/coverture-word-you-probably-dont-know-should [6] https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiNw4Lyu5b_AhUMMDQIHWFxAl4QFnoECDYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholarworks.iu.edu%2Fjournals%2Findex.php%2Fiujur%2Farticle%2Fdownload%2F23364%2F29533%2F55389&usg=AOvVaw38_OFWjI09G7z37Uo_Bvad [7] https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/essay/legal-status-women-1776%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9C1830 [8] https://medium.com/the-establishment/a-quick-and-dirty-history-of-virginity-9ceb24b7e08a [9] https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/from-yesterday-s-spinster-to-today-s-crazy-cat-lady-has-anything-really-changed-1.5576938 [10] http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/Lauria1.html [11] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54693159 [12] https://www.britannica.com/event/Married-Womens-Property-Acts-United-States-1839 [13] https://books.google.com/books?id=5kjkZjvnI-sC&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q&f=false [14] https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/womens-history-us-timeline [15] https://www.plannedparenthood.org/blog/what-are-the-comstock-laws [16] https://www.history.com/news/chamberlain-kahn-act-std-venereal-disease-imprisonment-women [17] https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/womens-history-us-timeline [18] https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/12/18/meet-transformed-wife-whose-working-mom-chart-rocked-world/2342435002/