The Scott Adams School - Pollster, Mark Mitchell returns. Let's talk Midterms

## The Scott Adams School — Tuesday, September 22, 2026Mark Mitchell from the Honest Polling Company returns to class today!With the midterms getting closer, we’re talking polls, voters, messaging, strategy, and what the numbers are actually telling us. What are Republican voters looking for? Where are campaigns connecting, where might they be coming up short, and what does Mark see happening beneath all the political noise?No shouting panels. No 47 people talking over each other. Just a good conversation about polling, persuasion, strategy, and what voters appear to be telling us.Grab your vessel of choice, settle in, and enjoy today’s class.**A few classroom reminders:*** These are our opinions and conversations about news, politics, polling, and current events.* Debate and disagreement are absolutely welcome. Being obnoxious is not.* Please be kind and respectful to your fellow classmates.* The Scott Adams moderation team is here and keeping an eye on the chat.* Language can occasionally get spicy. You’ve been warned. 🌶️* Like, subscribe, share the show, and invite a friend to class.* Check out the official Scott Adams merchandise while it’s available. https://www.emblempromos.com/sr/3918384And don’t wander too far...**We have a special announcement coming Thursday. 👀**Now sit back, relax, and enjoy today’s Scott Adams School.

**THE SCOTT ADAMS SCHOOL — MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2026**The Home Team is back and kicking off the week with a whole pile of news, current events, persuasion, reframing, and whatever else the simulation decided to dump on our desks over the weekend.Today we’re digging into:• The latest from the **Strait of Hormuz** — what’s happening, what’s *not* happening, and what actually matters.• **Saudi Arabia** dealing with an attack and what that could mean in the bigger picture.• **Bill Maher** has a very interesting conversation featuring **Jessica Tarlov**. Is this cognitive dissonance? A political bubble? Or are we watching competing realities collide in real time?• And apparently we need to talk about **Greenland** again. At this rate, maybe we should just start calling it **Orangeland**. 🍊• Plus plenty of other news, current events, oddities, persuasion opportunities, and things that make us wonder whether the writers of the simulation have started drinking before lunch.☕ **Grab your vessel of any kind and join us for the Simultaneous Sip.****COMING UP THIS WEEK:**📊 **Tuesday:** Special Guest **Mark Mitchell from the Honest Polling Company** joins the School.👀 **Thursday:** We have a **special surprise announcement**. That’s all you’re getting for now. Suspense is apparently good for engagement.**HOUSEKEEPING FROM THE SCHOOL:**❤️ Please be **kind and respectful** to everyone in the chat. We can disagree without acting like we were raised by raccoons behind a Wawa.🛡️ The **Scott Adams moderation team** is here keeping an eye on things, so keep it smart, funny, interesting, and civil.👍 Please **LIKE** the stream.🔔 **SUBSCRIBE** so you don’t miss future classes.📤 And most importantly, **SHARE THE SHOW** with your friends. Bring someone new to class. Help us continue growing the Scott Adams School and keeping Scott’s ideas, lessons, and legacy moving forward.**IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER FOR THE HUMOR-IMPAIRED:**These are our **opinions and discussions about news and current events**. Do your own research.Please do not attempt to take your SATs using information you heard on the Scott Adams School. Results may vary dramatically.🌶️ And, as always, **language may be spicy.** You’ve been warned.Thanks for spending part of your Monday with us.**Be useful. Keep learning. Keep reframing.**

## 🎓 THE SCOTT ADAMS SCHOOL### Friday, September 18, 2026 | The Home TeamIt’s **FRIDAY**, and the Home Team is closing out another week at **The Scott Adams School!**Today’s theme is simple: **anything goes.** We’ve got stories flying in from every direction: some serious, some fascinating, some ridiculous, and probably a few that make you wonder whether the simulation has started freelancing.Grab your coffee, tea, water, adult beverage disguised as coffee... whatever is in your vessel. ☕ It’s time for the **Simultaneous Sip.****Today at the School:*** 🧠 News, current events, persuasion, reframing and whatever catches our attention* ☕ **Simultaneous Sip** required. We don’t make the rules. Actually, we sort of do.* 💡 **Think. Laugh. Question everything.*** 🗣️ These are **our opinions and commentary**, and reasonable people are welcome to disagree.* 🌶️ **Language can be spicy.** Consider yourself lovingly warned.* ❤️ **Be kind and respectful.** Debate ideas without attacking each other. The Scott Adams moderation team is here, so please behave like the unusually intelligent adults we know you can impersonate.* 👍 **LIKE, SUBSCRIBE & SHARE THE STREAM.** Invite a friend to the Scott Adams School. Why should you be the only smart person in your group?* 🛍️ Check out the **official Scott Adams merchandise** and help keep Scott’s work and legacy moving forward. *(Merch link goes here.)*And to everyone who shows up with us live, participates in the chat, watches later on replay, shares a clip, leaves a comment, or simply keeps coming back: **we can never adequately express how grateful we are.**You are helping us keep this community together and, most importantly, helping us continue **Scott Adams’ legacy, ideas and work.** That means everything to the Home Team. ❤️### 🚀 THE WEEKEND DOESN’T END HERETomorrow, join **Owen Gregorian** for his **Saturday After-Party on X**. It’s an audio Spaces conversation where you can listen, jump in, talk about the news and continue whatever arguments we failed to settle during the week. 😂 Find him on X at **@OwenGregorian**.Have a fantastic weekend.**Be useful. Reframe your brain. Keep learning. And question everything.**☕ **See you Monday at The Scott Adams School.**

**Thursday, September 17, 2026**Today, **Erica and Marcela** are taking over the classroom and crushing the news.We decided to mix things up and go full **variety show** today, which means nothing is safely confined to one category. We’ve got the **fun, the serious, the strange, the fascinating, and the genuinely useful**, with news and information coming at you from all directions.Some stories will make you think. Some may make you laugh. Some may make you wonder whether humanity should still be allowed near the control panel.So grab your coffee, tea, water, adult sippy cup, or **vessel of any kind**, settle in, and join us for a little **Simultaneous Sip** and a lot of conversation.**Owen returns tomorrow**, but today Erica and Marcela have the news desk covered.### House RulesPlease keep the chat **kind, respectful, and useful**. Disagreement is welcome. Personal attacks are not. Don’t make yourself the story.The **Scott Adams moderation team is here**, so behave like charming adults with functioning frontal lobes. Language on the show can occasionally be spicy, but cruelty and obnoxious personal attacks are not part of the program.### Support the School☕ **Like the show**☀️ **Subscribe**📣 **Share it with someone who might enjoy it**💬 Join the conversation and help keep this very unusual little school alive and growing.And don’t forget to check out the **official Scott Adams merchandise while it lasts.**** https://www.emblempromos.com/sr/3918384 **Most importantly: grab your vessel, enjoy the ride, learn something useful, and remember...### **BE USEFUL.**Happy Thursday from **The Scott Adams School**. ☀️☕❤️

## Scott Adams School — Wednesday, September 16, 2026The **Home Team** is here, with a slight substitution today: **Jeff Callahan joins Erica and Marcela** to help us sort through the news while Owen enjoys a well-deserved "day off."And today we have something special.We found a **perfectly timed old Periscope from Scott Adams** that somehow fits *exactly* with what we’ve been talking about.Coincidence?Simulation?Scott continuing to mess with us from somewhere beyond the code?**Wait until you see this one.**Then we’re heading back into the increasingly strange world of **AI doom, AI slop, and the people warning that artificial intelligence may eventually decide humanity was an unnecessary feature.**And **what does Greg Gutfeld think about all of this?**We’ll take a look.Also today:**Impeachment is back in the headlines.** The House blocked an impeachment effort against President Trump, so we’ll dig into what happened and why we’re talking about impeachment again.We’ve also got an **Iran update**, including the latest debate in Washington over U.S. military action and congressional war powers.Plus, an **interesting story from Mike Rowe**, more news and current events, and whatever other evidence the simulation chooses to provide before the hour is over.☕ **Grab your coffee and join us for the Simultaneous Sip.**### A Few Scott Adams School Reminders* Please **LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE** the show. It really does help us reach more people.* Watching on replay? We love our replay people too. Please hit that **thumbs-up** while you're here.* Wherever you watch or listen, **follow or subscribe** so you don't miss the next class.* Check out the **official Scott Adams merchandise** and grab your favorites while they're still available.* Our language can occasionally get **spicy**. It's the Scott Adams School, not kindergarten.* Please show respect to **everyone on the screen and everyone in the chat**.* Disagreement is welcome. Debate is welcome. **Personal attacks are not.*** And remember Scott's excellent rule: **Don't make yourself the story.*** The **Scott Adams moderation team** is here and actively keeping the conversation respectful. Repeated obnoxious behavior may earn you a little unscheduled vacation from the chat.* **Be kind. Be useful. Have fun.**The Scott Adams School continues the conversations, ideas, persuasion, reframing, humor and community Scott created, while the Home Team brings its own perspective to the news of the day.Today we've got **AI, impeachment, Iran, Mike Rowe, Greg Gutfeld, a suspiciously well-timed Scott Adams Periscope...**…and possibly further evidence that we are living inside a simulation with a very peculiar sense of humor.**Welcome to the Scott Adams School.**

## Scott Adams School — Tuesday, September 15, 2026The **Home Team** is back together, and apparently AI still hasn’t killed us all since yesterday, so we have time for a follow-up.Today we’re digging a little deeper into the latest round of **“AI is going to kill everybody within a decade”** stories. Is this a legitimate warning, runaway speculation, elite panic, or just the newest way to make sure nobody gets a good night’s sleep?And while we’re talking artificial intelligence...**What does Kamala think about AI, anyway?**That should be fun.We’ll get into that, plus the rest of today’s **news, current events, questionable decisions, strange headlines, and whatever fresh nonsense humanity managed to produce overnight.**☕ Grab your coffee and join us for the **Simultaneous Sip.**### Scott Adams School Housekeeping* Please **LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE** the show. It genuinely helps us reach more people.* Watching later? Replay viewers count too, so please hit that **thumbs-up**.* Check out the **official Scott Adams merchandise** and grab what you want while it’s available.* The language around here can occasionally get **spicy**. You have been warned.* Please be respectful to **everyone on the screen and everyone in the chat**.* Disagreement is welcome. **Personal attacks are not.*** And as always: **don’t make yourself the story.*** The **Scott Adams moderation team** is here keeping an eye on things. If you insist on behaving like the main character in somebody else’s livestream, they may help you find the exit.* Be useful. Be interesting. **Be kind.**The Scott Adams School is hosted by the **Home Team: Erica, Owen and Marcella**, continuing the conversations, ideas and community Scott created without pretending anyone could or should replace him.Settle in. We’ve got news to discuss, AI to worry about, politicians explaining technology, and coffee.**Welcome to the Scott Adams School.**

## Scott Adams School — Monday, September 14, 2026The **Home Team** kicks off another week at the Scott Adams School, and today we’re diving straight into the news.First up: **Is AI really going to kill us all within the next decade?** The predictions are getting increasingly dramatic, the technology is moving incredibly fast, and everyone suddenly has an opinion about whether artificial intelligence is about to save civilization or accidentally delete it.We’ll sort through some of the latest AI craziness, what’s actually worth paying attention to, and then move through the rest of today’s **news and current events**.☕ Grab your coffee and join us for the **Simultaneous Sip**.### A Few Housekeeping Reminders* **Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE the show.** It helps more than you might think.* Watching on replay? Please hit the **thumbs-up** while you’re here. We appreciate every single one of you.* **Official Scott Adams merchandise** is available now. Grab yours while it lasts.* The language can occasionally get **spicy**. Consider yourself warned.* Please be respectful to **our hosts, guests and everyone participating in the chat.*** **Don’t make yourself the story.** Disagreement is welcome. Personal attacks and antagonism are not.* The **Scott Adams moderation team** is here and actively keeping the conversation friendly and productive. Repeated disrespect may result in a mute or block.* Most importantly: **Be kind. Be useful.**The Scott Adams School is hosted by **Erica, Owen and Marcella**, continuing the community and conversations Scott created while bringing our own perspectives to the table.Thanks for spending another morning with us.**Welcome to the Scott Adams School.**

# The Scott Adams School**Friday, September 11, 2026**Today marks the **25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks**.For those of us who remember that day, some moments never really leave you. We remember where we were. We remember the fear, the anger, the heartbreak, and the extraordinary sense that, for a moment, Americans were simply Americans.**We never forgot. And we will never forget.**Today, the Home Team will take some time to remember September 11th, the lives that were lost, the heroes who ran toward danger, and the families and communities that were changed forever.Then we’ll turn to the news of the day, because apparently humanity remains committed to keeping things interesting.What’s really going on with **OpenAI and artificial intelligence**? Are AI systems beginning to self-organize in ways we don’t fully understand? And, naturally, the comforting Friday-morning question: **Are the robots going to kill us all in ten years?**Let’s dig in.We’ll also cover some of the other news and current events worth talking about as we close out another week at **The Scott Adams School**.### A few reminders from the Home Team:* **Be kind.*** Please treat our hosts, guests, and your fellow viewers with respect.* Disagreement is welcome. Personal attacks and antagonism are not.* Don’t make yourself the story.* The **Scott Adams moderation team** is present and will act when necessary to keep the conversation productive and respectful.* Language may occasionally be **spicy**. Proceed accordingly.* Please **like, subscribe, share, and hit the thumbs-up**, especially if you’re watching on replay. It genuinely helps the show.* Visit the official Scott Adams store and grab **official Scott Adams merchandise while it lasts**.Pour your coffee, join us for the **Simultaneous Sip**, and spend the morning with the Home Team.Today especially, remember the things that matter.**Never forget. Be useful.**

## The Scott Adams School — September 10, 2026Today marks one year since the assassination of Charlie Kirk.The Home Team is together today to remember Charlie, with some help from Scott Adams himself.We’ll look back at the man, the message, and the extraordinary influence Charlie had, particularly on younger generations. He was a role model, a fearless communicator, and someone many believed had the potential to play an even larger role in America’s future, perhaps even as President one day.Today is about remembering what he stood for, what he accomplished, and the impact he left behind.And especially today, **please be kind in the chat.** Disagreement and debate are always welcome. Personal attacks are not. Save the obnoxious comments for another day, and don’t make yourself the story. Our moderators may mute or remove people who can’t manage that relatively modest feat of civilization.As always, **language may be spicy.** 🌶️☕ **Grab your coffee and join us for the Simultaneous Sip.**### Help Support the Show**LIKE, SUBSCRIBE & SHARE.**Give the video a thumbs-up, turn on notifications, and share the show with someone who might enjoy being part of the Home Team.If you’re watching on **YouTube or Rumble**, please like and subscribe.If you’re joining us on **X**, like and repost.If you’re listening on **Spotify**, follow the show so you don’t miss future episodes.And if you’re watching the replay, **your likes and comments still count.** The algorithms remain needy little creatures even after the livestream ends.### Join the CommunityBecome a subscriber at **ScottAdams.Locals.com**.Membership is **$70 a year, which works out to about 19¢ a day**, and it helps support The Scott Adams School and the community we’re building around better conversations and better thinking.### Scott Adams MerchandiseDon’t forget to check out the **official Scott Adams merchandise**. The merch link can be found in the YouTube bio.https://www.emblempromos.com/sr/3918384### Where to Watch**The Scott Adams School is live Monday–Friday at:****10:00 AM Eastern / 7:00 AM Pacific**Watch or listen on **YouTube, Rumble, X, Locals, and Spotify.**The opinions expressed by guests are their own.**Better Conversations Lead to a Brighter Tomorrow.****IDEAS MATTER. SAME PEOPLE. BETTER THINKING.**Welcome to **The Scott Adams School.** BE USEFUL

## ☕ The Scott Adams School — Wednesday, September 9, 2026**Walter Kirn is back!**We’re thrilled to welcome Walter back to **The Scott Adams School** for the kind of conversation we love most, the kind that could go absolutely anywhere.Culture, technology, persuasion, politics, institutions, AI, UFOs, human nature, or whatever rabbit hole presents itself first. With Walter, trying to predict the conversation beforehand is probably a waste of perfectly good coffee.### Help keep the School growingIf you’re watching and enjoying the show, **take two seconds and help us out**:* 👍 **Hit the thumbs-up.** It tells the platforms that people actually want to see this show.* 🔔 **Subscribe and ring the notification bell** so you know when class is in session.* 📣 **Share the show with somebody who would enjoy it.** Every new viewer helps us keep building what Scott asked us to continue.* ☕ And if you watch us regularly, whether live or on replay, **thank you.** You showing up is what keeps this community alive.### Join us on LocalsFor more of the Scott Adams community, including **subscriber-only spaces and conversations**, join us at **ScottAdams.Locals.com**.The annual membership works out to roughly **19 cents a day**. For less than whatever mysterious substance Starbucks now charges $8 for, you can be part of Scott’s subscriber community all year.### A few classroom rules* **Be kind and respectful** to the hosts, guests, and everyone in the chat.* We have a **Scott Adams moderation team** watching the conversation. Debate ideas vigorously, but personal attacks, antagonism, or making yourself the story can earn a mute or block.* **Language can get spicy.** This is not kindergarten, although some days the news does its best impression of it.* Check out the **official Scott Adams merchandise** while supplies last.Grab your coffee, tea, Diet Coke, or suspicious morning beverage of choice and get ready for the **Simultaneous Sip**.**Welcome to The Scott Adams School.** ☕🧠