The Universal Solvent

Ep 299, November 8, 2026 Tour the newly normalized psychopathy on our campuses, street corners, and political chambers. What we call “woke” is just narcissistic poison, and it breaks down every container that tries to hold it. The midterm victory for Democrats raises a question: Are we too far gone as a nation? Can we use the tools of classical liberalism to take our society back? We could if we had the will. But it doesn’t look like we do.Explore the podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 298, November 1, 2026 New Normal continues apace with immigrant college girls mocking Charlie Kirk's murder to his own friend's face. All he could respond with was "I'll pray for you." We're not going to make it. It's possible today to dump dead bodies on the streets of Manhattan in front of witnesses and get away with it. We annotate covert narcissistic tactics so you can recognize malice even when it's sold to you as "loving concern." When they ask if you took your medicine, they don't mean it in a loving way. Trans isn't real. It's simply Borderline Personality Disorder. We compare the reality of "trans" to the BPD diagnostic criteria-you won't be able to unsee it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

October 28, 2026 We'll use a recent clip of commentator Warren Smith being "lovingly" grilled by his former professor. The professor says he wants to challenge Warren's "arrogance" out of love and concern. In reality, the professor is practicing narcissistic emotional abuse on Warren. Many people don't see it because the professor uses a gentle affect and words like "care" to make it sound wholesome. We'll walk through the manipulation tactics as we go through the video.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

October 21, 2026 Josh talks with Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute. Society has ignored the rights of children and their needs for decades. We care more about satisfying the desires of adults than the needs of children. This has led to commercial surrogacy, societal support for single-mother households, and gay adoption. We deliberately deprive kids of their natural mother and father and act as if it's normal, even enlightened.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 297, October 25, 2026 You've noticed the rudeness, the law-breaking, the blank stares from people who used to be able to communicate. What the hell's going on in society? France takes the lightest touch in sentencing the criminals who burned and looted cities and stores. 6-year-olds are showing up to public school without knowing how to use a toilet. Teachers are being asked to change diapers. Primary school students don't know how to copy a word off the blackboard using their own hands to write. Watch and weep.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When did we start hating children? When did it become acceptable to terrify our own kids to get laughs on a TikTok reel? Who knows, but it's new normal now, and it's dark. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back and ready to talk about gym trollops pretending to be angry at comedians who point out many women are wearing prostitute uniforms at gyms. We'll also go through some "woke" confessions from people who changed their minds.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian novelist and lawyer Helen Dale joins Josh at home to explain how she became Oz's "patient zero" for modern cancel culture. When Helen's first (and prize-winning) novel was published in 1995, Jewish lobbyists subjected her to more than a decade and a half of harassment, libel, and attempts to get her de-employed and blackballed from law and publishing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's yet another claim of "gang rape" at a university. This time it's Cornell. The accuser, "Jane Doe," was texting her alleged "rapists" with things like "luv u king" in the days after the "rape." Is that slowing down the re-opened criminal investigation? Nope. We're watching a railroading in real time. Burlington Republican Party Chairman Bill Oetjen tries to get answers about how many men are living in Vermont's women prisons. He doesn't get them. But he does get a lecture from the prison chief about how he's "harassing" the poor civil servants. Tennessee rushed a woman to the hospital to save her life after her execution by lethal injection didn't work. You read that right. Tune in as we try to make it make sense.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you know if you've become embroiled with an unstable and narcissistic person? What do you do once you realize it? Podcaster TC Pearson found himself caught up in a manipulative web with someone he thought was a colleague. He joins therapist Jake Freeman and Josh to talk about it. We'll point out warning signs to watch for with real examples, and discuss how to respond in such a situation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.