The Tenth Man Podcast with Kevin Travis

Kevin Travis
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Welcome to The Tenth Man Podcast — a conservative news podcast consisting of  independent political commentary and social analysis for people who are tired of media narratives replacing facts. Hosted by Kevin Travis, The Tenth Man explores today’s biggest stories through the lens of media bias, current affairs, American exceptionalism, climate change debates, culture, public policy, and common sense. Each episode challenges conventional wisdom by digging into the historical context, contradictions, and overlooked details often missing from mainstream coverage. From climate change and energy policy to immigration, crime, free speech, gun rights, economics, and cultural trends, this unbiased news podcast combines factual analysis with sharp social commentary and a contrarian perspective designed to make listeners think critically. If you enjoy long-form unbiased political podcasts, independent journalism, conservative commentary, current events analysis, and discussions about the future of American culture and institutions, The Tenth Man Podcast delivers thought-provoking conversations without scripted corporate talking points. Topics regularly include:  Climate Change and Energy Policy  Current Affairs and Breaking News  Social Commentary and Cultural Trends  Media Bias and Misinformation  American Exceptionalism and National Identity  Politics and Government Policy  Gun Rights and Public Safety  Immigration and Border Security  Economics, Trade, and Global Affairs  The Tenth Man Podcast asks the question modern media rarely does: “What if the crowd is wrong?” New episodes weekly.

  1. S5 E13 - Mike Duggan, The Last Democrat

    2D AGO

    S5 E13 - Mike Duggan, The Last Democrat

    Send us Fan Mail Mike Duggan Drops Out: Why Independents Can’t Compete—and What It Signals for Democrats Kevin Travis argues that Michigan swing-state politics reveal a deeper Democratic Party crisis after Detroit ex-mayor Mike Duggan, who left the party in December 2024 and ran for governor as an independent, dropped out despite raising $3.2M (mostly from Michigan donors) and earning 200+ bipartisan endorsements. Travis says Duggan didn’t lose to voters but to a party-finance system that blocks independents, and frames this as evidence of an impending Democratic Party division rather than a routine cycle. He links this to historical party collapses, criticizes Democratic redistricting and DCCC meddling in the 2022 Meijer primary, and claims the party is split between democratic-socialist figures and sidelined or expelled moderates like Fetterman, RFK Jr., and Tulsi Gabbard. He suggests a new center-left governing coalition could emerge. 00:00 Duggan Drops Out 02:19 Who Is Mike Duggan 04:00 Independent Can’t Compete 04:42 Do Parties Collapse 06:33 Parties Die Before 07:24 Canceling Andrew Jackson 10:37 Constitution and Parties 11:13 Redistricting Power Plays 13:36 Meddling in GOP Primaries 16:13 Democrats Already Split 17:36 Moderates Pushed Out 20:12 Fault Lines in GOP 22:38 Back to Duggan’s Lesson 24:23 What Happens Next 24:58 A New Center-Left Party 26:35 Democratic Republican Idea 26:59 Closing Thanks #TheLastDemocrat #MichiganPolitics #MikeDuggan #PerryJohnson #Detroit #Michigan2026 #TulsiGabbard #TheSquad #thetenthman #DemocratCollapse #ThirdParty #PoliticalHomeless #PartySplit #BeyondTwoParties #Fetterman #Mamdani #TulsiGabbard #RFKJr #Squad #BernieSanders #TheTenthMan #KevinTravis #ConnectTheDots #Politics #Podcast #MAGA #DSA #Woke #AmericanPolitics #2026Elections Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    27 min
  2. S5 E12 - Animal Lovers - Not Rock Throwers - are Killing the Seals

    MAY 18

    S5 E12 - Animal Lovers - Not Rock Throwers - are Killing the Seals

    Send us Fan Mail Rock Thrower vs. Monk Seals: When Animal Love Becomes the Threat Kevin Travis contrasts federal prosecution of Igor Litvinchuk for throwing a rock at a Hawaiian monk seal (missing and causing no injury) with broader failures in conservation and legal proportionality, including a state senator commending a man for beating Litvinchuk. He argues the animal-rights culture prioritizes performative outrage and individual-animal sentiment over species-level conservation, criticizing the naming and quasi-pet treatment of a seal called “Lani” and a “priesthood” that controls information. Travis says monk seals are increasing about 2% per year, while a major documented threat is toxoplasmosis spread by feral cats; yet laws and enforcement protect cats and even de-prioritize penalties for feeding them. He also blames activists who habituate seals to humans, concluding the system punishes solutions, protects problems, and substitutes theater for conservation. 00:00 Rock Throwing Outrage 01:54 Federal Crackdown 04:46 Vigilante Rewarded 06:13 Moral Authority Question 07:05 Naming Wild Animals 10:19 Nature Versus Man 11:49 Species Not Individuals 13:41 Real Threat Revealed 15:57 Cats And Bad Incentives 17:42 Activist Factions Clash 18:40 Habituating The Seal 20:02 Theater Not Conservation 20:53 Closing Thoughts #MonkSeal #LaniTheSeal #igormykhaylovychlytvynchuk #FeralCats #WildlifeConservation #Toxoplasmosis #LanaiCatSanctuary #AmbassadorOfAloha #HumaneHawaii #RichardBissen #MauiMayor #BrentonAwa #HawaiiSenate #TheTenthMan #KevinTravis #ConservativePodcast #TrapNeuterReturn Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    21 min
  3. S5 E11 - You Can't Boycott Starbucks Under Socialism

    MAY 11

    S5 E11 - You Can't Boycott Starbucks Under Socialism

    Send us Fan Mail Boycotting Starbucks to End Capitalism? The Contradictions of Socialist Protest | The Tenth Man Kevin Travis argues that boycotts rely on capitalist competition, criticizing Seattle mayor Sarah Nelson’s Starbucks boycott as using capitalism’s tools to protest capitalism. He contrasts outrage over Shell’s windfall profits with little protest against state-owned oil firms like Norway’s Equinor and Mexico’s Pemex, claiming the anger is selective and more about who controls money than profits themselves. He discusses New York mayor Zoran Mamdani’s proposal to tax accumulated home equity, contending socialist programs depend on wealth created under capitalism and rarely involve voluntary collectivism in advocates’ own communities. Using bear-and-salmon and coyote analogies, he claims “nature is capitalist,” says communism destroys prosperity, and argues only under capitalism can people safely denounce the system, while noting capitalism’s real problems and asking “compared to what?” 00:00 Boycotts Need Capitalism 00:50 Protest Paradox Setup 02:11 Seattle Starbucks Boycott 03:38 Oil Profits Selective Outrage 04:59 State Oil Money Trail 06:27 Taxing Home Equity 08:34 Why Not Start a Commune 10:20 Nature Is Capitalist 12:33 Bear Versus Commissar 13:40 Only Capitalism Allows Dissent 14:31 Capitalism Flaws Compared 15:30 Wrap Up And Call To Share  #TheTenthMan #progressives #Capitalism #Socialism #FreeMarkets #ConservativePodcast #PoliticalAnalysis #SaraNelson #StarbucksBoycott #ZohranMamdani #KevinTravis #AntiCapitalism #Communism #Venezuela #SovietUnion #SmallGovernment #MarketEconomy #PodcastersOfX #NewPodcast Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    16 min
  4. S5 E10 - Iran, A Juvenile Delinquent Throwing Rocks at Cars

    MAY 5

    S5 E10 - Iran, A Juvenile Delinquent Throwing Rocks at Cars

    Send us Fan Mail Iran’s “Overpass”: Mining the Strait of Hormuz, Extorting Shipping, and the World’s Double Standard The episode compares teens throwing rocks from highway overpasses—citing fatal cases in Michigan (Kenneth White, 2017), Ohio, and Colorado—to Iran’s deliberate policy of attacking and extorting neutral shipping in the 21-mile-wide Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of global seaborne oil and LNG normally passes. It argues Iran has reduced traffic to about 5% of prior levels while charging up to $2 million per vessel and allegedly mining international lanes in violation of longstanding Hague rules, driving oil-price spikes, flight cancellations, and delays in fertilizer and food shipments. The speaker claims the world holds Iran to lower standards than the West, noting a UN statement “asking them to please stop” and a Security Council resolution vetoed by China and Russia, while China imports over 90% of Iran’s illicit oil. The episode contrasts Iran with Singapore’s prosperity and choice to enable commerce rather than threaten it. 00:00 Overpass Double Standard 00:53 Deadly Rock Throwing 03:04 Strait of Hormuz Overpass 04:05 Why It Hits Home 05:27 Tolls and Extortion 06:18 Sea Mines and Decency 09:09 Princess Diana Contrast 10:09 UN Vetoes and Hypocrisy 12:17 Two Ships Two Missions 15:06 Singapore Chooses Good 17:53 China's Complicity 19:10 Back to Michigan Verdict 20:30 Conclusion and Thanks  #TheTenthMan #HormuzCrisis #FreePassage #IranNavy #DoubleStandard #NeutralShipping #IRISDena #Hormuz #LostPotential #TinCanSailor  Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    21 min
  5. S5 E09 - Greta Thunberg, Take the Win for Stopping Iran Oil

    APR 27

    S5 E09 - Greta Thunberg, Take the Win for Stopping Iran Oil

    Send us Fan Mail The Biggest Oil Disruption Ever—and the Climate Movement’s Silence Says Everything This episode argues that a massive Iran-linked energy disruption has effectively locked up about 20% of global oil supply in the Arabian Gulf, yet major climate activists and groups (Greta Thunberg, Just Stop Oil, Greenpeace) are largely silent despite years of demanding reduced fossil-fuel use. It contrasts U.S. and European costs for food and gasoline, noting Americans still pay far less, and cites impacts like idled tankers, fewer flights (including Lufthansa canceling 20,000), and potential reductions in driving and shipping. The script claims EV adoption is declining just as high fuel prices were supposed to accelerate it, and offers three reasons for the silence: media incentives favor catastrophe, activist fundraising relies on crisis, and the disruption demonstrates that removing fossil fuels before alternatives are ready causes price spikes, instability, and harm—highlighting the need for more domestic production, LNG, nuclear, and realistic accounting of renewables. 00:00 Oil Shock Silence 02:01 Meet the 10th Man 03:25 Greta and Just Stop Oil 04:37 Road Safety Irony 05:38 Greenpeace and Tankers 07:09 Farms Flights and Fuel 09:38 Food and Gas Context 13:04 EV Moment Fizzles 14:42 Why No One Celebrates 16:57 It Was Never a Win 19:49 Realistic Energy Path 20:27 Closing Thoughts Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    21 min
  6. S5 E08 - Pope Leo: Holy War on Sin or Jihad on Donald Trump

    APR 21

    S5 E08 - Pope Leo: Holy War on Sin or Jihad on Donald Trump

    Send us Fan Mail Why the Media Praises the Pope Only When He Criticizes Trump The script argues that mainstream media elevates the Pope as a moral authority primarily when he criticizes Donald Trump, despite the Church’s ongoing reputational damage from past sex scandals. It claims quoting the Pope on war is an appeal-to-authority fallacy because he is a spiritual leader, not a military strategist, and contends his natural counterparts on a religion-infused conflict are Iran’s clerical rulers, yet his criticism targets Washington and Netanyahu while Iran’s threats, proxy warfare (Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis), and attacks on shipping are treated as routine. The speaker contrasts widespread outrage over an accidental school strike in Iran with a decade-long pattern of Boko Haram kidnappings of Christian schoolgirls in Nigeria, questioning why the Pope doesn’t focus on persecuted Christians or internal Church decline. It also notes recent clustering of papal canonizations and concludes the Pope’s messaging echoes prevailing institutions rather than confronting Iran-backed violence. 00:00 Media Double Standards 01:17 Appeal to Authority 03:11 Pope’s Real Priorities 04:12 Nigeria’s Kidnapping Crisis 06:31 Angola Visit Critique 07:58 Scandals and Credibility 09:22 Iran’s Proxy Wars 11:32 Rhetoric vs Real Violence 12:53 Status Quo and Trump 14:47 Sainthood Incentives 17:15 Final Moral Verdict Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    19 min
  7. S5 E07 - Would You Want Christians or Iranian Muslims to Rescue You

    APR 6

    S5 E07 - Would You Want Christians or Iranian Muslims to Rescue You

    Send us Fan Mail Church Songs, Christian Culture, and the Downed F-15 Over Iran The episode opens with an American F-15 shot down over Iran and contrasts why a downed airman would fear capture by Iranians, then shifts into a critique of repetitive “progressive” church music and the idea that simplifying worship will bring people back. It notes how Easter TV programming features abundant Christian stories and experts while arguing narratives rarely continue into Islamic history, then frames the Iran conflict as fundamentally religious and contrasts Christian nations’ stability and humanitarian aid with what it describes as repression and violence in Muslim-led states. The host rejects warnings about “Christian nationalists,” argues Christianity underpins Western moral standards and constitutions, and returns to the stranded weapons officer’s dilemma: being found by rescuers versus being found to be used, concluding with the choice between landing near a church or a mosque. 00:00 Ejection Over Iran 00:22 Easter Song Rant 02:24 Bible Shows And Missing History 04:04 Christianity Versus Islam 05:37 Christian Morality Standard 07:57 Nordic Example 10:16 Muslims In Christian Nations 11:07 Iran Theocracy Contrast 12:54 Religious War And Politics 15:42 Aid And Leadership Hypocrisy 17:52 Airman Hunted On Ground 19:33 Church Or Mosque Choice #Iranwar #PopeLeo #Trump #NATO #IRISDena  Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    20 min
  8. S5 E06 - Defunding TSA - Go For It!

    MAR 30

    S5 E06 - Defunding TSA - Go For It!

    Send us Fan Mail TSA Pay Freeze, Media Silence, and the Case to Defund TSA Instead   The script argues that President Trump has identified Democrats as terrorists for using intimidation tactics like shutting down Homeland Security funding, including TSA, but wrongly negotiates with them. It claims media coverage is missing typical manipulation, fearmongering, and questions about security impacts despite unpaid, overworked TSA staff and concerns about threats such as Iran. The speaker suggests the absence of panic indicates TSA may be unnecessary, citing private airport security in parts of the EU and U.S. airports like Sarasota and San Francisco, and argues TSA focuses on guns while 9/11 used box cutters and future threats are better stopped by ICE and the FBI. It proposes a constitutional amendment prioritizing tax spending for essential functions so military, Coast Guard, and TSA are paid before welfare and bureaucrats.   00:00 TSA Pay Chaos 00:53 Defining Terrorism 01:49 Three Tiers Explained 03:02 Democrats As Terrorists 04:06 Shutdown As Proxy War 04:44 Missing Media Narratives 06:46 Private Security Works 08:50 Where Is The Fear 10:56 Do We Need TSA 13:48 TSA Fights Last War 15:58 Flight 93 Changed Everything 16:54 Window Dressing Security 18:26 Guns Versus Batteries 19:32 Fixing Tax Priorities 22:00 Inversion And Closing #governmentshutdown #TSA #IranWar #Trump #WelfareState #ICE Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    23 min
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Welcome to The Tenth Man Podcast — a conservative news podcast consisting of  independent political commentary and social analysis for people who are tired of media narratives replacing facts. Hosted by Kevin Travis, The Tenth Man explores today’s biggest stories through the lens of media bias, current affairs, American exceptionalism, climate change debates, culture, public policy, and common sense. Each episode challenges conventional wisdom by digging into the historical context, contradictions, and overlooked details often missing from mainstream coverage. From climate change and energy policy to immigration, crime, free speech, gun rights, economics, and cultural trends, this unbiased news podcast combines factual analysis with sharp social commentary and a contrarian perspective designed to make listeners think critically. If you enjoy long-form unbiased political podcasts, independent journalism, conservative commentary, current events analysis, and discussions about the future of American culture and institutions, The Tenth Man Podcast delivers thought-provoking conversations without scripted corporate talking points. Topics regularly include:  Climate Change and Energy Policy  Current Affairs and Breaking News  Social Commentary and Cultural Trends  Media Bias and Misinformation  American Exceptionalism and National Identity  Politics and Government Policy  Gun Rights and Public Safety  Immigration and Border Security  Economics, Trade, and Global Affairs  The Tenth Man Podcast asks the question modern media rarely does: “What if the crowd is wrong?” New episodes weekly.

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