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, the Second Amendment, 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. 5d ago

    S5 E20 - Amelia Earhart: Famous for Failing to Fly Around the World (Twice)

    Send us Fan Mail Amelia Earhart’s Legend vs. Forgotten Aviators: Fred Noonan, Wiley Post & Netta Snook As a new October 2026 expedition searches the island of Nikumaroro for Amelia Earhart’s missing plane, the episode argues the story wrongly centers on Earhart while forgetting navigator Fred Noonan and other accomplished figures. It revisits Earhart’s 1928 transatlantic “first” as a passenger, George Putnam’s role in turning her into a celebrity brand, and contrasts her record with Charles Lindbergh’s and Wiley Post’s achievements, noting Post’s pioneering technology work and largely lost public recognition. The script critiques Earhart’s 1937 crew and radio-navigation shortcomings on the Howland Island leg, emphasizing the disappearance’s role in cementing her legend and the unresolved questions—including theories pointing toward Nikumaroro. It questions why cultural heroines are chosen, highlights Earhart’s unconventional views on marriage and feminism, and argues the overlooked Netta Snook—Earhart’s flight instructor, mechanic, entrepreneur, and later mother—deserves greater remembrance, drawing a parallel to the publicity around the 2025 all-female Blue Origin passenger flight. 00:00 Earhart vs Noonan 02:47 Lady Lindy Origins 05:25 Celebrity Before Skill 06:16 Comparing Aviation Feats 11:52 World Flight Setup 15:05 Howland Disappearance 17:55 Why the Legend Lasts 20:37 Neta Snook Forgotten 23:54 Modern Passenger Parallels 24:48 Rethinking Our Heroines 25:57 Closing Thoughts #AmeliaEarhart #Nikumaroro #FredNoonan #WileyPost #AviationHistory #Feminism #WomenInAviation #TheTenthMan #WomenAreBlowingIt Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

  2. Jun 29

    S5 E19 - Surprise in Germany: The Untold Mass Attack Story

    Send us Fan Mail The Würzburg Stabbing and the Number 11: What Gets Counted, What Gets Ignored | The Tenth Man This episode revisits the June 25, 2021 Würzburg, Germany stabbing in which Abdirahman Jibril Ali attacked 11 people in four minutes, killing three women and wounding eight, after prior violent incidents and a brief psychiatric commitment that produced no diagnosis. It argues the story was largely ignored in U.S. media because it happened abroad, and highlights that unarmed citizens slowed the attacker with improvised objects until a police officer ended the attack with a single gunshot, using this to contend that violence gets stopped when a gun shows up and that an armed civilian—including with a handgun—can be essential to self-defense. The episode contrasts Würzburg—a stranger attacking strangers—with three U.S. incidents the same day that totaled 11 shooting victims but stemmed from existing disputes, and uses the comparison to criticize weapon-focused policy debates in favor of addressing mental health, integration, and intervention failures. 00:00 Würzburg Attack Overview 02:33 Warning Signs Ignored 03:54 Victims and Chaos 04:24 Citizens Fight Back 05:25 Show Mission Break 06:04 Gun Ends the Threat 08:27 What Makes Mass Attacks 09:44 Motive and System Failures 11:27 America’s Other Eleven 12:33 Randomness vs Statistics 14:17 Lessons Beyond Gun Laws 16:02 Closing Thoughts #americanexceptionalism #secondamendment #germanycrime #immigrantcrime #massshooting #somalicrime Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    S5 E19 - Surprise in Germany: The Untold Mass Attack Story

  3. Jun 22

    S5 E18 - Australia's "Rare" Mass Shootings - Four Recent Examples

    Send us Fan Mail The Mass Shooting You Didn’t Hear About: Australia, “Rare,” and the Media Double Standard Kevin Travis argues that American media apply a double standard to “mass shootings,” spotlighting U.S. incidents using the Gun Violence Archive definition (4+ shot) while downplaying similar events abroad as “rare.” He cites a May 19, 2026 gang-linked shooting in Canley Heights, Sydney (5 victims, 1 dead), and contrasts Australia’s immediate contextual framing (targeted organized crime) with U.S. coverage that often omits gang context. He also recounts the Dec. 14, 2025 Bondi Beach terrorist attack (15 killed, 41 wounded; ISIS claim; failed bombs) followed by new gun restrictions, the April 13, 2024 Bondi Junction mall stabbing stopped by a police officer’s gun, and an Oct. 5, 2025 random Croydon Park shooting (16 injured) that few Americans heard about. He criticizes Tim Walz’s 2024 debate claim about Finland despite a recent Finnish school shooting, notes geography and population differences in cross-country comparisons, and points to World Cup safety narratives versus “gun tourism” by foreign visitors in the U.S. 00:00 Australia Mass Shooting 02:14 Canley Heights Context 03:56 Why US Coverage Skips 06:39 Bondi Beach Terror 08:54 Knife Attack Bondi 11:30 Finland Debate Myth 14:50 Croydon Park Rampage 17:32 Double Standard Mechanism 21:49 Geography And Borders 23:24 World Cup Gun Tourism 26:29 Connecting The Dots 27:53 Double Standard Conclusion #SecondAmendment #MassShooting #AustraliaCrime #BondiBeachShooting Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

  4. Jun 15

    S5 S17 - Blacks Commit Most Violent Crime - Racist Myth?

    Send us Fan Mail The “13/50” Myth Myth: Crime Stats, Liber Rules, and the Number No One Wants to Discuss Kevin Travis introduces a recurring segment called “Liber Rules,” arguing that progressives treat plausible claims as true without evidence, and applies it to the claim that “13/50” crime statistics are fabricated and that repeating them is hate speech. He cites FBI Uniform Crime Reports showing Black Americans account for about 52% of murder arrests and Bureau of Justice Statistics data showing about 54% of murder convictions, contending the disparity increases with deeper scrutiny. He disputes “over-policing” as the driver, arguing murders generate 911 calls and would also appear in hospitals and morgues if white crime were being systematically missed. He highlights SPLC-cited data on largely intraracial crime and notes cross-racial figures, then emphasizes that 56% of U.S. murder victims are Black and that Black homicide victimization is far higher than for whites, concentrating in long Democratic-run cities; he links outcomes to fatherlessness and Democratic social policy while stating race is not the variable. 00:00 Provocative Opening 00:34 Liber Rules Explained 01:19 The 13/52 Claim 02:37 Hate Symbol Trap 05:07 Data Arrests vs Convictions 06:22 Unsolved Murders Pivot 07:14 Over Policing Argument 10:16 Numbers Aren't Hate 11:05 SPLC Intraracial Rebuttal 13:39 The Real Furious Number 14:55 Democrat Cities Focus 16:07 Fatherlessness Policy Link 16:43 Culture Not Race 17:25 Staircase Recap 18:26 Final Takeaway 19:30 Closing Credits #SPLC #13/50 #FailedDemocrats #AmericaCrime Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    S5 S17 - Blacks Commit Most Violent Crime - Racist Myth?

  5. Jun 12

    S5 E16- Pulse Orlando 10th Anniversary: Shadows Looming on America's 250th

    Send us Fan Mail Pulse at 10 Years: ISIS, Lone Wolves, and the Media’s Narrative On the 10th anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, the episode argues that mainstream coverage from outlets like ABC’s GMA First Look and CNN frames the event primarily as an attack on a gay nightclub while minimizing the documented ISIS link, including Omar Mateen’s 911 pledge of allegiance and ISIS’s lone-wolf doctrine. It contrasts this framing with related ISIS-inspired attacks in 2016—Nice on Bastille Day and the Ohio State attack—and claims the press treats them as disconnected stories while emphasizing guns and domestic culture-war angles. The host also cites a lesser-covered June 7, 2016 Kalamazoo cycling-group tragedy to argue that victim identity drives national attention. The episode urges journalists to examine patterns, symbolic-date targeting, and broader geopolitical chains of accountability ahead of July 4 and America’s 250th anniversary. 00:00 Media Anniversary Framing 01:13 Missing Terror Context 03:16 What Pulse Really Was 05:12 Target Was Americans 06:39 Lone Wolf Myth 08:15 ISIS Franchise Pattern 09:50 Blaming America Narrative 10:42 What Newsrooms Should Ask 12:09 Kalamazoo Contrast 14:23 Chain of Accountability 16:15 Final Warning and Wrap #PulseNightclubShooting #ISIS #SecondAmendment #IlhanOmar #AmericanExceptionalism Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    S5 E16- Pulse Orlando 10th Anniversary: Shadows Looming on America's 250th

  6. Jun 8

    S5 E15 - End It, Trump. Take the Fight to Iran

    Send us Fan Mail How to End the War With Iran: Stop Managing, Start Winning | The Tenth Man Kevin Travis argues the U.S. is not losing a war with Iran but “managing” it while the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commits piracy and war crimes by seizing commercial vessels in international waters. He says defensive measures like arming merchant ships may deter boardings but won’t end the conflict, and criticizes relying on large modern destroyers unsuited for shallow-water patrols. Travis calls for an offensive posture: deploy shallow-draft patrol craft with helicopter support to hunt IRGC speedboats and strike the fixed shore bases, docks, fuel depots, and command structure that enable the seizures, citing historical precedents from the Barbary Wars to Vietnam and special operations raids. He then proposes a “surprise twist” solution: drop crates of rifles into Iran to give protesters the means to resist the regime, framing the core problem as a lack of will rather than capability. 00:00 War Ends Tomorrow 00:34 Managing Not Winning 02:51 Piracy Is War Crime 04:25 Defense Is Not Strategy 06:07 Destroyers Lost Purpose 08:01 Hunters In Shallow Waters 10:39 Take Fight To Shore 13:53 Are Iranians The Enemy 16:22 Arm The People Twist 19:40 Willpower And Wrap Up #SecondAmendment  #AmericanExceptionalism #IranConflict Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    S5 E15 - End It, Trump. Take the Fight to Iran

  7. Jun 1

    S5 E14 - Give Captain Phillips a Gun - No, a BIGGER Gun

    Send us Fan Mail Why Captain Phillips Couldn’t Carry a Gun Today | Arming Merchant Ships in the Strait of Hormuz The episode argues that Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces are illegally boarding and seizing merchant ships in international waters near the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for roughly 20% of the world’s oil, and criticizes diplomatic “negotiation” and sanctions as ineffective responses to piracy. Using the film Captain Phillips and historical examples—armed East Indiamen, the WWII Liberty ship SS Stephen Hopkins, and Jefferson’s response to Barbary pirates—it claims deterrence works when ships can shoot back. The script contends modern commercial crews are left defenseless because regional ports prohibit weapons, making shipboard arms or private security costly and complex. It proposes placing armed guards, specifically U.S. Marines, on every transiting vessel, reviving ship “hard points,” and potentially deploying Phalanx CIWS as a deterrent, arguing defense is not escalation and would stop attacks. 00:00 Captain Phillips Hook 00:33 Iranian Ship Seizures 02:29 Hormuz And Piracy Law 05:35 Why Ships Are Unarmed 07:05 History Of Armed Merchants 09:47 Private Guards Work 11:46 Marines On Every Ship 13:30 Phalanx Deterrent Option 15:58 Answering Objections 19:28 Wrap Up And Takeaway #americanexceptionalism #piracy #terrorism #guncontrol #iran Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

    S5 E14 - Give Captain Phillips a Gun - No, a BIGGER Gun

  8. May 25

    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.

    S5 E13 - Mike Duggan, The Last Democrat
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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, the Second Amendment, 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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