Compact Podcast

If you are looking for intelligent, insightful, and bold commentary on current events, this will become your favorite podcast too! I can’t remember when I started listening but it was probably fall of 2023 or so. I’ve listened to just about every episode since then and really love the discussions. I learn a ton and while I don’t always agree with all the positions taken, I love the free-thinking spirit. We need more news coverage like this!

What a lugubrious podcast! I’m interested in what these folks have to say. But learn to have a conversation, guys! Maybe, if you are a very fluent speaker, it’s ok to hold forth for more than three minutes at a time. But these guys are not fluent. They are much better writers than extemporaneous speakers. So do a bit of prep and ask each other good questions and keep your responses to a minute or less.

Arggghhhh, the heavy breathing sounds so creepy!

Over this is a thoughtful podcast which engages with the issues of the day in a calm intellectual way which I look forward to listening to each week. I particularly enjoy Mr. Schullenberger’s application of Girardian theory to current events and appreciate Ms. Frawley’s criticisms of the assisted dying movement in the broader context of the “nanny state”. My one gripe is that whenever issue of Israel or Jeffery Epstein comes up the hosts neglect to go into the meat of the issue (IE Epstein’s now proven connections to the Mossad or the use of antisemitism allegations to subvert the first amendment) and instead, go about wringing their hands about rising antisemitism in the western world. As someone who’s capable of engaging with these issues without becoming a rabid anti semite (as I’m sure most people are) this comes across as intellectually dishonest and reminds me of the use of slurs like “right wing extremist” against those critical of lockdowns during the COVID era. This is not to say that discussion of anti semitism isn’t worth going into, but don’t use it as an escape from dealing seriously with important issues happening in the world. Your listeners aren’t children and if you’re capable of nuanced approaches to every other topic I’m sure you’ll be capable of it with these too. That said, I enjoy the show and look forward to future episodes. Thank you.