The Perspectives Pod

Malcolm Guidry
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Join Malcolm, Simone, and Joseph as they discuss current events, US (and occasionally global) politics, social and technological trends, and other topics of great interest and varying importance with a focus on thoughtful conversation and an open-minded approach. Episodes posted weekly on Thursdays!

Episodes

  1. 03/24/2025 ·  Video

    The Perspectives Pod: Episode 6

    Where Malcolm, Simone and Joseph discuss Chuck Schumer and the Congressional Democratic leadership's lack of resistance, Casey Anthony's recent social media resurgence, a long-time kidnapped person's readjustment to free life, and other current issues. Show Notes: Congressional Democrats and the CR Bill Passing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL6RJgODGoU https://time.com/7268499/senate-democrats-budget-vote/ https://nlihc.org/resource/congress-passes-and-president-trump-signs-law-year-long-stopgap-funding-bill-underfunding https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-statement-government-funding-bill-senate Gavin Newsom's Podcast https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/gavin-newsom-podcast https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg-fFQbrQw7c-JVsZ25IX6eiJ2EYNZpAp Waterbury, CT Imprisonment/Fire Case https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biological-mother-connecticut-man-allegedly-held-captive-stepmom-decad-rcna196853 https://www.ctpost.com/waterbury/article/waterbury-man-captive-kimberly-sullivan-tessman-20231934.php Josef Fritzl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case https://people.com/where-is-elisabeth-fritzl-now-11686985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc0TWOt382g Casey Anthony's Social Media Return https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/casey-anthony-joins-tiktok-faces-backlash-for-rebranding-herself-as-legal-advocate/articleshow/118691652.cms?from=mdr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Caylee_Anthony https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2014/2/26/casey_anthony_speaks The Importance of Federal Bureaucracy https://www.brookings.edu/articles/is-government-too-big-reflections-on-the-size-and-composition-of-todays-federal-government/ https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/pos2041lg/chapter/bureaucracy-and-the-evolution-of-public-administration/ https://www.ushistory.org/gov/8a.asp Michael Lewis and Civil Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9ETYFli2tI https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219551344-who-is-government Statistics on Federal Workers https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/federal-employment-reports/historical-tables/executive-branch-civilian-employment-since-1940/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-data-says-about-federal-workers/ https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-work-for-the-federal-government/ National Parks Service Worker Fired due to Trump Administration Cuts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ykyUpvCDY

    1h 15m
  2. The Perspectives Pod: Episode 5

    03/12/2025 ·  Video

    The Perspectives Pod: Episode 5

    Join Malcolm and Joseph as they have a discussion about the meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the broader impact on US foreign relations, Curtis Yarvin and the 'Dark Enlightenment' theory behind many powerful individuals in business and politics, and a brief conversation about Cajun/Creole French struggling to survive in the modern era. Show Notes: Zelenskyy/Trump Oval Office Meeting (Feb 28): Argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_kTNIYsFnQ Full Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pxbGjvcdyY Suits and Politics: Obama tan suit episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kNSNPwuSjQ Zelenskyy's stated reason about not wearing a suit: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/08/zelenskyy-suit-ukraine-fashion-style-00219275 White House reporter asking about Zelenskyy's lack of a suit: https://www.the-independent.com/tv/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-brian-glenn-zelensky-b2708753.html Dimitri Trenin/Iam Brewmmer Interview: https://www.pbs.org/video/who-gets-to-decide-ukraines-fate-afe1vx/ Ursula van der Leyen's Push to Rearm Europe: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-defence-plans-could-mobilise-800-billion-euros-von-der-leyen-says-2025-03-04/ Ukrainian Claim on Russian War Casualties: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/8/7488226/index.amp Ivana Trump's Father as a KGB asset: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/29/trump-czechoslovakia-communism-spying Paul Manafort's Russo-Ukrainian Work: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/18/manafort-worked-with-russian-intel-officer-who-may-have-been-involved-in-dnc-hack-senate-panel-says-397597 US-European Trade: https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/europe/european-union US Foreign Aid Spending: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/06/what-the-data-says-about-us-foreign-aid/#how-much-does-the-federal-government-spend-on-foreign-aid Social Security Cuts Under 'Entitlements' Banner: https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-b21b74f56f30012a6450a629e7232a1a Biden Admin Infrastructure Bill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure_Investment_and_Jobs_Act 50501 Protest Organizing: https://www.fiftyfifty.one/ Curtis Yarvin: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin Personal Blogs: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/ https://graymirror.substack.com/ Governmental Worldview: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazine/curtis-yarvin-interview.html The Cathedral: https://graymirror.substack.com/p/a-brief-explanation-of-the-cathedral 'A humane alternative to genocide': https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/11/patchwork-2-profit-strategies-for-our/ Dark Enlightenment: https://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9781922602688 https://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/dark-enlightenment/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/techno-fascism-comes-to-america-elon-musk https://www.ft.com/content/02217acf-ac64-49c2-acd5-ef4f107f014c Peter Thiel and Dark Enlightenment: https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=b6434c0b-0c39-4a57-a542-4e75b94ef305 Historical Supression of LA French: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/preserve-cajun-french-many-fear-dying/289-d4ca1f28-1807-4d93-9dc4-2e1c9fcd7bc4 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/reviving-the-cajun-dialect https://www.houmatoday.com/story/news/2012/04/30/cajun-french-can-dying-language-be-saved/27038050007/

    1h 12m

  3. 03/06/2025 ·  Bonus Video

    What a friggin disgrace.

    From the Oval Office debacle to halting our offensive cyber efforts against Russia, can Trump do any more to show his loyalty to Putin?

    15 min
  4. The Perspectives Pod: Episode 4

    02/27/2025 ·  Video

    The Perspectives Pod: Episode 4

    Join us as we discuss how to avoid political apathy, the Yankees' recent removal of their no-beard rule, an administrative mix-up at an IVF clinic that had dramatic consequences, the diplomatic reversal by the United States and the resultant geopolitical fallout, and other political topics in a more free-form discussion. Sources/Links Discussed: Chris Kluwe Arrest: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-nfl-punter-chris-kluwe-arrested-anti-trump-protest-city-council-rcna192978 Woman arrested at Idaho Town Hall: https://apnews.com/article/idaho-protest-woman-removed-town-hall-b4348df006fe83723f95769a05007098 Elon Musk Hitler Verification The following link clarifies that this was actually a hacked legitimate gov account that has no apparent ties to Musk. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-hitler-verifiy-accounts/ Elon Musk's Apartheid Background https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-peter-thiel-apartheid-south-africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdfQc1X_0yo Steve Bannon's CPAC Nazi Salute: https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-cpac-nazi-salute-gesture-wave-43a06de6184fe58940c8ae3d743bc6ba Germany's Anti-Democracy Shift in 1933: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/hitler-germany-constitution-authoritarianism/681233/ Bernie Sanders' Anti-Oligarchy Tour: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2025/02/25/bernie-sanders-shows-anti-oligarchy-path-iowa-city/80281521007/ https://www.wcax.com/2025/02/22/sen-bernie-sanders-kicks-off-fighting-oligarchy-where-we-go-here-tour/ Congressional Phone Numbers: (202)-224-3121 | https://5calls.org/ Elon Musk's 2024 Election Expenditures: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/politics/elon-musk-2024-election-spending-millions/index.html Yankees' Beard Policy Removal: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/02/26/yankees-drop-beard-ban Georgia IVF Clinic Embryo Mix-up: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/savannah-georgia-ivf-lawsuit/63840609 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/woman-ivf-switch Trump Administration's Ukraine Policy Shift: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/europe/ukraine-us-mineral-resources-deal-explained-intl-latam/index.html European Response to US Support of Russia: https://www.turkiyetoday.com/world/france-backs-trumps-ukraine-diplomacy-seeks-us-support-for-european-troops-123788/ https://www.bruegel.org/analysis/defending-europe-without-us-first-estimates-what-needed Foreign Relations and Polarity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarity_(international_relations) Cincinnatus (Roman Republican Figure): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Quinctius_Cincinnatus Harry Truman's Post-Presidency: https://www.nps.gov/articles/harry-truman-and-independence-missouri-this-is-where-i-belong-teaching-with-historic-places.htm Ezra Klein Interview (Yuval Levin, American Enterprise Institute): https://www.aei.org/articles/the-breaking-of-the-constitutional-order/ Obama 'A Promised Land' Megalomania quote: https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/86336100-a-promised-land?page=26 Trump Administration Joint Chiefs of Staff Firing: https://apnews.com/article/trump-brown-joint-chiefs-of-staff-firing-fa428cc1508a583b3bf5e7a5a58f6acf https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/hegseth-navy-lisa-franchetti.html Colin Powell (Joint Chief of Staff member under Clinton Administration): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell The Big Sort (Book): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2569072-the-big-sort

    1h 6m
  5. Episode 3: Grammys, Drake/Kendrick, and the American Crisis

    02/13/2025 ·  Video

    Episode 3: Grammys, Drake/Kendrick, and the American Crisis

    Where Malcolm, Simone and Joseph chat about the validity of the Grammys, offer a perspective on Kendrick Lamar's success and the genres of rap and hip-hop in general, and discuss the latest in Presidential overreach along with what it means to be a man.  Sources/Links Discussed: Award Ceremonies Rigging Allegations: https://medium.com/@marno.lucas28.com/people-think-the-game-awards-are-rigged-this-is-why-6d3c788b8864 https://sites.cortland.edu/dragon-chronicle/2023/02/12/the-grammys-have-always-been-rigged/ https://nordicnews.net/11727/ae/the-oscars-a-rigged-game/ Kendrick v. Drake Feud Overview: https://old.reddit.com/r/CasualConversation/comments/1ckx3sg/can_anyone_explain_the_drake_kendrick_beef/ History of Hip-Hop/Rap: https://www.pbs.org/show/fight-power-how-hip-hop-changed-world/ Soft Power (International Politics): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power https://www.gzeromedia.com/the-end-of-us-soft-power https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/06/27/views-of-american-soft-power/ George Allen ('macaca' incident): https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=2322630&page=1 Yuval Levin's 'Durable Majority' Remarks: https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/politics-without-winners-can-either-party-build-a-majority-coalition/ Tip O'Neill and President Reagan: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21/publications/c21-resources/c21-resources-articles/Ronald-Reagan-and-Tip-O-Neill--A-Real-life-Friendship.html USAID Origins/Purpose: https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/who-we-are/usaid-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025/02/03/usaid-how-it-started/ DOGE's Youth: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2025/02/07/who-are-the-doge-kids-the-disciples-of-elon-musk-tasked-with-hacking-the-us-federal-government_6737883_13.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-elon-musks-doge-kids-181406909.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-edward-coristine-b2695812.html Elon Musk and Ketamine: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/tech/elon-musk-ketamine-use-don-lemon-interview/index.html https://futurism.com/neoscope/elon-musk-doge-staffer-ketamine https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/ketamine/ https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/ips/ketamine-trd/risks-benefits/ Congress blocked from entering Dept. of Education: https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5132685-department-of-education-musk-doge-trump-frost/ https://frost.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-maxwell-frost-dozens-of-members-of-congress-denied-entry-into-department-of-education-as-they-demand-answers-on-plans-to-dismantle-the-agency The State of Manliness: (The following links are added for additional context. They do not necessarily reflect exactly what was discussed in the podcast.) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/the-miseducation-of-the-american-boy/603046/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20191216&silverid-ref=MzIxODYxNzEwMTQ3S0 https://www.brookings.edu/books/of-boys-and-men/ Gigachad: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gigachad Heather Cox Richardson: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbKOlm6H9njgmN-Yil90Rg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Cox_Richardson

    1h 7m
  6. The Perspectives Pod: Episode 2

    01/30/2025 ·  Video

    The Perspectives Pod: Episode 2

    Where we discuss a rumor about the Obamas' relationship, a world record involving considerable appreciation for human sexuality (and stamina to boot), as well as the recent appointing of Pete Hesgeth as the Secretary of Defense and emergent open-source AI model DeepSeek. Sources/Links Discussed: The Obamas' Relationship Rumor: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-people-think-barack-obama-083447595.html https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/michelle-obamas-posts-message-mentioning-barack-obama-on-instagram-sparks-speculation-amid-separation-rumors/articleshow/117749360.cms?from=mdr Bonny Blue and Lily Phillips' World Record: https://www.joe.ie/news/bonnie-blue-says-shes-broke-world-record-by-sleeping-with-1057-men-in-twelve-hours-830860 https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/bonnie-blue-onlyfans-queue-romp-34556084 DeepSeek AI Model: https://www.deepseek.com/ https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/what-is-deepseek-heres-a-quick-guide-to-the-chinese-ai-company AI Model Distillation: https://medium.com/stream-zero/understanding-the-essentials-of-model-distillation-in-ai-1e97403bee8a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_distillation https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/knowledge-distillation Markov Chains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain https://towardsdatascience.com/text-generation-with-markov-chains-an-introduction-to-using-markovify-742e6680dc33 https://medium.com/ymedialabs-innovation/next-word-prediction-using-markov-model-570fc0475f96 Nuclear Power for Generative AI: https://sustainability.atmeta.com/blog/2024/12/03/accelerating-the-next-wave-of-nuclear-to-power-ai-innovation/ https://medium.com/@thedatabytenewsletter/why-meta-has-begun-to-chase-nuclear-power-too-cd58f64d55e5 Locally run AI Models: https://journal.hexmos.com/run-your-image-generator/?src=reddit https://old.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/16y95hk/a_starter_guide_for_playing_with_your_own_local_ai/ Technological Singularity and Ray Kurzweil: https://philosophynow.org/issues/86/The_Singularity_Is_Near_by_Ray_Kurzweil https://www.shortform.com/blog/what-is-the-technological-singularity/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near Dyson Sphere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere NIH Gag Order: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2025/01/23/trump-administration-halts-public-health-agencies-activities/ Congregation Rejecting Jesus' Teachings: https://www.businessinsider.com/church-official-warns-christianity-in-crisis-jesus-liberal-talking-points-2023-8 https://newrepublic.com/post/174950/christianity-today-editor-evangelicals-call-jesus-liberal-weak Tulsi Gabbard and Assad: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-tulsi-gabbard-became-assads-mouthpiece-in-washington/2017/01/29/215e9c70-e4bf-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html (Opinion Piece) https://apnews.com/article/tulsi-gabbard-assad-syria-trip-dni-trump-d06373c24d3e87a1e13c63023c64268e Birthright Citizenship Crisis: https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/federal-judge-puts-blocks-on-trumps-order-to-end-birthright-citizenship

    1h 20m
  7. The Perspectives Pod: Episode 1

    01/22/2025 ·  Video

    The Perspectives Pod: Episode 1

    Where we discuss the recent TikTok ban (which was still in effect at the time of this recording), social media's broader influence on our politics, and the viability of a third party for non-MAGA conservatives. (Mind the name--we've changed from Bridging the Gap!)

    1 hr
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