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Ep4096_BardsFM Morning - The Paradigm of the Muckraker

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Scott Kesterson

News, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

"Men with the muckrakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck, and to look upward to the celestial crown above them, to the crown of worthy endeavor." ~ Theodore Roosevelt, April 14, 1906, speech "The Man with the Muck-Rake". This is the operational reality of the current information battle space.  #BardsFM_Morning#Muckraker#Peacemaker Bards Nation Health Store: www.bardsnationhealth.com MYPillow promo code: BARDS >> Go to https://www.mypillow.com/bards and use the promo code BARDS or... Call 1-800-975-2939.  EMPShield protect your vehicles and home. Promo code BARDS: Click here Treadlite Broadforks...best garden tool EVER. Promo code BARDS26: TreadliteBroadforks.com EnviroKlenz Air Purification, promo code BARDS to save 10%: www.enviroklenz.com Morning Intro Music Provided by Brian Kahanek: www.briankahanek.com Founders Bible 20% discount code: BARDS >>> TheFoundersBible.com Windblown Media 20% Discount with promo code BARDS: windblownmedia.com White Oak Pastures Grassfed Meats, Get $20 off any order $150 or more. Promo Code BARDS: www.whiteoakpastures.com/BARDS Mission Darkness Faraday Bags and RF Shielding. Promo code BARDS: Click here   If you wish to support this podcast directly you can donate here...DONATE: Click hereMailing Address:Xpedition Cafe, LLCAttn. Scott Kesterson591 E Central Ave, #740Sutherlin, OR  97479

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0:00.0

I'm I'm going, Oh! Oh!

0:21.6

Oh!

0:22.6

Oh!

0:23.6

Oh!

0:24.6

Oh! Hey, good morning, Patriots.

0:53.1

Today is the 24th of April in the year 2026.

0:59.2

Muckrakers.

1:00.1

I want to read a quote for you.

1:02.2

If you're not familiar with what muck rakers are.

1:06.0

Muck rakers are the ones that clean out the stalls.

1:10.0

In the day of horses, that was a pretty viable occupation.

1:15.9

This comes from Teddy Roosevelt in his famous speech, the man with the muck rake. Men with the muck rakes

1:24.1

are often indispensable to the well-being of society,

1:28.5

but only if they know when to stop raking the muck

1:32.1

and to look upward to the celestial crown above them,

1:36.5

to the crown of worthy endeavor.

1:39.8

That was written by Theodore Roosevelt, April 14th, 1906,

1:43.7

and again his speech called The Man with a muckrake.

1:49.6

In the information age, it is very easy for us all to become muckrakers and lose the perspective of

1:58.0

what's above us. And this has been kind of an ongoing theme I've been talking about probably since the

2:04.7

beginning of the podcast, but in particular, we've been discussing this pretty deeply

2:09.7

with the evolution now of AI in the battle space, with this war in Iran, especially as we started to look at the effectiveness

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