Episode 15: The Sound of Silence — with Billy Binion

The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

National Review

News, Politics, Music, Arts, Books, Music History

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🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On episode fifteen, Charles starts by discussing the case of NHL player Ivan Provorov, whose decision to sit out a Pride event provoked many sports writers to call for his head. After that, he talks to Reason Magazine's Billy Binion about the disturbing case of Geraldine Tyler, a 94-year-old Minnesota woman who had her house stolen by the government. Then it's time for another Q&A, and, finally, this week's Jacksonville Jaguars Update. As a bonus: his kids shout "Duuuuvaaaal."

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 15 of the Charles C.W. Cook podcast.
0:25.9	A show about politics, music, technology, roller coasters, golf carts, the United States of America,
0:35.6	and America's team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, defeaters of the Tennessee
0:40.5	Titans, vanquishes of the Los Angeles charges, and, well, probably losers to the Kansas City
0:47.7	Chiefs on Saturday. But we'll see. Trevor Lawrence has played 37 games on Saturdays and he's never lost one,
0:57.7	so who knows? If nothing else, a reliance on entirely meaningless statistics will get me through
1:05.5	this week's game. But I don't want to talk about football, at least not yet. I want to start today's
1:15.6	show by talking about hockey. And in particular, by talking about Ivan Provorov, who plays for the
1:26.6	Philadelphia Flyers, and who caused a great ruckus this week
1:32.5	by, well, by not saying or doing anything. That's right. Ivan Proverov's big crime was doing nothing, which in the year 2023 is apparently a terrible
1:53.0	embarrassment. For those of you who miss this story, here's a recap of it from the sports website, sometimes, the athletic.
2:06.5	This was written by a guy named Charlie O'Connor, and I've chosen it because it both explains
2:14.0	what happened in the case, and it highlights the totalistic worldview that has crept into so
2:23.1	much of American journalism in recent years. So here's a story from The Athletic.
2:32.2	On Tuesday night, 20 Philadelphia Flyers players, as expected,
2:38.7	hit the ice for 6.30pm warm-ups in anticipation of their game against the Anaheim Ducks.
2:45.6	But one player didn't.
2:47.9	Ivan Proverov.
2:50.3	O'Connor continues,
2:52.3	Proverov, as a rule, doesn't miss games.
2:55.9	His only three NHL absences were mandated by league-wide COVID-19 protocols,
3:01.4	not due to injury.
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