Henry Winkler & Clint Watts: "Three Little Fonzies and a Trail of Dead Russians"
The Gist
Mike Pesca
4.4 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
On this Thanksgiving edition Mike Pesca serves up two revitalized classics, starting with Henry Winkler (The Fonz), who joins to discuss his Hank Zipser books, the unique Dutch font designed for dyslexic readers, and his tenure-granting plan to design the world's first consumer jet pack. Then, we revisit a conversation with counterterrorism expert Clint Watts, breaking down his viral congressional testimony advising senators to "follow the trail of dead Russians" while analyzing the distinction between a "Manchurian Candidate" and a "useful idiot", the Russian doctrine that "there is no truth", and why the term "fake news" has become a catch-all for "anything I don't want to hear".
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| 1:19.3 | It's Thursday, November 27th, 2025, also known as Thanksgiving. |
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| 1:29.3 | today. I wanted to give thanks to some of the great guests I've had on the show in the past. |
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