Once upon a time, there was a radio show called the Eric Mataxis show.

It had an announcer named Todd, who was the handsomest announcer in the land.

Eric was bitterly jealous of Todd's good looks.

But there was nothing he could do.

He just had to accept that cruel fate had made him as ugly as a toad.

Here's Toad Face himself, Eric Mataxis.

Hey, folks.

Welcome to Hour 2 of the Eric Mataxis show.

You can tell Hour 2 because it always follows Hour 1.

At least that's our plan.

I've been talking to Dr. Shelby Steele and really honored to have this time with him.

He's agreed to continue talking to us for the first segment of this hour.

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Dr. Steele, welcome.

Thanks for having me.

I want to keep talking to you about what the landscape is in America today.

It's my hope that things have gotten so bad that people are waking up. In other words, after 50 plus years of democratically controlled,

big government programs failing so dramatically that many people are waking up.

They might have, you know, the jury might have been out in the last few elections,

but I think you get to a point where the jury is no longer out,

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