As many of you know, I like to begin these shows from time to time with a reading from some great work of Western literature, a poem, or an essay, or maybe a novel.

And so this week, I'm just gonna start us off

with a passage from one of our most profound poets.

Let's look at the stats. I've got the facts. My money like Lizzo. My pockets are fat.

Homie, I'm epic, don't be a whap. Dog, it's a yamica.

Homie, no cap. No cap fan fan. Okay if you're a daily wire fan you might recognize those lyrics

that's from the I believe number one rap song or song of any

kind in the country or it was for some time featuring Ben Shapiro it's called

facts and it is by featuring Ben Shapiro. It's called Facts.

And it is by the Anti-Woke rapper, Tom McDonald,

I guess you could call him.

Just recently rocketed to the top of the charts and you guys know this is not a current

events show I'm not just covering the latest thing or trend or sensation that happened.

But one thing I do like to do is I like to make sure

I'm trying to show you guys how these kind of abstract ideas

that you find in great works of literature and the

larger history of the West can play out and affect the world that we actually live in.

The real world, the one that we live in, is the world where these big ideas matter and have consequence if they matter at all.

And one of my governing themes throughout the show has always been that the things which happen in the day

to day new cycle which look like momentary passing events or unprecedented

developments or up to the minute news items are actually bubbles on the surface of a deeper ocean

that there are currents moving that have been moving for hundreds and hundreds of years

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