Hello and welcome to the podcast of the Lotus Eaters, Episode 1,401 for Tuesday, the 21st of April, 2026.

I'm your host, Luca, joined today by two very sound gentlemen, Stelios and Dan.

How are you both?

Chats.

Wonderful.

And today we're going to be talking all about Syrians actually starting to return home.

We're then going to be talking about Zach Polanski's very communist solutions, I suppose, is a way to put it.

And then we're going to be talking about the dialectic of progressivism,

because apparently Clarence Thomas has a few things to say about it.

So that should all be very good. That's a few things to say about it. So that should all be very good.

That's a good reason to talk about it.

Yeah, if Clarence Thomas is saying something, then it's good to listen.

Also, just to announce, we have the second part of Stelius and I's conversation now,

all about Jason and the Argonauts.

So if you want to hear more about Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece as he manages to batter and, you know, heroic, you know, use some heroic skills to get through, oh, I don't know, harpies and prophecy and giant fire-breathing bulls and of course the greatest danger of all one emotionally unstable woman,

then this is the tale for you. It's very, very enjoyable and you can access it for five pounds a month,

along with all the other great premium content on the site, such as epochs and of course pro-conomics, which is very sensible.

I haven't done one of harpies yet i'm

going to have to cover that yes yeah well if you if you need my input yes you know about that sort of thing do

prokernomics and harpies yes yeah how much does dating a harpy cost you oh i did i did one like that

sets you back quite a bit. Yeah. All right.

So with that all said, let's get into things, shall we?

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