The Ukrainian Thaw (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)

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Nonzero

News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Hey hey, my my, Neil Young left Spotify ... Carrots and sticks in the Russia-Ukraine crisis ... What are Russia’s actual objectives in Ukraine? ... Bob: “I haven’t heard a single good argument for expanding NATO” ... Why nominating Kamala to the Supreme Court might actually be a good idea ... Are pundits overthinking Biden’s low approval rating? ... Is universal pre-K on the chopping block? ... Mickey adopts an unsettling new persona ... Parrot Room preview: A Doug Emhoff scandal?, the war in the Pacific, guess the Lou Reed verdict, let’s talk about headlines that start with “Let’s talk about,” Raymond Carver and Gordon Lish, affirmative action goes before the Supreme Court, William F. Buckley, Ilya Shapiro gets canceled, the metaverse and the Matrix, bizarre Black Lives Matter news, money liberalism, and why does Apple delay releasing this podcast? ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast from Blogging Heads TV.
0:09.0	Hi, Mickey. I see you have a guitar. Mickey.
0:14.5	Mickey?
0:16.4	Down by the river.
0:20.5	Whoops.
0:21.3	Down by the river. Whoops. Down by the river.
0:23.6	You sound exactly like Neil Young.
0:27.3	I shot my baby.
0:31.1	It's uncanny.
0:33.5	Oh, my God.
0:35.5	Are you Neil Young? What have you done with Mickey? I shot my God. Are you Neil Young?
0:38.4	What have you done with Mickey?
0:40.3	I'm getting like a free Neil Young concert here.
0:46.4	Well, Bob, I thought since Neil Young's off Spotify, I could become the go-to site for Neil Young music.
0:54.9	Totally.
0:56.0	That's a new business model.
0:57.9	Joe Rogan has decisively beaten Neil Young on the battlefield of Spotify popularity.
1:05.3	Yeah, no, I don't see any problems with this approach to revenue generation, Mickey.
1:10.3	Because it's like, you know, if you close your eyes, you just think, oh, it's Neil.
1:15.7	But you were probably rooting for Neil Young.
1:19.2	Oh, I'm ambivalent.
1:21.5	I mean, I don't.
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