On Inauguration Day, with J.Lo's oddball rendition of America's favorite commie song still ringing in our ears, Matt Welch graced our uncertain pod with his virtual presence and cathartic rants. Matt — author, Reason Magazine’s editor-at-large, co-host of The Fifth Column podcast, master of "atrocious analogies," and Adaam's touchstone of sanity (among other roles) — joined us for a wide-ranging conversation about Biden, the truth, free speech, podcasts, and the consequences of so-called cancel culture.

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On the agenda:

* Inauguration Day: "I'm not the target audience." [6:42]

* Living in truth and holding politicians to account [14:11]

* Journalists, do your job better [18:44]

* Consumers, consume better, too [25:37]

* A techno-hippie in the free speech loop hole (Podcasts v. Mass media) [35:03]

* Cancel culture and its tattle tales [47:45]

* In defense of common sense [1:19:49]

* The elephant in the country: the deficit [1:24:56]

* Trump and the right's delusional disarray [1:28:04]

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