The Prevailing Narrative with Matt Bilinsky

3:11 - Kanye seems to have gone Charlie Sheen meets Mel Gibson. What's going on with him and how does this connect to his past social media blow-ups?32:40 - Recent leaked audio of 3 Hispanic LA City Council Members making racist comments & discussing corrupt dealings has blown up the City Council. Jennifer Van Laar of Red State joins me to discuss. 1:02:56 - Justin Hart has been one of the most insightful COVID chroniclers & data analysts. His new book "Gone Viral: How COVID Drove the World Insane" lays out our past couple years of craziness.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

0:12 - The gay rom-com "Bros" bombed at the box office....and its star calls everyone homophobic. Why must all culture be identity signalling now?12:18 - NY Post's Jon Levine is one of the most insightful commentators on culture, politics, and their intersection. A conversation with Jon covers all the high stakes stories of the week.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2:05 - Appears the LA Times' billionaire owner is letting his 28-year old daughter with radical views run amok and some of the paper's reporters & execs are speaking up12:20 - Italy elects its 1st female Prime Minister and everyone immediately calls her a "fascist". What's really going on in Italy and other European countries voting for "fascist" politicians?28:03 - Tablet reporter Armin Rosen joins me to discuss the rash of hate crimes against Jews in NY....and why nobody seems to be going to jail for them. We also discuss shadow political groups that are having an outsized impact on media discourse.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3:08 - Queen Elizabeth dies...and Woke media celebrates. Were they right? A discussion of the British Empire's colonial legacy. 19:20 - Did the Unabomber shrewdly warn us of the dangerous of technology and the internet? Some in Gen Z seem to think so. 27:40 - Judge Joe Brown takes us on a tour through criminal justice and changes in American society, as well as his unique role in the trials around the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3:30 - Youtube, Instagram, & Tik Tok just deplatformed the controversial Andrew Tate for spreading a "toxic" message. How the Tate situation relates to past censorship battles around porn, gangster rap, video games, "Goth rock" and other censorship battles of the 90s. 22:30 - NY Times publishes an op-ed calling "Maternal Instinct" a myth and a tool of "The Patriarchy". I asked my female followers what they thought, and they do not appear to agree. 32:40 - A fascinating discussion with education policy expert Charlie Eaton & Leighton Woodhouse on the cost of college, America's student loan problem, and Biden's plan to forgive $10,000 of student loan debt for supposedly "lower income" borrowers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:57 - FBI gets a warrant approved and shows up at Mar-A-Lago. Are they trying to send Trump to jail? Is this much ado about nothing? What supports each theory?23:01 - Alex Jones gets hit with a massive judgment in Sandy Hook defamation case. How did he become "Alex Jones"? Was the verdict LEGALLY justified? 35:26 - Marco Rubio criticizes "Soros Prosecutors" and gets accused of anti-Semitism. Why does any acknowledgement of George Soros funding bad District Attorneys get labeled anti-Semitism? What "conspiracy" is this? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

0:12 - Intro: The establishment continues to lose trust....because the establishment continues to be proven WRONG - as Mic Solana's piece "Dark Plots & Secret Explanations" eloquently demonstrates.11:01 - Big Tech, the "Fact Checkers" and media outlets all spring into action to support Biden's claim that a "Recession" really isn't 2 consecutive quarters of negative GDP (and other similar fabrications)30:56 - A win for Pro-Choice as Kansas voters (including conservative ones) reject referendum that would clear the path to a full abortion ban 39:55 - Ukraine's President Zelensky poses for a Vogue photoshoot...despite Russia's continued progress against him on the battlefield. Summary of the current state of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.53:52 - 3 states declare State of Emergency on Monkeypox....but public health struggles on messaging to avoid "stigmatizing" high risk groups (in other words, more bullshit). 1:06:11 - Wellness expert Max Lugavere on a shocking recent study casting doubt on "chemical imbalance" as the cause of depression, and the (over) prescription of anti-depressants as the solution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the season finale of X Marks the Spot: The Legend of Forrest Fenn, Cavalry Audio reveals a treasure hunt has been hiding within the nine episode series. Listen to learn more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ernest Hemmingway once said "There is nothing to writing. You sit down at a typewriter and bleed." Kamal Ravikant has adopted that raw, revealing approach to writing to great acclaim with his best-selling book "Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It". On this episode, Kamal discusses the principles and experiences informing that book which has changed the lives of thousands across the globe and that have helped him life a more satisfying and successful life.  We also dissect various approaches to personal development and the practical steps to strengthening your inner game. Kamal also gives us some thoughts on investing and the current start-up landscape, and an exploration his many thrill-seeking adventures and what he has learned from them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

0:11 - Intro: Why is America producing more mass shooters? We take a look at Katherine Dee's piece on America's unique brand of Nihilism and how modern society's ultra-individualism may be leading to dark results.  14:50 - Political Scientist Wilfred Reilly joins Matt to discuss his recent Newsweek piece on Gun Control and "Targeted Solutions". We try to attack the issue of gun control and recently proposed legislation from all angles, as well as many of the myths around gun violence and recent related political/social movements.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices