Parallel Polis Podcast

What if the most important divide in American life isn’t left or right, but whether we still govern ourselves at all? We pull on a single thread—sovereignty—and watch how it explains the fractures you feel every day: priorities set far from home, speech boundaries drawn by fear, and policies that seem to serve unseen hands. Instead of treating corruption as a few bad actors, we examine the mechanism of leverage and secrecy that can bend institutions away from public consent and toward private control, and we ask what it would take to turn the lights on.Across this conversation, we connect the dots between blackmail as political currency, the social penalties that police acceptable speech, and the incentives that keep records sealed when sunlight would clarify who serves whom. We look at how narratives shift from open debate to managed discourse, how reputational threats silence questions that voters deserve to ask, and why a republic cannot function when citizens are trained to fear honest inquiry. The result is a framework that makes sense of mismatched priorities: borders defended abroad while neglected at home, public money routed to distant projects, and classrooms that erode confidence rather than build civic memory.But this isn’t just diagnosis. We lay out a path to renewal grounded in transparency and accountability: unsealing relevant records, enforcing disclosure and conflict rules, protecting unpopular speech, and insisting that standards apply evenly across allies and opponents. Self-government demands leaders who fear voter judgment more than private pressure—and citizens willing to protect the debate that keeps power honest. If sovereignty is the measure, then exposure, audits, and equal rules are the tools.Hear the case, test it, and decide where you stand. If this conversation moves you, follow the show, share it with a friend who cares about self-rule, and leave a review to help others find it. Your voice is the sunlight.Support the show

Start with a hard question: if a movement keeps losing the fights that define a nation’s future, is the movement itself the problem? We confront the conservative establishment’s incentives—donor appeasement, media contracts, and social status—and track how those rewards displaced duty. The result, we argue, is a politics that conserved portfolios and prestige while Main Streets hollowed out, institutions were captured, and a generation learned that polite losses don’t protect anyone they love.We map a clear generational turn. Younger right-leaning listeners have drifted from legacy outlets and think tanks toward writers and communities that name power, demographics, and identity directly. That shift isn’t about edginess; it’s about responsibility. If culture follows power, then commentary without leverage is a dead end. We lay out a restorationist posture: prioritize home over abstractions, orient policy around children and continuity, and place local authority above distant bureaucracy. Love of one’s people moves from sentiment to strategy, shaping what gets built and defended.From critique to action, we offer a concrete program. Defund organizations that launder outrage into inaction. Build parallel infrastructure—media, finance, education—capable of surviving pressure. Primary officials captured by donor networks and flood party machinery at the precinct and county level to convert energy into control. Speak in plain language about goals and opponents, accepting reputational risk as the price of clarity. Opposition, deplatforming, and denunciation become signals to adapt and scale, not reasons to retreat.By the end, we position nationalism not as a transgression but as historical normalcy: peoples protect their interests, honor inheritance, and secure a future for their children. The old coalition had its run; the new work starts where listeners live. If you’re ready to trade commentary for construction, tap play, subscribe for more strategic breakdowns, and leave a review with the first local post you plan to target next.Support the show

The stock chart goes up, but whose life gets better. We open with a blunt question: what is an economy for if not to help people build stable lives. From shuttered factories to soaring rents, we trace how a market unmoored from national obligations turns efficiency into fragility, rewarding cost arbitrage while eroding the foundations families depend on. Instead of reheated talking points about capitalism and socialism, we offer a practical lens: judge every policy by whether it strengthens workers’ skills, expands productive capacity at home, and makes it easier to form a family.We walk through the mechanisms that hollowed out local prosperity—offshoring core industries, financial incentives that favor extraction over building, and decades of underbuilding homes near jobs. You’ll hear a grounded plan for renewal: trade and tax rules that reward domestic investment, an industrial strategy for semiconductors, medicines, and clean energy equipment, and a workforce system centered on apprenticeships and rapid, employer-linked training. We also tackle the human side of the ledger: the loss of purpose that comes with unstable work, the way rent and healthcare swallow wage gains, and why resilient communities require both strong paychecks and abundant housing.This conversation resets the scoreboard. We propose new metrics—median family income after housing and healthcare, domestic investment per worker, tradable-sector job growth, and time to household formation—so progress shows up in daily life, not just in indexes. If you’re ready for an economy that measures success by thriving main streets rather than a single line on a screen, press play and join the conversation. Subscribe, share with a friend who cares about rebuilding productive America, and leave a review with the one policy you’d pass first.Full blog post: https://news.gab.com/2025/11/why-capitalism-isnt-working/Support the show

The future won’t arrive on schedule when the past refuses to step aside—so we decided to name the problem and map a path forward. We start with the breach at the heart of public life: a leadership class that treats power like an heirloom and stability like a shrine, even as wages stagnate, debt swells, and young families are told to settle for less. From labor policy that dilutes bargaining power to higher education that rewards compliance over mastery, we connect the dots on how today’s institutions embalmed the old order instead of growing the next one.That diagnosis only matters if it leads to action. We lay out a dual-track strategy that blends cultural renewal with hard political math: build families, schools, trades, and businesses that can stand on their own, while at the same time contesting the levers that can tax, regulate, or crush what we build. Think precinct captains, county delegates, and primary challenges focused on sovereignty, wage growth, free speech, and local ownership. Think apprenticeships, co-ops, and community lenders that turn skill and savings into real stakes close to home. The goal isn’t endless outrage; it’s competence, courage, and results.We also make a clear offer to the old guard: serve the people or step aside. If the party apparatus has been captured by donors and consultants, it can be retaken—peacefully, legally, and thoroughly—or replaced with something fit for purpose. Along the way we ask the questions that keep us honest: What inheritance do we owe our children? How do we reward builders over speculators? Which institutions deserve to be mended, and which should be allowed to fall? By the end, you’ll have a blueprint for action that starts on your block and reaches all the way to the ballot.If this conversation sharpened your resolve, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review with the one change you’ll make this month.Full blog post: https://news.gab.com/2025/11/how-to-reclaim-the-republic/Support the show