David Gornoski Shows

David Gornoski starts off the show by commenting on the latest news surrounding the Supreme Court and Amy Coney Barrett. Is the Supreme Court supposed to deal with matters such as marriage, abortion, and private property? What is the originalist interpretation of the American constitution? It's not what the conservative ink claims it to be, David says. What is the basis of the law as the founding fathers meant it to be? Join David as he lays down the challenge to conservatives in DC to live up to their promises to decentralize power and defend the human person. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit A Neighbor's Choice at aneighborschoice.com

Eric Kampmann, founder of Republic Books, and noted journalist Alec Klein return to the show for another segment of Trail Thoughts. The two talk about their experiences of living in New York, a city that has been turned into a virtual ghost town thanks to the pandemic. "Cities are fragile things," Eric says as he reflects on how the once vibrant city of New York has fallen. Can New York recover from the shutdown? What can we learn from the changes that are taking place in some of our country's major urban centers? Read Alec Klein and Eric Kampmann's article on The Slow Suicide of New York City. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

In this classic Science and U interview that aired on November 7, 2019, David Gornoski and Dr. Weiping Yu are joined by Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip and author of Loserthink. In Loserthink Scott Adams argues that untrained brains are ruining America. How is this phenomenon occurring? "It takes some humility to understand what other people are thinking, so it's better to just concentrate on what they're doing." How does Loserthink relate to groupthink? Listen to the full episode for an exciting conversation on thinking outside the box in physics, medicine, psychology, mass media, Kanye West, and more. Buy 'Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America' on Amazon. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

Keith Weiner of Monetary Metals calls in to offer his insights on the nation's debt, inflation, and how gold investment can rescue us from this economic crisis. How is gold the solution for paying off debt? Listen to the full episode to find out. Also, Tho Bishop of Mises Institute joins David to discuss the upcoming debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris. What topics can we expect from the debate? Is it plausible to expect some support from the reasonable left for Trump's campaign or the libertarian party? Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

David Gornoski starts the show by commenting on the news that a plexiglass barrier will be installed at the Pence-Harris debate. "This is a clown show," David says as he highlights the fear-mongering at play in the political theater. David also comments on the Russiagate revelations. "If there is no accountability for these actions...," he says, "I don't think the republic can be salvaged." How can we get past the binary way of thinking towards social injustices? "As long as we're fixated on which race or gender is the most victimized, we'll all continue to be victims." Can someone be merciful and also be tough on crime? Listen to the full episode as David Gornoski deconstructs Biden's facade of wokeness and unearths a history of persecuting non-violent offenders of all colors. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit A Neighbor's Choice at aneighborschoice.com

Sgt. Dan McKnight is back with another hour of Veterans Radio. Why did Hillary Clinton lose in the last election? Dan McKnight argues that the American people are sick of endless wars and the candidate who promises to bring our troops home is the most likely to be elected president. What is the human cost of war? Sgt. McKnight answers by giving us a harrowing account of what it was like serving in Afghanistan. How does war affect our nation financially and politically? How would a Biden presidency shape our foreign policy? Listen to the full episode to find out and more. Support Bring Our Troops Home at bringourtroopshome.us Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

Can we have a pro-family society without liberty? What is liberty and who gives it to us? Join David Gornoski as he explains how love for freedom can coexist with love for our fellow neighbors? Also, David explains how the Left's dynamics are eerily similar to that of a cult while highlighting their thirst for war, sanctions, and authoritarian control. How do we reduce our dependence on the state and start innovating? How do we start a renaissance of loving our neighbors as ourselves? Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

David Gornoski starts off the show by commenting on Trump's remarks about his recovery from COVID and the media reaction to his interaction with supporters. "Trump cares too much about the media," David says. "The corporate press are the PR firms for the establishment." One does not need to agree with Donald Trump to see that the corporate press deals with propaganda and fear-mongering. How do we break the spell cast by the monotonous drones of the media? How do we pull ourselves away from the fake science and food pyramid pushed by government-subsidized institutions? Listen to the full episode to find out and more. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit A Neighbor's Choice at aneighborschoice.com

David Gornoski addresses the prevalent postmodern critique of traditional values such as the family, gender roles, and chivalry. "It's a rebellion against nature, against boundaries. Differentiation becomes evil and violence becomes passé." David argues that political correctness is not just an "idea" but also a religious movement that has, in some sense, rightly identified social imbalances. The question is: what are those imbalances and how do we address them? Listen to the full episode to find out and more. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

David Gornoski comments on the news that President Donald Trump and his wife has tested positive for the COVID virus. Also in the show, Alec Klein and Eric Kampmann return to the show with another segment of Trail Thoughts. Eric talks about his hiking experiences and the important lessons he has derived from them. Alec agrees with Eric on the need to view our lives as stories or pieces of art. What do we do when we feel lost and when we can't make it on our own? How do we find our identities in today's highly politicized world? Follow Eric Kampmann at erickampmann.com Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit A Neighbor's Choice at aneighborschoice.com

Michael Rectenwald, author of Beyond Woke, and mathematician James Lindsay, author of Cynical Theories, join David Gornoski to address a certain subject that was brought up during the presidential debate by Chris Wallace, namely Critical Race Theory. What is this ideology that has crept into the universities? James Lindsay says, "this ideology that we're up against today has cherry picked from the critical theory tradition, from the postmodern tradition, liberal traditions of social justice, [and] liberalism itself to concoct a rather horrifying totalitarian ideology that we've worked backwards to explain." Is Critical Race Theory just racial sensitivity training as Wallace claimed? Michael Rectenwald says it goes further than just that. "Rather than seeing race as one aspect of society... it sees race as an all-determining totality that reaches into every aspect and informs all experience." How does this ideology shape the human psyche? Why does it exclude the need for evidence and logic? How do we tackle

Mises Institute's Jeff Deist joins David Gornoski to discuss some important upcoming events. Deist addresses the absence of the trillion-dollar deficit and other topics not addressed in the debate. Is there a mass clamoring for the COVID economic shutdowns? What does Dick Costolo's tweet on executing business leaders reveal about the mindset of Big Tech barons? Who are the Spanish scholastics and how have they influenced the Austrian school of economics? Listen to the full episode to find out. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

How did scientists manage to measure the total amount of matter in the universe? Dr. Weiping Yu returns for another segment of Science and U to answer this question. The physicist also comments on the news that NASA is planning to make nuclear fusion commercial and on the update of Michael Lisanti's project to beat cancer with metastasis prevention. What is lattice confinement and how would it make energy production more efficient? Listen to the full episode to find out. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

Why are the masses falling prey to a media that acts as the establishment's PR front? David Gornoski argues that the problem exists because of the void that is intended to be filled by non-violent, innovative role models who can revolutionize science, technology, and other spheres without the need for coercion. How do we foster a community of innovators in a world filled with people squabbling over political scraps? How do we get that creative mentality back from the dungeons of the establishment? Listen to the full episode to find out and more. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit A Neighbor's Choice at aneighborschoice.com

Why wasn't criminal justice discussed in the debate? Amy Povah and Anrica Caldwell join David Gornoski to discuss this important question as well as the pandemic exposure in prisons across the country. Amy also highlights how Biden has, in his career, repeatedly struck down any hope of criminal justice reform and helping the victims of the drug war. Plus, Chalana McFarland, a first time offender who has served 15 years in prison, calls in to describe her home-confinement situation and her continuing fight for clemency. Keith Weiner of Monetary Metals calls in to give us a rundown on the debate. Is there a way to unleash the market innovations that could overwhelm the anti-civilization forces in government intervention? Listen to the full episode to find out and more. Support CAN-DO Clemency at candoclemency.com Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

As expected, nothing of value was discussed in the Trump-Biden debate. David Gornoski points to how the mainstream media's twisted narrative was well represented by Chris Wallace's woeful moderating. How will this debate impact our subconsciousness that identifies with the visuals? Will there ever be a discussion of real solutions, like curing cancer and other diseases, on the political stage? All the status quo cares about is getting rid of the heretic that has managed to gain control of the highest seat in the country. Listen to the full episode for David Gornoski's breakdown of the debate and what must be done to escape this neverending mimetic crisis of blame-shifting. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit A Neighbor's Choice at aneighborschoice.com

David Gornoski resumes his exposition of the election media coverage that has mostly focused on Trump's taxes but has failed to mention anything about Biden and Harris' record of warmongering and locking up non-violent offenders. "The 1619 project is nothing but a sleight of hand," David says as he points to the real problems like the media failing to hold their favorite politicians accountable and Big Tech censoring dissident voices online. What can't we expect from the debate? We won't hear about any real solutions like too-cheap-to-meter energy, ketogenic nutrition to counter diseases, and other voluntary market-based innovations. Listen to the full episode for an epic dismantling of political scapegoating. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

In today's episode, David Gornoski is joined by John Zmirak, Senior Editor of The Stream and author of the 'Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism.' What can we expect from today's debate between Trump and Biden? Zmirak cautions that Biden is not to be underestimated while expressing confidence in Trump retaining the presidency. Will there be riots if Trump wins the election? What will happen to the Durham investigation if Biden wins? Listen to the full episode for an anthropological and spiritual deconstruction of leftist politics and what needs to be done to counter what Zmirak calls 'anti-Christ' movements. Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit A Neighbor's Choice at aneighborschoice.com

In this Things Hidden conversation, David Gornoski and Shannon Braswell are joined by Jean-Michel Oughourlian, psychologist and author of 'The Mimetic Brain.' Oughourlian starts the discussion with an insider's perspective as Girard's collaborator and how he found breakthroughs in the field of psychotherapy upon studying mimetic theory. "The mirror neuron is something fantastic," Oughourlian remarks, "because if you experiment, if you put a CT scan or PET scan on your own head and mine, and I'm drinking a glass of water, and you are on the other side of the Atlantic just looking at me, in both our brains the same regions will be activated the same way. In other words, whether I do the action or whether you look at it, the brain functions the same way--it mirrors what I'm doing." How does this discovery relate to the right and left-hemisphere brain study by Iain McGilchrist? How has mimetic theory helped Jean-Michel Oughourlian in the field of psychotheraphy? "What I try to do when I see a patient is not so mu

What's going on with Armenia and Azerbaijan? Where does this conflict originate and how does it expose the way nations have been dealing with each post-cold war? Mises Institute's Tho Bishop calls in to explain this complex scenario and why America should steer clear of intervention. Also, Sgt. Dan McKnight and Danny Sjursen call in for a Veterans Radio segment on General Smedley Butler who wrote the book 'War is a Racket.' Who was Smedley Butler and what caused him to become a critic of America's interventionist wars? Listen to the full episode for the remarkable story of a truth-teller and more. Support Bring Our Troops Home at bringourtroopshome.us Email A Neighbor's Choice with a guest suggestion, story tip or question at hello@aneighborschoice.com Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com