Nobody Wants To Die In A Radio Station

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand: "Nobody Wants To Die In A Radio Station" Release Date: April 18, 2025

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Introduction and Setting Timestamp: 00:00 – 01:12

The episode kicks off with a humorous commercial for Carvana, seamlessly transitioning into the live broadcast from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center. Hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty greet listeners, setting an engaging and relaxed tone for the show.

Good Friday Reflections and Religious Observations Timestamp: 01:03 – 10:01

Jack and Joe delve into the significance of Good Friday, comparing their experiences in different regions of the United States. Jack shares anecdotes about observing Good Friday in Charlotte, North Carolina, versus California, highlighting the varying levels of religious observance across the country.

• Jack Armstrong (01:19): "When we are working in Charlotte, North Carolina, nothing happened on Good Friday. Everything was closed, everyone was at church."

Joe adds personal reflections, reminiscing about school traditions and sharing a thoughtful moment on the importance of becoming a better person, inspired by Peggy Noonan's Wall Street Journal piece.

• Joe Getty (03:03): "But happy Easter weekend to everyone."

Political Discussions: Trump, Iran, and the Economy Timestamp: 03:20 – 15:00

The conversation shifts to current political events, with a focus on Donald Trump's actions and the potential for increased military involvement in Iran.

• Jack Armstrong (04:39): "Trump is trying to put off this attack on Iran, which would be the biggest military thing the United States has gotten involved with since shock and awe March 2003."

Joe and Jack discuss the complexity of public awareness, highlighting the multitude of issues distracting the average citizen from significant geopolitical developments.

• Joe Getty (04:15): "There are so many things going on at once. I don't think people have understood the gravity of what's been said recently about Iran."

They also touch upon the economic challenges, including tariffs and their impact on everyday life, emphasizing concerns over rising insurance rates and the affordability of driving.

Media Narratives: Egg Prices and Celebrity Space Missions Timestamp: 10:38 – 18:56

Katie Green presents a satirical news segment about the rising cost of eggs, sparking a lively discussion about media exaggeration and public perception.

• Katie Green (11:04): "At just over $6, according to the national average."

Jack humorously suggests alternative traditions, such as dyeing potatoes instead of eggs, to cope with the rising costs.

• Jack Armstrong (11:15): "Just tell your kids you hid the eggs this year."

The hosts then pivot to a critique of celebrity endeavors in space travel, specifically mocking Katy Perry's Blue Origin mission.

• Jack Armstrong (15:26): "Pups who fetishize bastiality."

Joe and Jack humorously criticize the appearance and presentation of celebrity astronauts, adding a light-hearted break to the political discourse.

Clips of the Week Timestamp: 19:46 – 22:33

The "Clips of the Week" segment features a series of satirical and humorous clips, including:

• Katy Perry's Space Mission: Parodied as an entertaining yet misguided attempt by celebrities to venture into space.

• Political Exchanges: Highlighting sharp and often absurd statements from various political figures, injecting humor into serious topics.

Jack reflects on the authenticity and impact of these clips, emphasizing the contrast between genuine life experiences and performative statements.

250th Anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride Timestamp: 23:29 – 24:31

The hosts prepare listeners for an upcoming historical segment, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride. They express enthusiasm for exploring the true events versus the mythologized version, promising a deeper dive into historical accuracy and its relevance today.

• Joe Getty (24:15): "What actually happened that night and the next day as opposed to the myth?"

Listener Mailbag and Audience Interaction Timestamp: 27:07 – 32:40

Engaging with their audience, Jack and Joe read and respond to listener emails addressing a variety of topics:

• Education and Marxism: Catherine from Torrance, California, criticizes the influence of Marxist ideology in universities, advocating for academic freedom and the right to diverse viewpoints.

  • Catherine's Email: "Howard Zinn's book is a standard textbook across the nation for a generation."

• Immigration and Due Process: Drew, a Millennial, discusses the complexities of immigration and the burden on taxpayers, prompting a debate on finding a balance between compassion and practicality.

  • Drew's Email: "If someone's suspected of crossing illegally, why should the American taxpayer be burdened with housing, clothing, medicating them?"

Jack and Joe underscore the importance of upholding due process and protecting individual rights while addressing contentious issues like immigration policies.

Historical Reflections and Cultural Commentary Timestamp: 32:40 – 36:00

Joe and Jack share insightful reflections on historical figures and events, contrasting the mythologized heroes with their human flaws and vulnerabilities. They emphasize the importance of understanding history beyond heroic narratives to appreciate the real challenges and humanity of those who shaped it.

• Joe Getty (24:31): "These people were not superhuman. They were human, just like us."

The hosts also discuss the ongoing relevance of historical lessons in contemporary society, bridging past and present to offer listeners a nuanced perspective.

Conclusion and Teasers for Upcoming Segments Timestamp: 35:59 – End

As the episode nears its end, Jack and Joe tease upcoming segments, including a detailed discussion on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride and further exploration of historical events. They encourage listeners to stay tuned for more engaging content and to participate via their text line and email.

• Jack Armstrong (35:59): "If you missed a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Gettysburg."

Notable Quotes

• Joe Getty (04:15): "There are so many things going on at once. I don't think people have understood the gravity of what's been said recently about Iran."

• Jack Armstrong (11:15): "Just tell your kids you hid the eggs this year."

• Joe Getty (24:31): "These people were not superhuman. They were human, just like us."

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Conclusion

In "Nobody Wants To Die In A Radio Station," Armstrong and Getty deliver a dynamic and multifaceted episode that blends humor, political discourse, cultural commentary, and historical reflections. By addressing pressing current events alongside timeless themes, they create an engaging narrative that resonates with a diverse audience. Notable for their candid interactions and sharp wit, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty offer listeners both entertainment and insightful perspectives, making the episode a compelling listen for those seeking both information and amusement.

Transcript

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

Today, broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. Armstrong and Jetty. And now here.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong get ready.

[Joe Getty]

Friday live from Studio C. Si, senor.

[Jack Armstrong]

Dimly lit room deep within the bowels of the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound. Hey, y'all. Today, heading into the weekend, we're under the tutelage of our general manager, our.

[Joe Getty]

Christian friends all over the world. A most respectful Good Friday to you all.

[Jack Armstrong]

I was just thinking about how Joe, Joe and I have worked in various places and different parts of the country are more religious or less. And when we are working in Charlotte, North North Carolina, nothing happened on Good Friday. I mean it was, everything was, everybody was off, everything was closed, everybody was at church, etc. It was a very big deal. And then of course in California, godless, immoral California, it's much less of a. A thing.

[Joe Getty]

Another day, another day of sodomy. Pretty much right.

[Jack Armstrong]

The public schools are in. My son goes to a Christian private school and they are out today. So it just depends on your situation. How y'all doing? That's funny. I was just reading the morning newsletter I read every day from Mark Culprin, just kind of a summary of everything that's going on. He's talking about all the different battles Trump's fighting at once. Terrorists taking on the colleges, you know, the Justice Department and the gang member or not. And you know, a million different things.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, there are at least half a dozen notable court cases.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

For instance.

[Jack Armstrong]

And Mark Cowpern wrote, his critics call this one of the most delusional and evil manifestations of a special dark brand of immorality. Donald Trump calls today Friday.

[Joe Getty]

So that's pretty good writing.

[Jack Armstrong]

Special day for you or not. It's Friday. Welcome to the show.

[Joe Getty]

Indeed. Yeah, it's Friday either way, so that's good.

[Jack Armstrong]

I grew up in the Midwest and we went to school on Good Friday. But every Friday we had fish for in the lunch. School lunch never meet. Even though it wasn't a Catholic school. Just out of respect for any Christianity to meet me meet on Friday. Which is a thing for some of you.

[Joe Getty]

Sure. Catholics in particular, I think. But yeah. Nice fish sandwich is a delicious change of pace. What kind of fish that was, you know, back in elementary school in the 70s. I, I don't know. That fish may have been saying meow an hour. I don't know. Wow. Hour ago. I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

I doubt it was cat, but, you know, you don't.

[Joe Getty]

It could have been catfish. Yeah. Anyway. Yeah. But happy Easter weekend to everyone.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And all those things I just mentioned that Trump's dealing with. Yeah. All those are stories with another round of what's going on, including more reporting on apparently more negotiations with the United States and Iran as Trump's trying to put off this attack on Iran, which again would be the biggest military thing the United States has gotten involved with since shock and awe March 2003. I don't feel like, I don't get the sense that America is taking it that way or is paying any attention or anything.

[Joe Getty]

Right. I think the average citizen is in a tangentially similar position to a lot of Democrats right now. They're not quite sure what to focus on.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's too many things going on at once.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah. How about the tariff thing, the, the economy stuff, the market, your 401k, you know, the various fights over illegal immigrants and all. It's just there's so much happening. I don't think people have understood the gravity of what's been said recently about Iran just because they've been listening to talk about Iran's nuclear program and a deal and a possible attack now for a couple of decades.

[Jack Armstrong]

So it's going to come as a pretty big surprise to people if all of a sudden, you know, on a random Tuesday, the United States is engaging in the biggest military intervention in a quarter century.

[Joe Getty]

Right. And then this is kind of cynical but, well, who are we dealing with? Me, the Democrats would be put in the position of pivoting from defending a wife beating gang member, illegal immigrant to. Because they will knee jerk oppose what has been done. They will be put in the position of backing the Republican Guard in the mullahs.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And of course, as we talked with with Mike Lyons a week ago today, anytime you the history is full of, of military plans for short wars and easy victories that did not turn out that way. I mean, it is, it is so common. It's the rule as opposed to the exception of that's the way it turns out.

[Joe Getty]

Oh yeah, that is clearly true. In our last couple of foreign adventures proved it beyond Anybody's capacity to doubt that, I would think Iraq and Afghanistan, both of which were very successful in their way, but then metastasized, obviously.

[Jack Armstrong]

So, anyway, that's going to come one of these days.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Groovy. Super. Been kind of dull heretofore. Oh, getting back to the topic of Good Friday, maybe we'll dip into this a little later. I almost didn't read Peggy Noonan's piece in the Wall Street Journal today. She generally publishes on Fridays, and it's often about politics and culture and that sort of thing. And Today was about Good Friday and the scripture and stuff. And I thought, I'm not sure, you know, I'm getting ready to do our show. It's not like we do a theological show, but it was all about how both in Christianity and Judaism in particular, the concept that it's not too late to become a better person is really important. Specifically the fellow who is known in some circles as the good thief, who was being tortured to death on the cross next to Jesus. One of the thieves was contemptuous and mocked Jesus, and the other said, hey, shut up. This man's being condemned for no good reason. We've got. We're deserving what's coming. And he asked Jesus to look out for his soul in the last moments of his life. And Peggy, as always, was very eloquent writing on that theme.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a good one.

[Joe Getty]

I'll.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'll absolutely read that today. I'll be looking for that sort of stuff today as opposed to the daily this and that of news stories. A little bit bigger picture about, you know, one's life or perhaps afterlife.

[Joe Getty]

Is Trump Hitler.

[Jack Armstrong]

Mine might be. Soon as I feel like my illness has taken a step toward the worst, I'm working from home today. I often quote the statistic that 90% of people would prefer to die at home rather than a hospital. The reality is the opposite. 90% of people die at a hospital rather than home. But I'm pretty sure 0% of people want to die at a radio station. So I decided to work from home today.

[Joe Getty]

That's a good point. It's an excellent point. Yes, yes. You know, that first statistic, in all seriousness, you know, there are so many things I want to make, like my jihad, my cause, because they're absolutely worthy of someone pouring their life into it. Although I'm reminded how many times you've. You've pointed out that people go crazy over these stupid issues. They're like, this is the hill you're going to. This is your cause. This is how you're spending your time and money. None leap to mind immediately.

[Jack Armstrong]

But the death penalty, I always use as an example. I mean, you know, of all things, there's lots of important things about there to try to help downtrodden people.

[Joe Getty]

This one standing up for criminal illegal aliens in Chicago. Brandon Johnson, that jackass communist. Anyway. But yeah, the fact that everybody wants to die at home, surrounded by their family, that's the way it's always worked to human history. There's really no downside to it. I've seen it happen. And it's practically impossible to get going because once the medical establishment has you, they want to keep you. That's just that that's a civil rights violation. It's more. It's a violation of human dignity.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anyway, I think we're going to make a cultural shift on that at some point as. As I've quoted my doctor saying a couple of visits ago where he said, sometimes I wonder what we're doing here in terms of trying to keep people alive a little longer. And I think we're going to make a cultural shift on that because, you know, many of us have probably lived through this with somebody older or spouse or whatever, but you do, you get into that system and it's all part of it. I wonder if it started when we. We stopped saying they died of old age and started giving the specific thing that killed them at that moment.

[Joe Getty]

How. An interesting point. Yeah, you died from.

[Jack Armstrong]

They died from an infection or they died from, you know, whatever it was, because it makes it seem like if you'd have just stopped that one thing from happening, then they would have been fine. You know, they'd have been good for another two years of a square dancing and water polo. But no, we got to get back to saying they died of old age. I think that'd be good for all of us.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, natural causes, whatever.

[Jack Armstrong]

But if I die on Good Friday, I don't know, I just feel like.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, would you feel like, you know, the bridesmaid who upstages the bride or, like it's inappropriate or what?

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm just wondering. I mean, I have a bit of a messianic complex, but Sunday, you know, have an open mind.

[Joe Getty]

So. Okay, so let's see. Three days. So just have your microphone in place in case were to rise. Exactly.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let's start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong.

[Joe Getty]

I'll set up the studio.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's Joe Getty on this. It is Friday. Good Friday, April 18th, year 2025. We are Armstrong and getting. We approve of this program.

[Joe Getty]

Let's begin officially then. According to FCC rules and regulations, leaping into action at mark a dozen eggs.

[Katie Green]

Are going for more than $6, according to the national average. Seen the social trends? Plastic egg decorating and dying marshmallows and potatoes. All it takes is a little food dye you probably have in the back of your pantry from last year and egg shaped potatoes. Both options are a fraction of the cost of a dozen eggs.

[Jack Armstrong]

Having to dye potatoes because we can't afford eggs is the reason our grandparents left the old country. You know what you can do if you can't buy eggs?

[Joe Getty]

Here's a suggestion.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's a good suggestion. Just tell your kids you hid the eg well this year. How many people does that apply to? I mean, I've, I've been buying potatoes. I've been pretty damn broke before. But how many people really? Really, if you were going to die eggs normally you can't this year because the extra two and a half dollars. Yeah, you're gonna change your family tradition. I just find that doesn't apply to that many people. But the news, I've seen so many news stories about this $6.

[Joe Getty]

And as you point out, it's just an additional few bucks. Yeah, that's, that's so funny. It's a beautiful example of how a narrative gets going in the media.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

Eggs are expensive and then they find any way they can to perpetuate the narrative, even if it's just ridiculous. Right?

[Jack Armstrong]

With completely serious tones of looking for egg shaped potatoes in your pantry, but.

[Joe Getty]

With this perfectly straight face, completely unaware of the ridiculousness of the words coming out of their mouths. It's wow, humans are strange.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know. The news industry is strange. So we got Katie's headlines, we got Mailbag, we got all kinds of good stuff. More news.

[Joe Getty]

Clips of the week.

[Jack Armstrong]

Clips of the week. Holy cow, how exciting is that? On the way, here's our text line. 415295 KFTC Armstrong and Getty. Kim Strassel. Wall Street Journal's got an interesting piece today. It's specifically about Trump's possible plan to raise taxes on the rich. But mostly it's about how you orchestrate these sort of things behind the scenes by leaking to the press, which I find fascinating and I don't think most people pay enough attention to or understand correctly.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, she thinks some of his team is trying to maneuver him into that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right? They probably are.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Interesting. So again, we have clips of the week coming up in mailbag and all sorts of good stuff. But first, let's figure out who's reporting what. It's the lead story with Katie Green. Katie.

[Katie Green]

Alrighty. Starting with the Associated Press, Trump officials defiance over Abrego Garcia's deportation is quote, shocking, says the appeals court.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, this one's going to be interesting to see unfold. No doubt.

[Jack Armstrong]

Are people as into this story as the media seems to think? So it's the lead story. Every media source I've had people bring.

[Joe Getty]

It up in real life.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay.

[Joe Getty]

Which is a good sign. It's not like it comes up a lot. But this is a three judge panel of appeals court judges ruling unanimously. So this one is not some Obama appointed geek. Often some hinterland.

[Katie Green]

From abc, Trump says US and China are discussing a tariff deal.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, there's no, I hate to use the left stalking points, but there's no evidence they're actually talking. Trump could just be making that up. But he says they're in talks about a deal that will wind this down.

[Joe Getty]

Now there are many levels by which different leaders can connect. I wonder.

[Katie Green]

From USA Today, US Will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress within a matter of days, says Marco Rubio.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Then what?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, then what?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, they are definitely making noises toward Putin to say it's time to get down, down with this or things are going to change materially. But it's not clear.

[Jack Armstrong]

Trump said at various times when he was running that, you know, if Putin didn't go along, they would, we would arm Ukraine to the teeth. Is he serious about that?

[Joe Getty]

Trump says a lot of stuff, but they're also talking about that big giant economic deal between the US And Ukraine again. It'll be interesting to watch.

[Katie Green]

From the New York Post. U.S. space Force publishes quote, space war fighting blueprint for future of warfare beyond Earth.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow, I'd like to read that. That is going to be. That is going to be the next battleground we all watch.

[Joe Getty]

Drones and space. Yeah, those are two different things. Unmanned everything on earth and shooting stuff out of the sky up in space, guaranteed.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah, we get into it with China, the first thing that might happen is China knocks all our satellites out of the sky.

[Joe Getty]

Right, right. And you know, I don't think most of us have any idea how screwed we would be if that were to happen. But Trump was stupid starting the Space Force in term one.

[Jack Armstrong]

That was a joke.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, idiots.

[Katie Green]

Speaking of space, this one also from the New York Post, Katy Perry's Blue Origin space mess shows the world is fed up with entitled celebrities who think they are owed adoration.

[Jack Armstrong]

I love how this Whole thing landed. It landed with a thud. Like nobody, nobody took them in as the heroes they thought they were going to be received as.

[Joe Getty]

Right? The matching uniforms, like they're the Spice Girls. I mean, I understand all astronauts wear, quote unquote, matching uniforms, but they don't look like they're, I don't know, the sideline dancers for the Philadelphia 76ers. Right?

[Jack Armstrong]

Tight around the ass, flared leg. I mean, each one made to make them look the hottest. I mean, right? Whatever.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Their hair.

[Joe Getty]

I'm Katy Perry.

[Katie Green]

Let's go to space.

[Jack Armstrong]

All their individual hairstyles were way too perfect.

[Joe Getty]

I said, look at the moon. It was so beautiful. It was like a gift just for me.

[Katie Green]

From the Washington Post. Fear and hope are drawing Democrats to Sanders and aoc.

[Jack Armstrong]

Fear and hope.

[Joe Getty]

Go ahead. Wow.

[Katie Green]

Just a reminder. And this one from Fox News. Real id. Looming deadline prompts. TSA travel warning. Expect major delays.

[Jack Armstrong]

The most predictable, the most predictable thing that's ever happened in my life will happen. I will be at the airport at some point in May or June and they will turn me away because I do not have my real ID and I forgot about it. And I just know that's important.

[Joe Getty]

We foil Bin Laden and his hijackers.

[Jack Armstrong]

Jack.

[Joe Getty]

Right? 24 years later.

[Katie Green]

And finally, the Babylon Bee 18 year old trying to file her taxes, wishing her teachers had spent less class time on Poly Queer Trans theory.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, that. A story about Common Core math coming up later. You thought it was terrible. You were right.

[Jack Armstrong]

We've got clips of the week and other news of the day to get to. If you miss a second to get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Gettysburg.

[Jack Armstrong]

Interesting to me every single year that in mainstream media there's such a tip of the cap to Easter weekend. And I'm glad for that. Culturally, it's interesting that it continues. We were talking yesterday about some of the statistics around decreased church attendance and all that sort of stuff over the many decades, although it has flattened out and in some age groups started to increase again. But in general, the mainstream media is, you know, very secular and not church going and everything. And they, they bet on this time of year. There are articles in the Washington Post, of the New York Times, and there'll be a lot on Sunday and they'll mention it on the Sunday shows, Easter services and they'll show a clip of the Pope and stuff like that. So they, they, you know, they tip their cap to it like they think it's important.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I think in the Northeastern elite circles there's a fair amount of Catholicism. Right. Persists. So that's probably the reason for most of it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, yeah. I keep hearing because I think a.

[Joe Getty]

Lot of them are godless sodomites, but they've got a handful of Catholics.

[Jack Armstrong]

Godless sodomites. The, the Pope hasn't shown up for any good Friday stuff yet. He's. He's pretty sick.

[Joe Getty]

Sorry to hear that. Socialist.

[Jack Armstrong]

So.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, there's that. Yeah. So coming up right after Clips of the Week, Today is the 250th. I'm sorry, tomorrow is the 250th anniversary of something very, very big, very important and very cool.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay.

[Joe Getty]

And we're gonna turn back the pages of history and get away from the day to day politics.

[Jack Armstrong]

So it'd be 75.

[Joe Getty]

That's right, Jack. April 19th, 1775. Stay with us. But first, it's the Friday tradition. Let's take a fond look back at the week that was. It's cow Clips of the Week.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is a message from an OG lesbian life.

[Joe Getty]

Pretty fast. What a wonderful.

[Jack Armstrong]

Chicken jockeys. McElroy has his masterpiece. Then we have the Q's.

[Joe Getty]

Young men feminized by city porn furries.

[Jack Armstrong]

And pups who fetishize bastiality.

[Katie Green]

Let's go to space.

[Joe Getty]

You are officially an astronaut. How do you feel? I still can't accept that word. I will never be the same.

[Katie Green]

This experience is right.

[Joe Getty]

It's second to being a mom. The moon was so beautiful and that was like. I felt like that was a special gift just for me. But the best part was Katie sang what a Wonderful World. She did. You know, I kind of consider myself the number one female pleasuring device on earth.

[Jack Armstrong]

Jack, that's the worst thing you have ever said.

[Joe Getty]

It really is. This great country of ours is moving very rapidly in the direction of oligarchy. Oligarchy. Oligarchy. An oligarchic society.

[Katie Green]

It sure don't look like it.

[Joe Getty]

Today, together with Governor Newsom, I'm filing our 14th lawsuit against the President. How in the hell are we sitting by and allowing this to happen?

[Jack Armstrong]

And at least on the left, what they say is that they eat their own Donald J. Trump. Is there anybody else that has a walk in other than a fighter? He's much more self aware than he lets on in public.

[Joe Getty]

You seem to have a real hatred of Vladimir Putin. 100%. Kilmar, Abrego Garcia. The Maryland man. The Maryland man. That Maryland man. The Maryland man. Let this innocent man walk out. I don't understand what the confusion is. He Was a member of Ms. 13. There is no Maryland father.

[Katie Green]

Do you plan to return him?

[Jack Armstrong]

The question is preposterous.

[Joe Getty]

How could I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Why did you throw fast food on the side of my tusker?

[Jack Armstrong]

You threw mashed potatoes.

[Katie Green]

You drive in, you drive out.

[Joe Getty]

You have junk cars all. What do you do? You drive in and you drive out. That's what people do in their driveways. You. What an idiot.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, strong contender for clip of the year that occurred this week.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I love it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Two things on the clips of the week that stuck out to me because I've watched Bernie and AOC a couple of different places, including locally in Folsom, California. You know, we saw the highlights. She says oligarchy, he says oligarchy. And I would think that they would, you know, decide on one or the other. It doesn't matter. But I just think that's kind of funny. And I think I'm. I figured out why it's so annoying. The chickstronauts. I'll never be the same. Now I understand what love means. I think the phony this was a life changing experience bothers people who have had any sort of life changing experience, Whether it's an illness or having a kid or you know, whatever like really is profound happens in your life. Having somebody profess a fake one is just highly annoying. Hmm.

[Joe Getty]

Interesting. I was struck by and I'm not sure which of the chickstronauts it was who said the view of the moon was whatever she said. And it was like a gift just for me. I was thinking, hey, can we borrow your moon from time to time? We kind of need it for the tides and such, but congratulations on the moon being there just for you. Officially. That was Katy Perry, the great songstress. The American heroine, Katy Perry. Oh, an astronaut. We officially now do not have time for my fascinating glimpse of history here, but we will unleash it at the top of next hour with your agreement, Jack, it is the two. Tomorrow is the 250th anniversary of the ride of Paul Revere.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, cool.

[Joe Getty]

What actually happened that night and the next day as opposed to the myth? Yeah, to me, and this is usually true of history, the actual story is way more interesting than some of the mythological stuff.

[Jack Armstrong]

I read it fairly recently. What great book was I reading? I'll have to figure that out. But yeah, the real story, way more. More interesting and make a better movie than the poem that was written about it.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I have no problem with some of the more myth like tales we tell the kids because they have an important role. They help form a child's understanding of our system, our country, our history, that sort of thing. And we need to get the hell back to the traditional teaching of history with, you know, let's account for slavery and the Indian wars and the rest of it. That's fine, but not the neo Marxist demonizing of the West. And the United States in particular won't have it. I'm all in favor of the myth making, as I said, especially for the kids. But when you dig into the reality of these things as an adult, the one thing that strikes me over and over and over again is that these people were not superhuman. They were not angels descended on high who found it easy to do that, or didn't know fear, or didn't get hungry or didn't lose digits at Valley Forge because they were so cold they thought they were going to die. And some of them did. They're human, just like us. And they stepped up and did what they needed to do. And I think that's the great lesson of certainly the revolutionary period and Martin Luther King Jr. And whatever, whatever hero of history you want to cite.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're human just like you on Good Friday. Joe's going big with the revolutionary generations. Got to be Christian nationalism, some sort of. That's what's being happened here. I feel like. I feel like that's what's going on here.

[Joe Getty]

Accuse away progressive nabobs. Continue to fight the good fight.

[Jack Armstrong]

Gotcha. A couple of people have texted me suggestions for Easter services or a Good Friday services that I could perhaps attend tonight to assuage my guilt.

[Joe Getty]

And we've gotten some great tips by email on how to properly dye your potatoes since eggs are far too expensive now.

[Jack Armstrong]

Find egg shaped potatoes and dye them again. How many people does that fit?

[Joe Getty]

Your.

[Jack Armstrong]

Your situation? You're an intact family with kids. You want to dye eggs, but you're so poor, that extra dollar and a half for the eggs, you're just gonna have to dye potatoes.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, Egg shaped potatoes. Michael, don't let us forget we need to play that once an hour. Okay? That newsletter, it is that good.

[Jack Armstrong]

And we've got Joe's mailbag on the way and a bunch of other stuff. Text line 415295 KFTC.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

By the way, I was at my insurance guy's office yesterday because somebody rear ended my. My new truck. Truck. I hadn't been paying attention because I have it on autopay. I should pay better attention. But oh my God. What? Everybody's paying for car insurance.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

How do people afford to drive?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. And not to get political on this, but if the tariff thing continues in whatever shape, auto parts are going to be hammered, which means insurance rates will rise even higher.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't see how they could go higher. I mean, it's almost to the level of should you not drive? Just come up with a different way to get to work.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. Two of them actually, from Paul Revere, tomorrow being the 250th anniversary of his famous ride. We'll talk more about that next hour, but a couple of quotes. Number one, there's a time for casting silver and a time for casting cannon, said Revere. He was a renowned silversmith. One is reminded of the. The verses from which book of the Bible is it? The Bible.

[Jack Armstrong]

The Bible.

[Joe Getty]

For everything there is a season. Oh, time for ecclesiastic. Right, thank you. Let's see. And then this quote. I like this. In the fall of 1774 and winter of 7, 1775, I was one of upwards of 30 chiefly mechanics who formed ourselves into a committee for the purpose of watching the movements of British soldiers and gaining every intelligence of the movements of the Tories. Speaking of normal people doing heroic and very brave things with their lives. Caught doing that. Yeah, exactly. Mailbag, Looking forward to the discussion next hour. Drop us note anytime [e-mail]. oh, let's see. We've been discussing quite a bit how to reform universities. Well, Kevin actually sets this up really well, gents. I know exactly how to reign in universities without giving excess power to the next administration. It's easy. No. No more elections. How can AOC run for president when Barron is on his abnormally tall throne already? Not possible. There you go. I've called for monarchy. Oh, he signs off monarchy now. I've called for monarchy for a long time. Ironic, given my admiration of Paul Revere and Baron Trump. It's not going to be the old man, it's going to be Baron. He's like the wiser, gentler, more benevolent. Trump. Right. And very large.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't even like entertainment. Meaning this sort of thing is a joke.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, moving along. He is abnormally large though, making him an excellent king, in my opinion.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

So yesterday, for reasons that really don't bear repeating, we spent a fair amount of time talking about the concept of being a human footstool.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, right.

[Joe Getty]

Which has been. It's happened a couple of times in history. Including the British schoolboys in the mid 20th century.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

With a crazy wife of the headmaster, made them perform as human footstools in a humiliating, you know, exploitation. Yeah. Anyway, Sean, who's been really strong email. Email wise lately and probably worth setting up, that I believe that the time of the humans is coming to an end and we will become a planet of the beavers. So Sean writes, After 20 years of service, Joe, one of the last humans, came to realize that when the Beaver King demanded he get down and form a footstool for him, what he was really saying was, I love you. And after all these long years in the beaver's world, Joe realized that he too loved the Beaver King, whose webbed feet had sat so long above upon his bowed back. That's some. I'm sorry I slaughtered the sentence there, Sean. That's some really good post apocalyptic Orwellian Beaver King. That's like the last page of 1984. I don't know if he did that on purpose, but.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. We spent a abnormal amount of time on human footstools on yesterday's episode. If you want to check the podcast.

[Joe Getty]

Was that the one more thing Podcast throughout the show on demand. Yeah. Okay. Oddly enough, Barry from Thailand with an interesting question. He says, hey, fellows, and happy Thai New Year from the land of smiles. Listening to yesterday's show regarding Musk and his many children, I was wondering why he thought he might produce superior children. Other than the Occas athlete, has any genius ever sired children who made a contribution that came even close to matching the parent? I can't think of any.

[Jack Armstrong]

There aren't a lot. I mean, there's a few examples out there. The Adams family there for several generations. John Adams, John Quincy, Morticia, Tuesday, John Adams, John John Quincy and then Henry Adams. 3 Just absolutely ridiculous, brilliant generations in a row. But it doesn't happen very often.

[Joe Getty]

Often I really don't know from Henry Adams, other than hearing about him occasionally.

[Jack Armstrong]

From you read the Education of Henry Adams. Oh, my God.

[Joe Getty]

Okay. All right. Must have gone well if he was a genius, his education. So let's see. Catherine in beautiful Torrance, California, writes on the topic of Marxism in colleges. Propaganda starts so much earlier in high school. This is absolutely true and we knew this. But it's worth repeating. For a generation. Our kids have been taught that America and Western civilization is evil communist. Howard Zinn's book is a standard textbook across the nation for a generation.

[Jack Armstrong]

Unbelievable.

[Joe Getty]

University press professors were brought up on this Marxist Kool Aid and are sharing it with Their students.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know what?

[Joe Getty]

I.

[Jack Armstrong]

Because I came across this yesterday on some podcast. I was listening to the smugness of the self hating people. The whole we're bad and we shouldn't exist and we're the. What is that weird? Why are you so smug about this? This is your society and you want it to go away and be replaced by China running the world or Putin. I mean, you nut jobs, it's.

[Joe Getty]

It's an almost adolescent pretension that makes me insane. Look how enlightened and honorable I am. I'm self hating.

[Jack Armstrong]

It might be the worst human tendency because so many of your bombers, terrorist types on Osama bin Laden or whoever the hell. A lot of your Columbia kids, they're all rich, privileged people. I mean, their lives are better than practically everybody else and they're going with the whole life sucks, the world sucks. So I'm gonna do this destructive thing. What the hell?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Yeah. And then Catherine points out quite aptly, freedom of speech extends to those who choose to attend lectures or events where the topic differs from the Marxist views of the faculty or student body. Shouting down or blocking entry to conservative speakers abridges the right of attendees to hear their presentations, arrest protesters for First Amendment violations, invoke and enforce all laws now in the books that guarantee academic freedom. Yeah, I agree completely. The Heckler's veto is evil and I stand against it. Let's see. That one's a little longish. Let's see. Drew the Millennial says, I got into a little discussion with Timmy Sandifer about this. Yeah, we talk. I'm hella cool. Timmy Sandifer. I have never called him that. I am fully in support of due process for every US Citizen and every person with a legal right to be here. However, according to the agency in charge of border security, 13 million people crossed our southern border illegally in the last four years. How charitable is the American taxpayer expected to be to these people? If someone's suspected of crossing illegally, cannot prove citizenship or any legal right to be here, why should the American taxpayer be burdened with housing, clothing, medicating them, et cetera, until a due process hearing that 40% of them don't show up for anyway? There has to be some compromise here because that seems completely unrealistic. I don't owe full American rights and accommodations to anyone on Earth just because they managed to sneak over a border. Thoughts? Tim would be my political surrogate for most situations, but he is uncompromising here, and I just don't think that's realistic.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I followed their back and forth on Twitter. It was pretty interesting.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. I tell you what, I absolutely am glad that Tim and people like Tim are fighting hard on the side of don't give away due process in whatever aspect of life you're talking about, don't give that away to cavalierly. We need somebody pulling on that end of the rope. I happen to think there are probably ways to move it a little bit without giving away our rights, but it's a worthy discussion.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, well, yeah, I have more of that, but maybe at a different time. We have a lot to get to today. I can't wait to hear your blast about Common Core math because it's a been a pain in my ass for.

[Joe Getty]

My entire kids schooling and you speak for many parents. Yeah, you're right along folks. That's the takeaway.

[Jack Armstrong]

Cool. If you missed a segment, get the.

[Joe Getty]

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