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On this week's Mean Age Daydream, the GOP gets blown the eff out, predictably, due to Trump's idiotic war with Iran. Also: US-backed Volodymyr Zelenskyy's torture chamber of horrors exposed. Buy my new card game: WOKE WORD WARS - ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Word-Wars-Ridiculously-Players/dp/B0FLF8Y16S⁠🦁 Support Lions of Liberty: Patreon: patreon.com/lionsofliberty Locals: lionsofliberty.locals.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arts and culture writer David Hiroshi Jager (Tablet, The New York Sun, County Highway) joins Lou to talk about writing with a voice, the Hezbollah pager operation, the Brooklyn art collective that cheered October 7th, the Venice Biennale, Artforum's meltdown, and why he never dreamed his one controversial opinion would be supporting Israel. Plus: Lou's war with India over cricket, a Saul Bellow-esque Jewish father-in-law, and a very dark Bosnian joke.Watch full episodes of The Lou Perez Podcast on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Vb53s4I0A&list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJListen on Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lou-perez-podcast/id1535032081Listen on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU Co-host of Happy Hour Econ → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-hour-econ/id1863476697 Lou's book — That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: https://link.amazon/B0amgIYaN Watch my sketch comedy streaming on Red Coral Universe: https://redcoraluniverse.com/title/the-lou-perez-comedy-68501a2fd369683d0f2a2a88 XX-XY Athletics (20% off with code LOU20) → https://www.xx-xyathletics.com/?sca_ref=7113152.ifIMaKpCG3ZfUHH4 Greg and Lou, my sketch comedy channel → https://www.youtube.com/@GREGandLOU TheLouPerez.com |  [email protected] Newsletter: https://substack.com/@louperez0:00 Cold open: I'm at war with India0:12 Intro0:17 Journalist, author, or arts and culture writer?1:54 Tablet, David Samuels, and the authorial voice4:31 County Highway, the newspaper that looks like a Civil War broadsheet5:12 The woman with no Social Security number6:52 Michael Moynihan, Pirate Wires, and the new journalism9:19 The Hezbollah pager documentary10:55 October 7th on GoPro13:38 Lou's 9/11 at NYU16:40 "I never dreamed my controversial opinion would be Israel"18:36 Lou's war with India (over cricket)21:22 The Venice Biennale and the Israeli pavilion23:21 The Brooklyn art collective that cheered October 7th24:28 A Native American Zionist28:40 "Israelis are going to fight"29:57 Ethiopian Jews, Arab Jews, and the Knesset32:24 Why the Palestinian flag is everywhere35:34 Mamdani, Bernie, and Abdul El-Sayed40:30 A Saul Bellow-esque Jewish father-in-law43:09 "Dad, am I safe?"44:22 October 7th was a really bad idea48:32 The Bosnian joke51:08 Palestinian wine at Parental Advisory52:37 The Berlin painter who can't get a gallery54:23 True crime, serial killers, and Capote57:56 How Artforum blew up over October 7th1:00:17 Where to find David Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host John Odermatt sits down with Will Fry, founder and CEO of American Operator, a firm that buys small businesses from retiring owners and transitions them to local operator-owners. They discuss the economic uncertainty facing small businesses amid inflation, tariffs, and an affordability crisis, and how the baby boomer retirement wave threatens to hollow out Main Street if businesses are sold to private equity instead of local operators. Will shares how American Operator's earn-in model works, drawing inspiration from Chick-fil-A's selective operator program, and explains why AI is actually a net positive for industrial and trade businesses. The conversation also covers the rising popularity of socialism among young Americans, why capitalism's defenders have failed to make their case, and how the 2026 midterms could reshape the economic landscape — including a close look at the Texas Senate race. The episode was recorded the day before Election Day, November 2nd, 2026. Chapters 0:00 — Intro: The Economy, Socialism, and the Small Business Crisis 1:10 — Welcome to Finding Freedom & Guest Introduction 3:21 — Will Fry's Background in Eastern North Carolina 4:45 — How American Operator Works: The Earn-In Model 7:43 — Target Industries: Industrials, Manufacturing, and Skilled Trades 9:00 — The Conversation with Future Owner-Operators 9:44 — Chick-fil-A as the Best Talent Engine in the World 10:47 — Inflation, Tariffs, and the Retirement Decision 13:14 — AI's Impact on Main Street: A Surprising Positive 16:00 — Socialism's Rising Popularity and the Affordability Crisis 19:14 — Mamdani, Bodegas, and the Case Against Price Controls 20:28 — Why Capitalism Lost the PR War: Robber Barons vs. Donor-Advised Funds 23:19 — The Midterms: Republicans, DSA, and the Messaging Gap 28:20 — Texas Senate Race: Paxton, Cornyn, and Candidate Selection 31:54 — Where American Operator Operates: Small Towns and the Rust Belt 34:30 — Where to Find American Operator & Wrap-Up Guest Links: americanoperator.com Support us on Patreon: ⁠https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty⁠ Support us on Locals: ⁠https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/⁠ Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen – it makes a huge difference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hannah Henriksen joins Brian Nichols to reveal who actually gets to fix your wheelchair, why right to repair stops at the one device some people can't live without, and how a new Respect America film is pushing open-source power chairs into the mainstream.You own your car. Take it to any mechanic in town. You own your phone... and more and more, you can fix it yourself.But a power wheelchair? Too often only one company is allowed to touch it. So you wait. Weeks. Months. Sometimes longer.Hannah is the President of Respect America, the group behind the Jonny McCoy film seen by over 2 million people. Their new film follows friend of the show Thomas Quiter, who has osteogenesis imperfecta and more than 1,000 broken bones, and who is now building open-source power wheelchairs with high school and college shop classes through the Mobility Independence Foundation.Chairs that cost $80,000 to $100,000. Chairs you can't modify. Chairs only one company can repair. So if it's your property and your body... why isn't the repair your decision?Then we get into the philosophy of human respect, the rules we all learned on the playground, "trust the experts," and why the liberty movement keeps writing white papers when people want stories.CHAPTERS0:00 You Own Your Car. Not Your Wheelchair.2:12 Who Is Hannah Henriksen?3:52 A Twist of Fate Into the Liberty Movement6:17 The Rules We Learned on the Playground8:37 "Trust the Experts"11:51 Why Stories Move People When Stats Don't13:28 It Could Happen to You14:30 Thomas Quiter's 1,000 Broken Bones16:00 The $100,000 Wheelchair Only One Company Can Fix17:34 Open-Source Chairs Built in Shop Class19:52 "He Runs Better Than the Government"20:28 Lobbyists vs. Right to Repair22:07 A Message That Lands With Everyone23:47 People Want Stories, Not White Papers24:42 Fear and Love25:25 The Beach Boys Professor Story28:32 How to Keep People in the Long Game31:00 Finding What Unites Us32:35 The Michael Scott Win-Win-Win33:06 Where to Find Respect America35:01 Hannah's Final Word Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Mean Age Daydream, Philadelphia's very dumb, very Democrat Mayor announces a plan to offer loans to people with terrible credit, just like in 2008 when the entire mortgage industry collapsed. Also: Brazil's corrupt socialist President, Lula, likely cheated in an election before trying to imprison his opponents. Buy my new card game: WOKE WORD WARS - ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Word-Wars-Ridiculously-Players/dp/B0FLF8Y16S⁠🦁 Support Lions of Liberty: Patreon: patreon.com/lionsofliberty Locals: lionsofliberty.locals.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices