The Brian Eskow Show

- My UFO sighting- Shucked- Wedding update- Sad chatbot story- Division in America- My post about Hillary- Male cheerleaders- Trump’s cultural purge - Rabbi lessons about marriage- Gavin Newsom’s strategy - John Quincy Adams

- Katie Miller’s podcast- Howard Stern- Hunter Biden- The irony of Trump- JFK- Abundance Chapter 1- aliens

- Is MAGA a cult?- Kamala’s book- Tariffs- Sydney Sweeney’s jeans- Critical race theory - Ozzy Osbourne

It turns out, I'm not ready to let go of this platform. In this episode, I discussed my goals for season 2 as well as lessons I learned from a rabbi this week, South Park, the Epstein Files, and "Obama-gate".

It occurred to me last night that I never did an official last episode of Searching for Political Identity. That didn't seem right, so I recorded one this morning. Here it is. It’s not the best video I've ever made, but I think I was as honest and reflective as it is possible to be at 6am.

Ryan Mullally and I have a few things in common.We both went to law school as adults, we both detest critical race theory, and we both feel that the Democratic Party no longer represents us.One of the differences we have is that I voted for Trump in November, while he did not — even though he ruled out voting for Harris before he ruled out voting for Trump.Another difference is that while I spend the majority of my free time watching movies and kissing my dog, he spends what little free time he has fiercely defending the application of neutral Constitutional principles in law through his writing and podcast appearances.We had a terrific conversation about the political realignment that is occurring in America and touched upon all the relevant current events of the last few years.Unfortunately, we recorded this three days before the Trump/Boasbert/Roberts drama unfolded. It’s too bad because I would have loved to ask him about it. Nonetheless, I found his perspective on everything we talked about sobering and helpful. I’m going to need people like Ryan to keep me honest as I continue to navigate being a defender of The Constitution and a highly politicized new Trump supporter.

Are we headed toward a recession, and would it be so bad if we were?Is MAGA right about Ukraine?My friend Herby Kay, a finance expert and fluent Russian speaker, joined me last night to share his thoughts on those questions.We never got around to discussing Israel as we had intended.Maybe next time!

Shawn Farash is unquestionably the best Trump impersonator in the world.He’s brilliant, hilarious, a keen political observer, and a dedicated activist.He's also very kind.It was an honor hosting him!

It was a joy to host Ira Livnat this evening to talk about politics and Jewish American identity. In my opening monologue, I reacted to some headlines and explained who I am for anyone who doesn’t know my background. It was a great conversation!

John DePerno is a young conservative - unusually informed for a freshman in college. It was interesting to get his perspective on politics.

Joey Mannarino is one of the premier political consultants and commentators in the game right now.He joined me last night to talk about his rise in politics, Trump, and current events.

Caryn Ann Harlos has been the secretary of the Libertarian National Committee for the last 10 years.She joined me for a great conversation about the political philosophy and party she loves so much.It was one of the best discussions I've had in four years of podcasting.

I am so grateful to my new friend Jake Day for joining me on Saturday for a great chat about political philosophy, current events, and whether I've become a blind Trump loyalist.

Friends of the show Herby Kay and Scott Bell joined me to share their unique perspectives on a variety of current events.

Daniel Martinez and I have a lot in common. He is an attorney who comes from the left but now fully supports Trump. He joined me yesterday to tell me the story of how the Federalist Society came to dominate the Supreme Court since its founding in the early 1980s. I know that sounds like I think it's a bad thing the way I wrote it - but I don't and I assure you that both of us tried to approach the story from a neutral perspective. We are just jurisprudence nerds and wanted to talk about how the court has evolved, that's all. This conversation was a great follow-up to the one I had on Wednesday with my friend MJ who is also an attorney and a three-time Trump voter. I should warn you that I took twenty minutes at the beginning of this episode to talk a bit about myself for anyone who may be interested. Also, Dan and I talked about political identity, psychology, and current events for about forty minutes before we got into the topic at hand — so it's basically an hour before you start to hear the riveting (I think it's riveting) story about SCOTUS. I hope you like this episode of Searching for Political Identity! Thank you very much!

MJ Giasullo is an attorney and old friend from New Jersey. He's also a three-time Trump voter and a very bright guy. It was a blast hosting him last night for the first time in three years! We did a postmortem on the Biden presidency and discussed the first two days of Trump’s second term.

Patrick Abbott is a sci-fi author and theologian. I was pleased to host him yesterday to discuss why some people reflexively refer to aliens as demons. This conversation may seem outside of the scope of a podcast called Searching for Political Identity, but for me, it fits in perfectly within the context of thinking outside the box and searching for truth. In the intro, I briefly discussed yesterday's "egg" video and why I have come to believe that humanity has already had contact with extraterrestrials.

Rotimi Adeoye is a passionate and knowledgeable young Democrat who has a lot of experience in DC for his age. Here is our conversation from two weeks ago about the mistakes The Democratic Party made last cycle and the political landscape in general. Did he pull me back to the left? Did I pull him towards Trump? Tune in to find out!

Herby Kay is an autodidact genius Libertarian Zionist Jew who lives in Arizona and happens to have a plan to radically transform American politics called Antipolitism. We had a wide-ranging three-hour conversation about his political philosophy and just about everything else under the sun.

In this episode, I explain critical race theory, argue that the Woke Right exists, and distinguish them from MAGA.