Previously aired episodes of The Common Sense Podcast
Is it just nostalgia—or has common sense actually disappeared from public policy, education, and everyday life? In our debut episode, we explore examples of absurdity in modern decision-making, from banning words to rewriting facts, and we ask the big question: when did logic become optional?
Disagreeing doesn’t mean hating. Yet in today's culture, disagreement is treated like an act of war. We talk about how debate became taboo, why cancel culture has silenced even the curious, and how we can revive civil discourse—one honest conversation at a time.
Imagine spending more than you make... every month... for decades. Welcome to government budgeting. We break down the national debt in terms anyone can understand and ask: if households ran like Washington, how long would they last?
Forget “oops, we got it wrong.” Most media “mistakes” are actually part of a plan. This episode digs into how narratives are framed, how headlines are engineered for emotion over truth, and why trusting the media today might be the most dangerous decision you make all week.
From gender ideology in kindergarten to handing out trophies for showing up, today’s parenting challenges are next-level. We talk about instilling resilience, reason, and reality in kids while navigating a culture that’s allergic to all three.
Everyone has an opinion—but that doesn’t make it true. This episode draws the line between emotional reactions and objective facts, using hot-button topics like science, politics, and identity to show how we’ve lost our grip on reality... and how to get it back.
“Normal” used to mean something. Now it’s controversial. We unpack why traditional values and mainstream lifestyles are being villainized, how the Overton window shifted, and what it really means to live authentically without getting labeled problematic.
Politicians love catchphrases—“Build Back Better,” “Green New Deal,” “Defund This or That”—but what’s actually being done? We dissect a few major slogans and offer clear-headed, commonsense solutions that could actually work… if people would listen.