Ken LaCorte: Elephants in Rooms

Taken from Big Pod #8: https://youtu.be/IzE8p_rxyEE Artists are still very much afraid of how leaving (or even disagreeing with) mainstream Hollywood will affect their careers. But, there have been a few success stories. #shorts #hollywood #mainstream #cancelculture

When you fight for free speech, you fight for everyone's right to free speech. No exceptions. - Dave Rubin. #shorts #freespeech #daverubin

"This is our civilization attacking itself by blinding people to the actual facts of their existence." --Bret Weinstein. #shorts #misinformation #bretweinstein

Taken from: Big Pod #8 Netflix stood by Dave Chappelle. The backlash against Ricky Gervais dissipated pretty quickly. Has wokeism finally reached its peak and are we seeing the turning point of the fortunes of the woke? #shorts #woke #wokeness #wokeism #standupcomedy

Christian Toto joins Ken on the podcast to talk about politics and wokeness in the movie industry. Toto is an award-entertainment journalist with more than a decade of experience, a contributor at the Daily Wire, and the founder of HollywoodInToto.com, a site that covers pop culture from a conservative perspective. ---------------------------------------------- You can find Ken on ... Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Every other podcast platform: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1884605 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1343964 And a whole lot more: https://linktr.ee/KenLaCorte Jump to: 00:00 Intro 00:14 Anti-woke sites 4:27 Movie reviews: Then vs. Now 9:24 Movies and culture 12:06 Top Gun: Maverick 16:46 (Good) old movies 21:05 How entertainment ages 24:51 Are movies political now? 29:27 Overcomplicated movies 31:50 Will Toto write a screenplay? 34:47 How people watch movies 39:45 Movie industry: Then and Now 48:57 Wokeness on the decline 1:05:02 A path to authenticity 1:11:52 YouTube and Mr. Beast 1:17:09 What's next for Toto? 1:19:18 Starting from scratch 1:21:33 Writing under the influence 1:23:45 Outro

Trading privacy for comfort is not something we, as a society, have paid much attention to. - Bari Weiss. #privacy #comfort #internet #bariweiss

Top Gun: Maverick has a diverse cast and everything else it needs to be a 'woke' movie, but it's not -- and that's one of the reasons why it's such a hit. #shorts #topgun #maverick #tomcruise

Stigma has a bad rep, but Heather Mac Donald says its impact on society is not entirely negative. #shorts #stigma #society

Journalist and author Heather Mac Donald joined Ken to talk about homelessness, public shame, and how accusations of racism affect crime in America. ---------------------------------------------- Heather is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor to the City Journal, and a bestselling author. You can find Ken on ... Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Every other podcast platform: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1884605 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1343964 And a whole lot more: https://linktr.ee/KenLaCorte Jump to: 00:00 Intro 00:20 Homelessness, race, and crime 16:03 White guilt? 23:19 Institutional vs historical racism 28:20 Police and racism 38:40 “What about black victims?” 44:19 College vs. real world 52:32 The feminization of culture/ The issue of niceness 57:14 Stigma and its benefits 1:02:22 Going backward on crime and punishment 1:12:52 What’s being omitted from the race conversation 1:17:53 A shift in cultural norms 1:22:25 The Ferguson Effect

In cities with an excess of compassion, there are usually a lot of problems –like homelessness. #shorts #compassion #homelessness

Are laws inherently racist or do we simply interpret them as such? Heather Mac Donald says that the law disproportionately affects blacks because they have a higher crime rate – not because criminal laws are racist. #shorts #racism #criminallaw #laws

Michael Oreskes joins Ken on the podcast to discuss the political left and right, the current state of the media, and how the Internet changed both. You can find Ken on .... Apple podcasts: ‎https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast Every other podcast platform: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1884605 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1343964 And a whole lot more: https://linktr.ee/KenLaCorte -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oreskes is a journalist with decades of experience. He worked at the New York Daily News, spent 20 years at the New York Times, 7 years at the Associated Press, and then a couple more as a senior president of news and editorial director at NPR. Jump to: 00:00 Intro 00:24 Conservative vs. liberal 01:26 An insider's view 08:19 The digital crackup 11:07 Opinion vs. news 14:00 The future of media 21:15 Science and politics 32:53 Trump's effect on the media 40:01 Weaponizing facts 46:45 Guns, police and NY 51:25 Gun laws: Yes or No? 55:05 Guns and mental illness 1:11:21 The fall of local journalism 1:23:19 What's next for the media? 1:27:34 Bad incentives #podcast

There are several things that made and still make this country great. And while today we tend to put an emphasis on diversity and what makes us different, most Americans have one very real thing in common. #shorts #americaisgreat #whatmadeamerica #immigration

Kids need both a mother and a father figure in their life. #shorts #parenting #raisingkids #parents

Ken and Drew Curtis talk whiskey, tech, what to do in a tsunami, censorship, and the irony of Reddit's wokeism. You can find Ken on .... Apple podcasts: ‎https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast Every other podcast platform: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1884605 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1343964 And a whole lot more: https://linktr.ee/KenLaCorte Drew Curtis is the founder of Fark, a news site with a solid dollop of humor. He is also the author of 'It's Not News, It's FARK: How Mass Media Tries to Pass off Crap as News.' You can check out FARK here: https://www.fark.com/ Jump to: 00:00 Intro 00:42 Favorite whiskeys 3:46 All about FARK 6:31 Meeting Reddit's cofounder 8:11 Reddit's irony 9:37 The future of social media? 11:47 The Nazi definition 15:55 Social media bias 19:30 Driving: Now vs. Then 21:44 Tech and old people 24:09 Building a cryptocurrency 30:27 What to do with your money? 34:26 The good side of oil firms 36:28 The truth about natural disasters 41:25 Is the world a better place? 44:20 Raising kids 47:57 Is college a good idea? 53:08 Teachers and COVID 55:03 The COVID rules 1:01:00 Pharma's rise during COVID 1:03:02 How ads work 1:08:21 Are we wasting it? 1:10:50 AI gone wild 11:11:38 Life offline 1:18:05 The news you want to see 1:21: 52 A different algorithm 1:27:45 Outro

In today's society, people often conflate incivility with being strong. Being a Republican has nothing to do with your opinion on Joe Biden (but rather his policies), just as much as being a Democrat doesn't mean you have to disagree with Donald Trump.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky surprised the better part of the world with his response to Russia's attacks. But, more than that, the way he's handling the war is proving a valuable lesson for many leaders around the globe. #shorts #zelensky #ukraine #ukrainerussiawar #wartime #lesson #leadership

How fast is our society improving and is it fast enough? Regardless of where you stand, generational changes take effort and time, and issues like the homelessness crisis might need just that. #shorts #society #homelessness #homelessnessissue #mentalissues

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/4oYEHfhUuOU Five for Fighting's John Ondrasik has been vocal in his criticism of the State Department's handing of the Afghanistan withdrawal. The singer has been in touch with organizations that are helping people get out of the country and said that he was getting emails from people there asking for help. #shorts #johnondrasik #fiveforfighting #afghanistan #afghanistanwithdrawal

Grammy-nominated Five For Fighting singer John Ondrasik had his Afghanistan protest song “Blood on my Hands” temporarily taken down by YouTube for “graphic content.” Ondrasik joins Ken to talk about his protest song, its censorship, the Afghanistan withdrawal, as well as Ken’s time in Iraq, and Zelensky's leadership in the war in Ukraine. ---------------------------------------------- You can find Ken on ... Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Every other podcast platform: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1884605 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1343964 And a whole lot more: https://linktr.ee/KenLaCorte

Taken from Ken LaCorte's Big Pod #3: https://youtu.be/ClTDNyTc5e0 What brought on mandatory minimums? When crime gets out of control, people tend to get tougher on it. #shorts #crime #punishment #mandatoryminimums

What is the hardest thing about being a parent? For some, it's finding balance. For others, it's letting go. #shorts #drewcurtis #kenlacorte #parenthood #parenting #parentingchallenges

It's the government's responsibility to warn and inform young people about both short- and long-term effects of drug use and the consequences of addiction. But, they shouldn't lie about it. #shorts #drewcurtis #podcast #kids #drugs #government #lying #kenlacorte

John Ondrasik, also known as Five for Fighting, was temporarily censored by YouTube after he published his song that criticized the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The song, titled "Blood on My Hands," features shorts clips of Taliban violence. You can listen to it here: https://youtu.be/e4TUAYg0UCw Although his music video was eventually reinstated, Ondrasik says that few of his colleagues were willing to stand up against YouTube's initial decision to take it down. #shorts #johnondrasik #youtube #censorship #bigtech

Ken talks with Ben Boychuk about California politics, how Sandpoint Idaho dealt with BLM protesters, Covid stats, and why searching "Ken LaCorte" online sometimes includes "sex offender" in the results. You can find the audio podcast of this on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/5n7b8rmk ---------------------------------------------- You can find Ken on .... Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Every other podcast platform: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1884605 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1343964 And a whole lot more: https://linktr.ee/KenLaCorte ---------------------------------------------- Ben Boychuk is an author and the Managing Editor of American Greatness.