Is America’s stability really hinged on a 17‑yard pass? In this episode we unpack Indiana’s 13‑0 run — from a 30‑game skid vs. Ohio State to a first Big Ten title since 1967 — and how fandom, NIL deals, replay reviews, and alumni rebrands turned a game into national theater. Hear why college football, the Indiana Hoosiers, and social media freakouts feel like a market correction. Tune in to see who profits from the panic — and why the rest of us keep refreshing bracketology. Keywords: college football, Indiana Hoosiers, Big Ten title, Ohio State, NIL, replay review.

When sentiment becomes an SKU, intimacy is for sale. The Capitalist’s Fever Dream peels back how designers and influencers turn personalization, luxury packaging, and curated rituals into commodified meaning — where naming a teapot replaces actual care and social proof becomes a distribution channel. We trace the choreography of gifting, the privatization of tradition, and the market forces that manufacture longing. Listen to find out what we traded for aesthetic and how taste turned into inventory. Keywords: consumerism, influencers, personalization, luxury, design.

At 7:55 a.m., silence is scheduled — but what happens when the eyewitnesses are gone? This episode follows the last Pearl Harbor survivors, the rituals of remembrance, and how memory shifts from lived testimony to digitized archives and museum displays. We explore the tension between honoring loss and curating absence, asking whether a program can replace a person’s story. Tune in for intimate reflections on duty, memory, and what gets lost when history becomes a performance. Keywords: Pearl Harbor, survivors, remembrance, ritual, memory.

Is the Kennedy Center Honors a national ritual or a rebranded campaign stop? We examine President Trump’s hands‑on curation of this year’s honorees, Oval Office medal presentations, and the bizarre choreography of prestige when state power meets performance. The episode unpacks cultural sainthood, political theater, and what it means when honors become a branding exercise. Listen as we dismantle the spectacle and ask who’s really being anointed. Keywords: Kennedy Center Honors, Trump, culture, politicization, honorees.

When a federal spectacle targets a community, democracy pays the price. This episode investigates the recent crackdown on Minnesota’s Somali community — from dehumanizing rhetoric and high‑profile arrests to local organizing, legal fights, and everyday resilience. We trace the origins, the fallout, and what’s at stake for immigrants, civic life, and the idea of belonging. Tune in to hear the human stories behind the headlines and why this matters beyond one state. Keywords: Minnesota, Somali community, immigration, federal enforcement, racism.

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