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The Big Tech Election

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We've got some debates town halls to cover, we've got a good old fashioned social media shadow banning scandal, Joe Biden's son is bad at influence peddling, we had a Supreme Court nominee sail through her hearing, and we get into the nitty gritty on the 1619 Project. But most importantly, we spend some quality time with Kim Strassel, she of the Wall Street Journal, and one of the most ardent supporters of the President. We of course talk about that with her, also the Senate, the previously mentioned big tech/media controversy.

Music from this week's show: Amie by Pure Prarie League

Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
Guest:
Kimberly Strassel

Discussion (103)

  • Sisyphus@Sisyphus
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    ReplyingtoToryWarWriter

    ToryWarWriter (View Comment):

    @BlueYeti there is a huge problem with this cast. It goes dead air around the 42 minute mark and then when it does start up again I hear Peter asking a question over again, while Kim is giving the same answer.

    Long dead spells and we never hear Kim starting at 46:32, then we hear Peter's vehement agreement and then long dead air some more. Hearing Kim again at 48:16 with Peter talking over her.

  • Blue Yeti@BlueYeti

    Hi Folks, thanks for the heads up on this. Still getting used to the quirks involved with working with the audio files Zoom outputs -- which is the reason the tracks got out of sync in the middle of the show (I can go into more detail if you're interested, but I don't recommend that unless you are having trouble falling asleep).

    Regardless, it's fixed now. If you have downloaded the show onto your mobile device, delete the version you have and re-download it and you'll get the fixed version. My apologies.

  • Jon1979@Jon1979
    ReplyingtoBlue Yeti

    Blue Yeti (View Comment):

    Hi Folks, thanks for the heads up on this. Still getting used to the quirks inherent in working with the audio files Zoom outputs — which is the reason the tracks got out of sync in the middle of the show (I can go into more detail if you’re interested, but I don’t recommend that unless you are having trouble falling asleep).

    Regardless, it’s fixed now. If you have downloaded the show onto your mobile device, delete the version you have and re-download it and you’ll get the fixed version. My apologies.

    Man, Zoom seemed so easy back in the 1970s a child could do it....

  • Rick N.

    Lovely choice for a closing song.

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