Normal Men

Episode 71 - Thirst Traps

This week: the Lake Effect and CBC comes packing. The Men investigate pheromone-maxxing, chicken-tender nation, and (unfortunately) data centers. Links: Shiv Ramdas's Ri

Episode 70 - Harps and Minds

This week: a brief exploration of comparative religion and the lost art of letter-writing. George teaches us about USMCA and les dangers du Québec. Ed thinks they should

Episode 69 - Take Sennett

the Ed-less Men tackle the state of the Senate states. Buckle up, it's the preseason!

Episode 68 - I See Sea People

Down one normal man and up one provisionally normal historian: Bret Devereaux joins to discuss Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, and we make it about twenty minutes before the

Episode 67 - Getting Defensive

Mike Black joins the Men for a wide-ranging conversation about mostly the NDAA. Authorized and appropriate at all times.

Episode 66 - Nolan, Diarrhea, And Antitrust

Improv episode after Glonzo ate our guest's internet connection. Three thousand words about lettuce, Nolan does Homer, Troy in Maine, and Taco Bell totally exonerated. Th

Episode 65 - Deliberative Bodies

Lindsey Graham and the McConnell succession watch. Brazil's World Cup exit gets blamed on Protestantism. Count Binface takes the fight to Clacton. Michigan's Senate proxy

Episode 64 - Happy Birthday to US!

Some futbol, moderate arborism, the fast road to Argentina, and Eurovision. 250 years and Normal as ever. Show notes: Mexico 2–3 England at the Azteca (match report) The

Episode 63 - Thermal Shock Doctrine

The normal men get hot and bothered, fix what's wrong with NYC politics, are gone to look for America, and contemplate an unwise conflict that expects too much of the Cur

Episode 62 - Thinking Like Bad People

Come take a mind-safari with us to Beirut, Manchester, and West Palm Beach. Plus: tilling the GOP 2028 field way too early.

Episode 61 - Transatlantischism

A defence of the pastoral lifestyle and also the barbacoan lifestyle. Also: your gut health and soda, thunder v swamp, grudgingly handing it to the Knicks, and 10 mpg(ame

Episode 60 - Smoothgroins, Smoothbrains

Unfortunately additional Maine. Then: a bit of fish and the Intercept Cinematic Universe.

Episode 59 - The TeXrrible SecreXt of SpaceX

A Very Special SpaceX Episode with Quantian (@quantian) and ESGHound (@esghound)! Come for the S-1, stay for the physics. Contains not even homeopathic levels of investme

Episode 58 - The Pope Should Wear Air Monarchs

Lots of tech, somewhat more Pope than usual, and a well-conceived 2028 Presidential Democratic contender tier list that will never embarrass any of us in any way. Plus Ja

Episode 57 - Bracketology

Patrick Wyman joins the Normal Men to talk dirty soda, apartment deposits we definitely did not get back, the only bracket that matters, 1619 and its descendants, and sha

Episode 56 - Bottom Feeders

The Men get chippy, Fed up, car talk, Giuliani hantavirus and other pathogens, Graham crackers and some states that are probably in the Midwest, and the AI capex bubble (

Episode 55 - Cracking Spreads

Panic! at the WHCD, several niche beverages, American airports, and strait cash homie.

Episode 54 - Carpe Baculum

Iran oil futures, market madness, Spencer Pratt for some reason, ivermectin and psilocybin, spammers and affinity scams, and hyping the Mythos.

Episode 53 - JD and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

Vance screws up at everything, Orbán eighty-sixed in Hungary, Iran negotiations collapse and the world stays oil-thirsty, Swalwell sex monsters and gets summarily defenes

Episode 52 - It’s From Massachusetts, Actually

Yakuza discourse, the terrible secret of space, BTS on Hot Ones, Bondi beached, careerists vs maniacs, and who's next for Attorney General.