The Chrestman Conversation
A take on stories from the week that touch on larger cultural issues.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 177
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Chevron Overruled & Trump Immune | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #117
The Supreme Court ruled on two monumental cases this week. What does the overturning of Chevron mean for the future of the administrative state? Does King Trump now have the authority to do whatever …
00:34:24 |
Fri 05 Jul 2024
The Geriatric Gameshow | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #116
The debate is over and Joe Biden lost. Although really it seems more accurate to say the American people are the real losers here. I break it down on this weeks episode of The Chrestman Conversation.
00:32:25 |
Fri 28 Jun 2024
President Biden Hits the Pause Button | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #115
President Biden seems to completely space out multiple times this week. 8
men on the terrorist watch list were caught in multiple states after coming
through the southern border, and Cori Bush clai…
00:32:51 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
Hunter Biden is Found Guilty | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #114
Hunter Biden was found guilty of three felony charges this week, in what can only be described as the least shocking verdict of all time. No one has been more obviously guilty of a crime since O.J. S…
00:27:41 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
The Last Bit of Vacation & the Gregorian Calendar | PHILOSOPHY | The Chrestman Conversation #113
Spent the last week enjoying some sunshine and a little bit of the beach. Managed to avoid social media and the news almost entirely, which I now wish happened more often. Today on the podcast, we ta…
00:12:15 |
Fri 07 Jun 2024
The Importance of Art | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #112
Today on the podcast I read a little journal entry I made yesterday on the train. Just some thoughts on the importance of art for the human spirit. It's nice to take a step away from the issues that …
00:16:12 |
Fri 31 May 2024
Let's Touch Grass | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #111
A little bit of a different podcast today. Hopefully everyone enjoys. If
you do not feel like watching I can summarize it very quickly. Go outside.
Touch grass. Live your life and remember that peo…
00:10:03 |
Fri 24 May 2024
Biden Agrees to Debate Trump, But Only On His Terms | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #110
Biden says he will debate Trump, but only with plenty of guardrails in place. Then we dive into two great speeches from this week. Winston Marshall threw down over whether populism is a problem. Then…
00:34:32 |
Fri 17 May 2024
MGT Fails to Oust Mike Johnson & Macklemore's Anthem | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #109
Dealing with two topics on today's show. First I dive into Marjorie Taylor Greene trying to vote out Mike Johnson as Speaker, and then I talk briefly about Macklemore making a pro-terrorist anthem fo…
00:30:31 |
Fri 10 May 2024
These College Kids Know Nothing | The Chrestman Conversation #108
Protests erupt around the country in support of Hamas. It is an unfortunate occurrence when the children of the future are so ill-equipped to learn. What has happened to our wayward and coddled youth…
00:37:30 |
Fri 03 May 2024
Trump's First Criminal Trial Is Underway | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #107
Donald Trump's first criminal trial began this week in New York. Did anyone else feel the foundations of the republic shaking? Was it just me? Does anyone believe that threatening to put a former pre…
00:28:21 |
Fri 26 Apr 2024
Google Lays Down the Hammer on Protesters | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #106
A bunch of entitled Google employees are crying about being fired following a sit-in protest at their place of work. I am not sure what they thought would happen, but hammer meet nail. Do the pro Ham…
00:35:52 |
Fri 19 Apr 2024
We Shouldn't Euthanize The Mentally Ill | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #105
A healthy 28 year old woman has elected to be euthanized next month due to her crippling depression. What happened to a world that will stand idly by and allow such a thing to occur? The West has slo…
00:36:02 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
Richard Dawkins, Atheist & Cultural Christian | PHILOSOPHY | The Chrestman Conversation #104
Twenty years after publishing The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins refers to himself as a cultural Christian. Did the New Atheist movement get anything right? Can a moral society exist without widesprea…
00:33:48 |
Fri 05 Apr 2024
Where Have All The Men Gone? | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #103
A spree of random violent encounters in NYC had a local councilwoman asking where are the men condemning such acts. After the constant vilification of masculinity and feminization of an entire genera…
00:40:01 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
Don Lemon VS. Elon Musk. The Interview No One Wanted | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #102
I did the hard thing so you don't have to and watched the full hour of Don
Lemon and Elon Musk talking. After watching, it's no wonder that Don Lemon
managed to get himself fired before his new sho…
00:44:58 |
Fri 22 Mar 2024
The TikTok Ban Moves Forward | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #101
The House of Representatives just sent a bill to the Senate to ban TikTok. Is this a violation of the first amendment? Do corporations owned by foreign governments deserve the same protections? Come …
00:35:48 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
The Moral Case of IVF | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #100
The Alabama Supreme Court issued a controversial ruling this week. Today, I
am discussing the IVF and the future of the law. How should the law reflect
the changing morality of this relatively new …
00:29:12 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
Tennessee Bans The Pride Flag | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #99
The Tennessee legislature votes through a bill that would bar public school
classrooms from displaying a flag other than the American flag. Is this a
constitutional law? What about the first amendm…
00:32:52 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
No Reparations For Joy Reid | POLITICS | The Chrestman Conversation #98
Joy Reid thinks race relations in the United States have not improved since
the 1960s. These claims are not only objectively laughable, but also
incredibly divisive. Why do people who describe them…
00:37:23 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
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