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Proud papa, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and arm-chair philosopher John Papola explores the biggest issues facing our country through the lens of fatherhood, releasing exclusive interviews and deep dives every week. We need to make sure the next generation of Americans is raised to thrive in a free society and be champions of civilization. Dad Saves America has hosted all sorts of experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Dr. Drew, Michael Shellenberger, Bret Weinstein, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Adam Carolla.
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- 5 days ago1h 3m
Zombie Politicians, Boomer Vampires, and the AI Skeleton Key
From mailers pushing trans kids to leave their families to an AI discovery that could break the internet, this Halloween is shaping up to be a scary one. And that’s before I start thinking about the midterms on Tuesday.Who's steering us through the chaos? A geriatric political class that can barely follow any of it, and a retiree generation that, per a new Cato poll, overwhelmingly backs higher taxes on young workers to protect its own Social Security checks. Meanwhile, the young left's preferred model is France, which is on fire.Caught between zombies, vampires, and Jacobins, which scares you most?_____________________________________Check my sources over on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/dadsavesamerica/p/zombie-politicians-boomer-vampires?r=24ayxm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true_____________________________________Protect your privacy on the network level with Cape at https://cape.co/dadsavesamerica. Use code DADSAVESAMERICA33 at checkout for 33% off your first 6 months._____________________________________Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FDrjzyDokWIMake a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe
- 1 weeks ago1h 49m
Ryan Long on Why AI Isn’t Funny, the Manosphere Is Over, and Rap Is Dead
I sat down with comedian Ryan Long, who is featured in our new comedy pilot, “The Experts,” to talk about how media and culture are changing in 2026.Watch “The Experts” pilot episode: https://youtu.be/dc1B5aKNmKwWe get into:* Moving from Toronto to NYC right before COVID* The personality differences between Americans and Canadians* Why culture is more interesting than politics* How wokeness ended up making comedy better* Why male-female dynamics matters more than anything else* How to make the most of creativity_____________________________________Protect your privacy on the network level with Cape at https://cape.co/dadsavesamerica. Use code DADSAVESAMERICA33 at checkout for 33% off your first 6 months._____________________________________Ryan Long at the Bitcoin Conference: https://youtu.be/9Na1wYcED8U?is=TWYLRyQpJjtZBYjeWatch “The Boyscast” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/theboyscast_____________________________________Outline:[0:00] The absurdity of marketing[3:14] Cultural satire, economics, Bitcoin[12:44] Why are so many great comedians Canadian?[25:12] How to navigate the culture war[29:23] Creativity is a balance of work and play[35:41] Making “The Experts” with Kurt Metzger[39:27] The philosophy of video editing[43:51] Stand-up warps your personality[47:41] Why AI can’t write comedy[58:15] Is the manosphere over?[1:06:02] Pop culture has decentralized[1:10:04] The dating market is out of wack[1:13:08] Can a libertarian society preserve social norms?[1:20:25] Wokeness didn’t ruin comedy[1:28:52] Can you stay friends across politics?[1:39:34] New York is hard unless you’re young or rich[1:46:25] America keeps expanding what’s possible_____________________________________Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cmZnrf74b-EMake a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe
- 1 weeks ago1h 13m
French Riots and Campus Degeneracy: Is the West Too Far Gone?
France is still on fire. A town hall nearly 200 years old has burned to the ground, and police are now drawing the line at the Louvre. Back home, the Cornell 7 case has become a Rorschach test for what’s left of feminism. This week, I’m responding to your comments on both.From Paris to Cornell, the West has the same disease: a culture too permissive to judge anything, institutions no one can trust, and a generation raised without shame.Does the West still have the backbone to say “No” to our spiritual decline?_____________________________________Get firearm security redesigned and save 10% off @StopBoxUSA with code DAD at https://stopboxusa.com/DAD #stopboxpodProtect your privacy on the network level with Cape at https://cape.co/dadsavesamerica. Use code DADSAVESAMERICA33 at checkout for 33% off your first 6 months.For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 971-571-6444 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dad - *Paid partnership*Chapter: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options._____________________________________Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yUybK9_qACQMake a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe
- 1 weeks ago1h 51m
Bryan Callen: "The Experts" Are Paid to Manufacture Truth
I sat down with comedian Bryan Callen, who directed and stars in our new comedy pilot, “The Experts,” to discuss why outrage pays better than nuance, how he found his way to God, and why boys need resistance to grow into men.Watch “The Experts” pilot episode: https://youtu.be/dc1B5aKNmKwWe get into:* What it was like directing for the first time* The ruthless capitalism of Hollywood* What happens to masculinity when drones replace warriors* Why having all the facts on our phones doesn’t help us find the truth* The criticism of Joe Rogan over the 2024 election* Making sense of the world in 2026_____________________________________For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 971-571-6444 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dad - *Paid partnershipTake control of your water quality today. Head to https://covepure.com/DAD and you’ll get $250 off your CovePure water filtration system for a limited time.*Chapter: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options._____________________________________Follow Bryan Callen on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/bryancallenWatch Bryan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BryanCallenComedy_____________________________________Outline:[0:00] “The Experts” pilot[2:03] Religion should mean sacrifice[5:59] Why do some societies work and others don’t?[11:20] Why every conspiracy theory blames the Jews[16:30] Why is a generation going all in on communism?[23:44] Hollywood is as capitalist as it gets[28:37] The world went crazy[31:57] Masculinity became a liability[39:51] Facts are not the same thing as truth[47:21] What losing everything taught him about faith[58:26] Human beings need resistance[1:09:27] Can AI write comedy?[1:12:17] The creative valley of darkness[1:16:48] Does suffering have meaning?[1:20:46] You can’t outrun aging[1:24:53] Joe Rogan’s role in Trump’s reelection[1:32:32] Will the world ever “go back to normal’?[1:41:20] Directing a TV show for the first time[1:44:47] How to educate yourself outside of school_____________________________________Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/V5QOzLVqkXQMake a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe
- 2 weeks ago1h 12m
The Cornell 7 Scandal Exposed the Biggest Lie of Feminism
The Cornell 7 case has reignited the campus sexual assault panic of the mid-2010s. Jane Doe's own written statements described the events as consensual, but her story later transformed into a serious criminal allegation.Unlike the Duke lacrosse hoax, which turned out to be an outright fabrication, this case is more ambiguous in both the accusations made and the culture they emerged from. Even so, the public outcry pulls on the same debunked statistics about campus sexual assault that turned colleges into Title IX kangaroo courts in the first place.Rather than a salacious true crime saga, the real story here is what the sexual revolution has done to our kids. The pill made sex cheap, hookup culture replaced courtship, and birthrates collapsed. Who's going to teach our kids a better way if we don't?_____________________________________For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 971-571-6444 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dad - *Paid partnership*Chapter: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options._____________________________________Check my sources over on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/dadsavesamerica/p/the-cornell-7-scandal-exposed-the?r=24ayxm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true_____________________________________Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UNy_M7dYXEwMake a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe
- 2 weeks ago1h 50m
Victor Davis Hanson: The Left REALLY Hates the Middle Class
I sat down with Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of the “The Counterrevolution”. Victor is a Stanford PhD who still lives on his family’s Central Valley farm that five generations of Hansons have called home, giving him a rare view of both the academic elite and the working Americans they look down on.We get into:* Trump’s counterrevolution against 50 years of progressive rule* Why America still dominates the world economy* The 2016 dinner where Peter Thiel predicted Trump’s win* Why the fall of Iran’s regime could be another Berlin Wall moment* How the DSA took over the Democratic Party* The battle between the credentialed class and middle America_____________________________________For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 971-571-6444 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dad - *Paid partnership*Chapter: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options._____________________________________Follow Victor Davis Hanson on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VDHanson?s=20Watch Victor’s show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273Purchase a copy of “The Counterrevolution”: https://a.co/d/0aP3kpUP_____________________________________Outline:[0:00] What is Trump’s counterrevolution?[9:18] Obama created a new Marxist racial binary[15:44] Trump is a nationalist, not an ideologue[24:12] The tragedy of Canada[30:04] Mexican-Americans pay the price for illegal immigration[36:51] Is AI the new Manhattan Project?[43:07] Silicon Valley thought we were all yokels[52:12] Middle class solidarity vs racial politics[55:57] Why did Trump go to war with Iran?[1:05:15] The Middle East is being remade[1:12:15] Mossadegh, the Shah, and the Iranian Revolution[1:20:08] The Democratic Party’s Jacobin takeover[1:32:08] Has college failed the rising generation?[1:43:32] Never be intimidated by credentials_____________________________________Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/p-DKvccyAEwMake a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe
- 3 weeks ago1h 18m
France’s "Mostly Peaceful Jihad” Threatens the Whole Christian West
For the past three weeks, riots have spread across France. The corporate press is calling them mostly peaceful protests over school funding. Meanwhile, student rioters are singing jihadi rap.Second and third generation Muslim immigrants are radicalizing against the very country that raised them. At the same time, 800,000 French Catholics gathered in Paris for Pope Leo’s recent visit. Two Frances are fighting over the same country.A West that has forgotten its Christian roots no longer knows how to love its neighbor without surrendering to him. If Christians won't defend the civilization their faith built, who will?_____________________________________For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 971-571-6444. to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dad - *Paid partnership*Chapter: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options._____________________________________Check my sources over on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/dadsavesamerica/p/frances-mostly-peaceful-jihad-threatens?r=24ayxm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true_____________________________________Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dqHEOR6MnJ8Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe
- 3 weeks ago2h 4m
How White Guilt Became the Most Powerful Weapon in Politics - Eli & Shelby Steele
I sat down with Shelby Steele, an author and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and his son Eli Steele, the filmmaker behind “What Killed Michael Brown?” Together, they’ve produced a new documentary, “White Guilt,” that brings Shelby’s 2006 book into the present political climate. Shelby has lived the whole story, from segregation to Black Power militancy to now decades as a fearless dissenter on race.We get into:* What white guilt really is, and why it became a source of black power* How the left used collective guilt to claim moral innocence* Shelby’s journey from black radicalism to conservatism* How American racial politics were grafted onto the Israel-Palestine conflict* Eldridge Cleaver’s transformation from Black Panther to Reagan voter* Why BLM denies the racial progress of the past 60 years* Why courage is the only way past racial identity politics_____________________________________For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 971-571-6444 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dad - *Paid partnershipTake control of your water quality today. Head to https://covepure.com/DAD and you’ll get $250 off your CovePure water filtration system for a limited time.*Chapter: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options._____________________________________Follow Eli Steele on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Hebro_Steele?s=20Watch the trailer for “White Guilt”: https://youtu.be/5Pg_bJJMsAU?si=IEGFrMQgE-eZsKPvCheck out Shelby Steele’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B000APMQK2?ingress=0&visitId=79e14454-f6e3-4082-8099-6ced90b8df71&ref_=aufs_ap_ahdr_dsk_ab&ccs_id=6508d6f9-e2e2-438f-a4d0-2a7a00b62cde_____________________________________Outline:[0:00] What is white guilt?[12:59] The symbiosis of black power and white guilt[16:53] How the third world coopted black activism[25:59] Race isn’t a black-and-white issue[33:25] Black radicalism and the breakdown of the family[48:30] Western man vs anti-Western man[55:26] Why are black Americans so politically unified?[1:03:46] BLM pretends there’s been no progress since 1965[1:11:04] Eldridge Cleaver’s path from Black Panther to conservative[1;27:13] How YouTube is spreading black conservatism[1:33:58] Black America vs African perspectives on race[1:40:06] How do we move past white guilt?[1:49:18] We need to learn to laugh things off[1:55:38] Children need a father to wrestle with_____________________________________Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store:https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8rGYha-Dce4Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?Visit our website:
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Proud papa, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and arm-chair philosopher John Papola explores the biggest issues facing our country through the lens of fatherhood, releasing exclusive interviews and deep dives every week. We need to make sure the next generation of Americans is raised to thrive in a free society and be champions of civilization. Dad Saves America has hosted all sorts of experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Dr. Drew, Michael Shellenberger, Bret Weinstein, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Adam Carolla.
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