The Mad Centrist
"A sane person to an insane society must appear insane." ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Not Mad as in Angry, Mad as in Insane.
And in an insane world, the sane are simply Mad. I am The Mad Centrist.
You can be too!
The Mad Centrist podcast is a middle ground, pragmatic, politically polite, and irreverently independent show. Pulling the rug out from beneath Democrats and Republicans alike, while respecting democrats and republican citizens (the distinction between Party and people is critical!). Amusing anecdotes of the crazy world we find ourselves in, how to maybe get along better, and pull the world back towards sanity, and do so while having some fun!
Episodes
64 episodes
TMC - Episode 64: Tarnishing the National Guard
The National Guard is getting some bad press. This is not the National Guard's fault though. The Guard has a long, storied history in America, and this episode shares some of the highlights (and a low light too). It also compa...
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Season 2025
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Episode 64
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38:33
TMC - Episode 63: Are we Ignoring Financial Indicators?
The data exists, if we want to find it. This is the job of some people. But no one seems to be able to find it. In this episode I present some data that makes me question the stability of the economy. Some of it is uniqu...
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Season 2025
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Episode 63
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38:40
TMC - Episode 62: What killed Charlie Kirk
Ask an easy question, and sometimes you get a deep thoughtful response.What killed Charlie Kirk is one of those questions. Not who, but what. This episode is off the cuff and relies on thoughts already recorded in past episod...
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Season 2025
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Episode 62
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33:06
TMC - Episode 61 - Tariffs Global Cause and Effect
Tariff, a hot button issue for sure. In America, we argue - still - over who pays them (Hint: it is not the foreign nation). We complain about how they increase prices. We largely ignore the international consequences - but we...
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Season 2025
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Episode 61
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33:52
TMC - Episode 60: Conspiracies (Q)Anonymous
In the throes of COVID-19 a movement gained power. A silly on, but still, Q Anon grew unexpectedly.In hindsight it would be laughable that it ever happened, except for the damage done to our nation, and families and individuals.No...
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Season 2025
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Episode 60
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33:13
TMC - Episode 59: Concentration Camps of the USA
Who would have thought we would be here? Camps now across multiple states, and most of the population recognizes them as what they are: concentration camps.The crazy part is half of the people seem to be OK with concentration camps...
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Season 2025
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Episode 59
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30:19
TMC - Episode 58: Epstein, Maxwell, Trump, oh my!
Jeffrey Epstein has a sorted past. Ghislane Maxwell, his partner in crime is serving 20 years for human trafficking and other sex crimes. Both of these notorious people have ties to President Trump from the 1980s to the mid-2000s.
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Season 2025
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Episode 58
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38:50
TMC - Episode 57: And the Law Won
The Trump Administration and the Supreme Court - frienemies?Trump continues to try to bully law firms, and has some success, and some failures. Why does Trump continue to attack the legal system? How does he get away with it?...
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Season 2025
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Episode 57
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57:18
TMC - Episode 56: Quality news, Inflation, Senate and more
Sometimes things go another direction, and the perfect opportunity arrives.I wanted to speak about how I get news sources for some time, and I also thought it would be an injustice to not touch of some of the most important current event...
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Season 2025
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Episode 56
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26:55
TMC Episode 55: Woke and Juneteenth
Juneteenth just passed, so, yeah, I am a bit late. I had mentioned wanting to cover the history of "Woke," and adding Juneteenth seemed perfect, if a few days late.This is a shorter episode, but very important none the less....
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Season 2025
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Episode 55
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24:50
TMC Episode 54: Currently Dramatic
The Mad Centrist plays off of the famous Kurt Vonnegut quote "A sane man, to an insane world, must appear insane." Recently this seems even more apt.The world is hitting new levels of insanity, and we must be Mad to be so sane!...
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33:29
TMC - Episode 53: Medicare and Medicaid explained
The Episode I promised long ago, in Episode #37. This episode covers the social programs Medicare and Medicaid. Two programs with similar names, but they are very different indeed! Take a listen to see if you feel they are wor...
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Season 2025
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Episode 53
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25:53
TMC - Episode 52: Freedom of the Press
This week's episode we have a special guest: Professor, Lawyer, and Journalist Israel Balderas. The conversation is focused on Journalism - an area of expertise where you might be hard pressed to find a better professional to give their o...
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Season 2025
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Episode 52
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47:38
TMC - Episode 51: Idiot or Savant?
A really rare non-political episode - well, not really. It centers on the president, but it is about his mental acuity, and not his politics. To that extent, it really is not political.This episode asks the question, a questi...
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Season 2025
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Episode 51
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35:27
TMC - Episode 50: Nifty Fifty
Thanks to the listeners! A recap episode, on what has happened, what the show is about, and where we are going. We have covered a lot of ground, but we are just getting started!Starting it out with a quote.Finishing w...
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Season 2025
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Episode 50
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30:02
TMC - Episode 49: SAVE Act
Covering some stories of continued government removing people - sometimes even citizens - from the streets and trying, and succeeding, to deport them.Then we get to the heart of the show: the SAVE Act. How does it harm voting in Am...
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Season 2025
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Episode 49
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41:06
TMC - Episode 48: Uncivil Deportation
Taken from the street. Disappearing from an appointment with ICE. Held at the border, or at an airport on your way home. The stories are coming in fast and way too frequent.The stunning thing is we aren't seeing more outrage....
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28:38
TMC - Episode 47 - The Swamp, part 3
The President of the United States. Mission #1, choose a cabinet.The question: does this help fill the swamp or drain it?This is part 3 of a look into Donald Trump's cabinet choices, and providing information for YOU to deci...
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Season 2025
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Episode 47
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32:13
TMC - Episode 46 - The Swamp, part 2
The President of the United States. Mission #1, choose a cabinet.The question: does this help fill the swamp or drain it?This is part 2 of a look into Donald Trump's cabinet choices, and providing information for YOU to deci...
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Season 2025
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Episode 46
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42:11
TMC - Episode 45 - The Swamp, part 1
The President of the United States. Mission #1, choose a cabinet.The question: does this help fill the swamp or drain it?This is part 1 of a look into Donald Trump's cabinet choices, and providing information for YOU to deci...
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42:46
TMC Episode 44 - The budget bill or what the heck just happened?
February 25th was a rough day, but it really shouldn't have been. Learn why the House Budget Bill means about as much as a wooden nickel. Also, learn what the bill is, and what it isn't. History provides amazing perspective so...
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Season 2025
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Episode 44
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35:33
TMC Episode 43 - Only 47 Months to go!
The Trump Administration seems to be flailing. I know, Republicans say it is the best ever, Democrats say it is the worst. I think neither is correct, because it is proving to be largely ineffective. Immigration, slow and expe...
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Season 2025
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Episode 43
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37:17
TMC Episode 42 - Trump's ED issues
Trump has an ED issue, and Congress is the only solution. Find out why that is a problem even he knows will not work out in his favor.Learn about the Education Department, its history, what it does, and the $$$ behi...
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38:56
TMC Episode 41 - Crypto Currency Con
What is a currency exactly? And is a Crypto Currency really a currency?Once the hope for a means to make a currency democratically available to all, something along the way went wrong. Criminals started to use and then abuse ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 41
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41:40