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Bleating about
the news.
Butting //
heads over
policy.

Based in North Texas but rooted in the vastly different worlds of Southern California and the Bible Belt — a podcast about the American divide, and whether a divided nation can still share a neighborhood.

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Latest drop · Episode 47

The week the
algorithm voted

Tech platforms decided what Americans saw this week. Douglas calls it free speech. Thomas calls it Tuesday. Buckle up.

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Apr 22 · Episode 47 · 1h 12m

The week the algorithm voted

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EP 46
46
Apr 15 · 58 min

Suburbs, surveillance, and the Ring doorbell wars

Your neighbor's camera is technically not a search warrant. Douglas explains why that matters more than you think.

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EP 45
45
Apr 8 · 1h 04m

AI in the courtroom: when the prosecutor is a prompt

A defense attorney walks into an AI-generated transcript. The transcript is wrong. Now what?

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EP 44
44
Apr 1 · 47 min

The American shouting match (and why we keep doing it)

A live show recap from Denton. Two hours, three hecklers, one goat puppet. No casualties.

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Thomas Roark
Senior Tech Manager
Thomas Roark
Southern California → North Texas
VS
Douglas Wilder
Defense Attorney
Douglas Wilder
Born & raised in the Bible Belt