The Tucker Carlson Show

The wars in Iran and Ukraine are weakening, discrediting and impoverishing the United States. That’s not an accident. It’s the point of the exercise.

Brandon J. Weichert is the publisher of The Weichert Brief on Substack, www.weichert.substack.com, and the Senior National Security Editor at 19FortyFive.com, a defense publication. He is the author of four bestselling books, most recently of “A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine.” He can be followed via Twitter @WeTheBrandon.

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Max Blumenthal has been reporting critically on Israel for twenty years, in the face of censorship and death threats. Now he’s been detained by the Trump administration.

(00:00) Blumenthal's Trip to Iran and Getting Detained

(25:05) The Paid Propagandists

(1:00:43) Leaked AIPAC Audio

(1:05:53) What Is Israel's Big Picture Goal?

(1:43:17) What Happened to TPUSA?

Max Blumenthal is the founder and editor of The Grayzone, an independent American investigative journalism outlet. He is the author of several books and producer of numerous documentary films on US and international politics. TheGrayzone.com

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Brian Cole Jr. has autism, no criminal record and no connection to J6. He’s in prison without bail for planting the Capitol Hill pipe bombs. His parents think he’s been framed. We agree.(00:00) The Arrest of Brian Cole Jr.

(03:34) The FBI's Raid on Cole's House

(15:38) The FBI Investigation and Strange Phone Number

(19:36) When Did the Cole Family Find Out What Their Son Was Charged With?

(21:16) Brian’s Morning Routine and Job at the Family Business

(40:43) Why Doesn’t Trump’s J6 Pardon Apply to Brian?

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Macklemore says he loves Jewish people but opposes genocide. Fox News and Bob Kraft call him an antisemite. This is the party we elected to fight cancel culture?

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10 Things to Learn: Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Soul explores what it means to remain fully human in an age increasingly defined by technology, optimization, and artificial intelligence. While modern civilization has expanded humanity’s power and capability, it has done little to eliminate suffering, grief, fear, or the search for meaning. This book argues that life’s deepest questions cannot be answered through efficiency or control. Instead, genuine growth emerges through a series of essential initiations—moments of collapse, surrender, loss, rest, and devotion that shape the soul. Blending mythology, philosophy, memoir, and poetic reflection, it offers a timeless framework for navigating the emotional and spiritual disorientation of modern life.

Structured around ten symbolic “gates,” the book reframes life as a cyclical journey of awakening rather than a linear pursuit of success. These gates—Falling, Surrendering, Crying, Caring, Hating, Creating, Sharing, Loving, Breathing, and Laughing—each represent a threshold of psychological and spiritual transformation. Drawing from Greek mythology, Biblical narratives, Eastern philosophy, and archetypal storytelling, the book presents a unified map of human development. Its voice combines lyrical prose with intellectual rigor, placing it at the intersection of Joseph Campbell’s mythological insight, Alan Watts’s spiritual inquiry, and the literary introspection of Hermann Hesse.

At a time of accelerating technological change, rising anxiety, and the erosion of traditional sources of meaning, 10 Things to Learn offers something increasingly rare: not just insight, but initiation. It speaks to readers seeking coherence in a fragmented world and restores a sense of purpose through the defining ordeals of the human experience.
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