Brad Polumbo: Based Politics
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Brad Polumbo of FEE and Based Politics
2:43 – Starting young: Brad's age and origin story
5:44 – Gary Johnson and discovering Thomas Sowell
9:17 – Older professors vs. younger woke ones
12:49 – Gay reparations
16:30 – Offers to buy feet pics
19:01 – Being gay and conservative
21:39 – Young conservatives: pro-gay but trans-skeptical
27:06 – Blaire White and passing
29:43 – Biology that never changes
32:44 – Playing for a team of straight guys
35:28 – Members of Congress with student loan debt
38:41 – Lou's student debt cancellation debate
41:34 – Advice for students on college and debt
44:37 – When does a gay man become an elder?
47:08 – QAnon, echo chambers, and fringes online
50:14 – Facebook, free speech, and Josh Hawley
53:43 – Lou is shrinking
56:14 – Funny guys and confidence
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Brad Polumbo of FEE and Based Politics joins Lou to talk about being gay and conservative, discovering Thomas Sowell through Gary Johnson, and student debt cancellation.
We also get into older professors versus younger woke ones, gay reparations, offers to buy feet pics, young conservatives who are pro-gay but trans-skeptical, Blaire White, playing for a team of straight guys, members of Congress with student loan debt, advice for students on college, when a gay man becomes an elder, QAnon and online echo chambers, Facebook and Josh Hawley, and the news that Lou is shrinking.