Jon Miltimore: Wildfires, Bob Dylan, and the Making of Rocky

0:00 – Intro — Jon Miltimore, writer and commentator
0:31 – Canada's wildfires — black skies over New York and Minnesota
2:37 – Why California can't fight fires — federal land, bad policy, and arson
4:38 – Native Americans had better land management — and we stopped listening
5:21 – Private land vs. federal land — the tragedy of the commons
5:38 – Happy Hour Econ — a comedian and an economist walk into a bar
8:50 – The World Cup in America — how soccer finally broke through
10:26 – Bob Dylan at a Bob Dylan concert — what you should actually expect
13:38 – Lou cries at a Bob Dylan concert. He's not embarrassed.
17:21 – Ben Askren's double lung transplant — and why athletes bounce back when others don't
20:44 – Askren retires on his shield — and makes peace with his rival
23:26 – The new Rocky biopic — Stallone turned down $1 million to play the role himself
27:53 – Lou used to go by Rambo as a kid. Old ladies still ask about him.
28:29 – Jon's 13-year-old son shadowboxed like Clubber Lang at age two
29:11 – The Rocky franchise — from gritty 70s realism to superhero movie
32:50 – Working out at 44 and 47 — rowing machines, air bikes, and getting back at it
36:30 – Russell Crowe's comeback — individual agency and why exercise is mental health
41:14 – Travel sports — expensive, worth it, and Matthew Yglesias is wrong
45:34 – Teaching your kids to ride a bike — don't outsource the best moments
51:07 – Auto-deleting tweets and cancel culture — how we need to treat speech differently
52:10 – Outro — find Jon on Substack