Patrick Dorinson: The Common Sense Cowboy
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Patrick Dorinson, the Cowboy Libertarian
0:38 – Cowboy hats and cowboy hat etiquette
4:20 – How Yellowstone and Westerns depict cowboys
7:08 – Cowboy stories abroad: James Joyce and Karl May
9:03 – Subcultures and Theodore Roosevelt on Americans
11:09 – American flags at the No Kings protests
12:59 – Baby boomers versus young radical Democrats
15:27 – National news and the New York mayoral race
17:33 – Why Democrats misread Trump's authenticity
21:05 – Gavin Newsom and California's golden past
25:58 – Joan Didion and California's water wars
30:32 – Victor Davis Hanson and the Central Valley
31:18 – The old guy at the end of the bar
33:41 – Intergenerational dialogue and mentoring young men
36:45 – Pubs, neighborhood bars, and lonely retirees
40:42 – Watching America go to work at daybreak
43:01 – Growing up the son of a Queens butcher
45:02 – Gathering cattle in Idaho with a 12-year-old
48:13 – Farm kids, hard work, and where food comes from
50:06 – Riding hands-free and trusting your horse
53:29 – Bucking broncos and bull riding
55:24 – Wrap-up
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Patrick Dorinson, the Common Sense Cowboy, joins Lou to talk about cowboy hat etiquette, California's golden past and its water wars, why Democrats misread Trump's authenticity, and mentoring young men.
We also get into how Yellowstone and Westerns depict cowboys, James Joyce and Karl May, Theodore Roosevelt on Americans, American flags at the No Kings protests, baby boomers versus young radical Democrats, Gavin Newsom, Joan Didion, Victor Davis Hanson and the Central Valley, the old guy at the end of the bar, growing up the son of a Queens butcher, gathering cattle in Idaho, riding hands-free, and bull riding.