May 24, 2024
Episode 22 — Journey to Overcoming Alcoholism
Dave and Jeff sit down with an honest, unflinching conversation about alcoholism: what it took to stop, what it costs, and what recovery actually looks like day to day.
The archive
All episodes.
Twenty-two episodes and a pile of clips. Start anywhere — nothing here builds on anything else.
February 17, 2024
Red Dawn & Spy Balloons: Is it all just fiction?
Cold War movies, high-altitude balloons and the stories governments tell us. Where does the fiction end and the briefing begin?
February 10, 2024
Why does Israel enforce strict border control?
A look at Israel's border policy through a security lens, and why the conversation around it is so different from the American one.
February 9, 2024
Thank God for immigrants doing the jobs nobody wants
Hard work, dirty jobs and the people who show up for them. A short take on immigration and labour.
February 8, 2024
Seeking a Better Life: Broken Immigration Process in America
The paperwork, the waits and the dead ends. What the immigration system actually asks of people who want in.
February 6, 2024
Is relocating migrants a solution?
Governor Abbott's busing programme, the politics behind it, and whether moving people around solves anything at all.
February 5, 2024
The wide-open areas a mile from the border
Billions go to ports of entry. What about the stretches of desert nobody is watching?
February 4, 2024
Behind border patrol procedures and family separation
How processing actually works at the border, and where the family separation policy came from.
February 3, 2024
Securing our borders: The Texas situation
Texas, federal authority and the standoff at the river. Who is actually in charge at the border?
February 2, 2024
Episode 21 — Texas Border and Immigration
The full episode: Dave and Jeff work through the Texas border fight, the politics around it, and what residents see on the ground.
January 23, 2024
San Francisco's streets issues
Open drug use, untreated mental illness and a city that keeps stepping around the problem.
January 19, 2024
San Francisco: a beautiful city struggling
What leadership failures and mental health policy have done to a city that used to sell itself on its streets.
January 18, 2024
An unforgettable hunting adventure in Africa — Part 2
The second half of the trip: the stalk, the shot and everything that went sideways.
January 18, 2024
An unforgettable hunting adventure in Africa — Part 1
Dave and Jeff swap stories from a hunt in Africa — the planning, the camp and the first days in the bush.
January 15, 2024
Trusting our instincts at the gun store
An ordinary errand that turned into a lesson about gut feelings. Story time.