{"id":17595,"date":"2022-09-23T08:41:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=17595"},"modified":"2022-09-23T08:41:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:41:05","slug":"biden-boondoggles-mid-term-election-hokum-with-brian-wilson-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/23\/biden-boondoggles-mid-term-election-hokum-with-brian-wilson-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden, Boondoggles, &#038; Mid-Term Election Hokum with Brian Wilson Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-23-at-08-33-04-Something-Completely-Different-With-Brian-Wilson-on-Apple-Podcasts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17598\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-23-at-08-33-04-Something-Completely-Different-With-Brian-Wilson-on-Apple-Podcasts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-23-at-08-33-04-Something-Completely-Different-With-Brian-Wilson-on-Apple-Podcasts.png 392w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-23-at-08-33-04-Something-Completely-Different-With-Brian-Wilson-on-Apple-Podcasts-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a>Talk Show Legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brianwilson.net\/2022\/09\/now-for-something-completely-different.html#more\"><strong>Brian Wilson<\/strong><\/a> and I had fun on his podcast thrashing Biden, boondoggles, and plenty of other political targets.\u00a0 We discussed the lingering controversies over the 2020 presidential election and the prospects for the upcoming mid-term elections. Lots of laughs, mostly at politicians&#8217; expense. Brian has been a friend for almost 30 years and he has worked valiantly to protect me against my moderate tendencies.<\/p>\n<p>From the interview: &#8221;\u00a0<i>&#8220;It&#8217;s sad to see how few politicians stood up against that tidal wave [after 9\/11]. You had Ron Paul&#8230; you had Russ Feingold who was the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act. There wasn&#8217;t much support for that. The Justice Department put up a website and it had a list of really bad articles&#8230; and I was happy to be included.&#8221; &#8212; Author Jim Bovard (special guest)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the hour-long turkey shoot on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/nfscf-with-brian-wilson-episode-19-mp3-9-22-22\/id1638506178?i=1000580368060\">Apple Podcast link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5T21Et2Ne4xQqMTkJ8JvGJ\">Spotify link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-now-this-with-brian-wilson-99216204\/episode\/nfscf-with-brian-wilson-episode-19-mp3-102368613\/\">iHeart Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk Show Legend Brian Wilson and I had fun on his podcast thrashing Biden, boondoggles, and plenty of other political targets.\u00a0 We discussed the lingering controversies over the 2020 presidential election and the prospects for the upcoming mid-term elections. 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