{"id":19534,"date":"2024-04-20T11:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=19534"},"modified":"2024-04-20T12:08:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T16:08:12","slug":"trouncing-npr-and-positive-thinking-on-the-brian-wilson-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/20\/trouncing-npr-and-positive-thinking-on-the-brian-wilson-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Trouncing NPR and Positive Thinking on the Brian Wilson Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-flexDirection-column pc-gap-8 pc-reset\">\n<h2 class=\"pencraft pc-reset _color-pub-primary-text_1k90y_204 _line-height-36_1k90y_110 _font-pub-headings_1k90y_140 _size-30_1k90y_80 _weight-bold_1k90y_168 _reset_1k90y_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brianwilsonwrites.substack.com\/p\/the-two-and-only-brian-wilson-and-c13\">The Two and Only &#8212; Brian Wilson and James Bovard S3 Ep 15<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-reset _color-pub-secondary-text_1k90y_207 _line-height-24_1k90y_98 _font-pub-headings_1k90y_140 _size-17_1k90y_60 _weight-regular_1k90y_159 _reset_1k90y_1\">Unrestricted! Unmoderated! Unappreciated! The Two and Only settle the NPR Fiasco and Biden&#8217;s &#8220;New Guinea Uncle Bosie Diet&#8221; (not recommended).\u00a0\u00a0 Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/brianwilsonwrites.substack.com\/\"><strong>BrianWilsonWrites Substack<\/strong><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You can listen to the 30 minute podcast by <a href=\"https:\/\/brianwilsonwrites.substack.com\/p\/the-two-and-only-brian-wilson-and-c13\"><strong>downloading or clicking here<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Brian launched the show by announcing that there were &#8220;only 200 vote-stealing days until November.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brian compared me to 1950s\/1960s TV star Gabby Hayes. I didn&#8217;t recognize that name because I &#8220;grew up up on the side of a mountain that didn&#8217;t get too many TV channels.&#8221; (True story.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Talking about NPR, we both hat-tipped to the talent of Garrison Keillor, while avoiding endorsing his proclivities.<\/p>\n<p>We recapped the TED talk by NPR chief Katherine Maher. 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