The Prevailing Narrative with Matt Bilinsky
A lively and fiercely analytical breakdown of news and current events, with interviews of thought leaders, experts, and innovators.
Episodes
April 25, 2025 • 47 mins
Welcome to a new episode of The Prevailing Narrative! Join Matt Bilinsky as he dissects the latest political controversies, including the Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation case, Pentagon leadership challenges, and the ongoing dynamics of Trump's foreign policy and trade negotiations. Perfect for political junkies, news enthusiasts, and anyone seeking nuanced analysis beyond mainstream media narratives.
Highlights:
"Why are the Libe...
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April 4, 2025 • 34 mins
Welcome to a new episode of the Prevailing Narrative! Today, we’re covering two controversial topics: the Trump administration's new tariff policies and recent high-profile deportation cases, examining the media's portrayal and the underlying complexities of these issues. We’ll peel back the layers of mainstream media narratives, exposing the hidden details often buried beneath sensationalist headlines. Prepare for a no-holds-barre...
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Welcome to a new episode of The Prevailing Narrative podcast! Today, we’re covering the fascinating career arc of Doug Ellin, creator of the cultural phenomenon Entourage. From his impulsive leap into Hollywood to his fiery commentary on LA politics and his surprising pickleball obsession, Doug shares insights that are as entertaining as they are thought-provoking. Whether you’re a fan of his work or simply curious about the inner ...
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A wide-ranging conversation with Charles Fain Lehman of the City Journal on prominent news items this week including:
Deportation of Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalili and the battle over "free speech" that has ensued.
Charles' recent article on how violent crime has decreased but public disorder (and perceptions of crime) remain high.
Speculation on Trump's economic plans and the impact on his popularity, contrasted against ...
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Last Friday witnessed a perhaps never-before-seen event with President Trump and Vice President Vance getting into hostilities with Zelensky in the Oval Office....just as major deal was about to be signed.
This situation is a Rorschart test with Trump fans seeing a powerful example of "America First" and Trump haters seeing a crass bully abusing a courageous ally.
Which version of reality is true? I breakdown the good and bad ar...
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February 6, 2025 • 84 mins
Movie stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are in a fierce battle having exchanged multiple 9-figure lawsuits. The tipping point came with a New York Times piece in December attempting to portray Baldoni as harasser and abuser on the set of his film "It Ends With Us".
Now Baldoni's lawyer has filed a 224-page counter-suit against Lively, the NY Times, and others filled with copious evidence showing the original story to be just ...
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January 30, 2025 • 62 mins
Donald Trump's 1st week was a flurry of Executive Orders aimed at destroying the liberal stranglehold over our institutions, and attacking progressive orthodoxies on immigration, DEI, gender ideology, and the size of government. I explore the nature and impact of these EOs.
Also - for the first time since the Reagan 80's the "Culture Wars" are moving right. How is this happening only a few years after BLM, DEI, and the Great Awak...
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2024 was a "Vibe Shift" we cannot ignore. The cultural landscape has been indisputably altered, and we enter 2025 with different customs, norms, expectations, and permissions that we didn't have the last decade. Donald Trump was certainly one character in this "vibe shift" but it cannot be attributed to him alone. This episode I explore the transition in cultural eras we experienced over the course of the last year.
The fates of D...
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November 14, 2024 • 72 mins
The most impactful feature of last week's election was Hispanic voters shifting +24 points towards Donald Trump. One heavily Hispanic county in south Texas flipped to Trump that hadn't voted Republican since....1892. Journalist Leighton Woodhouse went straight to the source and interviewed dozens of residents of Starr County Texas on how Donald Trump and the Republicans finally won them over.
Also - some quick thoughts on Trump's i...
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November 8, 2024 • 109 mins
Donald Trump with a shocking landslide win, completing the political resurrection of the century (at least).
So many storylines: Hispanics embrace Trump, Elon Musk's role, blue states shifting right on crime, Kamala falling flat, etc.
Comedian and podcaster Bridget Phetasy (Spokeswoman for the "Politically Homeless") joins me to explore all the themes and storylines around the 2024 election and the historical dynamics underlying it...
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Trump's staged shift at McDonald's has dominated the news cycle all week, with his fans wildly exuberant and the media predictably losing its mind. What does this tell us about how the race is shaping up?
The biggest story you are NOT hearing about is the exposure of falsehoods peddled by the transgender movement, revealed in a Supreme Court case. These are so scandalous they have even inspired notorious Trump-hater Andrew Sullivan...
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October 18, 2024 • 57 mins
The most important non-national race of the 2024 Election Season is the race for Los Angeles District Attorney. Why? Because it is a referendum on the "criminal justice reform" movement that swept America in the late-2010s and peaked in the summer of 2020.
Ultra-progressive (and Soros-funded) George Gascon became DA in 2020 with promises to build a kindler, gentler, more "fair" justice system. The results have not been good.
This w...
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October 7, 2024 • 76 mins
Middle East: Lee Smith is an elite geo-political analyst who has been ahead of the curve on nearly every foreign policy issue of the past decade. His recent piece "Killing Nasrallah" cogently explains the motives, mechanics, results, and impact of Israel's assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. He joins me to discuss the recent developments and future projections for the war in the Middle East.
Gender Politics: The medi...
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October 3, 2024 • 95 mins
Legendary social media personality Josh Ostrovsky aka "The Fat Jew" was the 1st person to publicly discuss what had been an open secret in Hollywood and nightlife circles - the freaky sexual proclivities of P-Diddy.
This is of course now coming to a head with Diddy's arrest and an avalanche of claims around his depraved sexual tastes, and alleged criminal behavior surrounding it.
The Fat Jew was also (arguably) the 1st person to ...
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August 28, 2024 • 55 mins
Mark Zuckerberg releases a startling letter revealing that the government pressured Facebook into censorship around COVID and duped Facebook into shelving the Hunter Biden Laptop story - both of which he regrets.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in France which brings up the question: Is a platform responsible for the criminal behavior of its users?
RFK Jr. quits his campaign and endorses Donald Trump - aggressively. What does...
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August 23, 2024 • 51 mins
A summary of the first month of Kamala Harris as the Dem nominee. Trump's assassination attempt and Joe Biden mysteriously stepping down already a distant memory.
An entire media apparatus springs into action to wipe all memory of Kamala as an embarrassing failure as VP from everyone's memory. Well I won't let people forget.
A summary of her history as a candidate and Vice President, and some thoughts on the Democratic National Con...
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Julian Assange strikes a deal making him a free man for the 1st time in 14 years. International affairs expert Niccolo Soldo joins me for a retrospective on Assange & Wikileaks, the controversy surrounding him, and what it tells us about "Digital Age" issues like privacy, civil liberties, government corruption, and the American political realignment of the last decade.
Joe Biden just turned in arguably the worst debate performance ...
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Recently many lies have taken hold around historical events like "colonization" or the fight against Communism in the 20th Century. Why do these lies matter? Because they are being weaponized in arguments around current topics like immigration, the Middle East conflict, and DEI.
Wilfred Reilly decided to debunk these lies and give a fuller picture of history in his recent book "Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me" - and he joins me thi...
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Donald Trump convicted on 34 counts of "Falsifying Business Records". A "crime" almost exclusively charged as a misdemeanor, but prosecuted against Trump as a felony. Will Chamberlain of the Article 3 Project joins me to discuss the abuse of the law and numerous improprieties around this case.
Multiple "whistleblowers" have now come out exposing a deeply troubling decline in quality and standards at UCLA Medical School. Student fai...
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Campus protests and civil unrest have hit America's colleges, and some of its cities. Yes, there are money sources behind many of these protests. But if you follow the money trail, what do you find?
Do you find a deliberately constructed plan to tear America apart at its seams? Or do you find a chaotic random web of naive philanthropists, "professional activists", and NGOs that simply lump together seemingly unrelated progressive c...
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