Call It Like I See It

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the recent wave of redistricting that has followed the US Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision which allowed for partisan gerrymandering even to the extent it is discriminatory and consider how viewing and fighting this as a racial justice issue can both helpful and a hinderance to those who oppose it.  The guys then discuss the NAACP’s call...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the report that the US national debt now exceeds the size of the US economy, measured as the gross domestic product, for the first time since right after World War II in 1946 and consider whether all the talk about how bad huge national debts were, which happened when the actual debt was tens of trillions of dollars lower than it is now, was just po...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the dietary supplement creatine and its growing use by not just athletes but all people, particularly in light of a recent claim by Darryn Peterson, a college basketball star and top NBA draft prospect who suggested that taking creatine caused him major physical issues this past college season.

Darryn Peterson says high doses of creatine led to cram...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Nir Eyal’s “Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Breakthrough Results,” the 2026 book that deep dives into the concept of beliefs, including how they affect how we see and move through the world and how one can use them to better their life.  The guys specifically consider how Eyal defined beliefs, extent to whi...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the story of the US soldier that is being charged for using confidential insider information to win bets about the capture of Maduro on the prediction market platform Polymarket and consider the risks that society faces as prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi seem to be turning the whole world into a casino.  The guys then react to recent re...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana continue their Streaming Between the Lines series and take a look at Louis Theroux’s “Inside the Manosphere,” the 2026 documentary that is available to stream on Netflix.  The guys discuss Theroux’s presentation of the manosphere, including the over the top characters that are featured in the documentary, and consider what drives the substantial appetite tha...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the recent Artemis II mission, consider its important from a scientific and a psychological standpoint, and consider whether the US really has the money to be spending money on projects like Artemis II and the upcoming Artemis missions.  The guys then react to recent research involving the repeated cloning of a mouse over tens of generations l...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at Albert Einstein’s 1946 essay “The Negro Question” and discuss how Einstein saw race affecting American society as well as Einstein’s perspective on an issue like that.  The guys then react to a piece from the Christian Century magazine about both longstanding and recent connections between Africa and Judaism which refute many people’s modern c...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the shocking statistics on how little spending power Gen Z has compared to what baby boomers had in their twenties, the reason American society was set up for baby boomers to succeed, and the way it has been reconfigured since the baby boomers in ways that made it harder for subsequent generations to get ahead.

James Keys and Rob Richardson take a look at a recent claim from Goldman Sachs that the ongoing AI boom we are living through, with the hundreds of billions of dollars of investment and endless hype from media and corporate interests, did not actually produce GDP growth in the US in 2025.  The guys also consider whether there is any truth to the narrative that AU development is being hel...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss willpower and its limitations, and consider whether the common effort by parents to help kids strengthen their willpower in order to prepare their kids to make good choices in life may be misguided or if it actually is just setting one up for failure.  The guys then discuss  the continuing importance of strength training as one ages and take a look a...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the ongoing efforts in the US government to allow for more toxic chemicals including glyphosate, the ingredient in herbicides like Roundup, and forever chemical based pesticides, to be introduced into people’s food and water and consider whether all the talk about making America healthy was just a scam.

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Kyle Chayka’s “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture,” the 2024 book that looks at where the recommendation algorithms that control what we consume on services like Instagram, TikTok, Netflx and Spotify came from, how they work to change us and the trajectory of our culture, what we may be losing from a pe...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to a surprising study from the Cato Institute, the well-known libertarian think tank, which demonstrates that over the last 30 years, immigrants (counting both legal and illegal) have contributed trillions more in taxes to federal, state, and local governments than they received back in benefits.  The guys also discuss how immigrants have been and rema...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana continue their Streaming Between the Lines series and discuss “Paul Robeson: Here I Stand,” the 1999 documentary that was directed by St. Clair Bourne for the PBS series American Masters and is currently streaming on many platforms. The guys marvel at Robeson’s ability to rise to the top in so many distinct fields, includ...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to a piece from Emma Frederickson at Popular Mechanics that asserts that humans are naturally telepathic based on the observation of how some people’s brainwaves may synchronize during communication or collaboration.  The guys then discuss an article by Andrew Paul in Popular Science that takes a look at recent research into the role size may play in a...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the new era that has emerged in college sports with players getting paid, particularly in sports like men’s basketball where marginal professionals are already now flooding in seeking to reestablish eligibility.  The guys also consider what brought about the fall of amateurism and the old order in the revenue sports like football, men’s basketball, a...

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana question to motives and objectives of the Minnesota business leaders in their issueing of a statement that calls for a deescalation of tensions and deftly tip toes around any direct condemnation of President Trump’s paramilitary force for killing another American citizen for protesting.

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