EP: 86 Selling the Seat: Billions, Blind Loyalty, and Why the Center Shrinks

The Sense and Senseless Podcast · Oct 25, 2026 · 1h 2m · transcript

We break down the billions flooding 2026 midterms—$10–11.6B in ads, big donors from crypto, AI, tech, finance, and AIPAC, plus Trump’s PAC and Elon’s massive spend. Why politicians sell themselves instead of fighting for the American people. Personal stories of politics-as-religion and transactional support. Historical propaganda (incubator babies, Northwoods, Tonkin, WMDs). The Tom and Jerry meme and why both sides push extremes to shrink the center and keep the show going. Plus a look at workplace “safety” as another profit-over-people parallel. Discussion-heavy episode on representation…