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Walter Rhein Podcast
Thoughts on culture, politics, racism, and what the United States has to do to make up for this embarrassment of an administration. walterrhein.substack.com
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow to Free People From the Gravitational Pull of Hatred
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow Trickle-Down Hatred Impacts and Dehumanizes Your Co-Workers
Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off“Why don’t you relax? Obviously, I was only joking.”This is a phrase that’s often thrown out by abusive…
Walter Rhein PodcastHere's Why I'm Pissed off At Democrats for Not Doing Enough
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow Rural Conservative Holiday Traditions Are Actually Harmful to Our Kids
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Walter Rhein PodcastWhy Do So Many Parents Love Politicians More Than Their Own Children?
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Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Dana DuBois
Hello Everyone!I’m sure you all know Dana DuBois! She and Lawrence Winnerman do the Daily Whatever, which is always such a fun and inviting place. Ben and I…
Walter Rhein PodcastWriters Shouldn’t Be Expected to Flee Platforms Because of Hate Speech
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow Going Old School Helps Writers Avert Exploitation
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Walter Rhein PodcastDiverse Countries and Cultures--Traveler Tales!
Hello Friends!Ah! This was a fun talk! Sometimes with the way the world feels to be crumbling around us, I try to take a break and just do something fun. I…
Walter Rhein PodcastRural Populations Are a Bunch of Disrespectful, Hateful Bigots When it Comes to Immigrants
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow Ignorant Rural Republicans Forced Me on a Quest for Books
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Walter Rhein PodcastAbusers Need Us To Validate Their Abuse In Order To Feel Good About Themselves
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Walter Rhein PodcastToxic Masculinity and How Shame and Sexuality are Used to Hurt Us
Hello Everyone!I felt quite honored that Brandon and Wendy would invite me on for this talk. We had this conversation on the same day that I chatted with Will…
Walter Rhein PodcastIt’s Validating to Empower People to Embrace Their Authentic Sparkle
50% off coupon, thanks everyone!I’ve lived many lives in my almost five decades on this Earth. In one of my lives, I was so quiet that I could barely speak in…
Walter Rhein PodcastA Toddler Can Drink a Third of a Cup of Juice For Infinity
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Walter Rhein PodcastThe Tempting and Deceitful Link Between Intoxication and Creativity
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Walter Rhein PodcastThe Day I Lost Faith in the Stubborn Pride of Farmers
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow Citizen's United Allows Pedophile Money to Buy the US Government
The United States of America has become a country of perpetual campaigning. That's probably been the case for the last decade. Throughout the summer, I've been…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow to Respond to Republicans Who Demand we Should Say 'Thank You'
50% off coupon, thanks everyone! Whether it's white supremacists and neo-nazis on the internet, or Republican politicians on the television, it seems like…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Rural Areas Bathe Children in Blood to Usher Them Into Manhood
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Walter Rhein PodcastWhy You Should Ask White People if They're Carrying Proof of Citizenship
Recently I've been asking everyone I know if they are carrying proof of citizenship.“Of course,” they say, “I have a driver's license.”“Ah,” I reply, “that is…
Walter Rhein PodcastIt's a Privilege to Have Conversations With Brilliant Writers and Thinkers
Hello Everyone!I posted the above picture as a note a few weeks ago, but maybe some of you missed it. The story is that there’s a woman who works the drive…
Walter Rhein PodcastDemocrats Need to Grow a F*****g Spine!
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Walter Rhein PodcastComplacency Is The Fertile Soil that Allows the Seeds of Atrocity to Flourish
The fight continues thanks to your generous support!Lately I've had a feeling that the sleeping giant has begun to rouse. I feel it in the air. I sense it in…
Walter Rhein PodcastWriters Have a Responsibility to Dismantle Arguments Based on Illusion
Thanks for the TIPS!We all have to navigate the complexities of an unjust and uncertain world. Words are capable of capturing truth, but malicious rhetoric can…
Walter Rhein PodcastRural Public School Made Me Physically Sick
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Walter Rhein PodcastSunday Paper for the Week of August 22-28
Your support keeps me in the fight and is greatly appreciated!Hello Everyone!I wanted to try something a little different this week. I thought it might be fun…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow 1,000 Bot Comments Can Corrupt Your Perception of Reality
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Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Nick Paro
Hello Everyone!These movie talks are starting to feel like a day at the spa. Once a week, Ben Ulansey and I get together and try to deliberately not talk about…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhat Is a Post-Fascism America Going to Look Like?
Here’s a 50% off coupon so you can help me fight fascism! Thanks in advance!If there's one thing the last few months have taught us, it's that we can't afford…
Walter Rhein PodcastDon’t Spray Your Text With Reader Repellent
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Walter Rhein PodcastRepublicans Want Mass Shootings As Part of Their War on Education
Help me as I try to answer all the Republican grooming/indoctrination/hate rhetoricIt’s time that we stopped dancing around the issue and started stating the…
Walter Rhein PodcastPatriarchs Promise the World, But All They Truly Offer Is Control
Thanks for the TIPS, they mean everything!We had just returned home from orientation. My daughters bubbled with excitement over all their classes. As my foot…
Walter Rhein PodcastAmerica Has Moderate and Radical Conservatives, but No Liberals
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Walter Rhein PodcastImagine Being Forced Into Becoming a Perverted Conservative's "Porn Accountability" Buddy
Help me spread the truths Republicans want to burn—There are other discount codes at the end of this articleI've always been skeptical of the idea of religious…
Walter Rhein PodcastRemember How Everyone Celebrated When the Emperor In 'Star Wars' Died?
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Walter Rhein PodcastI Know Why Rural Populations Are Vulnerable To The Lies Of Tyrants
Help me spread the truths Republicans want to burn.I grew up in an unincorporated town in Northern Wisconsin. My school district served many small communities…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Can People Ignore the Horrific Abuses of Law Enforcement?
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Walter Rhein PodcastEvil Forces Hide Their Crimes by Cultivating the Shame of the Innocent
Help me spread the truths Republicans want to burn.A line of metal doors fastened with padlocks stretched down the hallway of my high school. They never warned…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhen Is It Ever Going to End?
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Walter Rhein PodcastI Believe in Universal Education So My Newsletter Must Be Free
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Walter Rhein PodcastWill There Still Be Room for Imagination in an AI World?
Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% offYesterday, I was outside playing cards with my daughters. We were listening to the radio, and a song came…
Walter Rhein PodcastHarris Lost Because Centrists Killed Build Back Better
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Walter Rhein PodcastMy Daughters Gave Me a Haircut and the Word 'Mohawk' Was in the Air
Thanks for the TIPS!I was feeling a little shaggy, so I asked my kids to give me a haircut. My eldest said she wasn’t interested, but my youngest looked up at…
Walter Rhein PodcastI'm So Sick of Delusional and Incompetent White Supremacists
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Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Maggie Jon
Hey Everyone!This was a big week of lives! I really love this collaborative aspect of Substack. I just wrote an article about it for The Writing Cooperative…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Can Writers Stop Paying the Major Retailer Tax?
Thanks for the TIPS!I recently sent out a review of a small press book to my newsletter. I wanted to place a purchase link at the end, but I found myself…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow To Make Yourself Useful Even When You're Just a Writer
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Walter Rhein PodcastEntitled American Outrage Is the Cancer that Will Kill the World
Thanks for the TIPS!I used to work as the editor for a small expat web page. One day, my boss looked up from his computer and said, “Sometimes I get bizarre…
Walter Rhein PodcastThe United States Has 3 Political Parties Disguised as 2
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Walter Rhein PodcastDiscussing Activism and Escaping to France With Will Fullwood
Hello Everyone!I’m delighted to have Will Fullwood back after spending the last two months in Europe. To be honest, there’s never been a better time to take an…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Right Wing Media Indoctrinated Millions of Americans to Hate Basic Decency
Thanks for the TIPS!A reader started chirping all the nonsensical MAGA talking points that have become so normalized. He sounded like one of those annoying…
Walter Rhein PodcastChasing Two Olympians up an Andean Pass Was an Exercise in Humility
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Walter Rhein PodcastSick of this Show — notes of freedom, with Walter Rhein
I always have a blast chatting with Nick and Fred. In this conversation, we take a deep dive into toxic masculinity, the patriarchy, and other false ideologies…
Walter Rhein PodcastThe Perfect Simplicity of Riding the River on a Hot Summer Day
Thanks for the TIPS!The summer is winding down, but the days are still hot. Yesterday, I managed to convince my family to go on my favorite activity, which is…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Our Activism Has Become a Rigged Game of Three-Card Monte
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Walter Rhein PodcastWill History Come to Regard the United States As a Colossal Villain?
Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% offDuring my days as a reckless youth, I once found myself riding a bus up a mountain in South America…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow My Daughter and I Got Attacked by a Bald Eagle on a River Trip
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Walter Rhein PodcastToxic Masculinity Created a Sad Literary Trope That Refuses to Die
Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% offOur entertainment is a reflection of our society. That’s why it’s disturbing to see so many shows that…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow to Enhance Your Artwork to Create Interesting Featured Images
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