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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
Episodes
Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w: Philip Ogley
Hey Everyone!Today we had the pleasure of chatting with Philip Ogley. I know Philip from his work on Medium and his regular show with Peter William Murphy…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhy You Must Stop Normalizing the Idea That the Midterms Will Be Canceled
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Walter Rhein PodcastAI Generated Text Is Only a Threat if We Lose Our Freedom of Choice
I’ve always aspired to make some sort of contribution to humanity. I’ve daydreamed about discovering a breakthrough that would allow the human race to pierce…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow My Kids Kept Me Awake All Night Releasing Mice From Live Traps
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow to Combat America's Rote Memory Hate Indoctrination
If you’ve been thinking of sponsoring me, why not do so today :) Upgrade at 30% offI truly believe that people are not inclined to be cruel. The military has…
Walter Rhein PodcastNarcissists Are Hypersensitive When They Feel They’re Targeted and Indifferent When They Attack Others
If you have the means, I greatly appreciate your support! Upgrade at 30% offOnce when I was around ten we were on a family drive. For some reason, my dad…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhy Do Republicans Feel They're Entitled to Non-Consensual Friendship?
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Walter Rhein PodcastThe Police and Military Represent a Failure of Civilization
If you’ve been thinking of sponsoring me, why not do so today :) Upgrade at 30% offYesterday, every other post was a message to veterans thanking them for…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Book Signings Are Pretty Much Worthless for Unknown Writers
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Walter Rhein PodcastAmerica Was Never Great, It Was Rich, and it Got Rich Through Genocide and Slavery
Help me keep saying the thing that need to be said. I appreciate you! Upgrade at 30% off!Hello Friends,People can be blind to the fact that they're in an…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhy You Have to Make Good Choices Even if You Get Bad Results
If you’ve been thinking of sponsoring me, why not do so today :) Upgrade at 30% offI help coach my daughter’s basketball team. She’s in sixth grade and all the…
Walter Rhein PodcastAs a Farm Kid I Developed a Trauma Bond With the Land
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow the Prosperity Gospel Turned American Christians Into Inadvertent Satan Worshipers
Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.”—Timothy 6:10One of the many problems in the United…
Walter Rhein PodcastYour Most Important Story Is the Tale of Your Creative Journey
Help me keep saying the thing that need to be said. I appreciate you! Upgrade at 30% off!Your writing doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Any story you write is always…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhy Are You So Certain Your Rural Neighbors Will Help You If Times Get Hard?
Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off“We're not perfect. We've got our problems. But when times get tough, we stick together.”Growing up, this…
Walter Rhein PodcastThere Can Be No Law or Justice Without Fair Wealth Distribution
Help me keep saying the thing that need to be said. I appreciate you! Upgrade at 30% off!Your indoctrination started even before you formed your first memory…
Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ David Grover
Hello Everyone! This was an excellent discussion with David Grover. David is an independent filmmaker who helped to create Kill Mode and Psychonaut. It was…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Can People Ignore the Horrific Abuses of Law Enforcement?
Have you considered sponsoring a writer? Upgrade at 30% off and make my day!One day, back when I was in high school, my girlfriend and I went to visit a friend…
Walter Rhein PodcastThe Case for Empathy
When my wife and daughters see a puppy, they are overcome with delight. “Aw!” they coo. “Look at the adorable little guy! He's so cute!”They want rush up and…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Painting Provides Critical Inspiration That Can Carry Over to Your Writing
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Walter Rhein PodcastThere Are No Good People Within A Pedophile Death Cult
Is today the day you sponsor me? Thank you so much if it is :) Upgrade at 30% offI meet many people who are so bound up by binary thinking that they assume…
Walter Rhein PodcastIt Fills My Heart With Sadness to Witness the Rage on Social Media
This newsletter is supported by your generous tips! Upgrade at 30% offI saw a post criticizing Megan Rapinoe and foolishly left a response in her defense…
Walter Rhein PodcastThe Reader in My Daughter’s Room
Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off“Sometimes I feel bad for the other kids in my class,” Sienna said. She’s my daughter, just shy of…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow to Free People From the Gravitational Pull of Hatred
Any support helps! Upgrade at 30% offI found Ryan the mechanic slumped over his workstation and I felt a sharp stab of concern. We’ve developed a friendly…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Superman Continues to Be an Enduring Symbol of Hope
Hello Friends,This was another wonderful talk with a guest that I’ve been excited to have a conversation with for a long time. I know Simon Dillon from his…
Walter Rhein PodcastI Know Why Delusional Rural Populations Hate My Immigrant Family
A tip today would be awesome! Thanks in advance: Upgrade at 30% offI remember when my wife first came to this country from Peru. I hadn't seen anyone from my…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhy Do So Many Parents Love Politicians More Than Their Own Children?
Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% offIt's becoming more and more common for children to make the tough decision to go no contact with their…
Walter Rhein PodcastQuit Falling Into the Trap That nazis Set to Normalize Themselves
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Walter Rhein PodcastWhy Corporate Democrats Need to Stop Manipulating the Primaries
Hello Friends,I'm seeing another wave of memes that say things like, “There's no such thing as a perfect candidate, so get behind our guy so we can win.”On the…
Walter Rhein PodcastRural Populations Are a Bunch of Disrespectful, Hateful Bigots When it Comes to Immigrants
Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% offI attended the public meeting to discuss the direction of our local school system. During the time…
Walter Rhein PodcastRepublicans Need to Turn Down Their Genocide Rhetoric
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Walter Rhein PodcastThe Celebration of Billionaires Dehumanizes the Rest of Us
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow Going Old School Helps Writers Avert Exploitation
Your support means everything! Thank you in advance!Years ago I was a promoter for a handful of local sporting events and I found my experience with book…
Walter Rhein PodcastThere Are Some Challenges to Stand and Face and Others You Must Escape
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Walter Rhein PodcastWhat if a Career Criminal Stole the Presidency to Loot the Nation?
Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you!Hello friends,In the interest of preserving democracy, I thought I'd address a hypothetical scenario so we…
Walter Rhein PodcastAbusers Need Us To Validate Their Abuse In Order To Feel Good About Themselves
Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you!A few weeks ago I wrote a story about the time my dad punched me in the face and gave me a bloody nose…
Walter Rhein PodcastAre Establishment Democrats the Ones Actually Running the President?
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Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Dash MacIntyre
Hello Folks!It was really nice to have Dash from The Halfway Cafe as our guest this week. He’s responsible for some of the best satire on Substack. The thing…
Walter Rhein PodcastThe Day I Lost Faith in the Stubborn Pride of Farmers
Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you!I’d worked with Jeff for a few weeks out on the farm, about half a year before he took his own life. I…
Walter Rhein PodcastLet's Just All Stop and Take a Deep Breath Today
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Walter Rhein PodcastWhy Democrats Must Sign a Pledge to Demand Hand Recounts
I PLEDGE TO FIGHT FOR YOU!!! Upgrade at 30% offPerhaps the most disappointing thing about the 2024 election was how the Democrats rolled over without a fight…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Rural Areas Bathe Children in Blood to Usher Them Into Manhood
There’s a lot of work that needs to be done in order to heal America. If you support this work, please consider leaving me a tip :)I remember witnessing my…
Walter Rhein PodcastThe Daily Whatever, July 9: Karaoke stories
Hey Everyone!I always enjoy chatting with Dana Dubois, though I wish Lawrence Winnerman had been there. We had a nice time chatting about karaoke. I’m…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhy I'm Absolutely Convinced We Will Win Our Country Back Without Violence
Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you!Hello Friends!I want to make it abundantly clear that I am absolutely opposed to violence in any form. I…
Walter Rhein PodcastIf I Taught You How to Save $1,000, Would You Sponsor My Newsletter?
I might not be able to help you make money, but I sure know how to help you save money—and that’s pretty much the same thing!You all make this newsletter…
Walter Rhein PodcastRepublicans Need to Turn Down Their Genocide Rhetoric
Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you!Well, the Republicans are at it again, in fact they never stopped. According to them, everything that’s…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow 1,000 Bot Comments Can Corrupt Your Perception of Reality
Some extra words that I wrote… hey, what’s in here!Don’t do it!Don’t be one of those people who sees a title and says, “I wonder what the general public thinks…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhy We Need to Take a Deeper Dive Into What's Happening in America Today
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Walter Rhein PodcastSubstack Writers Are the People Who Offer the Power to Defeat Fascism
If you have the means, I greatly appreciate your support! Upgrade at 30% offOver the last 10 years I’ve been very diligent about cutting harmful people out of…
Walter Rhein PodcastAmerica Has Moderate and Radical Conservatives, but No Liberals
Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you!I keep receiving comments and seeing news stories that follow some variation of, “First, you’re wrong to…
Walter Rhein PodcastInvisible Data Can Provide Insight Into Apparently Insurmountable Obstacles
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Walter Rhein PodcastRepublican White Supremacists Have Secured Funding for an American Holocaust
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Walter Rhein PodcastDon’t Spray Your Text With Reader Repellent
Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you!My best ever marketing idea involved completely bypassing the decision-making process of my target…
Walter Rhein PodcastA Desperate Man, a Gorilla Costume, and a Fulvous Whistling-duck
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Walter Rhein PodcastA Toddler Can Drink a Third of a Cup of Juice For Infinity
If you have the means, I greatly appreciate your support! Upgrade at 30% offIn the battle between parent and baby, the baby always wins. Today, I found myself…
Walter Rhein PodcastDo Small Town Teachers Still Use Adhesive Tape to Silence Their Students?
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Walter Rhein PodcastOur Government Should Help All Americans, Not Just the Rich
Hello Friends,I’m sorry to break it to you but we’ve all been indoctrinated. We’ve been brainwashed to believe that we should accept less than we actually…
Walter Rhein PodcastRepublican White Supremacists Have Secured Funding for an American Holocaust
Hello Friends,I wish I had better news for you today, but things are looking pretty bleak. Republicans managed to ram their murder bill through. The more I…
Walter Rhein PodcastThoughts and Prayers For the Children About to Be Stripped of Their Healthcare
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Walter Rhein PodcastThe Billionaire MAGA Murder Bill Is Coming
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