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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 PodcastUS Oil Has Always Been a Foundation of White Supremacy
Authors cited:Jessica Smartt Gullion Kendra Pierre-Louis Kendra Pierre-LouisAmy HarderAlaina RobertsEllen KnickmeyerJenny Rowland-Shea and Zainab MirzaYou all…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Courage For Democracy Plans to Win Our Country Back Through Citizens' Impeachment
Hello Everyone!This was such a great conversation. Despite all that’s happened, I’m always overwhelmed when I meet authentic people of integrity who are doing…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhat Is Blue MAGA and Why Do They Insist on Enabling Fascism, Lawlessness, and Futility?
Abusive people always become hostile when you point out the irrefutable facts that disprove their position.Fact: In 2020, the voters gave the establishment…
Walter Rhein PodcastAmerica's Colonizer Mentality Is on Shameful Display for the World to See
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow To Gain Crediblity In the Publishing World
Hey Everybody!Everybody on Substack knows Ellie Leonard, and there are a lot of people in the publishing world who know Libbie Grant (who is a bestselling…
Walter Rhein PodcastThe President's Premature Invasion Leaves the Nation Unsatisfied
I’ve decided to always use the language of sexual inadequacy to discuss anything the Republicans do. I do this for two reasons:* They hate it.* It’s true.In my…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Control Requires Poverty and the Belief that Hardship Is Deserved
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Walter Rhein PodcastWhat's Working For Writers on Medium and Substack?
Hey Everyone!This was a really fun talk with Christie Sausa, MS. I know her both from Medium and Substack and it’s always a delight to reconnect. Here are the…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhen Are We Going to Stop Republicans From Grooming and Indoctrinating our Children?
Hey Everyone!Another edition of “Notes of the Week.” We managed to bring in a couple guests for a great conversation. Here’s the art we covered:*…
Walter Rhein PodcastA Half Million Email Subscribers But No Book Deal
“We suggest that you build up your online following, that helps to get the attention of publishers.”I’ve been hearing this comment since the introduction of…
Walter Rhein PodcastDemocrats Should Pledge to Eliminate Income Tax On Up to 100k in Earnings--Make It Go Viral
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Walter Rhein PodcastWhy Independent Media Has to Start Interviewing Alternative Candidates
It is always my great pleasure to talk with Melissa Corrigan, she/her. I’ve known her since my early days at Medium and one of the silver linings of these last…
Walter Rhein PodcastBecoming A Writer Means Learning How to Program Your Subconscious Mind
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Walter Rhein PodcastWhy Sending ICE to Airports Is Going to Backfire Big Time
So president orange skidmark is continuing his record 80 year temper tantrum by threatening to send his army of untrained killer hillbillies to airports. This…
Walter Rhein PodcastA Day In The Life of a Girl Dad Writer
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Walter Rhein PodcastPoli-Psych: PATTERN OF ABUSE EVERYWHERE!
I always appreciate these talks with Cat: Poli-Psych and Rachel @ This Woman Votes!Thank you Mandy Ohman, Thaddeus Howze, Lisa | We Are The Third Estate…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhen You Argue With a White Supremacist, You Can Never Be Right
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Walter Rhein PodcastDiscussing Empowerment, Strength, and Joy With Some of My Favorite Substack Creators
Hey Everyone! This was such a fun talk! We got started, got on a roll, and we just kept going! I have had a wonderful couple of years talking with Will…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Creation Is an Act of Defiance
Hello Everyone!This was a wonderful talk with Hallie-Claire Weems! I chatted with her about a week ago along with Nick Paro and I got the sense that she’s…
Walter Rhein PodcastThe Last White Supremacy President
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Walter Rhein PodcastMost Stories About Kids Who Were Bullied Don't Have a Happy Ending
Orson was one of those boys who looked about nine even when he was in high school. He had quite beautiful amber colored hair that flowed down to his shoulders…
Walter Rhein PodcastWhat's the Fastest Path That Leads to the Arrest of Child Rapists?
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Walter Rhein PodcastProminent Democrats Should Start Apologizing for This Mess of a Nation
I’m tired of people sharing those memes that say, “so and so was right about everything.”Well, they weren’t right about figuring out what they needed to do to…
Walter Rhein PodcastThe Racist With the Bland and Non-Threatening Face
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Walter Rhein Podcastconfederates and white supremacists Are American nazis
A few years ago I drove my family down to Florida. I used to love driving across the United States. There’s something purely American about getting into your…
Walter Rhein PodcastMeet WI Congressional Candidate Ginger Murray
I really enjoyed having this opportunity to sit down with Ginger Murray. She’s running for Wisconsin’s 7th district and it’s candidates like her that give me…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow We Can Defeat Toxic Conservatives by Forcing Them to Offer Solutions
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Walter Rhein PodcastIt's Impractical To Round Up Americans and Put Them In Concentration Camps
Okay, Nick Paro just wrote a note about how ICE and DHS want to build some mega concentration camps with capacities in excess of 90k people.This isn’t a…
Walter Rhein PodcastNow's the Moment For Our National Redemption
Hello Everyone!This was a delightful talk with Zuri Stevens. We covered a lot of ground, but we kept coming back to the complexity of white supremacy which is…
Walter Rhein PodcastMTG Acknowledges the Reality of Conservative on Conservative Violence
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Walter Rhein PodcastGoing to the Drive-In As a Young Parent With My Beautiful Family
I’ve always loved movies.Luke Skywalker has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up with Indiana Jones, the Goonies, Rocky, Christopher…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow I Know That Magic Is Real and That Our Spirits Are Eternal
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Walter Rhein PodcastThe Infamous Poetry Episode, Featuring Pete Dominick
Thanks to our special guest Pete Dominick!Thank you Beth the Baker, Dalai Mama 💗, Deb Marak, Debbie McPherson, Michelle25, and many others for tuning into my…
Walter Rhein PodcastCycling Through the Heart of Rural American Fascism
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Walter Rhein PodcastEconomic Terrorism Stops Us From Thinking, Reflecting, and Creating
Hey Everyone!It’s always great to be in the presence of GENIUS and that’s all I can asay about Hallie-Claire Weems! I’ll be talking to her again on Friday the…
Walter Rhein PodcastMaybe It's Time to Recognize That US Citizens Are Not Good People
Americans are not good people. Right away, I know what readers are going to say. They’re going to read my title and reply, “Hey now, don’t group us all…
Walter Rhein PodcastMeet Congressional Candidate Robert People
I always appreciate hearing from candidates. We have to continue to work for a country where representatives take the time to listen to the people. Robert…
Walter Rhein PodcastPeru's Choquequirao Represented the End of a Chapter in My Life
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Walter Rhein PodcastI Don't Want My Children to Be Taught Republican Child Rape Ideology
Could we just stop allowing Republicans to try and normalize the ideology of child rape? Could we also stop allowing them to do it in plain sight without ever…
Walter Rhein PodcastA Vote For Hate Is a Vote For Death
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow Conservatives Indoctrinate Kids With White Supremacy
You can follow Deidre here:And you can follow Natasha here:Thank you Nick Paro, Noble Blend, LeftieProf, Elizabeth Raven, Stuart Cohen, and many others for…
Walter Rhein PodcastImagine if the Democrats Had Defended Kamala's Stolen Election
Let’s get one thing straight. The Republicans cheat. Right now their most obvious form of cheating is the SAVE act which is designed to strip women of their…
Walter Rhein PodcastDiscussing the Corruption and Danger Inherent to Border Patrol
I knew who Jenn Budd was, but this was my first opportunity to talk to her. This was a fantastic conversation that had me thinking for hours. My plan going…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow AI Generated Scripts Become Examples of the "Uncanny Valley"
I get the temptation, I really do. Writing a book or a screenplay entails a lot of work. The first step is freewriting the initial word dump that you can then…
Walter Rhein PodcastI’ll Only Vote for Democrats Who Are Actively Anti-Racist
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow Evil People Are Desperate to Escape the Thunderous Echo of Their Insignificance
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Walter Rhein PodcastWhite Supremacy Mutilates the Morality Center in The Brains of Children
Note: I’m not trying to suggest white supremacy is a cognitive disability. I’m trying to explain the shortcomings of a deliberately truncated worldview and how…
Walter Rhein PodcastJames Carville Costs Democrats Votes Every Time He Opens His Entitled, Obnoxious, Ignorant Mouth
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Walter Rhein PodcastThere Is No Funding For Messages of Kindness in the USA
When I was growing up we had Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Whenever he opened the door and said, “Hello neighbor,” it was as if he projected a ray of kindness into…
Walter Rhein PodcastCongressional Candidate Chris Bennett Discusses Positive Activism For the People
Hello Everybody!My reader Howard got me in touch with Chris Bennett for a quick chat. He was attending a regular Sunday demonstration and he took a bit of time…
Walter Rhein PodcastRepublicans Are Better at Supporting Hate Than Democrats Are at Supporting Kindness
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Walter Rhein PodcastPedagogy for a Compassionate Future and America's Unjust "Justice" System
This was a wonderful talk! I’ve been waiting to get to know Deidre Keller since I’ve seen her wonderful comments in my lives. We covered some excellent ground…
Walter Rhein PodcastHow You're Losing an Information War You Didn't Realize You Were Fighting
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Walter Rhein PodcastCuriosity, Prosperity, and the Progressive Promise
Hey Everybody,I’m going to make a point of having more regular conversations with Robert Danna. He helps me feel centered and he always has magnificent insight…
Walter Rhein PodcastDon't Mistake Your Unconscious Bias For Common Sense
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Walter Rhein PodcastTeaching Reason With No Support
Oh my gosh! What a great conversation with Liz Pfeiffer! She’s teaching in a conservative rural school and her experience mirrors what I had to put up with…
Walter Rhein PodcastDo Writers Have a Responsibility to Flee Platforms that Feature Hate Content?
This is from February of 2025, but I see people talking about this concept again. It’s an ongoing problem. Here are my thoughts.If I walk into a restaurant and…
Walter Rhein PodcastIt's Time to Grab Toxic Masculinity by the Balls
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow Precinct Level Voting is the Secret Weapon for Winning Back Our Country
Hey Everybody!What a great talk! I stared my morning dejected about the state of affairs in the United States, but after talking with Liza Hameline, I feel…
Walter Rhein PodcastThey Turned Voters Away in Dallas
We’re in the “please send me a donation” cycle of the post-election phase. My wife got one of those messages yesterday. “Why is some rich guy in Texas asking…