Mindless Meanderings

Intro

White House ballroom and partisan grandstanding

Federal shutdown fallout: flights, and SNAP

Courts, judges, and weaponization of the legal system

Sen. Kennedy vs. Spotted owls

Counterintelligence shake-up proposal

Rates, inflation, and Asia trade spree: chips, soybeans, and tariffs

Roofer interlude, tech hiccups, and resuming trade talk

National politics roundup: subpoenas, gag orders, and backlash

Threats, unruly flights, and loose lab monkeys

Hamas' botched body-return ruse

French first lady harassment cases

Value-for-value note to listeners (producer credits and feedback)

Business beat: data centers, outages, and big tech downtime

Layoffs and EV realities: Paramount–Skydance, GM, and Amazon restructuring

Is AI a bubble? Gates’ caution and chip constraints

Studies corner: creativity, mRNA claims, and cardiovascular spin

Health tips in flux: step counts and what activity really helps

Science grab bag: thriving dinosaurs and interstellar objects

Bill Gates on climate: focus on people over doomsday

Tech & energy: reversing kidney disease, deep geothermal potential

Will the Real de Blasio Please Stand Up

Wrap-up and sign-off