Episode 53 - JD and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
04/14/2026 | 1h 17 mins.
Vance screws up at everything, Orbán eighty-sixed in Hungary, Iran negotiations collapse and the world stays oil-thirsty, Swalwell sex monsters and gets summarily defenestrated, and the thrilling secret of space.
Episode 52 - It’s From Massachusetts, Actually
04/08/2026 | 1h 27 mins.
Yakuza discourse, the terrible secret of space, BTS on Hot Ones, Bondi beached, careerists vs maniacs, and who's next for Attorney General.
Aaron Cohen of Gracie's Ice Cream (@unlikelywords.bsky.social) has a wicked scoop for the Men. George doesn't deliver, Lowtax goes out of his gourd, Ed's interested in principles, and Propter gets stuck.
Note: 1) We ran into tech issues post-recording and decided that we would rather release a pretty rough final cut this week than no episode. Sorry about that and we won't be offended if you give it a miss. 2) this is a Nanaimo bar
Episode 50 - Strait Expectations
03/17/2026 | 1h 49 mins.
Ed runs some numbers, George eyeballs the urbs, the Strait gets bent, Lowtax socializes, and Propter gets sloppy.
Episode 49 - No Apologies For The Dutch ft. Aaron Kleinman
03/12/2026 | 1h 25 mins.
Episode 49: Texas primaries, North Carolina's political shake-ups, oil prices and the Strait of Hormuz, and EV battery drama with very special guest Aaron Kleinman (@kleinman.bsky.social) from Heartland Signal. check out his more formal work at https://radio-free-america.beehiiv.com/
Normal Men is four guys talking about the news. We want to help explain what's happening in the world around us and have some laughs along the way. And we think you might enjoy hearing what we have to say, as long as you don't mind a bit of normalcy in a world without much of it.