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Twenty years into the 20th century, the United States faces hurricanes, fires, poverty, plague-and the most consequential election of our lifetime.  Are we ready for this moment?  Today on the podcast...let's talk about American Exceptionalism.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a mini-magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the damn podcast.

 

Direct download: Early_Bird_Special_Episode_18-American_Exceptionallsm.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 6:15pm EDT

Our experiment in Democracy continues, ladies and gentlemen...

It's the Summer of 1798. Our nation teeters on the brink of dictatorship and chaos. Sound familiar? You bet it does! Learn the lessons of history or be doomed to repeat them over and over!!!!  Good luck, citizen.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a mini-magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the damn podcast.

 

 

Direct download: Early_Bird_Special_17-The_Alien__Sedition_Acts.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 2:43pm EDT

"Those who don't learn History are doomed to repeat it."  -George Santayana

These are crazy times, but they are not unprecedented.  Let's dive into the past to find out what the future may hold in store.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a mini-magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the damn podcast.

Direct download: 16_Early_Bird_Special_16_-_Is_the_Past_our_Prologue_.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 3:47am EDT

No politics today, thank you!  Instead, we celebrate art for art's sake and explore the passion and mystery of Vincent Van Gogh's ear.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not. 

You'll never know until you try...

Direct download: Early_Bird_Special_15_-_Van_Goghs_Ear.m4a
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 5:12pm EDT

Trump Fever -  an abnormal condition of the body politic, characterized by undue rise in temperature, quickening of the pulse, disturbance of various body functions; it can incite delirium and complete loss of cognitive function.

The PATRIOT ACT PODCAST is one disgruntled American's bold attempt to see Democracy in Action.  In 2016, as we select our next president, Mike is traveling the country to find out what people really think of the state of the union, and discover exactly what it means to be an American citizen today. 

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse-bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again.

Or not.

You'll never know until you try...

Direct download: PATRIOT_ACT_PODCAST_EP_14_-_TRUMP_FEVER.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 6:48pm EDT

You wanna know all about the 14th Amendment?   Mike lays it out for you in glorious detail.

The PATRIOT ACT PODCAST is one disgruntled American's bold attempt to see Democracy in Action.  In 2016, as we select our next president, Mike is traveling the country to find out what people really think of the state of the union, and discover exactly what it means to be an American citizen today. 

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse-bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again.

Or not.

You'll never know until you try...

Direct download: EBS_Episode_13__Patriot_Act_Podcast__Big_14_.m4a
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 12:32pm EDT

Mike talks to Professor Geoffrey Cowan about the history of our Presidential Primary Process

The PATRIOT ACT PODCAST is one disgruntled American's bold attempt to see Democracy in Action.  In 2016, as we select our next president, Mike is traveling the country to find out what people really think of the state of the union, and discover exactly what it means to be an American citizen today. 

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse-bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again.

Or not.

You'll never know until you try...

Direct download: Episode_12-Patriot_Act_Let_the_People_Rule.m4a
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 12:35pm EDT

Mike goes to Iowa to find out what a caucus is.   

 

The PATRIOT ACT PODCAST is one disgruntled American's bold attempt to see Democracy in Action.  In 2016, as we select our next president, Mike is traveling the country to find out what people really think of the state of the union, and discover exactly what it means to be an American citizen today. 

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse-bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again.

Or not.

You'll never know until you try...

Direct download: Episode_11_-_Patriot_Act_Podcast_Iowa.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 1:05pm EDT

 

Mike goes to midtown manhattan to meet an old school diamond man.  

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the goddamn podcast.

 

Direct download: Episode_10__Diamond_Man.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 12:25pm EDT

Mike works for the most abusive producer in Hollywood and lives to tell the tale...just barely.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the goddamned podcast.

Direct download: EBS_Episode_09-Darkness.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 8:07pm EDT

Mike considers the podcast's past, present and future with family and friends.   

 

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the goddamned podcast.

Direct download: Episode_08-_Omphaloskepsis.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 1:30am EDT

Mike's family reunion puts the fun back in dysfunction.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the goddamned podcast.

Direct download: Episode_07__Brooklyn.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 4:02pm EDT

A giant man's whim becomes Mike's mandate.  

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is an audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the goddamned podcast.

Direct download: Episode_06__Joes_Song.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 8:49pm EDT

Mike gets a phone call from an enthusiastic stage mother. 

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is a audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation.  Join Mike Schlitt on a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the goddamned podcast.

Direct download: Episode_05__The_Momager.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 1:14am EDT

A Jew named Mike talks with Jews named Mike about what it's like to be a Jew named Mike.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is a audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the goddamned podcast.

 

 

Direct download: 04_Episode_04__Two_Jews_Named_Mike.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 1:30pm EDT

An act of civil disobedience and the coverup which follows; it's a story so bizarre, it could only have happened in Hollywood.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is a audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Or not.

Just listen to the goddamned podcast.

Direct download: Episode_03__A_Hollywood_Mystery.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 2:17am EDT

Episode 02: Break-in

The truly terrifying theatrical tale. 

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL is a audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation.  Join Mike Schlitt on a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again

Direct download: 02__Break-in.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Welcome to EARLY BIRD SPECIAL - an audible amuse bouche, a podcast of piquant provocation, a 10-minute magic carpet ride that will melt all your cares and make you feel whole again.  

Or not.

Just listen to the goddamn podcast.

Direct download: 01_I_Podcast_Therefore_I_am.mp3
Category:comedy,culture,society -- posted at: 2:19am EDT

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