What's the best part about being on vacation? Being away from work? Staying up past your bed time? Subsisting on a diet of Four Look and Fritos? Find out what out what we think. https://instagram.com/politedisagreementspodcast?igshid=NjZiMGI4OTY= Check out our Instagram above and reach us at politedisagreements@gmail.com…

We discuss the controversial new statue commemorating MLK in Boston. Then we get into the outcome of the wager made on this year's NFL prediction podcast, which naturally devolves into a long discussion on the entire Fast & Furious saga and its various spinoffs. Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everythin…

We've had no idea what's been going on in the world with all these podcast breaks, so we had to get the word straight from News Man Dan. Elon is up to some dumb stuff, a new world record has been set, and Weez was a snappy dresser at age 4. Join us as we catch up on all the most important goings-on. Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for th…

At long last, the gang is back! And we're here to coach on the best things to talk about at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Tired of falling into the pitfalls of arguing about politics and religion with your relatives you see twice a year? So are we! Follow these simple steps to avoid contentious conversation altogether. Results not guaranteed. Beac…

In an homage to one of our earliest and worst episodes, the great seasonal debate, we're putting all the best things about fall into a tournament of champions to decide which fall thing is the most fall of them all. Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post…

We're back again by popular demand based on the wild success of our past forays into the playing armchair therapists for the internet's relationship advice-seekers. Listen to hear the answers to all of your relationship problems. Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclai…

The Biden Administration is poised to forgive a lot of loans but forget a few legal constraints. Richard Epstein and Adam White parse the legal issues, including the issue of whether federal courts would (or should) have jurisdiction to hear a case at all. Then they move to the Justice Department’s investigation of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago document stash…

For the third year running, we're talking football as the NFL season begins! We hit you with some Steeler talk, some takes so hot they might burn right through your AirPods, and our super bowl predictions. We assume we'll be contacted by The Athletic any day now to syndicate our super professional sports talk. Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you …

Back at the beginning of the pandemic we gave some recommendations for some of our favorite shows to consume in large quantities during on lockdown. While the pandemic has pretty much run its course, we've still been watching a lot of TV, so we're back with some more of what we think is worth watching. Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for…

Tanned and well rested, Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the latest controversies surrounding the former president and the current justice department. And they consider Congress’s own investigation. It’s been a long hot summer.Kirjoittanut Hoover Institution

We share some of our favorite stories about the world's least boring and most affordable sport, which lean more towards Jackass-esque than tales from your average Saturday at the country club. Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate lin…

Weez is a new dad, so Dan imparts fatherly wisdom. Alex needs no wisdom because he took the best parenting class on earth--shoutout to Janine Balkin. Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a…

Alex felt like talking about Japan this week and we all got more into it than expected. We also drink some sake for the occasion. Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no ex…

Strap on your New Balances and tuck in your t-shirts, we're getting our dad on! Father's Day wasn't too long ago, and 3/4 of the podcast is about to be fathers, so we're listing the daddest things of them all. Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post conta…

Anthony is away on vacation (just vacation, he's coming back whether he likes it or not), so we give the reigns to News Man Dan for a short and sweet episode. Bonus recap of the Alex/Weez Diaper Party and a shout out to our biggest fan! Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! …

We return to the wastelands of reddit to pass judgement on who the internet's assholes are. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no ext…

News Man Dan is on vacation this week, so Anchorman Alex steps in to fill the world in on what Florida Men have been up to. Join us for the latest news on cocaine, shady business ventures, and wildlife gone wild. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic …

We roll through all the jesters whose jokes spark joy. We hope you like bad re-tellings of some our favorite bits, because there are plenty in this episode. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate li…

These guys--or girls--are bad. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. https://instagram.com/politedisagreementspodc…

SPOILER WARNING for all Harry Potter books and movies! On the other hand if you haven't read all the books and have only seen two and a half movies, that's fine because you're in the same boat as Alex. Come for the hot takes, stay to listen to four fully-grown idiots try to remember the plot of this young adult fantasy series. (Episode contains exp…

We laugh with--not at--some sillies we've heard. Pterodactyls are the same as angels, right? (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no ex…

This week we battle it out to decide what is the best dessert cake on the market, and immediately regret our decision to taste test these. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a…

Do we really eat that many spiders in our sleep? (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. https://instagram.com/polit…

We're lost without our faux co-host for the week, so we look to News Man Dan to regale us with tales of record breaking news. Bonus discussion on Netflix's the Ultimatum if you've binged that lately. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! …

We all draft a band with one guitarist, one bassist, one singer, a drummer, and a wild card...or all wild cards, who knows? I blacked out after Dan picked Kid Rock. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affi…

We salute the best of Bruce Willis's movies to mark his retirement from acting. The challenge is the four of us trying to remember the plot of some of these films that we love so much. This is worth listening to just for Alex's attempt to explain the Fifth Element. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for …

Our general reading level is "the more pictures, the better," so you can consider us connoisseurs of the children's story. (Episode contains explicit material) https://instagram.com/politedisagreementspodcast?igshid=NjZiMGI4OTY= Check out our Instagram above and reach us at politedisagreements@gmail.com…

Days after the Senate Judiciary Committee finished its confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Richard and Adam debate whether these hearings are a tradition that has outlived its usefulness.Kirjoittanut Hoover Institution

These takes be like fire. You may want to listen inside a refrigerator for your own safety. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no ext…

Here's a blast from the past that we never thought would see the light of day! We didn't get a chance to record, so we dug deep into the Polite Disagreements archive and found the never-before-released episode where we decided to sample Four Loko and record it. It went as well as could be expected. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ G…

It's been a while since we just took some time to catch up and talk about what we have going on. We all share something good that happened to us this week. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate lin…

There's a lot going on in the world right now that has nothing to do with war, so we break it down for you. Record pokemon card sales, frozen weiners, nose teeth, and even some Putin gossip. We've got it all. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Re…

Dan and Weez argue for alcohol and Alex and Anthony bring rhetoric for the reefer. Which way to get wasted wins? (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a…

As Valentine's Day approaches, we thought we'd spread the love and weigh in on the internet's relationship questions with our suavest romantic advice. You're welcome. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains af…

We're back! After a two week all-star break, we're coming at you with the topic no one has been waiting for! Sit back, relax, and listen four guys in their thirties argue over which Disney princess is the best. (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & …

In today’s episode, Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the Supreme Court’s recent decisions in the OSHA and HHS vaccine mandate cases. Then they pan back to a broader discussion of the Roberts Court and the administrative state, before finishing with a quick preview of the Court’s newly-granted cases on race-based college admissions.…

It's been a while since we did any "get to know us" episodes, so we're doing a little ice breaker to see how well we know each other. Bet you'll never guess which one of us attempted vehicular manslaughter at the ripe age of five. This month we are supporting the Adam J. Garvin Memorial Scholarship in remembrance of a someone who we all lost too ea…

Now that we've said goodbye to 2021, we can look forward to bigger and brighter things this year. After the last couple years, it can only get better right? RIGHT? (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe! Disclaimer: This post contains affil…

What the hell happened this year anyway? More COVID? Tom Brady's still good at football? Well at least Britney is free now. Join us as we furiously google the events of this year to recap what happened. This month we are supporting the Polaris Project in their effort to fight against human trafficking. Donate now to help support! https://polarispro…

Emcee Dan runs us through our biggest bracket yet to determine what takes the title of Greatest Christmas Song of Them All! We also have our first drinking episode in a looong while and enjoy some Rumple Minze to get in the holiday spirit...and Weez may get a little too into the holiday spirits, if you know what we mean. We hope you enjoy off key s…

It's here: the climax of the Polite Disagreements Podcast. Listen and be blown away. This month we are supporting the Polaris Project in their effort to fight against human trafficking. Donate now to help support! https://polarisproject.org/ (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach …

In today’s episode, a discussion of the Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding the Texas abortion statute becomes a debate about “standing” and other jurisdictional doctrines. Richard and Adam also discuss the late Professor Alexander Bickel—he’s one of Adam’s favorites, but Richard has some, well, disagreements.…

We were going to do an episode on dogs...then our stomachs got the best of us so we decided to decide what the best sandwich on earth is. And before you ask, hot dogs and tacos aren't included, that's a debate for another day. What's the best sandwich? A cuban? A reuben? A...we're out of rhymes. Listen and find out. This month we are supporting the…

Anth is away so the boys will play! We usually never leave a man behind, but we had to record an emergency podcast a man down. News man Dan to came to the rescue with this week's most important news, and we go off the rails without buzz killington to keep us in line. This month we are supporting JDRF in their effort to fight against Type 1 Diabetes…

News man Dan becomes host man Dan this week to talk about the things that make Pittsburgh great. Join us to talk Polish food and bridges! *the actual number of things may exceed 10 This month we are supporting JDRF in their effort to fight against Type 1 Diabetes. Donate now to help support! https://www.jdrf.org/ (Episode contains explicit material…

Alex hijacks the podcast for the week and takes us wherever he wants to go. Let chaos reign! This month we are supporting JDRF in their effort to fight against Type 1 Diabetes. Donate now to help support! https://www.jdrf.org/ (Episode contains explicit material) Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everythi…

Special guest Jack from The Just Conversation Podcast joins us to get into some thought experiments that range from silly to sadistic, and somehow end with alien sex. We might have to bring on a psychologist next week to figure that out. This month we are supporting JDRF in their effort to fight against Type 1 Diabetes. Donate now to help support! …

Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss the lawsuit challenging OSHA’s vaccine mandate, and the Fifth Circuit’s initial order against the administration. Then they turn to the Supreme Court, which just heard oral arguments on New York’s near-prohibition against keeping and bearing concealed handguns outside the home.…

Ever wondered who Captain Hook could take in a fight to the death? You probably shouldn't have, because the answer is no one and only an idiot would pick him. Luckily, none of us are idiots and didn't pick that incompetent handless pirate for our teams of dastardly Disney devils. Join us to see which duo of Disney villains is the deadliest of them …

As we approach the spookiest of days, we gather around the campfire and tell a few terrifying tales. If you enjoy classic halloween stories about things like murderers on the loose, haunted apartments, and mysterious wifi signals, this is the episode for you. Best listened to around your own campfire. This month we are supporting STOMP Out Bullying…