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Cultural Honors and the Culture War

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JL;DR SUMMARY The podcast discusses how the Trump administration's actions regarding the Kennedy Center Honors and the Smithsonian are part of a broader strategy to counter what they perceive as liberal orthodoxy in American arts and history. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Trump AdministrationPopulismGene SimmonsSmithsonianSylvester StalloneKennedy Center HonorsMichael CrawfordGloria GaynorCultural PoliciesWoke Ideologies

Places mentioned

Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Now, a warning for those of you in Washington, D.C. I was going to say, you don't want to go up to strangers in the street anymore because the National Guard might intervene."
Washington DC, United States
"Given the monstrosity of coming fascism and all of that and they end up giving awards to people who have contempt for the Republican voters, Republican conservative ideas and all of that but they play the game because that is how mostly the culture wars have gone in the United States with mainstream Republicans and the culture at large which is enough."
Alaska, United States
"Funny, funny thing today about Matt Connolly's column for the Free Press is that it's about, how Trump, how Trump gained the upper hand on Putin in the negotiations in Alaska facing off against the lead headline in the New York Times this morning, which is how Putin got the jump on Trump."
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Retrieved 2025-08-15 05:31:20 UTC
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