The Intent

Sitting down and trying to understand the Middle East, and doing so as objectively as possible -- what do you think?

The Original Video (at 1.5x speed)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=866CL2WWd0M&t=239s

A voting Democrat shares his take on "The Trump Doctrine" and how it makes sense, and why understanding its intent and merits are vitally important even and especially if you don't agree with it.

The Wright Brothers flew sixty years ago, and it's been almost as much time since the Apollo Moon landings -- yet humans haven't been back since, not even leaving Earth orbit. What's gone wrong with the space program, and what's gone right? I ask the best-informed space geek I know, Carl Alessi, and have a wonderful conversation about where we were, where we are, and where we could and should be going...

The Guest

Carl grew up in Orange County, California during a time when several of his family’s friends worked on the Apollo project. A life-long devotee of the manned space program, he has published articles on the history of NASA’s early attempts to piece together a strategy to land men on the moon by the end of the 1960s.

Several years ago, Carl was asked to write the screenplay for the documentary “Searching For Skylab”, which was America’s first space station and the follow-up to the Apollo moon landings. The film won several awards and had its premiere at the Kennedy Space Center. He’s now working on a book about the development of the Apollo Lunar Module that successfully culminated in Apollo 11’s landing in the Sea of Tranquility in 1969.

Links

https://searchingforskylab.com/

Links to my two-part article about NASA’s decision to use Lunar Orbit Rendezvous for Apollo to land on the moon:

The Space Review: “Do we want to get to the Moon or not?” (part 1)

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3384/1

The Space Review: “Do we want to get to the Moon or not?” (part 2)

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3388/1

A solo chat where I share my excitement and learnings after going viral on TikTok, and figuring out how to transform my self-image as a writer and blogger to a video ranter and now podcaster...

Old School Liberal HP and Libertarian Me both voted for Harris, but now that Trump is in office have different views of the administration's policies and where the nation is headed...

The End of American Exceptionalism

https://mookiespitz.medium.com/the-end-of-american-exceptionalism-415ae8e1b333

Eleventh Hour Election Debate

https://mookiespitz.medium.com/eleventh-hour-election-debate-d4c4f354ac95

Today Trump announced the US takeover of the Gaza Strip, which is essentially declaring the end of the dream of Palestinian statehood.

You'll hear historical context and intent, as I still can't wrap my bald head fully around the idea of proposing yet another mass deportation...