What is the Mandela Effect? Why and how does it impact pop culture and our collective memory? And what are some of the implications of it? Evan contemplates these and other questions in today's episode. The show notes here have a LOT of links for those of you who would like to explore the topic further...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB3CybXl8rs Berenstain Bears - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_opO3EjQ2wk OJ Simpson 1984 - "This is like George Orwell's book, 1984" TikTok Clip/Reaction

Mandela effect examples

https://www.chasingfoxes.com/mandela-effect-examples/

https://www.today.com/life/mandela-effect-examples-rcna81130

https://www.scienceofpeople.com/mandela-effect/

https://parade.com/1054775/marynliles/mandela-effect-examples/

https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-10-historical-examples-of-the-mandela-effect/harry-houdini-s-death

The Mandela effect supposedly being proof of alternate universes

https://www.woodbetween.world/2012/08/the-berenstein-bears-we-are-living-in.html The OG Berenstain Bears alternate universe theory article

https://www.avclub.com/how-you-spell-the-berenstain-bears-could-be-proof-of-1798282836

https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2015/01/24/mandela-effect-proof-parallel-universes/

Science

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36219739/

https://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/news/new-research-shows-consistency-what-we-misremember

Mandela effect wiki

https://mandelaeffect.fandom.com/wiki/Special:AllPages

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Evan takes us through some of the works of an author quite prominent in right-leaning circles: Ayn Rand.

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Evan is starting a new job and as such, will need to take a quick timeout after a delay of game penalty. (For those who may be unfamiliar, these are American football rule references.) I still plan on releasing a regular episode sometime this holiday weekend, with the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday being celebrated on Monday, the 19th.

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Evan is joined by guest host Father Frank Brawner of the Diocese of Lexington to discuss Brawner's life story and background, several topics pertaining to faith and politics, and the intersection of those. They also engage in a couple of DLC/sidebar topics relating to American "Confederados" in Brazil and President Donald Trump's desire to take over Greenland.

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References/Additional Reading

https://ctkarchives.org/staff-members/fr-frank-brawner/ An old (2008) background primer on guest host Father Frank Brawner

https://aforkintime.buzzsprout.com/305726/episodes/17481283-ep-253-a-little-less-lead-would-go-a-long-way Northwestern Passage alternate history podcast episode

https://aforkintime.buzzsprout.com/305726/episodes/17596426-ep-254-leges-condicionesque-applicare Donation of Constantine alternate history podcast episode

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The Trump administration has recently announced a new policy initiative aimed at driving financial literacy and improving outcomes for children - the new "Trump Accounts." Evan explores the potential ramifications of this policy, and also indulges in a couple extra sidebar/DLC topics.

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References/Additional Reading

https://www.irs.gov/trumpaccounts

https://www.trumpaccounts.gov/

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/inflation-chart-tracks-price-changes-us-goods-services/ chart referenced for price increases of goods and services

https://apple.news/AmLMMIJueRwee3MIPMzjkWQ Machado extraction operation article

https://apple.news/A3xm3lhrJRAOAuoMo1ofyLg UK Government freedom of speech article

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Evan had the pleasure of attending Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona, in the wake of the tragic assassination of the group's founder, Charlie Kirk. Turning Point USA is a conservative activist group focused on galvanizing and energizing the conservative movement, with a primary focus on young people in high school and college. Evan gives his thoughts on where the conservative movement is right now, features three interviews with attendees and a protestor from the Westboro Baptist Church, and is overall heartened by the people he met and what happened at the conference. But, there are still some warning signs present which he speaks to as well. Tune in for the full breakdown.

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References/Additional Reading

https://ifunny.co/picture/there-is-more-diversity-of-thought-on-the-political-right-BwbbDTCTC Heat map/chart referenced on diversity of thought on the right vs. the left

https://www.tpaction.com/scorecard - Turning Point USA's scorecard for both state governments and representatives in Congress.

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Evan wraps up the second of a two-part duology wherein he takes live questions and answers from a listener on some of his "hot takes" on modern trends in Christian dating. Part 1 focuses on the mild and medium level questions. Part 2 focuses on the spicy and super spicy questions.

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In another first for the podcast, Evan has on his first guest host to the show - Kai McAlister, currently a toxicology and pharmacology PhD student at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Evan and Kai share an enduring friendship and mutual interest in extremely nerdy topics, including the subject of focus in today's episode: artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous vehicles (AV), also commonly known as driverless cars. Join us as we take a look at the possibility of the AI bubble soon bursting, and the impacts of AI and AV on society writ large.

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References/Additional Reading

https://medium.com/@myequation/here-is-how-ai-bubble-is-created-aee673b100dd Kai’s reference to the chart detailing the relationship between various AI companies and Nvidia.

https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20250814149/the-entire-stock-market-is-being-carried-by-these-four-ai-stocks

https://www.allaboutai.com/resources/ai-statistics/ai-environment/

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/michael-burry-launches-newsletter-to-lay-out-his-ai-bubble-views-after-deregistering-hedge-fund.html

https://apple.news/Avo9fS1GKSB6TFGXnRombgg Waymo operating cities, plans, and challenges

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