The Tenth Man Podcast with Kevin Travis

S5 E12 - Animal Lovers - Not Rock Throwers - are Killing the Seals

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067245/fan_mail/new] Rock Thrower vs. Monk Seals: When Animal Love Becomes the Threat Kevin Travis contrasts federal prosecution of Igor Litvinchuk for throwing a rock at a Hawaiian monk seal (missing and causing no injury) with broader failures in conservation and legal proportionality, including a state senator commending a man for beating Litvinchuk. He argues the animal-rights culture prioritizes performative outrage and individual-animal sentiment over species-level conservation, criticizing the naming and quasi-pet treatment of a seal called “Lani” and a “priesthood” that controls information. Travis says monk seals are increasing about 2% per year, while a major documented threat is toxoplasmosis spread by feral cats; yet laws and enforcement protect cats and even de-prioritize penalties for feeding them. He also blames activists who habituate seals to humans, concluding the system punishes solutions, protects problems, and substitutes theater for conservation. 00:00 Rock Throwing Outrage 01:54 Federal Crackdown 04:46 Vigilante Rewarded 06:13 Moral Authority Question 07:05 Naming Wild Animals 10:19 Nature Versus Man 11:49 Species Not Individuals 13:41 Real Threat Revealed 15:57 Cats And Bad Incentives 17:42 Activist Factions Clash 18:40 Habituating The Seal 20:02 Theater Not Conservation 20:53 Closing Thoughts #MonkSeal #LaniTheSeal #igormykhaylovychlytvynchuk #FeralCats #WildlifeConservation #Toxoplasmosis #LanaiCatSanctuary #AmbassadorOfAloha #HumaneHawaii #RichardBissen #MauiMayor #BrentonAwa #HawaiiSenate #TheTenthMan #KevinTravis #ConservativePodcast #TrapNeuterReturn Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

S5 E11 - You Can't Boycott Starbucks Under Socialism

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067245/fan_mail/new] Boycotting Starbucks to End Capitalism? The Contradictions of Socialist Protest | The Tenth Man Kevin Travis argues that boycotts rely on capitalist competition, criticizing Seattle mayor Sarah Nelson’s Starbucks boycott as using capitalism’s tools to protest capitalism. He contrasts outrage over Shell’s windfall profits with little protest against state-owned oil firms like Norway’s Equinor and Mexico’s Pemex, claiming the anger is selective and more about who controls money than profits themselves. He discusses New York mayor Zoran Mamdani’s proposal to tax accumulated home equity, contending socialist programs depend on wealth created under capitalism and rarely involve voluntary collectivism in advocates’ own communities. Using bear-and-salmon and coyote analogies, he claims “nature is capitalist,” says communism destroys prosperity, and argues only under capitalism can people safely denounce the system, while noting capitalism’s real problems and asking “compared to what?” 00:00 Boycotts Need Capitalism 00:50 Protest Paradox Setup 02:11 Seattle Starbucks Boycott 03:38 Oil Profits Selective Outrage 04:59 State Oil Money Trail 06:27 Taxing Home Equity 08:34 Why Not Start a Commune 10:20 Nature Is Capitalist 12:33 Bear Versus Commissar 13:40 Only Capitalism Allows Dissent 14:31 Capitalism Flaws Compared 15:30 Wrap Up And Call To Share  #TheTenthMan #progressives #Capitalism #Socialism #FreeMarkets #ConservativePodcast #PoliticalAnalysis #SaraNelson #StarbucksBoycott #ZohranMamdani #KevinTravis #AntiCapitalism #Communism #Venezuela #SovietUnion #SmallGovernment #MarketEconomy #PodcastersOfX #NewPodcast Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

S5 E10 - Iran, A Juvenile Delinquent Throwing Rocks at Cars

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067245/fan_mail/new] Iran’s “Overpass”: Mining the Strait of Hormuz, Extorting Shipping, and the World’s Double Standard The episode compares teens throwing rocks from highway overpasses—citing fatal cases in Michigan (Kenneth White, 2017), Ohio, and Colorado—to Iran’s deliberate policy of attacking and extorting neutral shipping in the 21-mile-wide Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of global seaborne oil and LNG normally passes. It argues Iran has reduced traffic to about 5% of prior levels while charging up to $2 million per vessel and allegedly mining international lanes in violation of longstanding Hague rules, driving oil-price spikes, flight cancellations, and delays in fertilizer and food shipments. The speaker claims the world holds Iran to lower standards than the West, noting a UN statement “asking them to please stop” and a Security Council resolution vetoed by China and Russia, while China imports over 90% of Iran’s illicit oil. The episode contrasts Iran with Singapore’s prosperity and choice to enable commerce rather than threaten it. 00:00 Overpass Double Standard 00:53 Deadly Rock Throwing 03:04 Strait of Hormuz Overpass 04:05 Why It Hits Home 05:27 Tolls and Extortion 06:18 Sea Mines and Decency 09:09 Princess Diana Contrast 10:09 UN Vetoes and Hypocrisy 12:17 Two Ships Two Missions 15:06 Singapore Chooses Good 17:53 China's Complicity 19:10 Back to Michigan Verdict 20:30 Conclusion and Thanks  #TheTenthMan #HormuzCrisis #FreePassage #IranNavy #DoubleStandard #NeutralShipping #IRISDena #Hormuz #LostPotential #TinCanSailor  Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

S5 E09 - Greta Thunberg, Take the Win for Stopping Iran Oil

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067245/fan_mail/new] The Biggest Oil Disruption Ever—and the Climate Movement’s Silence Says Everything This episode argues that a massive Iran-linked energy disruption has effectively locked up about 20% of global oil supply in the Arabian Gulf, yet major climate activists and groups (Greta Thunberg, Just Stop Oil, Greenpeace) are largely silent despite years of demanding reduced fossil-fuel use. It contrasts U.S. and European costs for food and gasoline, noting Americans still pay far less, and cites impacts like idled tankers, fewer flights (including Lufthansa canceling 20,000), and potential reductions in driving and shipping. The script claims EV adoption is declining just as high fuel prices were supposed to accelerate it, and offers three reasons for the silence: media incentives favor catastrophe, activist fundraising relies on crisis, and the disruption demonstrates that removing fossil fuels before alternatives are ready causes price spikes, instability, and harm—highlighting the need for more domestic production, LNG, nuclear, and realistic accounting of renewables. 00:00 Oil Shock Silence 02:01 Meet the 10th Man 03:25 Greta and Just Stop Oil 04:37 Road Safety Irony 05:38 Greenpeace and Tankers 07:09 Farms Flights and Fuel 09:38 Food and Gas Context 13:04 EV Moment Fizzles 14:42 Why No One Celebrates 16:57 It Was Never a Win 19:49 Realistic Energy Path 20:27 Closing Thoughts Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.

S5 E08 - Pope Leo: Holy War on Sin or Jihad on Donald Trump

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067245/fan_mail/new] Why the Media Praises the Pope Only When He Criticizes Trump The script argues that mainstream media elevates the Pope as a moral authority primarily when he criticizes Donald Trump, despite the Church’s ongoing reputational damage from past sex scandals. It claims quoting the Pope on war is an appeal-to-authority fallacy because he is a spiritual leader, not a military strategist, and contends his natural counterparts on a religion-infused conflict are Iran’s clerical rulers, yet his criticism targets Washington and Netanyahu while Iran’s threats, proxy warfare (Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis), and attacks on shipping are treated as routine. The speaker contrasts widespread outrage over an accidental school strike in Iran with a decade-long pattern of Boko Haram kidnappings of Christian schoolgirls in Nigeria, questioning why the Pope doesn’t focus on persecuted Christians or internal Church decline. It also notes recent clustering of papal canonizations and concludes the Pope’s messaging echoes prevailing institutions rather than confronting Iran-backed violence. 00:00 Media Double Standards 01:17 Appeal to Authority 03:11 Pope’s Real Priorities 04:12 Nigeria’s Kidnapping Crisis 06:31 Angola Visit Critique 07:58 Scandals and Credibility 09:22 Iran’s Proxy Wars 11:32 Rhetoric vs Real Violence 12:53 Status Quo and Trump 14:47 Sainthood Incentives 17:15 Final Moral Verdict Commentary on trending issues brought to you with a moderate perspective.