The Opinionated Ogre Podcast Ep. 99: Schrödinger's Iran War

Special Farewell Episode: Lila Explains One Last Time

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway! This is it, Ogre Nation. Lila’s last time on the podcast before she heads off to her big, new, exciting life at college. As excited as I am for her, I am also going to miss the sweet, funny, and silly little girl who has been such an integral part of my life for the last decade. But before she rides off into the sunset, we had to record one final Lila Explains for you, our beloved audience. This episode is about depression and anxiety. I wanted to talk about this with Lila because she has struggled with both for a long time, and now that I’ve had a firsthand peek inside that world, I wanted to compare notes. We think you’ll find it interesting and very sappy because by the end, we get pretty mushy. But hey, she’s my daughter, I love her, and I’m sad to see her go, so you’ll just have to come along for the ride. Just a side note, the phrase I forgot at 18:33 is “abandonment issues” because I am dumb. This is a song from Cowboy Bebop, one of my favorite anime, and it really captures my mood these days. Very bittersweet. Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe [https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 101: More Supreme Corruption!

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway! The Most Corrupt Supreme Court in history continues to give Democrats all of the legal, moral, and political capital they need to expand the Court and strip the Republican Party of all of its stolen power. But until we get there, it’s going to be a loooong slog through nonstop judicial tyranny and Federalist Society scumfuckery. Florida Woman Rants [https://substack.com/profile/25053661-florida-woman-rants] and I tackle this story and more this week, so jump on in and join the Ogre Nation Conversation! Ogre Nation News Update! 1:37 - 13:25 The most corrupt Supreme Court in history lets Alabama put a racist map into play. Because of COURSE they did… 13:26 - 22:00 Donald Trump is dying, and it’s becoming too obvious for the press to hide anymore… 22:01 - 28:10 I guess we have to talk about Graham Platner… 28:11 - 31:24 Quick Epstein Files Update - Trump is even grosser than you thought… 31:25 - 1:07:24 Headlines for Short Attention Spans! 1:07:25 - 1:18:00 Self-care of the Week The Hot Mess Livestream! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe [https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 100!!! 2026 Predictions Update w/The Daily Whatever!

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway! The OgPod turns 100…episodes old! To celebrate this astonishing milestone (astonishing because you’re still listening to us!), we have an extra special (and extra long) show for you with special guests and everything! Come join the Ogre Nation Conversation, and here’s to another 100 episodes! Thank you for coming back every week. You, our beloved (and supernaturally attractive) audience is why we do this, and we absolutely love you for it! 🥰🥰🥰 0:00 - 36:42 The longest opening ever goes completely off the rails with Lawrence Winnerman [https://substack.com/profile/314034871-lawrence-winnerman] and Dana DuBois [https://substack.com/profile/201342263-dana-dubois] from The Daily Whatever Show [https://substack.com/profile/488833761-the-daily-whatever-show]! A far-ranging casual conversation about the states we live in, chocolate, J.K. Rowling, American racism/fascism, Dana and Lawrence’s substacks, AI in the workplace, the AI bubble, and the economy. Yowzer! Ogre Nation Midyear Prediction Update! 36:42 - 43:08 The regime is going to lash out in desperation, but there are a lot of roadblocks to their plan for a permanent authoritarian takeover. 43:09 - 50:34 The 2026 midterms are going to be a total wipeout for the fascist fucks of the GOP, no matter how hard they try to cheat. 50:35 - 58:27 The economy is collapsing, and 2026 is almost certainly going to see major disruptions on par with (but probably worse than) 2008-2009. Lawrence digs deep on this one. 58:28 - 1:01:47 The No Kings protests will pass 10-15 million, causing the regime to panic and push more people into the streets to protest. 1:01:48 - 1:06:39 ICE will reach new depths of violence and depravity. 1:06:40 - 1:15:41 The Anti-Israeli movement and the legacy press will be used to whitewash Republican Nazis 1:15:42 - 1:18:49 Trump’s declining health and cognitive collapse will be impossible to hide. 1:18:50 - 1:21:50 JD Vance will ramp up his campaign to be Trump’s successor, and that won’t go well. At all. 1:21:51 - 1:27:41 The Epstein files will only become a bigger and uglier scandal. 1:27:42 - 1:33:13 Corporate America is going to rediscover its love of democracy and diversity as the regime stumbles and fails. 1:33:14 - 1:51:00 Self-care of the Week The Unedited Hotmess Livestream! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe [https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast Ep. 99: Schrödinger's Iran War

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway! As Month Three of Trump’s quick and easy war drags on, the legacy press finds itself in a state of quantum uncertainty. They can’t seem to figure out if the war is over, like the regime keeps saying every other day, or if the fact that the Strait of Hormuz is still closed and we keep bombing Iran means the war is still happening. Who knew being a journalist was SO complicated and reporting on facts could be so confusing!? Thank god so many of them went to journalism school to learn how to parrot whatever the regime says instead of reporting what is actually happening. Think of the confusion if the New York fucking Times looked out the window and just wrote what they actually saw: No ships going through the Strait and an energy crisis just weeks away from spiraling out of control. Total chaos! Fuck these people. Ogre Nation News Update! 2:00 - 12:10 Is the Iran War still going on or not? The press is literally telling us yes and no at the same time. When are they going to do their fucking jobs and look out the window? 12:11 - 22:09 The Trump Regime goes full Big Brother and tries to memory hole the history of January 6. And the legacy press is helping them do it. 22:10 - 32:32 We Live in The Stupidest Timeline 32:33 - 1:05:28 Headlines for Short Attention Spans 1:05:29 - 1:15:44 Self-care of the Week 1:15:45 - 1:17:30 Important Housekeeping Note! The Unedited Hotmess Livestream! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe [https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Opinionated Ogre Podcast Ep. 98: Supreme Bullshit

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway! The absolute top priority of the Democratic Party when they topple the Trump regime is to purge the courts of corrupt judges. The Federalist Society has tipped its hand, and its operatives have shown that they are an existential threat to the rule of law. Nothing will get done until these traitors are removed and the Constitution restored. We have a lot to get to this week, so come join the Ogre Nation Conversation! Ogre Nations News Update! 1:45 - 9:31 We talk about the San Diego neo-Nazi shooting because the legacy press won’t. Why? Because when it’s neo-Nazis, it’s an “ISOLATED INCIDENT” and the story vanishes. (Nathan, aka “Little Mr. Florida Woman Rants [https://substack.com/profile/25053661-florida-woman-rants]” is hanging out in the room as a special guest host. 😆) 9:32 - 17:49 Virginia Democrats discover what we’ve all known all along: The most corrupt Supreme Court in American history is a stickler for the rules…but only when it hurts Democrats. 17:50 - 26:28 Trump and the GOP’s poll numbers are so bad, all their gerrymandering and election rigging will not save them. 26:29 - 36:36 Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for domestic terrorists and his insider trading are new high-water marks in corruption, and the legacy press is too busy to notice. 36:37 - 41:10 I Scream You Scream We All Scream Because of Fucking ICE 41:11 - 59:50 Headlines for Short Attention Spans 59:51 - 1:08:55 Self-care of the Week (Nathan has left the room at this point) The Unedited Hotmess Livestream! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe [https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]