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January 16th, 2026

324: This Doesn’t Feel Like Freedom Anymore

  1. 324: This Doesn’t Feel Like Freedom Anymore Barry Edwards 1:19:20

Segment 1: From Innocence to Control Systems

  • From the 1980s to now: Revisiting Pretty in Pink and Stranger Things as symbols of cultural innocence vs. today’s Anxiety-driven society.
  • Re-labeling reality: How symbols, language, and events are being redefined to police speech and enforce ideology.
  • Everyday test: Try wearing an American flag T-shirt to the gym and note the reaction.
  • Control tech: Discussion of reported microwave and sonic crowd-control weapons and what their existence says about modern crowd management.
  • Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: Public criticism following comments on gender definitions and the broader cultural implications.
    Freedom vs. dependence:
  • Communism: the government feeds you. Freedom: you catch and cook your own food.
  • The “Soros Effect”: How funding activist networks can destabilize societies by amplifying disruption rather than reform.
  • Dan Bongino returns to X and podcasting: More noise, more insults — less substance. (Yes, Dan… cucumber.)
  • Clintons subpoenaed — no personal court appearance: Legal maneuvering vs. public accountability.

– NotebookLM links and practical AI use for normal people (not Silicon Valley hype).

  • America’s 2 Workforces: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P8aGTr_fMS_cMzpLVPDzMro45GKjdPBW/view?usp=drive_link
  • Audio Overview:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BoEacipAt88sbEfKFffv201UjRcFmnND/view?usp=drive_link
  • America’s Aging Workforce Infographic:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JsCXgkoZVd-vKSzA6-1NBvxkqOGEJ2uc/view?usp=drive_link
  • The Graying of America’s Workforce:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H24Kd7D2zFv3vgQLJ3OC1z8WsI3MEtx0/view?usp=drive_link

Would you dare wear pro-American garb in your neighborhood?

Barry Edwards Over Fifty Starting Over

I'm an online marketer. Business is EdwardsCom.net. I develop brands so they can be found online and convert more prospects into customers. Also an avid cyclist. Been with my partner, Lisa, for 15 years (neither of us ever married). We're both 58. My podcast is pure passion.