Theory 2 Action Podcast
Episodes
622 episodes
MM#479--When Policy Becomes A Weapon Against A Nation
this is a video and audio podcast. the video is here https://youtu.be/VWaZzR9zlJ8A mass invasion doesn’t have to look like soldiers crossing a line. Sometimes it looks like paperwork, pol...
MM#478--Trump, Reagan and Two Popes
This is a video and audio podcast. for the video click hereA President calls the Pope weak, the Pope fires back, and the internet lights up with memes, clickbait, and an AI Christ image th...
LM#71--Applying Catholic Just War Teaching To The U.S. Fight With Iran
Iran’s nuclear clock isn’t measured in election cycles or think-tank white papers. It’s measured in days. That’s the premise driving this Liberty Minute as I respond to Cardinal Robert McElroy’s homily calling U.S. action in the U.S.-Iran war “...
MM#477--I read Dan Hurleys Book After He Lost the National Title---here's what i found
Dan Hurley is famous for sideline fire, technical fouls, and an all-consuming drive to win, but *Never Stop* reveals a different story underneath the noise. We walk through the moments that make his memoir so much bigger than college basketball...
MM#466--Fulton Sheen Asks in Three Books "What Will You Do With This Christ, This Holy Week?"
A lot of us meet Fulton Sheen in fragments: a quote card, a grainy clip, a meme. But when you actually sit with his work, something steadier happens. During Holy Week, I reflect on three books that quietly re-ordered my interior life: Peace of ...
MM#465--Following A Legend: Duke Success, part 2
Replacing a legend usually breaks a program, not because the new leader is “bad,” but because the old standard was built on rare chemistry, authority, and time. That’s why John Scheyer's rise at Duke basketball feels so unusual: he’s stacking w...
MM#464--Hiring The 9 And 17 Guy Worked Out: Duke Basketball Success, part 1
A coaching legend leaves and the program is supposed to wobble. Duke doesn’t. We dig into the story behind Duke basketball’s stubborn ability to stay on top, from the risky decision that once brought Coach K to Durham to the new reality of John...
MM#463--The NCAA Upset Blueprint: the Anatomy of the Upset Updated
March Madness doesn’t just create upsets, it exposes pressure. When a Blue Blood full of NBA-bound freshmen meets an older underdog with nothing to lose, the scoreboard can lie and the clock tells the truth. I’m David Kaiser, and this Mojo Minu...
Theory 2 Action podcast: Why War? Why Now? and What's Going on with the Strait of Hormuz
A Berlin classroom TV in 1989 flickers back to life as we open with a personal “Liberty Line” on what happens when people lose their fear—and why that matters for the courage we see across Iran today. From that human spark, we move straight int...
MM#462--All the Shahs Men: Iran's 1953 Trade-Off
What if a single covert operation rewired the modern Middle East? We revisit the 1953 CIA–MI6 coup that toppled Mohammad Mossadegh and restored the Shah, then follow the consequences forward: repression, the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and a forei...
LM#70--Liberty is on the March: From Abraham Accords To A Fallen Supreme Leader
A map doesn’t just change with borders; it changes when the rules do. We trace a straight line from the Abraham Accords through October 7, the region-wide June escalation, and the strike that removed Iran’s Supreme Leader to explain why the Mid...
MM#461--the Power of Sport
A single game can change the national mood. From the Miracle on Ice to overtime golds and record-shattering routines, we unpack how sports moments break through cynicism, quiet the noise, and remind us we’re still capable of feeling like one co...
LM#69--Why Defending Western Civilization Still Matters Today
A speech in Munich rattled the furniture of polite consensus, and we had to unpack it. Secretary of State Marco Rubio didn’t just talk policy; he drew a bright line around what the West is and why it’s worth defending—faith, history, art, scien...
CC#46--A Lenten Roadmap: Dante, De Sales, And a Kempis
Lent doesn’t open with a pep talk; it starts with ashes and the hard grace of honesty. We map a clear, three-step journey that trades vague resolutions for substance: Dante’s Inferno to see sin in sharp relief, Father John Burns’ Lift Up Your H...
America's Story: John Quincy Adams And The Fight For The American Soul
A frail voice shouts “Nay,” an old man falls, and the House of Representatives freezes. That image of John Quincy Adams collapsing at his desk in 1848 isn’t just a dramatic opening—it’s a window into a life spent turning dry procedure into a li...
MM#460--Rebuild Resilience: Free Speech, Real Play, And The End Of Emotional Vetoes
Feeling overwhelmed isn’t a personal flaw; it’s often the predictable outcome of how we’ve redesigned childhood and campus life. We trace the surge in teen anxiety and sadness to safetyism—the belief that emotional safety should trump all other...
MM#459--Finding Your Role When The Dream Changes: From a Buckeye Legacy to the Voice of College Football
A secret code to the Hall of Justice, only the hall is the Ohio State facility and the heroes wear scarlet and gray—that’s the childhood doorway that sets this story in motion. We unpack Kirk Herbstreit’s memoir to explore how a life steeped in...
MM#458--Let ER ROAR, Mr President!
When the numbers are this strong—near four percent growth across three straight quarters, inflation easing, wages outpacing prices—it’s tempting for Washington to claim credit and start tinkering. We make a different case: the smartest move is ...
MM#457--What's your One Thing?
Your reading list shouldn’t be a source of guilt. It should be a lever for real change. We explore how to stop juggling half‑finished titles and start using one book to solve concrete problems in your work and life. Guided by Gary Keller and Ja...
MM#456--Steelers Stability, Tomlin’s Legacy
A coach you could count on. That’s the rarest currency in a league built on chaos, and it’s exactly what Mike Tomlin delivered for nineteen seasons in Pittsburgh. We break down how standards, not slogans, powered a run with no losing years, a l...
MM#455--R.I.P. Scott Adams
The cubicle jokes were the hook, but the accuracy was the engine. We look at Scott Adams’ life and ideas with fresh eyes—how Dilbert named the dysfunction so many of us felt, how The Dilbert Principle exposed bad incentives, and why his most la...
MM#454--Peace Through Strength in Venezuela, Part 2
Tyranny spreads by force, and so must the resolve to stop it. We take a clear-eyed look at what comes after a dictator falls in Caracas and argue for a blueprint that restores Venezuelan sovereignty without sliding into a quagmire. Our approach...
MM#453--Peace Through Strength In Venezuela-- Part 1
A nighttime city goes dark, rotors whisper over rooftops, and a regime built on crime loses its center of gravity. That image anchors a frank, fast-moving breakdown of Operation Absolute Resolve—the surgical extraction that removed Nicolás Madu...
MM#451--Reading Goals, Real Growth
Ready to swap doomscrolling for thinking that actually changes your mind? David closes out the year with a 34-book reading journey and the five standout titles that forged a stronger, more coherent worldview—spanning Civil War history, economic...
America's story--Washington's Christmas Miracle of 1776
A nation doesn’t survive on slogans; it survives on choices made when every option looks bad. We step into December 1776, when Washington’s army bled across New Jersey, Congress fled, and the British believed the rebellion would expire by New Y...
