
The Red Summer
In the summer of 1919, America erupted in racial violence, labor unrest, and political fear. The Red Summer reminds us that national crises rarely appear overnight- they build through years of ignored pressure. Dick Smil

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Hosted by Dick Smiley Jay · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 37 episodes
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Decency Lost is a podcast for listeners who refuse to numb themselves to the moral collapse in American Politics. Hosted by Dick Smiley Jay, the show cuts through noise, spin, tribalism, and selective outrage to confront one simple truth: a democracy can not survive when its leaders and the country has abdicated decency. Decency Lost in November 2024. This podcast is one little clue on the map to finding it again.
Dick Smiley Jay hosts Decency Lost, a news show with 37 episodes published.

In the summer of 1919, America erupted in racial violence, labor unrest, and political fear. The Red Summer reminds us that national crises rarely appear overnight- they build through years of ignored pressure. Dick Smil

Let's step away from outrage and ask a deeper question: what happens when a civilization forgets what a human being is? Using Pope Leo remarkable reflections on artificial intelligence, dignity, profit, and power, this e

After a break of four eventful months, Decency Lost returns for Season four. What happens when ego replaces strategy and grievance replaces governance? This episode examines how King Buffoon dismantled the Iran Nuclear D

I mean, suing us for 10 billion. He is suing the people of the United States for ten billion dollars. And stealing another 10 for his Board of Peace?

What does a billion actually mean? Not in theory - in time, in scale, in power. We break down the raw math of extreme wealth and asks whether our democracy can survive its existence. From Epstein to Bezos, the concentrat

America is not being governed by serious leaders, but by men who confuse domination with authority. Drawing on history, language, and lived behavior, Dick Smiley Jay discusses how this administration of jerks degrades po

A federal agent kills a citizen, and the feds close ranks. This episode examines how secrecy, Federal force, and the e normalization of unaccountable power are eroding trust in America. When legitimacy disappears, author

The United States' capture of Nicolas Maduro sparked global protests and legal questions. This episode examines how foreign media frame the event, why Congress was sidelined under the War Powers Resolution, and what legi

College Football didn't just change. It Lost its identity. This episode explores how NIL deals, the transfer portal, and market logic transformed College sports from relationship driven communities into unstable labor ma

Americans are told their anger comes from culture - immigration, identity, schools, and social change. This episode makes a harder claim: Culture wars are a scam designed to keep you from noticing the largest wealth tran

Two killings - one ordered by a US Cabinet official, the other committed by a man trained by the CIA, expose a nation unwilling to face the consequences of its own violence. Dick Smiley Jay examines America's foreign pol

Donald Trump's 28 point Ukraine plan doesn't bring peace - it rewards invasion, legitimizes conquest, and erases the core principles the Greatest Generation fought to defend. This episode examines King Buffoon's betrayal

After Charlie Kirk's murder, Republicans blamed "dangerous rhetoric" - but stayed silent when Donald Trump threatened members of Congress and implied they deserved death. This episode exposes the GOP's selective outrage,

Donald Trump's admiration for strongmen reveals a dangerous worldview. From MBS to Vlad, Kim to Bolsonaro, Trump consistently praises leaders linked to murder, torture, and repression. Why does he like dictators?

Dick Smiley Jay exposes King Buffoon's $7.5 Million dollar payment to Equatorial Guinea - a regime famous for torture and forced labor. When Trump outsources cruelty and calls it policy, what's left of Decency? What is t

From toxic empathy theology to political cruelty and pious hypocrisy, this episode defends compassion as Gospel- before closing with an underdog story. I love Fantasy Football.

Trump's takeover of Washington, D.C's police echoes authoritarian tactics from history. We explore how leaders weaponize law enforcement- and why ordinary decency may be democracy's last chance.

Trump's summit with Vlad Putin echoes history's appeasements. From Ukraine's peril to West Virginia Campfires, this episode explores power, truth, and the bonds that keep us decent.

Dick Smiley Jay links Air Force purges, erased history, and political crackdowns to Stalin and Hitler- then finds hope in summer campfires before school.

King Buffoon fires the nation's top jobs data official after a weak jobs report. Dick Smiley Jay breaks down the purge - and what it means for truth itself.
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