Normal Men is four guys talking about the news. We want to help explain what’s happening in the world around us and have some laughs along the way. And we think you might enjoy hearing what we have to say, as long as you don’t mind a bit of normalcy in a world without much of it.
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Normal Men is hosted by George Pearkes. The show has published 77 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 78 - A Particular Set Of Skills" (21 October 2026, 97 minutes), "Episode 77 - Placeholder Topic" (15 October 2026, 88 minutes), and "Episode 76 - Mods! Mods!" (8 October 2026, 81 minutes).
Normal Men publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 85 minutes across 77 episodes.
Booking probability for Normal Men is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Normal Men requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Normal Men's contact route on record: public web form.
George Pearkes hosts Normal Men, a news show with 77 episodes published.
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Episode #89
College football acts normal. Ed reveals the Hobby Acquisition Algorithm. Also: some random memories and the semiconductor industry's toilet problem. Then: butts. Show notes: North Carolina early-vote dashboard...
Episode #87
Grab bag (contains at least one Politics, probably an Econ). Canada has the water. We have some ideas about staffing. Airline reporter mentioned on the show: @wanderme.paxex.aero .
Episode #85
Ugarles joins us to talk meats, football, and SCOTUS. Alito has grievances, Roberts has neighbors, and retiring at the right time turns out to be part of the job. Plus: major questions doctrine, lower-court obedience...
Episode #83
This is a normal amount to think about an Idaho Senate race, I don't know what you're talking about. Donate to Todd Achilles’s campaign .
Episode #81
Musicology Duck returns with a unifying theory of Trump's inner playlist! Also: architecture in the DMV, midterm polling, and diesel prices. Follow Musicology Duck .
Episode #79
Why every enterprise open-weight model is bad, digging holes in your yard, consumer AI and warfare, the Amodei Pause, capex math, and dayenu on the models. Lowtax turns up late with a dispatch on Ian Paisley Jr. Plus...
Episode #77
This week: leatherwork. Ed tries on a harness, George does some shoe-leather reporting, and we kick around the ol' pigskin. Also: an old coinage, and a departure reviewed. Links: Polytoken · Sky Marchini , harassed over...
Episode #75
This week: the Lake Effect and CBC comes packing. The Men investigate pheromone-maxxing, chicken-tender nation, and (unfortunately) data centers. Links: Shiv Ramdas's Rice Truck thread · George's Jerome Powell shirt
Episode #73
This week: a brief exploration of comparative religion and the lost art of letter-writing. George teaches us about USMCA and les dangers du Québec. Ed thinks they should cut the power. Also: Dude Wipes. Links: George on...
Episode #71
the Ed-less Men tackle the state of the Senate states. Buckle up, it's the preseason!
Episode #69
Down one normal man and up one provisionally normal historian: Bret Devereaux joins to discuss Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, and we make it about twenty minutes before the Late Bronze Age collapses. Chapter markers say...
Episode #67
Mike Black joins the Men for a wide-ranging conversation about mostly the NDAA. Authorized and appropriate at all times.
Episode #65
Improv episode after Glonzo ate our guest's internet connection. Three thousand words about lettuce, Nolan does Homer, Troy in Maine, and Taco Bell totally exonerated. Then: some Tate schadenfreude, the darkening of the...
Episode #63
Lindsey Graham and the McConnell succession watch. Brazil's World Cup exit gets blamed on Protestantism. Count Binface takes the fight to Clacton. Michigan's Senate proxy war, and how Graham Platner actually got out of...
Episode #61
Some futbol, moderate arborism, the fast road to Argentina, and Eurovision. 250 years and Normal as ever. Show notes: Mexico 2–3 England at the Azteca (match report) The cherry trees and the golf course Trump confirms...
Episode #59
The normal men get hot and bothered, fix what's wrong with NYC politics, are gone to look for America, and contemplate an unwise conflict that expects too much of the Curds. A well-insulated episode.
Episode #57
Come take a mind-safari with us to Beirut, Manchester, and West Palm Beach. Plus: tilling the GOP 2028 field way too early.
Episode #55
A defence of the pastoral lifestyle and also the barbacoan lifestyle. Also: your gut health and soda, thunder v swamp, grudgingly handing it to the Knicks, and 10 mpg(ame). Links: Musicology Duck’s reflecting pool · The...
Episode #53
Unfortunately additional Maine. Then: a bit of fish and the Intercept Cinematic Universe.
Episode #51
A Very Special SpaceX Episode with Quantian ( @quantian ) and ESGHound ( @esghound )! Come for the S-1, stay for the physics. Contains not even homeopathic levels of investment advice. Links: Ann Lipton, "No Votes, No...
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