Trump & Venezuela; past U.S. Presidents; tribalism; music & other art; Reagan; Mamdani; & more!

7 January 2026, Livestream #75

Reading update

Slavery in colonial Spanish America

Books of Samuel

Super Chats from last stream

Music & lyrics

Music on my YouTube channel

Lobbying-related article by Alex Epstein

More on music and lyrics

My improvisational show

My recent appearance on @ObjectiveEthics's YouTube channel

My forthcoming appearance on his channel on Jan. 25, 2026

Free Super Chat offer for first 1,000 subscribers

"Super Thanks" comments

Can sculpture only convey metaphysical meaning via a human subject?

What are metaphysical value-judgments?

Still-life painting

Sculpture

Painted sculpture

Catching up with chat

My question to Onkar Ghate at OCON about art

Dr. Shoshana Milgram

Engaging with chat

Super Chats/Stickers

Objective Ethics at seminary, YouTube courses

[The description is sketchier from this point forward because I haven't had time to re-listen past this point and fill it in more. Maybe I will add more topics and timestamps later.]

Trump: reasons for not liking him

My evaluation of U.S Presidents

Tribalism

David Kelley

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Transitioning to a capitalist world

American Capitalist party

Mark Kelly

Live X replies

Mamdani and socialism

Iran protests

War with Venezuela over oil?

Outro

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