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Blunt Force Truth

Blunt Force Truth

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Emmy-winning game show legend Chuck Woolery joins forces with polymath and serial entrepreneur Mark Young to tackle the toughest issues of the day, without the usual angry white guy banter. Part talk show, part Ted Talk, the show features Chuck and Mark exploring topics one at a time by pulling back the curtain, setting aside the political rhetoric and laying out the truth using science, research and hard facts.© Copyright © 2002-2025 PodcastOne.com. All rights reserved. Politics & Government
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  • Take America Back - w/ Steven Kuhn
    Jul 22 2026

    On Today’s Episode –

    In this episode of Blunt Force Truth, hosts Mark Young and Matt Umbarger sit down with Stephen Eugene Kuhn to discuss the critical importance of local politics in safeguarding American governance. Kuhn argues that while the public and media are hyper-focused on national politics in Washington, ideological groups are quietly reshaping the country by winning uncontested, low-cost local seats like school boards, city councils, and county prosecutor offices. Through his organization, Take America Back, Kuhn provides citizens with the training, tools, and strategy needed to step up, claim vacant positions, and establish a parallel infrastructure of local accountability.

    https://www.jointab.us/

    Steven Eugene Kuhn is a U.S. Army combat veteran, international business advisor, and author with more than three decades of experience building and advising organizations across multiple countries.

    His work has consistently focused on one core objective: helping people and organizations take responsibility, build capability, and operate independently.

    He served in the U.S. Army in combat and was awarded the Bronze Star. After military service, Steven spent over 20 years living and working internationally, advising business leaders, organizations, and public-sector decision-makers across Europe and the Middle East.

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    51 mins
  • The Plastic Paradox: Debunking Environmental Myths - w/ Dr. Chris DeArmitt
    Jun 10 2026

    On Today’s Episode –

    In this episode of Blunt Force Truth, hosts Mark Young and Matt Umbarger break down the bizarre societal trends driving current headlines before diving deep into a fascinating, data-backed conversation with Dr. Chris DeArmit, a PhD in material science and a leading independent authority on environmental plastics.

    First, Mark and Matt tackle the shocking financial anomalies of the modern world. They discuss the controversial "profit-from-murder" crowdfunding phenomenon surrounding the Carmelo Anthony case, juxtaposing public outrage over Elon Musk's potential trillionaire status against a society that willingly donates hundreds of thousands of dollars to the families of violent criminals. The hosts also take aim at Bernie Sanders’ new legislative push regarding AI taxation and the roots of societal envy.

    Then, the conversation shifts to hard science as they welcome Dr. Chris DeArmit to separate environmental fact from media fiction. If you’ve been told that you eat a "credit card's worth of plastic a week" or that microplastics are causing a global health crisis, prepare to have your worldview challenged. Backed by an exhaustive review of over 6,000 un-funded, peer-reviewed scientific studies, Dr. DeArmit reveals the counterintuitive truths of life-cycle assessments. Discover why replacing plastic actually increases green house gases, why plastic degrades far faster than the public is led to believe, and how activist organizations use fear to trigger our ancient "lizard brains" for profit.

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    Chris DeArmitt, PhD, FRSC, FIMMM, is a materials scientist with 30+ years

    of industry experience and the world’s most cited independent authority

    on plastics, microplastics, and environmental science. Unlike industry

    lobbyists or activist groups, he has no funding agenda, only thousands

    of unpaid hours spent tracing claims back to the primary literature.

    What he found contradicts nearly everything the public has been told.

    He is the founder of the Plastics Research Council, an expert witness,

    and the author of two books endorsed by scientists and professors

    worldwide. His work has been featured on CBS 60 Minutes, BBC News,

    Sky News, and the Washington Post, among dozens of other outlets.

    He speaks to corporate leaders, policymakers, legal teams, health

    professionals, and anyone whose decisions depend on getting the

    science right.

    https://chrisdearmitt.com/

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • The Brave New World: AI, Abundance, and the Future of Humanity
    May 19 2026

    On Today's Episode

    In this wide-ranging, just-the-two-of-them conversation, host Mark Young and co-host Matt Umbarger take a step back from the day's political headlines to tackle something bigger: what the AI revolution actually means for everyday Americans — their jobs, their health, their wealth, and their purpose. The episode runs about 75 minutes and covers everything from Elon Musk's economic predictions to a 1970s mouse experiment that may explain where our society is headed.

    "AI is not about to take your job. Someone who knows how to use AI is going to take your job." Mark's parting challenge to listeners: don't put your head in the sand. Figure out how AI intersects with your career, get in front of it, and — most importantly — own things.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
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