Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone

Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone

Sasha Stone

Episodes 277
Avg. Duration 31m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (642)
Since Oct 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
Consistency
48%
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About This Podcast

Essays on politics and culture from Sasha Stone's Substack. A former Democrat and Leftist who escaped the bubble to get to know the other side of the country and to take a more critical look at the left. Sashastone.substack.com

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Recent Episodes

60 Minutes and the Collapse of the Empire

Jun 07, 2026 31m

Charles Manson famously said, “You can’t kill me. I’m already dead.” I thought about that quote as the 60 Minutes scandal erupted, with a conversation between reporter Scott Pelley and newly hired…

An Open Letter to Paul Krugman

Jun 02, 2026 20m

Dear Paul Krugman,You used to be the kind of journalist I thought was telling the truth. I looked up to you, as I did so many writers at the New York Times. I was a different person then. That was…

Ashley St. Clair's Gift to the Democrats

May 31, 2026 37m

Ashley St. Clair is all of us. Well, she might not be you. She might not even be me. Although I see some of myself in her. But she is this mess we’ve built. Like all of us, she has played a role in…

The Real "Autopsy" The Democrats Can't Face

May 26, 2026 33m

The 2024 election was a disaster for the Democrats. They have never been held to account for any of it. That would ordinarily be the job of the legacy media, but they’ve long since abandoned any…

The Odyssey Proves Woke Is a Feature, Not a Bug

May 17, 2026 22m

[A crosspost with Hollywood Woketopia, my other Substack]Every so often, a moment in culture arrives, a Sydney Sweeney ad, or Project Hail Mary. Every time, we hear that the Woke fever has finally…

Interview with Jenny Holland

May 15, 2026 1h 28m

Jenny Holland has been running a similar track to mine for the last five years or so, but she got there before me. We both were more or less red-pilled by Steve Bannon. Here, we had a conversation…

Spencer Pratt is the Hero We Didn't Know We Needed

May 12, 2026 35m

“Now you know why they call me Dirty Harry, every dirty job that comes along.”Just as audiences didn’t know how much they needed Dirty Harry until he showed up on a movie screen in 1971, residents of…

What My Mom Taught Me: Just Do The Next Thing

May 10, 2026 15m

My mom doesn’t read this Substack. We sit on opposite ends of the great divide. But she doesn’t hold my political shift against me, even if she doesn’t understand it. When I visit her, I often find…

If Hitler Had a Podcast

May 08, 2026 47m

If Hitler had a podcast, it would be the talk of the town. He would be loved by many, hated by more, and ignored by none. Hitler would stand out because he’s already been through all of this. He…

The Would-Be Massacre That Was a Wake-Up Call for the Press

May 01, 2026 34m

Chuck Todd is terrified for his life. He announced he won’t attend any events with Donald Trump anymore. He doesn’t feel safe. It’s too dangerous. Trump, he insists, will throw everyone else under…

A Fourth Turning Conversation with Andy Schaalman

Apr 27, 2026 1h 52m

As promised, my conversation with my friend Andy Schaalman who has a Substack called Fourth Turning Chronicles but does most of his work on his YouTube channel The Generation Report.We are catching…

There is No Saving the Left

Apr 27, 2026 29m

I left the Democratic Party in 2020 because I couldn’t take it anymore. I am not sure what triggered my disgust, but all I know is that I could not go along with what the party had become and what I…

Eric Swalwell Flew Too Close to the Sun

Apr 18, 2026 38m

Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign was a ticking time bomb, and the Democrats knew it. They’ve denied it, but come on, are we really supposed to believe that a story that was kicking around in…

Close Encounters of the Totalitarian Kind

Apr 08, 2026 33m

—Jacob Siegel, the Information State, excerpts from audiobook, which can be found here.Totalitarianism came to America slowly at first and then all at once. It began as a utopia, one I helped build.…

The Cruel Irony of "No Kings" For the Women of Iran

Mar 29, 2026 25m

Imagine being an Iranian right now, especially an Iranian woman, as hundreds of thousands of American women gather to exercise their freedom in a free country, people like Jane Fonda who have…

How Do You Measure the Happiness of a Dog?

Mar 21, 2026 20m

I stood in the corner of our tiny shack atop a mountain in Topanga and waited for my brother to come home. He would be there any minute and would see his beloved black lab mix, Cinder, dead under a…

Why I'm Sticking with Trump

Mar 11, 2026 28m

I didn’t use to be a Trump voter, much less a Trump supporter. I can’t say I’m hard-core MAGA or what they call a “Triple Trump voter.” But as I’ve watched him over the past six years, my support for…

Candace Owens: A Disney Villain of Her Own Making

Mar 05, 2026 46m

The Disney movies I grew up with made it easy for a kid like me to recognize good vs. evil. We knew, walking in the door, that goodness would prevail, because it must. The alternative is nothing…

To Confront Their Failures, Democrats Must Confront Obama

Feb 22, 2026 31m

For the last five years, since I left the Democratic Party, I’ve been waiting for any sign that they’ve emerged from the Doomsday Bunker at long last, regained their perspective, come back to the…

Ten Years of the Democrats Calling Trump a Racist

Feb 20, 2026 24m

When Karoline Leavitt was asked about whether Trump believes he’s been falsely called a racist, she quipped, “You’re kidding, right?” I thought I would dig up some oldies but goodies and take a trip…

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