Prevail with Greg Olear

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Prevail with Greg Olear PREVAIL is a column published on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday, and a weekly podcast that drops on Friday. He frequently appears on NARATIV LIVE with Zev Shalev.

GREG OLEAR is the author of numerous fiction novels, and also DIRTY RUBLES.

"Does this twisted South African weirdo sound like the villain in a bad sci-fi novel? Yes. But that’s where we are right...
24/01/2025

"Does this twisted South African weirdo sound like the villain in a bad sci-fi novel? Yes. But that’s where we are right now. We’re living in a watered-down idiot’s version of "The Man in the High Castle," where the “high” in the title means “loopy on ketamine.”'

We have reached the point where American (and South African) N***s can publicly and proudly give "Heil Hi**er" salutes.

"In his First Inaugural Address—everything that yesterday’s Rotunda embarrassment was not; indeed, we might call the dis...
21/01/2025

"In his First Inaugural Address—everything that yesterday’s Rotunda embarrassment was not; indeed, we might call the distance between the quality of the two speeches the “Gulf of America”—FDR made his understanding of power and his intention to use it quite explicit."

Failing to exercise power when it's needed is also an abuse of power.

"Even as I have witnessed the poltroonish capitulation of our political leaders, our robber barons, our media figurehead...
19/01/2025

"Even as I have witnessed the poltroonish capitulation of our political leaders, our robber barons, our media figureheads, even our Snoop Doggs, I have faith that we will somehow find a better way, that we will repulse this ugly MAGA incursion."

This is not a movie.

"My guest on today's PREVAIL podcast is the great Christopher Steele. We talk about the Dossier, Rosneft, Ukraine, the F...
17/01/2025

"My guest on today's PREVAIL podcast is the great Christopher Steele. We talk about the Dossier, Rosneft, Ukraine, the FBI, political cowardice, lawfare, Putin, Trump, Xi, Keir Starmer, the political situation in Canada and Western Europe, Elon Musk, and Steele’s excellent new book, “Unredacted.""

Podcast Episode · Prevail with Greg Olear · 01/17/2025 · 1h 15m

“Only, in six days, Trump’s possession and dissemination of top secret documents will be very legal and very cool. Which...
14/01/2025

“Only, in six days, Trump’s possession and dissemination of top secret documents will be very legal and very cool. Which doesn’t make this any less dangerous.

One thing we can say for sure: The espionage will continue.

When you’re the President, you see, they just let you do it.”

Merrick Garland vouchsafed to release the first Special Counsel report. Great. But it's the second one that the public needs to read.

"Whatever initially triggers him, be it the sweet night air or the sound of the surf, our poet interprets what to most o...
12/01/2025

"Whatever initially triggers him, be it the sweet night air or the sound of the surf, our poet interprets what to most of us would be a lovely, intimate scene between two newlyweds as not just sadness, but sadness THAT NEVER ENDS."

A poem by Matthew Arnold

"DOGE is not a thing that actually exists. Right now, it’s completely made-up. Trump could just as easily have named Mus...
31/12/2024

"DOGE is not a thing that actually exists. Right now, it’s completely made-up. Trump could just as easily have named Musk ambassador to Mars, or head of the Bureau of Unicorn Affairs."

Some thoughts and observations as 2024 comes to a close

"We can see in Bleak House the qualities that, to Trump’s way of thinking, made America so great: child labor, unsafe ho...
22/12/2024

"We can see in Bleak House the qualities that, to Trump’s way of thinking, made America so great: child labor, unsafe housing, air pollution, outbreaks of diseases we now vaccinate against, domestic violence, rigid class systems, women as 2nd-class citizens, & of course, the existence of monarchs."



A novel by Charles Dickens

"The conversation with .bsky.social, the former British ambassador to Georgia, that .bsky.social and I had on last week'...
20/12/2024

"The conversation with .bsky.social, the former British ambassador to Georgia, that .bsky.social and I had on last week's .bsky.social is so important, I am replaying it in audio form on this week's PREVAIL podcast.

Thanks for listening!"

Is what's happening in Tbilisi a preview of what's to come in Washington? Alexandra Hall Hall, the former British ambassador to Georgia, talks to Greg and LB on "The Five 8"

"Some thoughts, a lot of them from years ago, on our broken healthcare system and the worrying rise of political violenc...
17/12/2024

"Some thoughts, a lot of them from years ago, on our broken healthcare system and the worrying rise of political violence."

Our healthcare system has been broken for a long time. Here are some old thoughts on the same old problems.

"This moment in American history, a few weeks before the Rough Beast slouches towards Washington to be inaugurated, feel...
15/12/2024

"This moment in American history, a few weeks before the Rough Beast slouches towards Washington to be inaugurated, feels like the part of the horror movie where we know the monster's inside the house, but it has yet to appear. Will it be as brutal as we fear? How should we prep for its emergence?"



A poem by Elinor Wylie

"This has been such a heavy, dispiriting week, I thought I’d liven it up with some fun MAGA word puzzles. Enjoy!"
13/12/2024

"This has been such a heavy, dispiriting week, I thought I’d liven it up with some fun MAGA word puzzles. Enjoy!"

Word match, word find, and other amusing games

"Musk and his 'broligarchs' are literally planning to boost the gold out of Fort Knox, y’all. That’s not economic policy...
10/12/2024

"Musk and his 'broligarchs' are literally planning to boost the gold out of Fort Knox, y’all. That’s not economic policy; it’s a 'Goldfinger' reboot."

Sixteen things Biden, Harris & the Dems can—but would never—do in the next six weeks to stymie Trump, thwart the rise of U.S. fascism, protect the American people, and safeguard global democracy

"Will Trump Redux really be the end of American democracy, and the start of a banal and evil dictatorship? Or will it be...
08/12/2024

"Will Trump Redux really be the end of American democracy, and the start of a banal and evil dictatorship? Or will it be a short-lived, head-scratching phase that our more evolved descendants will have trouble explaining, like Bob Dylan’s Jesus period?"

Poems by Zbigniew Herbert and William Carlos Williams

Yes, there will be a new .bsky.social Friday night, in which .bsky.social & I try to make sense of all the crazy that's ...
06/12/2024

Yes, there will be a new .bsky.social Friday night, in which .bsky.social & I try to make sense of all the crazy that's happened this week...and with the help of our excellent guest.

Please join us! There will be cocktails... 🥃🍸🎱

Stephanie Koff and Greg Olear LIVE on Friday night!

Steele's book is like the houselights coming on full blast, overwhelming the gaslighting. In the fever dream of Trump/Ru...
06/12/2024

Steele's book is like the houselights coming on full blast, overwhelming the gaslighting. In the fever dream of Trump/Russia lies in which we must now make our febrile way, Unredacted is a bracing splash of cold water.

Thoughts on "Unredacted: Russia, Trump, and the Fight for Democracy," the important new book by Christopher Steele

"The legacy media, bound and determined to normalize everything Donald does, will not look at Trump’s nominations throug...
04/12/2024

"The legacy media, bound and determined to normalize everything Donald does, will not look at Trump’s nominations through the proper frame. But our political leaders MUST do so. It is essential to the survival of our democracy that these grotesque appointments be shot down."

A list of questions Senators must ask to show just how unqualified Trump's nominees for DNI, FBI, and HHS are, and how harmful to the country their confirmations would be.

"Once landed over the rainbow, Dorothy goes to great lengths to make it back home, only to find that home is just as uns...
01/12/2024

"Once landed over the rainbow, Dorothy goes to great lengths to make it back home, only to find that home is just as unsafe as it'd been when she decided to leave it. Home is where “ding dong” means that the witch is not dead but at the door, basket at the ready, eager to go full Kristi Noem on Toto."

A film by Victor Fleming

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