Super Professor's Podcast

Send us a textStart with the costume and follow the money. That’s the through line of this no-filter episode, where we pull apart the mythology of strongmen, the market for outrage, and the cost of turning politics into fandom. We take a hard look at how cheating, bullying, and delay tactics get dressed up as strength while our institutions and public health take the hit.We go straight at the spectacle: cosplay uniforms, NFT hero cards, and the teddy-bear merch that sells the feeling of power without the work. From there, we dig into the mechanics—gerrymandering, voter suppression, nondisclosure agreements, court stalling—and show how these shortcuts normalize a culture where winning trumps truth. When leaders sell fantasy, followers become customers, not citizens, and the bill comes due in policy failures and public trust.Science denial is where the damage turns lethal. We revisit COVID missteps, from testing denial to mask mockery and miracle-cure theatrics, and explain why evidence-based guidance is not el