Firing Lane

I'm Not An Expert But...How Dave Smith Lost a Debate and Invented a Genre

This Easter, Croaky examined the rise of people who disavow expertise while demanding its privileges. From Dave Smith quoting GDP figures like holy scripture to social media mobs declaring gang tattoos and border policy with zero firsthand knowledge, the episode dissects how faux humility has become armor for unchecked arrogance.
In a world where microphones are free but knowledge costs effort, we ask:What happens when loud replaces learned—and when “I’m not an expert” becomes a brand?
The answer, unfortunately, is already all around us.

Society Is Not A Suggestion: The Myth of the Unsigned Social Contract

Croaky and Tahgi plunge into the ghostly realm of the social contract—scrutinizing it from multiple angles, from Burke to Hegel to Stirner, and even Kant. Is society a rational agreement between individuals? A sacred covenant across generations? Or just a clever scam by professors and priests to domesticate your will?
In a no-holds-barred episode, Croaky deconstructs the absurdity of “I never signed the social contract” memes while Tahgi defends the notion that we’re born into institutions like fish into water. Along the way, they debate whether families are organic or institutional, whether obligations are felt or forged, and whether Nietzsche should ever be allowed in polite society.
With chicken jokes, Kantian morality, and just enough philosophy to make Twitter arguments awkward for your friends, this is the episode where ideas don’t get participation trophies—they get grilled, deboned, and served with a side of the moral imagination.

Flushing RFK Jr.’s Autism Nonsense: A Spectrum, Not a Scare Tactic

In this episode of Firing Lane, Croaky tackles Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s latest descent into pseudoscientific absurdity — this time claiming autistic people his age “you never see,” branding them with invented terms like “full-blown autism,” and insisting they can’t write poetry or flush toilets.
Joined by guests with real-world experience — including autistic individuals, behavioral therapists, and parents — we break down the facts, mock the ignorance, and expose how RFK’s pity-peddling isn’t advocacy… it’s opportunism wrapped in 5G conspiracies and pharmaceutical paranoia.
Autism isn’t a tragedy. But RFK’s understanding of it might be.

Hope Florida VS The Dope Show: Florida Legislature's Theatrical Subcomittee Failure

In this episode, Croaky rips into the Florida Legislature’s full-blown meltdown over a Form 990 that wasn’t even due. You’ll hear:
🧾 The IRS calendar they forgot to read🎭 The performance art of “accountability” from lawmakers who just gave themselves $57 million🔍 Why journalist like Lawrence Mower are either catastrophically misinformed—or deliberately misleading💸 Peter Schorsch’s pay-to-play swamp circus🌿 How marijuana lobbyists and trial lawyers may be quietly fueling the smear campaign against Casey DeSantis and SB 1144
Croaky lays out the case: this isn’t about transparency. It’s about sabotaging a successful welfare program… because it worked without them. Failed legislators like Alex Andrade are working on their next career move by attempting to attack a succesful program.
🐊 Hope Florida didn’t miss a deadline. Tallahassee missed the point. And accidentally justified why Hope Florida should be a state institution.

Why Expertise Matters (Even to Libertarians)

In this brutally honest Firing Lane episode, Croaky, Reese, and Tahgi rip the mask off the growing grift of pseudo-intellectuals weaponizing anti-Israel sentiment for clout, clicks, and controversy.
Croaky dissects the now-infamous Joe Rogan “debate” between Douglas Murray and Dave Smith, exposing it not as a debate—but as a live evisceration. With razor wit, we break down how Smith flounders behind emotional appeals, misquotes, and shallow knowledge masked as conviction.
We dive into:
The clown-nose-on/clown-nose-off routine of fake experts 📯
Why real expertise matters—and how it's being drowned out by monetized ignorance 💸
The rise of performative contrarianism from figures like Candace Owens, Ian Carroll, and Daryl Cooper 🤡
What Douglas Murray actually meant about platforming charlatans, and why the backlash proves his point 🧠
How Israel became the new algorithm goldmine—and the sinister incentives behind it 📈
It’s not about silencing opinions—it’s about calling out the frauds who act like sages until challenged. And when the laser sight of historical literacy lands on them… 💥

Keyboard Warriors, Courtroom Cowards: The $67 Million Lies about Hope Florida They Won’t Defend Live

🎯 Core Purpose of the Episode
This isn’t just a defense of the Hope Florida Foundation. It’s a takedown of:
The false narrative that Centene “owed” $67 million as a legal penalty.
The misrepresentation of a $10 million donation as stolen taxpayer funds.
The incompetence and dishonesty of figures like Rep. Alex Andrade and Rep. Matt Gaetz.
The media complicity—particularly figures like Peter Schorsch and outlets like the Miami Herald—in spreading deliberate innuendo.
It’s also a broader call to conservatives to reject performative populism and defend serious, successful programs that actually get people off government dependency.

Hope Florida Scandal? Reality vs. Media Lies

Is it a scandal if no laws were broken, no taxpayer dollars were used, and the program actually helps people?
Croaky dives into the facts, the law, and the absurdity of Florida’s latest manufactured outrage.
🎧 Firing Lane: Hope Florida Scandal? Reality vs. Media LiesListen now 

Greek Letters and Gaslighting: The Tariff Formula That Fooled the Right

This episode, Croaky and Bonk tear into the economic malpractice flooding your timeline. Trump’s proposed 50% tariffs? Fake math. Greek letters used to confuse the masses? We caught the trick. Economic populists cheering like it’s WrestleMania? We bring the receipts and a flamethrower.
If you’re tired of the economic illiteracy and cultish logic infecting the Right, this is your episode.
🔥 Tariffs aren’t patriotism. They’re just taxes—with extra stupidity.
🎧 Listen now

Hope Florida and the Conservative Avengers Initiative

In this episode of Firing Lane, Croaky Caiman takes aim at the critics trying to sabotage one of the most effective conservative reforms in modern politics—Hope Florida.
Launched by Casey DeSantis and championed by Senator Jay Collins, this initiative connects Floridians to faith-based and community support through real human beings—not bureaucracies. It’s a direct challenge to the failures of the Great Society—and it’s working.
Croaky breaks down how the program revives subsidiarity, supports the elderly, veterans, families, and caregivers, and works with county governments—not against them. He exposes the real reason some legislators oppose it: political envy, not policy substance.
Along the way, he introduces the Florida Avengers—a growing coalition of conservative leaders who are tired of slogans and ready to govern.
This isn’t just a podcast. It’s a rally cry.
Hope is working. The bill is moving. And the swamp is squirming.

The Deportation, JD Vance’s Lie, and the Collapse of Competence

Vice President J.D. Vance claims a legally protected man was a convicted MS-13 member. Problem? The court says he wasn’t. His lawyer says he wasn’t. Even the government says he wasn’t. But Vance just keeps tweeting.
So who are we actually deporting?
Croaky the cartoon gator (who reads court documents, unlike some senators) breaks it all down in the latest Firing Lane.
📂 DHS admits the mistake. 🧾 No criminal record. 🧠 Due process, discarded. 🧱 Strong border policy turned political theater.
🎧 Croaky’s verdict? “When you can’t tell the difference between a father fleeing gangs and the gangs themselves, you’re not defending the homeland. You’re embarrassing it.”
Listen now.