The Paul Kristoffer Show
For those who want the answer to the question, "Why?" This podcast applies the lens of science and facts to today’s biggest hot button issues. We eliminate bias, and come to form conclusions based upon data and scientific evidence. New episodes weekly at 08:30 am ET Mondays. Please leave us your feedback at www.paulkristoffer.com - positive, negative or neutral, it will be used to help create more content for you, the listener.
Episodes
January 17, 2022 • 25 mins
This episode is inspired by a man I met last summer from Idaho. He was visiting family in Vermont and he told a story about his neighbor, who believed in a certain religion and commented about his neighbor that, “I don’t care what you believe, as long as you believe something.” I have thought about this since, and did some of my own research to determine whether this fellow was saying something I could agree with, or not.
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January 31, 2022 • 24 mins
During the COVID 19 pandemic of 2019-2021 government distrust has led to election fraud accusations & demonstrations, vaccination mandate protests and anti-mask movements, calling Government’s response to public health crises into question.
The results of the 2020 Presidential Election were marred by allegations of fraud leading up to the January 6, 2021 breach of the Capitol building by protestors, who were attempting to halt the c...
The results of the 2020 Presidential Election were marred by allegations of fraud leading up to the January 6, 2021 breach of the Capitol building by protestors, who were attempting to halt the c...
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February 7, 2022 • 23 mins
Surprised by the January 6th protests and eventual invasion of the Capital Building by those upset with how the 2020 election was handled?
Join me as we walk through the Credit Mobilier Railroad scam, that involved a speaker of the house, and eventual Vice President. We'll review the Teapot Dome scandal, in which a member of the President’s cabinet engaged in corruption by selling oil land leases through an illegal insider process f...
Join me as we walk through the Credit Mobilier Railroad scam, that involved a speaker of the house, and eventual Vice President. We'll review the Teapot Dome scandal, in which a member of the President’s cabinet engaged in corruption by selling oil land leases through an illegal insider process f...
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February 14, 2022 • 22 mins
At 12:30 pm Central Time, Friday, November 22, 1963 at 12:30 pm, President John F. Kennedy was shot twice, once through the back exiting his neck, and another shot though his head, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza, in Dallas Texas. The President was declared dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital thirty minutes later.
The JFK Assassination has spawned many conspiracy theories. Multiple official investigations into the i...
The JFK Assassination has spawned many conspiracy theories. Multiple official investigations into the i...
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February 17, 2022 • 21 mins
Listen to The Paul Kristoffer Show take on Superbowl LXI commercials. Which one helped reduce human suffering and misery, and which three ads have to potential to increase misery?
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February 28, 2022 • 8 mins
Money laundering, burglary, wire taps and violation of civil liberties are just a few of the crimes committed by a sitting U.S. President. Listen in to these acts, plus the illegal activities of the CIA, FBI, IRS and even USPS.
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March 9, 2022 • 25 mins
The Reagan Doctrine was credited with stopping Soviet aggression and expansion through support of organizations opposed to Marxist regimes. The Reagan Doctrine provided support through money, weapons, training, sabotage and covert operations. The illegal aspects of the Reagan Doctrine came to light in November 1986 when Lebanese newspaper Al Shiraa reported the illegal arms sales to Iran.
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March 21, 2022 • 12 mins
On August 21, 1992, on a remote hilltop cabin in northern Idaho, known as Ruby Ridge located 30 miles from the Canadian border, U.S. Marshals attempted to serve Randy Weaver bench warrants on a Firearms charge and arrest him.
By the end of the first of what became an eleven day siege, US Marshall Deputy Agent William F. Degan, Sammy Weaver (the Weaver’s fourteen year old son) and the Weaver’s dog, Striker, all lay dead.
Weaver, his...
By the end of the first of what became an eleven day siege, US Marshall Deputy Agent William F. Degan, Sammy Weaver (the Weaver’s fourteen year old son) and the Weaver’s dog, Striker, all lay dead.
Weaver, his...
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March 28, 2022 • 23 mins
On a Sunday morning in late February 1993, a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) raid commenced near Waco Texas. The objective was to search the Branch Davidian Compound, named Mount Carmel, and arrest its leader, David Koresh, also known as Vernon Howell. The crisis began when ATF agents hid in covered horse trailers to surprise and cut off the Branch Davidians. They didn’t get far before a gunfight erupted. Koresh was t...
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April 4, 2022 • 15 mins
On April 19, 1995 the Alfred P. Murrah building in downtown Oklahoma City, was rocked by a powerful car bomb, collapsing walls and floors. The blast shattered glass windows in storefronts blocks away.
It took a while for investigators to realize it, but the day marked the second anniversary of the FBI assault on the Branch Davidian Compound, near Waco Texas.
This podcast discusses how a decorated US Army Vet committed the deadliest t...
It took a while for investigators to realize it, but the day marked the second anniversary of the FBI assault on the Branch Davidian Compound, near Waco Texas.
This podcast discusses how a decorated US Army Vet committed the deadliest t...
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May 9, 2022 • 19 mins
We are surrounded by water, but how much thought have we given to this wondrous substance, its properties and origins? What is water, how did it get here and how common, or rare, is water in the universe. These, and other questions, will be answered in this podcast. Along with, err the most fundamental question, " How could have life started on Planet Earth?".
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May 24, 2022 • 16 mins
The Jones Act passed in June, 1920 as Part of the Merchant Marine Act of the same year. Although it has been revised a number times, it remains law to this day. Named after Washington Senator Wesley Jones, its goal was to develop and sustain one of the greatest merchant marine fleets in the world.
There was surprisingly little public debate on the matter.
The Merchant Marine Act was passed by a Republican controlled Congress and s...
There was surprisingly little public debate on the matter.
The Merchant Marine Act was passed by a Republican controlled Congress and s...
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