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TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less is a weekly reading of the award-winning writings of Steven A. Craig. Humorous and insightful, they are, "“a collection of searingly honest takes on the ills that plague modern America by one of today’s most important voices”.

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    • Jun 22, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 98 EPISODES


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    TRUTH- Episode 98- A Boycott Based in Hate Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 9:32


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses corporate boycotts based on inclusivity versus those exclusivity.  He also explains why both Chick-Fil-A and Bud Light are disgusting purely on a gastronomical level.

    Truth- Episode 97- The Great American Divide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 9:21


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains how the real divide in this country lies in rural versus urban demographics.

    TRUTH-Episode 96- Why Baseball is a Dying Sport

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 8:43


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how our shortening attention spans are impacting the game of baseball.

    TRUTH-Episode95- A Throwaway Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 9:42


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven takes a look at how our disposable culture is impacting our environment and our souls.

    TRUTH-Episode 94- The Staggering Costs of the Public Lottery

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 9:41


    This week, Steven explains how public lotteries are really just a tax on the poor.

    TRUTH-Episode 93- Fox Snooze

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 9:38


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven dismantles the web of FOX lies....

    TRUTH-Episode 92-Goodbye

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 10:03


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses the nature of loss and impermanence.

    TRUTH-Episode 91- The Lessons We Learn from Our Dogs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 16:01


    In this week's return of the TRUTH podcast, Steven gives his New Year's Resolutions and talks about the lessons we can learn from our dogs.

    TRUTH-Episode 90-Republicans Dealt It Because They Smelt It

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 12:09


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains why Republicans cannot be allowed to distance themselves from True after enabling him for the past 8 years.

    TRUTH-Episode 89- What I'm Thankful for 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 10:33


    Steven's annual humorous tradition of what he is grateful for...

    TRUTH-Episode 88- Oh Ye of Little Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 22:21


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less: Steven discusses the free speech and cancel culture ramifications of antisemitic comments made by Kanye West and Kyrie Irving.

    TRUTH-Episode 87-Say WhatYou Mean

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 13:38


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven exposes the growing trend of political candidates misrepresenting their own unpopular positions.

    TRUTH-Episode 86- Beautiful, Unethical, and Dangerous

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 14:30


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explores the far-reaching potential of aggregate cell phone tracking.

    TRUTH-Episode 85-Killing Me Loudly (The Death of Music in the Modern Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 14:59


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains why the music of this era just plain sucks.

    TRUTH-Episode 84-When your Heroes Turn Out to be Assholes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 21:28


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven asks what we can do when one of our sports heroes Tuens out to be a jerk like Brett Favre and what you should do if you catch a foul ball worth six or seven figures.

    TRUTH-Episode 83- C is for Punt

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 9:39


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven frets over the moral hypocrisy of watching football.

    TRUTH-Episode 82-Lindsey Graham's Abortion Bill Faux Pas

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 14:48


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains why Lindsey Graham's abortion bill only serves to undermine Republicans' chances in this November's election races.

    TRUTH-Episode 81- The Erosion of Cultural Norms

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 11:34


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven asks what the hell is going on in society today....

    TRUTH-Episode 80- The High Price of Higher Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 9:57


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven dismisses Biden's student loan forgiveness programs and asks the more important question of why we aren't doing more to lower the cost of college in the first place.

    TRUTH-Episode 79-Why Adam Kinzinger Should be the Democratic Running Mate in 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 26:42


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses why Kinzinger should be the next VP and why the the U.S. should not be negotiating for the release of Britney Griner.

    TRUTH-Episode 78- Why Biden Shouldn't Run in 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 14:51


    In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses why Biden should let someone else be the 2024 Democratic candidate for President.

    TRUTH-Episode 77-The Artistry of Bob Dylan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 15:15


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains the difference between entertainers and artists and why Bob Dylan is definitely the latter.

    TRUTH-Episode 76- Apathy is Killing our Democracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 36:49


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how short-term rentals are impacting resort communities and delves into how our political indifference is enabling a Republican push towards a repressive authoritarianism.

    TRUTH-Episode 75-Replacing Replacement Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 13:18


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how Replacement Theory deflects from the real source of poor whites' misfortune: wealthy white people.

    TRUTH-Episode 74-Did Amber Heard Just End the MeToo Movement?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 20:55


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines the ramifications of The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard verdict on the #MeToo movement.

    TRUTH-Episode 73- F$#! Your Thoughts and Prayers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 19:25


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains why it is way past the time for thoughts and prayers after yet another school shooting rocks the fabric of American society.

    TRUTH-Episode 72-Live Your Life Instead of Filming It

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 12:39


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests that we should be experiencing our life, not filming it.

    TRUTH-Episode 71-Just Say No to Your Kids

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 13:52


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven tells parents why they need to tell their kids "No" every once in awhile.

    TRUTH-Episode 70-Let Freedom Ring...or not

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 11:48


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests how the reversal of Roe v. Wade signals a further undermine of American freedom by the Republican Party and the Evangelical Christians that support them.

    TRUTH-Episode 69-The Supreme Court Just Grabbed Women by the

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 23:52


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven exposes how the Supreme Court's decision to undo Roe vs. Wade signals the Republican Party's continued erosion of the principles of Democracy itself.

    TRUTH-Episode 68-Tucker Carlson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 27:51


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains how Tucker Carlson's theory of testicle tanning may seem like nothing more than a laughable absurdity, but a far more dangerous reality.

    TRUTH-Episode 67-High Dives and Lawn Darts

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 25:44


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how the erosion of the assumption of the risk doctrine has made America a whole lot less fun.

    TRUTH-Episode 66-Toxic Masculinity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 19:07


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses how both our individual selves and our collective society are better when we embrace  the masculine and the feminine.

    TRUTH-Episode 65- Saving the World One Lasagna at a Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 16:00


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven shows how we can all make a positive difference in the world, even if it's just one small act at a time.

    TRUTH-Episode 64-Social Media Brings Out the Worst in All of Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 20:26


    The theme of this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less? Posting crap on social media don't mean shit.  Go out and make the world a better place.  And donate to help a Ukrainian student stay in school here. https://gofund.me/14683142  

    TRUTH-Episode 63- The Biology of Sport

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 20:23


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses the issue of transgender women competing in women's athletics.

    TRUTH-Episode 62-The Literal Road to Nowhere

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 9:48


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines government inefficiency and incompetence.

    TRUTH-Episode 61-WhereWill All the Teachers Go?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 22:45


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines the potential impact of over half of American teachers suggesting they are considering not returning to teach next year.

    TRUTH-Episode 60- A Formal Polemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 24:22


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven addresses two separate topics: formalism and the current realities of the Covid pandemic.

    TRUTH-Episode 59- Critical Race Truthiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 19:01


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests that Critical Race Theory isn't a theory at all.  It's the TRUTH, plain and simple.

    TRUTH-Episode 57- How Liberal is Liberal Enough?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 27:42


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how cancel culture has started going after its own, only serving to drive more and centrists further to the right.

    TRUTH-Episode 58- Sometimes Affirmative Action is not so Affirmative

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 22:07


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses why Biden should nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court without telling everyone that those are qualifications for the job.

    TRUTH-Episode 56-Sodomy at the Dinner Table

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 10:25


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests that the sodomy laws that are still on the books in 15 states are a continual reminder of how we have often failed to live up to our own purported principles of democracy of equal justice under the law.

    TRUTH-Episode 55-Baby It's Cold and Rapey Outside

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 15:15


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests that perhaps we don't need to cancel this beloved classic after all...

    TRUTH-Episode 54- More New Years Resolutions I'm Sure Not to Keep

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 12:45


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven gives his annual list of New Year's Resolutions sure to go hopelessly awry.

    TRUTH-Episode 53-Top 10 Christmas Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 15:13


    In this week's TRUTH: In 100o Words or Less, Steven lists his favorite holiday films.

    TRUTH-Episode 52-You Can‘t Fix Stupid (but you can elect it to Congress...)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 15:54


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene represent the dumbification of American politics.

    TRUTH-Episode 51-What I‘m Thankful For-2021 Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 18:19


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven lists what he is grateful for in a world that seems to have gone utterly mad....

    TRUTH-Episode 50-The Skateboard is Mightier Than the Sword

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 15:05


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven takes look at the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial and explains why this is not a case of self-defense.

    TRUTH-Episode 48-The Red Herring that Fuels White Rage

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 15:13


    In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven asks if white men have a reason for being angry and discusses what we should do about it.

    TRUTH-Episode 47- Layla and Other Assorted Racism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 20:23


    In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven takes a look back at Eric Clapton's checkered racial past and asks if we should cancelling artists with offensive perspectives or if we can truly separate the art from the artist.

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