NFL Brain Damage, Trump’s Art Purge & Billionaire Nepotism

NFL Brain Damage, Trump’s Art Purge & Billionaire Nepotism

Author: TJ Walker August 25, 2026 Duration: 37:52

A new study estimates that at least one-quarter of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE. TJ Walker asks the uncomfortable question: if repeated brain trauma is an accepted part of professional football, why does America keep treating the damage as a surprise?

TJ also examines the Trump administration’s removal of a Kehinde Wiley painting from the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic and what it says about political control, cancel culture, and government-approved art.

Then, the arrest of San Francisco 49ers principal owner Jed York leads to a wider discussion about inherited wealth, billionaire privilege, estate taxes, and the American belief that rich heirs somehow earned every advantage they received.

The episode closes with a lighter, but increasingly complicated, look at TJ’s elaborate nightly sleep routine, including a smart mattress, sleep tracking, mouth tape, earplugs, blackout blinds, supplements, and more.

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