Diogenes Club

About Diogenes Club

A club with Dr. Eric Lullove, Evan Fields, and Nick Paro - we ask, "where are the men?" sickofthis.substack.com (https://sickofthis.substack.com/s/diogenes-club?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Dr. Eric Lullove, Evan Fields, and Nick Paro

Category

comedy · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

18 Dec 2025

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Diogenes Club | E32 - Everything's Expensive, You Can Vote About It

   Nick Paro and Dr. Eric Lullove open today running on fumes, and they get to the point fast: everything is expensive, one party controls all three branches, and Nick puts it plainly — “There’s one party to blame for all of it being really, really expensive right now.” The fix they push all hour is a ballot cast on or before Tuesday, November 3, with a friend in tow and the whole ticket researched, judges and county boards included. Eric reads a prepared statement on Pete Hegseth’s address to senior military leadership, casting him “as a cable news pundit running a frat house orientation,” and Nick answers that a retired officer can be recalled to face UCMJ charges because “UCMJ is forever.” The two then turn to the Cornell fraternity case, where Nick sets the floor without hedging: “Anything but an enthusiastic yes means no.” This discussion treats rising prices, institutional sabotage, and impunity as one story, and argues the November vote is where listeners can still write the ending. The back half becomes a constitutional seminar. Eric walks the pardon power through Article II, Ex parte Garland, Ford’s pardon of Nixon, Bush’s pardon of Caspar Weinberger, and Trump v. United States, and concludes the real check is political — impeachment and removal, which a future Congress will struggle to reach at two-thirds. Nick proposes making any surviving pardon power independently reviewable before it takes effect, and Eric explains why outsourcing accountability to the ICC fails: the U.S. never ratified the Rome Statute, and the 2002 American Service-Members’ Protection Act blocks cooperation with the court. They close on a program rather than a lament — refund social services so a 911 call can route to a mental-health responder, demand a Speaker of the House who will actually hold the purse strings, and remember, in Eric’s words, that “our country was founded because we didn’t want to live under the boot of a king.” Eric is off for several weeks starting next Thursday, and Nick plans to bring in fill-in co-hosts rather than pause the show. People, Orgs, and Terms Mentioned People: * Pete Hegseth — Secretary of Defense; the target of Eric’s prepared statement and Nick’s UCMJ argument * Josh Hawley — Missouri senator Eric flags as positioning for a 2028 run after calling for a national abortion ban * Hakeem Jeffries — House Democratic leader Nick says is not the person to lead impeachment and accountability Organizations / Programs: * International Criminal Court (ICC) — the court Eric explains the U.S. has blocked itself from relying on * CMS, FAA, FTC, FCC — agencies whose administrators and deputies Eric says need accountability too, not just cabinet secretaries Terms / Concepts: * Preemptive pardon — clemency granted before charges or conviction; Eric cites Ex parte Garland (1866) as the precedent * UCMJ — the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which Nick argues still binds retired officers who can be recalled * American Service-Members’ Protection Act (2002) — the “Hague Invasion Act,” which bars U.S. cooperation with the ICC * Cloture — the 60-vote Senate threshold Eric says Democrats need to move legislation Actions You Can Take Get your Sick of this Shit merch! * Check out the Sick of this Shop! (https://sickofthis.shop/) Join the efforts to unmask law enforcement and de-flock the States: * deflock.me (https://deflock.me/) Service members can get un-biased information on legal vs illegal orders: * Orders Project (https://www.ordersproject.com/) * Reach out on Signal: @TheOrdersProject.76 Learn empathy forward, human centered, experiment based Leadership & Growth Courses for Higher Ed & Non-Profit Professionals: * B. Cognition Labs (https://www.bcognitionlabs.com/) Nick’s Notes I’m Nick Paro, and I’m sick of the shit going on. So, I’m using poetry, podcasting, and lives to discuss the intersections of chronic illness and mental wellbeing, masculinity, veteran’s issues, politics, and so much more. I am only able to have these conversations, bring visibility to my communities, and fill the void through your support — this is a publication where engagement is encouraged, creativity is a cornerstone, and transparency is key — please consider becoming a paid subscriber today and grow the community! Join the uncensored media at the 1A Collective (https://1acollective.com/) Support as a paid subscriber however you can — to help get you started, here are a few discounted options for you * Forever at 50% off (https://sickofthis.substack.com/50forever) * Forever at 60% off (https://sickofthis.substack.com/60saver) For support, contact us at: info@sickofthisshitpublications.com Thank you Amy Gabrielle (https://substack.com/profile/5498662-amy-gabrielle), The Rebel Crone (Shālah) (https://substack.com/profile/60705137-the-rebel-crone-shalah), Ms.Yuse (https://substack.com/profile/322112054-msyuse), Stacey carney (https://substack.com/profile/362382132-stacey-carney), KarenC-Book Collector📚⚖️🗽🗳️🧿♒️ (https://substack.com/profile/861075-karenc-book-collector), and many others for tuning into my live video with Dr. Eric Lullove (https://substack.com/profile/66521654-dr-eric-lullove)! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. 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2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Diogenes Club | E31 - Gene Pool Management

   Summary Nick and Eric open with the week’s biggest disability-rights blow: a federal judge in Texas v. Kennedy approved a joint resolution from the DOJ, HHS, and plaintiff states that vacates the 2024 Section 504 rule’s community integration mandate, including its definition of “most integrated setting.” Eric walks through what survives — web and mobile accessibility, medical diagnostic equipment standards, and non-discrimination in child welfare and medical treatment — while Nick argues that the real damage is a Justice Department that will no longer back people who file integration complaints against any federally funded school, hospital, employer, or airport. The hosts name the pattern bluntly as gene pool management and eugenics: pushing disabled people out of classrooms, workplaces, and public view and back toward institutions. From there the conversation widens to chronic stress, grocery and airfare prices, a proposal for Congress to sue the executive branch, and vaccine policy. Eric closes with a concrete prescription for November 3rd: verify your registration twice, vote every line of the ballot, bring someone with you, and keep watching after the polls close. Actions You Can Take Get your Sick of this Shit merch! * Check out the Sick of this Shop! (https://sickofthis.shop/) Join the efforts to unmask law enforcement and de-flock the States: * deflock.me (https://deflock.me/) Service members can get un-biased information on legal vs illegal orders: * Orders Project (https://www.ordersproject.com/) * Reach out on Signal: @TheOrdersProject.76 Learn empathy forward, human centered, experiment based Leadership & Growth Courses for Higher Ed & Non-Profit Professionals: * B. Cognition Labs (https://www.bcognitionlabs.com/) Nick’s Notes I’m Nick Paro, and I’m sick of the shit going on. So, I’m using poetry, podcasting, and lives to discuss the intersections of chronic illness and mental wellbeing, masculinity, veteran’s issues, politics, and so much more. I am only able to have these conversations, bring visibility to my communities, and fill the void through your support — this is a publication where engagement is encouraged, creativity is a cornerstone, and transparency is key — please consider becoming a paid subscriber today and grow the community! Join the uncensored media at the 1A Collective (https://1acollective.com/) Support as a paid subscriber however you can — to help get you started, here are a few discounted options for you * Forever at 50% off (https://sickofthis.substack.com/50forever) * Forever at 60% off (https://sickofthis.substack.com/60saver) For support, contact us at: info@sickofthisshitpublications.com Thank you Nieta Greene (https://substack.com/profile/117743522-nieta-greene), Ashleigh Alauren (https://substack.com/profile/337755654-ashleigh-alauren), Dar 🇨🇦 (https://substack.com/profile/325305366-dar), Jinx Corle (https://substack.com/profile/312826616-jinx-corle), Kami 🏳️🌈🌿 (https://substack.com/profile/320602316-kami), and many others for tuning into my live video with Dr. Eric Lullove (https://substack.com/profile/66521654-dr-eric-lullove)! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sickofthis.substack.com/subscribe (https://sickofthis.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

3. 

   11 Sept 2026

   Diogenes Club | E30 - The Department of Health & Human Sacrifices

   Summary Nick Paro and Dr. Eric Lullove welcome in guest Jason Odell — photographer, biologist, and co-host of Latchkey Hour — to argue that HHS under RFK Jr. has inverted the mission statement Dr. Lullove reads aloud on air. Dr. Lullove reports that the Lancaster County coroner has released pathology on two infant deaths: a six-week-old who died August 18 of measles, and Ivan Miller, who died August 14 of a ruptured spleen with measles listed as a significant condition, and that the CDC still has not officially recognized the fatalities. Odell, who holds a PhD in biology, sets that against the actual history of American eugenics — Mendel, the 1930s sterilization programs, the syphilis experiments run on Black Americans — and then names the sorting mechanism the episode keeps returning to: it isn’t genes anymore, it’s money. Dr. Lullove says it flatly — “It’s not your genes, it’s your pocketbook” — and stacks the receipts: a Senate HELP Committee projection that the Medicare trust fund goes insolvent by 2034, a Republican fix that quietly raises FICA on employers and paychecks instead of lifting the $184,000 Social Security cap, and a $440 monthly cut to Social Security checks if nothing changes. Odell supplies the household version: his premium up 600% after subsidies lapsed, and $270 out of pocket for each of two blood draws he needs next week. The second half is about what the money buys instead. Paro walks the Cook Political Report Senate map — six toss-ups in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas, with 52 as the only number that changes anything — while Dr. Lullove tallies roughly $1.5 billion in monument spending: a triumphal arch pitched at $100 million, a billion-dollar ballroom, the Kennedy Center, and a National Garden of American Heroes with 250 life-size statues. All three read the new Space Force dress uniforms the same way, and Paro, an Army veteran, declines to treat it as a joke. Gallup is the closest thing to good news: 89% of American adults now call the federal government corrupt, the highest figure in twenty years, with the sharpest movement among Democrats (57% to 91%) and independents (78% to 90%), and Supreme Court approval at a record-low 33% after Republican approval of the Court fell 21 points to 58%. The ask at the end is far smaller than any of it — Nieta Greene’s Say No to Crip Crow campaign, collecting sign-ups for lobbying, phone banking, and legislator meetings to codify Olmstead into the ADA through the Curtis Wilson Act. Say No To Crip Crow Take action today for Advocacy Month: https://tinyurl.com/saynotocripcrowoctadvocacy (https://tinyurl.com/saynotocripcrowoctadvocacy) “America has not fully fulfilled its commitment to guaranteeing equality for all since its founding nearly 250 years ago… Disability Community for Democracy will urge Congress to enact legislation that codifies the Olmstead decision, ensuring that states cannot compel the re-institutionalization of individuals with disabilities.” — Nieta Greene, CEO, from Disability Community (https://open.substack.com/users/337673829-disability-community?utm_source=mentions) for Democracy’s official statement on the Olmstead memo (https://disabilitycommunityfordemocracy.substack.com/p/official-statement-on-olmstead-doj) Use your voice — in which ever ways you can — to call, email, and fax your federal legislators using the support of our pre-written scripts and templates at: * Learn about the Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson Integration Act (https://broadbanner.com/crip-crow/#curtis-wilson-act-summary) Actions You Can Take Get your Sick of this Shit merch! * Check out the Sick of this Shop! (https://sickofthis.shop/) Join the efforts to unmask law enforcement and de-flock the States: * deflock.me (https://deflock.me/) Service members can get un-biased information on legal vs illegal orders: * Orders Project (https://www.ordersproject.com/) * Reach out on Signal: @TheOrdersProject.76 Learn empathy forward, human centered, experiment based Leadership & Growth Courses for Higher Ed & Non-Profit Professionals: * B. Cognition Labs (https://www.bcognitionlabs.com/) Nick’s Notes I’m Nick Paro, and I’m sick of the shit going on. So, I’m using poetry, podcasting, and lives to discuss the intersections of chronic illness and mental wellbeing, masculinity, veteran’s issues, politics, and so much more. I am only able to have these conversations, bring visibility to my communities, and fill the void through your support — this is a publication where engagement is encouraged, creativity is a cornerstone, and transparency is key — please consider becoming a paid subscriber today and grow the community! Join the uncensored media at the 1A Collective (https://1acollective.com/) Support as a paid subscriber however you can — to help get you started, here are a few discounted options for you * Forever at 50% off (https://sickofthis.substack.com/50forever) * Forever at 60% off (https://sickofthis.substack.com/60saver) For support, contact us at: info@sickofthisshitpublications.com Thank you Ashleigh Alauren (https://substack.com/profile/337755654-ashleigh-alauren), Jason Gael (https://substack.com/profile/565121-jason-gael), Soso's World (https://substack.com/profile/309303179-sosos-world), Stacey carney (https://substack.com/profile/362382132-stacey-carney), Dar 🇨🇦 (https://substack.com/profile/325305366-dar), and many others for tuning into my live video with Jason P. Odell 📷 (https://substack.com/profile/31117052-jason-p-odell)! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. 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