Never Close the Inquiry is for pushing back on black and white, us vs. them thinking in politics—for creating dialogue across the aisle, and for demystifying the right for the left and the left for the right. The goal is better conversations, better arguments, better solutions, better relationships, and, maybe, a few giant skips and a jump and a hitch-hike down the line, a better country. <br/><br/><a href="https://neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com</a>
Never Close the Inquiry
Claim This Podcastby Nick Hagen
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Never Close the Inquiry is for pushing back on black and white, us vs. them thinking in politics—for creating dialogue across the aisle, and for demystifying the right for the left and the left for the right. The goal is better conversations, better arguments, better solutions, better relationships, and, maybe, a few giant skips and a jump and a hitch-hike down the line, a better country. <br/><br/><a href="https://neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com</a>
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Recent Episodes
June 18, 2026
The Neophytes Learn Politics from Jalen Brunson and Exult in Their Newfound SpaceX Riches
<p><strong>Episode 47 - The Neophytes Learn Politics from Jalen Brunson and Exult in Their Newfound SpaceX Riches</strong></p><p>The Neophytes—each of whom invested in SpaceX at the age of 12—question who on earth would voluntarily wear Snapchat’s new $2200 Snap Specs, discuss the SpaceX IPO, and talk about what Knicks star and NBA champion Jalen Brunson can teach us about the limitations of using current metrics to forecast future development.</p><p>For more content and to subscribe to the Never Close the Inquiry newsletter, please visit <a target="_blank" href="http://neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com">neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com</a> and follow on instagram @neverclosetheinquiry </p><p>Please like, rate, comment, and subscribe!</p><p> </p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Never Close the Inquiry at <a href="https://neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com/subscribe</a>
June 12, 2026
The Neophytes Get a Tad Bleak About the Importance of Character in Politicians
<p><strong>Episode 46 - The Neophytes Get a Tad Bleak About the Importance of Character in Politicians</strong></p><p>So what would you do in 2028 if it turned out one or both of JD Vance and Gavin Newsom (hypothetically, the candidates) were revealed to likely be responsible for a string of unexplained decades-old disappearances in a remote corner of the Ozarks or Sierra Nevadas?</p><p>All else being equal, virtually everyone would choose a politician of high character over one of low character. But all else is never equal, and we are too often presented a choice between a mediocre person who shares few of our political views and a worse person who shares more.</p><p>So what do you do? If experience and this conversation are any guide, most people, on both and every side of the political aisle, will pull the lever on matching political views almost no matter what.</p><p>I’m not sure what that says about us or our system, but it isn’t fantastic.</p><p>On the bright side, each us enjoyed a delicious low calorie beverage during the recording of this podcast.</p><p>For more content and to subscribe to the Never Close the Inquiry newsletter, please visit <a target="_blank" href="http://neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com">neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com</a> and follow on instagram @neverclosetheinquiry </p><p>Please like, rate, comment, and subscribe!</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Never Close the Inquiry at <a href="https://neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com/subscribe</a>
June 4, 2026
The Neophytes Masculinely Discuss Masculinity
<p><strong>Episode 45 - The Neophytes Masculinely Discuss Masculinity</strong></p><p>Warning: the audio is a tad echoey because the SD card, afraid of this conversation being made public, self-corroded and didn’t record anything. Sadly for the card, we believe in redundancies—in this case, the iPhone which recorded the video.</p><p>On Saturday, I read <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/lastbluedog/p/progressives-dont-understand-masculinity?r=5wrb1&utm_medium=ios">“Progressives Don’t Understand Masculinity”</a> by the Last Blue Dog here on Substack. I read the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/young-men-masculinity-crisis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">transcript</a> of the podcast discussion that prompted the article. Then, an hour or so later, I attended FitCon, which, per its name, is a fitness-focused convention with various competitions—Crossfit, boxing, strongman, roller derby, and literal armored combat, among others—and dozens of vendors selling supplements and apparel. The convention, of which I am a huge fan—yes, a very good friend happens to own it, but it actually is great—was very well-attended, and mostly by people who probably agree progressives don’t understand masculinity. That all got the ball rolling, and Mabes, Channing, and I, all straight white dudes, decided to talk about America’s masculinity crisis, what Democrats are missing, and what we think it means to be a man. Naturally, the conversation ended up going in many different directions, perhaps none of which really have all that much to do with politics, but what is the point of the podcast format if not to start with one plan and end with another entirely?</p><p>Two more points:</p><p>* I could not be a bigger fan of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.artofmanliness.com/">Art of Manliness</a>, which, per its tagline, “provides useful, actionable, no-fluff content to help men become better men in all areas of their life.” I would add that their content is refreshingly, remarkably apolitical and non-toxic (or however you want to put it). The husband and wife behind the website and podcast, Brett and Kate McKay, are here on Substack. I think them very much worth a follow.</p><p>* The podcast ends with a reading of the poem “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if---">If</a>” by Rudyard Kipling. It’s my favorite didactic poem and the only one I have memorized. At some point, I might write a whole series of articles on the virtues it articulates.</p><p>For more content and to subscribe to the Never Close the Inquiry newsletter, please visit <a target="_blank" href="http://neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com">neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com</a> and follow on instagram @neverclosetheinquiry </p><p>Please like, rate, comment, and subscribe!</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Never Close the Inquiry at <a href="https://neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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