Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson headline a litany of entertainers who killed themselves trying to live up to the famous personas they themselves created, respectively. This is why I am so heartened that Lady Gaga appears to have come to her senses before it's too late. This talk pays homage to her epiphany. Contact:anthonyhall279@gmail.comwww.ipjn.com

What a week! And that's saying a lot given the norm-busting chaos that has unfolded every week of the Trump presidency. But this one began with everyone panning President Trump for his bullying fact-free performance during his debate with Joe Biden. It ended with Biden leading the nation in wishing a speedy recovery to Trump, his wife Melania, and a metastasizing number of his COVID-defying sycophants who have all now tested positive. Contact:anthonyhall279@gmail.comwww.ipjn.com

The world of tennis has seen many pretenders to Serena's 20-year reign come and go. This episode explains why Naomi Osaka is the most promising of them all.Contact: anthonyhall279@gmail.comwww.ipjn.com

Legal commentators hailed her as the female Thurgood Marshall. It was intended as a compliment. But too many of them failed to realize the cultural phenomenon that was the “Notorious RBG”. This episode pays tribute to all she was and presages the political warfare her death portends.Contactanthonyhall279@gmail.comwww.ipjn.com

The Trump Presidency has spawned a cottage industry of books. This episode explains why reading each one is like a junkie getting a fix. Contact: anthonyhall279@gmail.com www.ipjn.com

The Talking iPINIONS podcast is the inevitable complement to my BLOG, The iPINIONS Journal - Commentaries on the Global Events of Our Time, which I launched in 2005. As with my commentaries, my talks will be on topics that run the gamut and span the globe. I am all too mindful that practically everyone with a smartphone has a podcast these days. But I hope you will find my podcast like an oasis of reasoned and informed commentary in a desert of visceral snark! Please check back every weekend for a new episode.Contact: anthonyhall279@gmail.com www.ipjn.com.