Blazing Reader,

On Monday, The Fakeologist welcomed me back to Canada. On his live show, I gave a detailed account of how my son and I ended up being interrogated by the Dutch paramilitary police when departing from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.

"I managed to catch most of the show last night," writes Pete Toccalino from California, "but missed parts here and there because I was cooking food for the kids and then had to drive my daughter to skating practice... I'm relistening now and about an hour in. What a wild story, man, and told in a very entertaining fashion."

If you were also driving your kids to skating practice, you can listen to the replay here:

The Fakeologist and I also discuss a positive breakthrough in the Dutch court case against Bill Gates. And we finish with a short tangent about the evils of male genital mutilation (AKA circumcision).

John C.A. Manley

P.S. As I mentioned in the podcast, my new apartment is just a few units from Thomas Edison's former home. In 1863, Edison worked as a telegraph operator in Stratford, Ontario. For photos of my visit to this historical site, check out this post from 2025: Slurping ramen noodles with a contrarian historian at Thomas Edison's ol' haunt.

John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona, All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of philosophical fiction that are "so completely engaging that you find yourself alternately laughing, gasping, hanging on for dear life." Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber.