Third Rail with Nick Beaton: A Comedy Guide to Social Outrage
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Tired of being told there are subjects you can't talk about? Those subjects are often referred to as, "third rails." Those are exactly the topics Nick Beaton is going to tackle right here.

Misplaced Focus

On this week’s episode I talk about Dave Chappelle’s new special.  As with his past ones there is intense criticism of his material and overall outloo...
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Bad Optics

On this week’s episode I talk about Trudeau going on vacation instead of going to a Truth and Reconciliation service.  People are calling for his resi...
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China Was Unequivocally To Blame

On this week’s episode I talk about “The Two Michaels.”  After years of China saying that it was not “ransom diplomacy” it becomes clear that it most ...
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Protest V.S Civil Disobedience

On this week’s episode I talk about protests.  It seems people don’t really know what that word means.  There is a difference between protesting an is...
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The Variants and The Vaccinated

On this week's episode I talk about ongoing Covid-19 problem.  Is it time that unvaccinated people deal with the consequences of their actions?  I als...
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Practice What You Preach

On this weeks episode I highlight several stories in which the right wing enacts punishments that they criticize the left for.  Anti-maskers clashing ...
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Slacktivism Buzzwords

On this week's episode I talk about Slacktivism.  This is online activism that is inherently lazier than activism.  I talk about the buzzwords and phr...
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