Show Notes
This is a With All Due Respect Flashback to when Host Eli Dale and guest Hayden "unpacked" whether it’s a mistake for men to pursue love in 2025, tracing how social media, hookup culture, and changing expectations have reshaped dating. They debate optimism versus realism, share personal heartbreak stories, discuss commitment, communication, boundaries, and the emotional costs of modern dating, and reveal common “icks” that turn people off. The episode offers candid advice on self-improvement, setting boundaries, and staying social while weighing the risks and realities of searching for long-term relationships today.
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In this episode, Peter Crosby explains why, as a first-time candidate from a military family, he decided to run for Utah's 2nd Congressional District. He outlines priorities including tangible support for servicemembers and veterans, stronger congressional oversight of military deployments, and expanding Medicare-style coverage while preserving private options.Crosby also discusses systemic reforms to reduce corruption (banning stock trading and lobbying), federal-state partnership to save the Great Salt Lake, responsible AI and data-ownership rules, and local consent for data centers. He urges young people to vote and get involved to help build a better future.
Host Eli Dale recounts writing to Utah Governor Spencer Cox to push for a convention of states and to prioritize the war in Iran, while reflecting on meetings with other officials, a trip to Navajo Nation, and on-the-ground volunteering in Arizona and New Mexico.The episode covers endorsements for congressional candidates, concerns about affordability and Gen Z’s future, criticism of certain politicians, and a closing thought about independents and the possibility of a third-party movement. Guest Peter Crosby, running in Utah CD-2, is introduced and endorsed.
Host Eli Dale returns with a reboot of With All Due Respect, inviting guests and listeners into a wide-ranging conversation about how government should serve citizens. He asks whether the government is protecting Second Amendment rights, and whether it should be doing more to make it easier for people to exercise those rights.The episode also tackles big policy questions: mobilizing the U.S. military against Mexican drug cartels, the use of face recognition for surveillance, commercialization of lab-grown meat, the right to force search engines to delete past personal data, and mandatory voter ID. Dale mixes policy views with personal anecdotes and practical suggestions.Other topics include homelessness on public property, U.S. funding for the World Health Organization, and shifting federal spending from building new highways toward improving existing infrastructure and public transit. Throughout, Dale urges civic engagement and invites listeners to share ideas to help move the country forward.
Elijah Dale traces his political coming-of-age—watching Barack Obamas 2008 victory, growing up in economic struggle, obsessing over politics as a child, and making votes he later regretted (including voting for Trump in 2020).He describes how military service, life experience, and family shaped his views and why he started With All Due Respect: to build a space for honest conversation where people can change their minds and listen to one another.