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Episode #126: Debating the campus protests
05.08.24 Episode 126 – Debating the campus protests We discuss and debate every aspect of the campus protests that have proliferated across the country over the past few weeks, including who the protesters are, what they are protesting, what the goals of the protests are, and how these protests compare to historical protest movements.
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Episode #031: Ranked Choice Voting Faces Its Biggest Test
07.09.21 Episode 31 – Ranked Choice Voting Faces Its Biggest Test We spend the first segment of this episode diving into the NYC Mayoral Race and discuss everything that was on the ballot in that race, including the candidates themselves, crime and the police, and ranked choice voting (0:30-26:34). We then hit on a variety…
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Episode #030: The Things We Never Learned
06.19.21 Episode 30 – The Things We Never Learned This week we discuss Juneteenth (0:30-19:28), the Tulsa Massacre and Critical Race Theory (19:46-44:50), and then we close by profiling two, perhaps lesser known, Black Americans (45:44-1:03-:39).
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Episode #029: Filibustering Bipartisanship
06.11.21 Episode 29 – Filibustering Bipartisanship We begin this week’s episode by considering some listener feedback we received about last week’s Israel-Palestine discussion (0:30-27:12). We then spend some time discussing the state of bipartisanship in D.C. through the lenses of the filibuster, infrastructure, and voting rights (27:30-51:26). We wrap up by analyzing Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal…
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Episode #028: What is Jerusalem worth? Nothing. Everything.
05.28.21 Episode 28 – What is Jerusalem worth? Nothing. Everything. We (try to) tackle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this week. We begin by discussing the history of the region (0:30-24:02) before analyzing the conflict that has engulfed the region over the past couple of weeks (24:14-49:05). We then spend some time looking at the role the…
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Episode #027: On the Census 2020, the purging of the GOP, and new guidelines from the CDC
05.18.21 Episode 27 – On the Census 2020, the purging of the GOP, and new guidelines from the CDC We start this episode by analyzing the initial census data recently released by the government (0:30-34:44), then we spend some time examining Liz Cheney’s last stand in the GOP leadership (34:57-53:41), before considering the latest CDC…
A Gentlemen's Disagreement 