#1749 Democracy: In Theory, In Practice, and Under Threat
Air Date: 11-4-2025
Elections are always coming up, some sooner than others, so we thought we would take a look at the state of our democracy and what we must do to maintain it in the face of the greatest direct assault on our institutions we've seen in our 250 year history.
Read more#1748 Patriotism in Peril: Democracy, the Military, and the Fight Over What America Means
Air Date: 11-2-2025
A lot of people on the left aren't feeling the love for their country right now and that's understandable but we have some thoughts on more productive ways to channel those conflicting feelings toward a country that is currently falling far short of living up to its founding ideals.
Read more#1747 Racism in the United States, it turns out, is a problem
Air Date: 10-28-2025
As we were looking for episode topics, I came across an article making the case that racism is a real problem in the country and that there were lots of recent examples that proved the point. And I was like, "Racism? In the US?! In Trump's Republican Party?? That doesn't sound like the country I've heard of." (sarcasm) But then we looked into it and it turns out racism is everywhere and also quite bad. (true)
Read more#1746 What an actual attack on free speech looks like
Air Date: 10-25-2025
Trump's attacks on free speech, particularly with the use of the Federal Communications Commission, goes far beyond the Jimmy Kimmel story. We're in the middle of an all-out assault on freedom of speech, a free and unbiased press, and freedom of association.
Read more#1374 Tell Stories, Not Myths: Columbus and the Centrality of Colonialism (Throwback)
Original Air Date: 10–13-2020
Today we take a look at the myths of Columbus and American Exceptionalism™ that we cling to and turn our gaze to some of the less-understood but more accurate and important aspects of our collective history
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