How Does Democracy Work With a Citizenry Increasingly Uninformed & Fearful?

How Does Democracy Work With a Citizenry Increasingly Uninformed & Fearful?

The data shows that Americans wildly overestimate the number of people in this country who are NOT like them. And Americans wildly underestimate the number of people in this country who ARE like them. This misinformation creates fear. And politicians feed on this fear. What do we do about this?

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Trump has turned the GOP into a party of sore losers

Trump has turned the GOP into a party of sore losers

There is one big takeaway from the reaction to the Presidential debate last night: Trump has turned the GOP into a party of sore losers. PS They aren't eating dogs in Ohio Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

11 Sep 202423min

We Must Change The Way We Think (with Ilana Redstone)

We Must Change The Way We Think (with Ilana Redstone)

I sat down with Professor Ilana Redstone (@irakresh) whose book, "The Certainty Trap," just came out. If you care about how dangerously divided this country is, you MUST read this book. Healing the di...

10 Sep 202446min

Any Other Candidate Who Said The Shit Trump Said Would be Toast

Any Other Candidate Who Said The Shit Trump Said Would be Toast

We hold Donald Trump to a lower standard than we do other candidates and, really, other human beings. He says so much mean, cruel, ignorant, and dishonest stuff that we just gloss over how truly disqu...

9 Sep 202429min

JD Vance Supports Holocaust Denialism?

JD Vance Supports Holocaust Denialism?

JD Vance will appear by Tucker Carlson's side in a week. He also prerecorded an interview with Tucker yesterday. All AFTER Tucker gave a giant platform to a Holocaust denier. So...Vance must have no p...

6 Sep 202434min

MAGA Media Voices Have Been on Russia's Payroll

MAGA Media Voices Have Been on Russia's Payroll

Liz Cheney comes out and endorses Kamala Harris, Russian state media has been paying MAGA media voices to spread disinformation. And, it's time for a respectful conversation about school shootings. Ha...

5 Sep 202426min

You Better Accept This Truth: Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump Speak for the GOP Base

You Better Accept This Truth: Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump Speak for the GOP Base

Tucker Carlson gave a platform to a Nazi apologist yesterday. Donald Trump had dinner with a Jew-hater. It's time the entire country wakes up to the truth that Tucker and Trump are not outliers. They ...

4 Sep 202428min

Trump Told Us Yet Again He Believes He's Above the Law

Trump Told Us Yet Again He Believes He's Above the Law

Donald Trump said over the weekend that he had every right to interfere with the election results. He doesn't. Peace is not possible with Hamas. It isn't. And, people accuse me all the time of only vo...

3 Sep 202440min

What Nate Silver, 538, and RealClearPolitics All do wrong with Carl Allen

What Nate Silver, 538, and RealClearPolitics All do wrong with Carl Allen

Polls are not predictions of election outcomes. The polls aren't wrong, the ANALYSIS of the polls is what's wrong. Fascinating conversation with researcher @realcarlallen. Have a listen. Hosted on Aca...

2 Sep 202443min

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