America's Not the Only Place Democracy is Under Siege
Imagine: A coup attempt in which the coup leaders justify taking power because of massive voter fraud. Or imagine a government using force against thousands of peaceful demonstrators. Now imagine that...
1 Feb 202146min
La Dolce Kavita: Chocolate, Choosing Vaccines and An Easy Way to Help Others
Today’s episode features Kavita Patel, practicing physician and former health and economics policy advisor in the Obama Administration. We talk pro-cookie baking tips and Covid, including the pros and...
30 Jan 202159min
Was Trump's Coup Attempt on January 6th the Start of Something Much Worse?
While some may look at the Trump coup attempt on January 6th as the last desperate act of the disgraced former president to remain in power, it is already being seen among white supremacist groups as ...
28 Jan 202153min
Filibusted: Getting to the Truth About What's Wrong with the US Senate
Senate "institutionalists" claim the filibuster is a traditional US Senate tool that produces compromise. Nope. It's a tool that was almost never used during the first 200 years of US history. And whe...
27 Jan 202137min
Reading the Biden Tea Leaves: What A Week of Change Is Telling Us About Our Futures
While some Washington hot take artists are already predicting a backlash against Bidenism (and this even before the first dogs Major and Champ have had a chance to start chewing on the White House fur...
25 Jan 202149min
Apologies, Layer Cake and Camping: A Conversation with E. Jean Carroll
Journalist and former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll joins this week’s episode and we dig straight into all the important issues, while also trying to recreate her favorite birthday cake from childh...
25 Jan 202153min
Three Wednesdays: Storming the Capitol, Impeachment & Inauguration...Where Does It Leave the Average American?
The past two weeks are unlike any America has ever seen. In the midst of a national pandemic and economic crisis, we saw an unprecedented insurrection on Capitol Hill incited by our then president, an...
21 Jan 202146min
Et Voila! A New America Emerges Overnight!
The past four years have left deep scars in the United States. Damage has been done. So can a new administration come in and restore America's role in the world overnight? Just because it wants to? Ju...
19 Jan 202143min
