Category: Politics

May 23, 2022

Mutual Respect: Merkel and Obama with Claudia Clark

We talk to Claudia Clark about her book “Dear Barack” that explains the unique partnership of President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Claudia also gives the European viewpoint of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and finally we discuss her time as a community organizer with the group ACORN.

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April 25, 2022

Seeing Through the Election Year Theater (Lies and Damn Lies)

The stench of Trump has been absorbed into the corpuscles of the Republican party so that now it isn’t about policies but what fake outrage you support or are against. The electorate suffers. We take a look at some examples of this theater called a primary season here in Ohio.

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March 11, 2022

Gun Violence Isn’t Always About Gangs And Drugs

Violent crime has spiked recently. Are we wasting time and money with more policing? Can having children be immoral? And where are the vigils and memorials for the thousands who died in the pandemic. One political party has blood on its hands and its initials are G. O. P.

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February 22, 2022

In GOP-land, Ignoring Racism Is The Ideal

We take a look at Michele Tafoya’s white fragility enabled by Tucker Carlson then we look at the Ohio GOP trying to pick their own voters.

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January 27, 2022

Bari Weiss Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

In this episode Doug looks at Bari Weiss’s appearance on Bill Maher’s HBO show and why her flippant Pandemic of Bureaucracy is both childish and dangerous to us all. Then we look at a recent church and state case over a Boston flag pole that was heard at the US Supreme Court. It doesn’t look good for secular people or for more than 40 years of settled jurisprudence.

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January 14, 2022

Can Polarization Be Reduced By Exchanging Cookie Recipes?

In this episode, Doug takes a look at political polarization, which many people feel is a threat to our democracy. We take a look at two projects that think talking things out will lead to shiny happy people, rainbows, and unicorns.

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