My America

It's time for a break. Hear why the My America crew is taking the summer off, what else we're working on, and what we'd like to come back to in the fall.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Is the news industry polarizing us and putting us into echo chambers? Can we find unbiased news in America? Or at least can we see trustworthy sources and understand which “way they lean?” These are the questions keeping Dan and Kim up at night. So they invited Arjun Moorthy, co-founder of The Factual, to help quell their anxiety. Resources:The FactualThe Factual SearchThe Factual on TwitterArjun on TwitterLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

As of March, 2022, 18 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana, adding it to alcohol and nicotine as a third drug legal for adults. Is it time for a reckoning on the “War on Drugs” in America? What about what happens to those incarcerated Americans after we've changed the laws? Kim and Dan talk drugs, decriminalization and regulation in this episode of My America.Resources: The Institute for Behavioral HealthThe Brookings InstituteRecovery Research InstituteLegalizing Drugs Would Benefit the United StatesACLU - Cracks in the SystemCriminal Justice FactsACLU - Marijuana Arrests by the NumbersLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Dan and Kim discuss the awareness campaign and what we can do to help curb violence.Additional Resources:National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673No MoreNational Sexual Violence Resource CenterRAINNDASAS (Southwest Michigan)Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

It's 2022. What are we doing today to celebrate the place of women in history? What are we doing today to make it better for tomorrow's women? Dan and Kim discuss Women's History Month and International Women's Day as we round out March.Women's History MonthLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

From sponsored posts in social media to Super Bowl commercials, we can't get away from advertising in America. There is positive power in the industry doing good things, and peril to watch out for. In this episode, Kim and Dan welcome advertising expert Ron Tite to the discussion. Founder and CEO of marketing agency Church+State and host and executive producer of the podcast The Coup, Ron Tite has been an award-winning advertising writer and creative director for some of the world's most respected brands. Ron also wrote the books Ereryone's An Artist and Think Do Say.Ron's links: Ron's websiteRon on TwitterRon on LinkedInChurch+StateLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Why is America a 2-party system? How did we get here? Is it a problem? In this episode, Dan and Kim discuss and debate our elections and decide how to fix it. All. Resources:The Origins of the United States Two-Party SystemTwo-party system (Wikipedia)Why The Two-Party System Is Effing Up U.S. DemocracyLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Whether it's Encanto or In the Heights, or any Lin-Manuel Miranda project out there in the world today, it's hard not to notice more LatinX representation in America these days. As two White Americans, Kim and Dan notice and appreciate the increased diversity in storytelling, but wanted to know what the change means to someone from the LatinX community. So in this episode, they chat with Carmen, whose parents immigrated to America, who lives in Texas, and who faced fears of xenophobia and racism in recent years. And yet, who loves her country. Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

We've lost the ability to talk about voting and politics with our family and friends. Or so it would seem. But what if you could have those discussions again? Kim shares a few ideas on how to talk about politics and voting with people close to you in a way that won't leave you lonely. Probably.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Dan's kids are teenagers and he's noticed that the next generation is much more open and accepting about therapy. Kids in their friend groups talk about having a therapist or needing counseling and there's little to no shame attached to it. So it got him thinking, is the perspective shifting? In this episode, Kim and Dan discuss therapy and ask the question, ‘Why is Therapy Made to Seem Like a Secret Shame?'Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Have we lost the ability to discuss and debate the issues of the day? Maybe. How can we re-engage with our family and friends in a meaningful way without ostracizing them? That's the issue Dan and Kim take on in this episode. And of course, solve for you.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

With the controversy surrounding the 2022 Winter Olympic games in Beijing (Covid19 concerns, diplomatic problems, human rights violations, the environmental impact of The Games), Dan and Kim asked the question, “Should we cancel the Olympics in general?” Instead of your faithful hosts answering this question— who, despite their amazing coordination and athletic prowess, have never competed at any level even close to Olympic status— Kim and Dan invited an actual gold-medal Olympian to share her thoughts. Michelle Carter, Shot Diva, won gold in shotput in Rio in 2016. She was the first American to win gold in that competition. She also is a proud Black woman. Michelle brought her experience and perspective to the conversation with some wonderful insight. Michelle's links:Shot Diva websiteMichelle on TwitterYou Throw GirlLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Student loan forgiveness is a highly debated subject. Whether you face a mountain of debt, or you've never had it, this debate is probably on your mind.About 44.7 million Americans have outstanding student loan debt, totaling over $1.86tn, with 42.3 million Americans holding federal student loan debt. (Source: The Guardian)The questions are: If you took out that loan, should you have to pay it back? If the government hasn't needed the money over the last couple years, why do they need it at all? Should higher education cost this much in the first place? Kim and Dan have a spirited and personal discussion on this national conversation.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

After the last episode focused on abolishing the U.S. Senate, Kim and Dan decided this week to take on the state of the Supreme Court. Is it outdated? Is it ineffective? Is it too far reaching? Find out what we should do about the SCOTUS in order to ensure the success of our Democracy. Or our Democratic Republic. Whatever.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Is it time to rethink how our Federal government works and consider abolishing the United State Senate? It's a question circulating conversations for years. In this episode, Dan and Kim consider the reasons for and against the call to abolish the US Senate, and other ideas to fix what's not working.Links from this eepisode:Liberals - You Don't Really Want to Abolish the SenateAbolish the Senate, Expand the HouseQuora Discussion: Is it a Good Idea to Abolish the US Senate?Abolish the SenateLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

One year later, and the investigation into the January 6 attempted coup continues. On this episode, the Season 3 opener, Kim and Dan revisit the 1/6 insurrection. It's something that these two covered on their second episode, and yet here we are, still broken.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

How do we expand our view of America? How do we take in different viewpoints and thought processes in a way that is respectful? In the episode, Kim and Dan talk about the different books (not to mention podcasts, artists, music, etc!) that they've taken in this year.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

While someone's intent can be an important factor in their interactions with others, it's not everything.‘It wasn't my intention' or the very similar ‘Well I didn't mean it that way' can still hurt others.In this episode, Dan and Kim discuss intent and how we treat others. And yeah, it gets awkward.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

What would a basic income for every American do for our country? What would it cost? How would we fund it? These questions (and some random thoughts) come up in this conversation Kim & Dan have with Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears, Jr. of the Keep Your Voice Down podcast (of the Watershed Voice Network). Alek & Doug's links:Keep Your Voice DownWatershed Voice (support community journalism)Alek Haak-Frost LinkedIn | Alek on TwitterDoug Sears, Jr. LinkedInLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

When an artist you've admired becomes a problem and reveals their faults, can you separate the art from them as a person? Can you laugh at jokes from a comedian who assaults women? Can you listen to music of someone who stands up for bigotry? On this episode, Dan and Kim explore some of their "‘problematic favorites' and ask if it's okay to like art from a not-so-great artist.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Humans are messy. Relationships are difficult. Sometimes the people we enjoy being around also drive us nuts. Sometimes the phrases we use shut down discussions. ‘I'm just saying' is one that drives Kim nuts. For Dan, it's ‘just because it's on the internet doesn't make it true.'Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

With Kim's union— The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)— in its 11th hour of negotiations and a strike possible at the time of the recording, plus the national story of labor shortages and the great wage debate, Dan and Kim decide to solve the 2020-2021 Worker Revolution.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Dan used to love entertaining conspiracy theories (Who killed JFK? Does Area 51 really have alien life forms? Could we have faked the moon landing?) But today, conspiracy theories seem more nefarious. From Q to pizzagate to the Big Lie about our elections, these disinformation campaigns are hurting our country. So Kim and Dan decided to fix it.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

We live in a world of echo chambers, it seems. We follow the people we agree with on social media, we research our ideas with bias and we talk with those with whom we align. But that's only the other person. That's not us… right? In this episode Dan and Kim explore their own echo chambers and how they try to avoid them. Or how they embrace them. You decide.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

From Michigan to California, our country faces an epidemic. Situational homelessness, unhoused people, the homeless… however you describe it, it's Americans who cannot afford housing. How do we help the unhoused in America? On this episode, Kim and Dan have a conversation with someone who is helping the unhoused in his community through a private sector non-profit. Jeshua Lauka of Grand Rapids, Michigan, volunteers with Met Trotter Ministries. Jeshua shares his story of how (and why) he serves his community. The trio talks about private solutions versus public sector (government) help. And they work through how we can all help starting small.Helping the unhoused in America.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Is there room in this country for compassionate corrections and real punishment? Is America modern and progressive enough to abolish the death penalty? Or is capital punishment acceptable in a modern society? Kim and Dan discuss the death penalty in this episode of My America.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Universal health coverage— does every American deserve it? Kim and Dan tackle this subject with some research, some opinions and even a few jokes. Does it start with education? Insurance? Hospitals? How do we pay for healthcare for all? Listen in as Dan and Kim solve it all.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

In this episode, Kim schools Dan on the effort to recall California's Governor Gavin Newsom. They cover the why, how and what to vote on coming up. Kim has some opinions of course… but also a lot of educated insight. California Recall info on We're the PeopleLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

More than a year and a half into a global pandemic where we know how to mitigate the spread and we're still debating things like masks and vaccines. Kim and Dan kick off season 2 by asking, “Why the hell are still in this situation?!” And of course, they solve the world's problems.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Allyship doesn't come with a badge so people know “you're a good person.” “Allies, thanks so much for your support – but stop expecting us to thank you anytime you do anything.”Allyship is work. It's proving everyday that you're here to help others. It's not about getting a thank you or a pat on the back. Kim and Dan unpack this idea and what it means for White Americans who want to show People of Color and other marginalized people that they're allies. Without being douchey.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

This episode started as a personal conversation with Dan exploring how church is failing so many Christians. From White churches ignoring social justice to Evangelicals lining up to support a mysoginist, philandering, lying, cheating, egotistical business hack (let's not hold back) who embodies everything Jesus is not, Dan was feeling pretty abandoned. So in this episode, Dan and Kim unpack what church in our America looks like today and how we can do better.Note: This is obviously through the lens of Dan's midwestern, cisgender, hetero non-denominational Christian worldview. There are many flavors of Faith.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Should the guy who played Superman in a TV series weigh in on Captain America? Kim and Dan discuss Dean Cain's recent comments on the latest Captain America comic, where Cap says the American dream for some “isn't real.”Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

There's a “plan” going around CPAC to reinstate the former 45th President. It's … wild. In this episode, Kim and Dan discuss the finer points of this plan, if it's even possible and why the fact that it exists is dangerous.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Kim and Dan return to the divisive topic of abortion and reproductive rights in this episode because you can't solve this issue in one episode. And also because current events warranted it. Thanks, Supreme Court.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

How can two people discuss the high stake issues of the day and still respect each other? Dan and Kim take this challenge on in this episode, Arguing the Issues: Abortion.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

How is modesty culture hurting America? Can a parent teach their children to be modest without body shaming?How does modesty culture turn into victim blaming?Dan (a dad to 2 teenage daughters) and Kim (a former teenage daughter and now adult woman) talk through these questions and more in this episode of My America.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Juanta Griffin has called Oak Park, Illinois home since she was 4 years old, and has been serving our community as an organizer, mentor, and educator ever since. She has a long standing commitment to racial equity and justice -- she created a Black History Program for a local Oak Park daycare when she was just fifteen years old. She also helped usher in Juneteenth as a community-supported holiday in her town. On this episode she talks with Dan about the history of Juneteenth, how all Americans can (and should) celebrate it and more.Links for Juanta:Juanta's websiteFacebookInstagramLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Based on The 8 White Identities by Barnor Hesse, Kim and Dan explore what it means to be a White voyeur. White Voyeurism: seeks to control the consumption and appropriation of non-whiteness; fascination with culture (ex: consuming Black culture without the burden of Blackness).Links from this episode:Video - White Privilege II by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Jamila WoodsRacism with Cultural Voyeurism8 White IdentitiesLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

To honor Pride Month 2021, Dan and Kim explore an issue facing the Trans Community in America: deadnaming. Being that your friendly hosts identify as cis/hetero, it was time to welcome a guest. Kylie Clifton, recent high school graduate, identifies as a Trans American. In this episode, she discusses the issue of deadnaming, what Trans teen face in our country, myths and inappropriate questions, and more on her LGBTQ+ Community experiences. Kylie's links:Kylie on InstagramKylie on TwitterTackling tokenism: minorities should never be reduced to our traumaWhat happens when the first transgender kid comes out at school (NPR)Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

How does a traditional Republican fight the Trump takeover of the GOP? That's the question Dan and Kim asked a young Republican finding his voice speaking out against what he calls “Trumplicans.” James Asher, a self-described Young Republican, volunteer & staffer for local Republican campaigns and high school student, joined the show for a discussion on what's next for politics from the next generation.Links for James:James Asher's websiteJames' podcast The Start of SomethingJames on TwitterJames on LinkedInLinks for My America:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

As a long time Republican-leaning voter, Dan is asking, ‘What happened to the party I once knew and mostly supported?' If you're like Dan and wondering that same thing, you're in for an interesting conversation. If you're more like Kim and you've seen this coming for a long time, you'll have your thoughts confirmed. Either way, this episode is sure to get the political juices flowing.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

In this conversation, Kim and Dan discuss good ol' fashioned American ideals like patriotism, love of country and ensuring every sports team always plays the Star Spangled Banner before games. Even when it has to be a law. (Thanks, Texas)Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

How often does someone say to you, ‘Let's just agree to disagree' on important issues? Does it irritate you?Can we sometimes agree to disagree? Sure. Pineapple belongs on pizza. If you don't think it does, we'll agree to disagree. But if you think Black Americans shouldn't fear for their lives and they're being unreasonable and White privilege isn't real and systemic racism is fake news, we can't agree to disagree. So … where is the line? Kim and Dan work to find out in this episode of My Amerca.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Last week Kim and Dan unpacked why we see the media as the enemy. And why, despite the shortcomings of modern news and other media, they aren't the enemy. This week the dynamic duo turn their undivided atten… sometimes we like to laugh at dumb shit and then… undivided attention to political opposition. Do you see the “other party” as an enemy? Maybe it's time to rethink this war-like attitude. Your political opponent isn't likely your enemy. Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

Cries of “fake news” and calling “the media” our enemy has turned into death threats and an abandonment of critical thinking when it comes to news. On this episode, Dan and Kim discuss how we got here and why it's not helpful. And of course they solve the problem in under an hour.Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

With so much debate on voting rights in the news today, one question not asked is whether we should lower the voting age. It's a debate that has lived on for years, and one the Kim and Dan pick up in this episode. Resources in this episode:Time for Kids articlePros and Cons to Lowering the Voting AgeNYT Voting Age articleSan Francisco & Oakland Vote to Change Voting AgeLinks:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.

In this episode, Kim and Dan solve sexism! Or at least they discuss how when women say “Don't talk about my body” men sometimes (often?) say something like “But you're so pretty!”Links:My America TwitterMy America InstagramKim's InstagramDan's InstagramKim's TwitterDan's TwitterEmail usIf you liked the show, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends, family and network. Your stamp of approval is more valuable to us than we can articulate. We're here to spread love and hope, as well as encourage growth. So we appreciate your sharing! Also, leaving a review (and rating) helps spread the word. And it makes us feel warm and squishy. The My America podcast publishes every Thursday at 6 AM EST.