Podcasts about Our America

On Today's Episode – We are joined by returning guest Donna Jackson from CFACT. Donna gives us a little info on what she'sbeen up to since we last talked to her. Mark and Donna dive right in and talk California Wildfires, SanctuaryCities, and how howd the Left makes it to get anything done, and how fast Trumpis moving. Tune in for all the Fun https://www.cfact.org/ Donna Jackson, CFACT policy analyst,is a seasoned businesswoman with public and private sector experience and hasspent decades as a pro-energy advocate for the minority population, through heradvocacy work with Congressional leaders and ministry leaders. She is asought-after speaker, who has frequently testified before Congressional leaderson the plight of debilitating energy policies on minorities and low-incomepopulations. Her media appearances include Newsmax, One America News Network,NTD TV, BEK TV, and national radio network shows. Her op-eds have appearedonline and in print in national publications such as the Washington Times,Daily Caller, Inside Sources, FOX News, the Detriot News, Sacramento Observer,Las Vegas Review-Jounral, the Federalist and the Washington Examiner. Donnaearned a Bachelor of Accountancy (cum laude) from the California StateUniversity San Marcos. She has worked in accounting, auditing, tax andmanagement roles with major companies such as Ernst Young, Cardinal Health andMarriott International in the private sector before serving in the publicsector as the vice president and deputy controller for the Export-Import Bankof the United States. She is a member of the National Association of BlackAccountants. Prior to her career in accounting, Donna was a political operativein the state of Arkansas, having worked on the successful campaigns of formerGovernor Mike Huckabee, Senator Tim Hutchinson and Representative (laterGovernor) Asa Hutchinson. She played a vital role during the Huckabeegovernorship in recruiting black candidates for executive-appointed boards andcommissions in addition to helping create job-training programs at a localcommunity college and the Arkansas Office of Workforce Development. Shecurrently serves as an advisory board member for the Independent Women's Forum(IWF) Center for Energy and Conservation, an advisory board member of the 2025Project, a member of the Board of Directors of The Conservative Caucus,Membership Director of the black leadership group, Proj. 21, a member of theHeritage Foundation African American Advisory Council, and a member of theBoard of Advisors of Our America. She is a former divinity graduate of CharlesH. Mason Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee. It was there that she wastaught the gift of administration as a vital part of the Christian ministry.Donna is a firm believer in free markets and entrepreneurship, rather thangovernment, as a means of lifting people out of poverty.

Welcome back #everyone to Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan #Podcast. Virginia - the host - will talk about several important changes setting forth by our new and powerful leaders for America as “Priorities and Mission of the Second Trump Administration's Department of State.” The common theme running through the changes are America's national interest. And how you, your business, school, college, community or state can benefit too.   How every dollar our government spends, or every program or policy pursues -  is justifies -  with - the YES answer to three simple questions: Does it make America safer? Does it make America stronger? Does it make America more prosperous?”   Our new & powerful leaders for America must rebuild America. Our America was damaged by the former administration who wanted to build Socialism in America. Virginia Prodan fought for religious freedom and won against Socialism in Romania. Now - She is fighting here in America - as an #Attorney , Allied Attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom.; Speaker; Author - Best selling memoir - Saving My Assassin -Tyndale House Publishers; Host of Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan #Podcast. Virginia helps you to be ready and prepare to fight against Socialism. Answering your questions - Virginia shares why your role today is important; why it will have long lasting implications. She will share specific ways to understand the atrocities of Socialism; and the actions you need to use to fight and win against Socialism; and preserve our freedom. She will talk about several important changes setting forth by our new and powerful leaders for America as “Priorities and Mission of the Second Trump Administration's Department of State.” The common theme running through the changes are America's national interest. And how you, your business, school, college, community or state can benefit too.   --- Subscribe for free to Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan  #Podcast - here : https://open.spotify.com/show/7kHPeoAgbkAHCg2C6RApEZ  - to hear encouraging & inspiring messages‬.   ----For more of our trainings - individual; group; CEO or company training - go to: https://www.virginiaprodanbooks.com/freedom-coaching   ----- Order your autographed copy(s) of #SavingMyAssassin by Virginia Prodan here: https://virginiaprodanbooks.com/product/book/   ------ Invite Virginia Prodan  to speak at your events -: https://virginiaprodanbooks.com/invite-virginia/   ----- Donate to Virginia Prodan  #Ministries - here: https://www.virginiaprodan.com/donate/   ----- Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSlM_aAfLxHXTaI05Skv1WQ Watch also our Youtube video - we prepared for you : Hope for America: https://youtu.be/FZKxdSNYLzk?si=zQUGJRFEPBjFcbT3 We love to hear from you; your comments or questions. Please share what you have learned from this YouTube video and our podcast.   #network #podcast #film #events #training  #leadership #coaching #people #community #australia #motivation #share #like #power #romania #america 

This Election Day, Giving Ventures brings you interviews with three groups working to expand the coalition of limited government, pro-liberty Americans by engaging independents who aren't already among the free-market fold. Scott Rasmussen is the founder of the Napolitan Institute, which was formed to deliver accurate, unbiased polling of the American people. Adam Brandon's work with the Independent Center advances the common-sense center of American politics and advocates for Americans who believe in genuine compromise. Christian Robey, president of Our America, which was established to unite a broad and diverse coalition of Americans around a shared sense of patriotism and advance principles like criminal justice reform, freedom of thought, and voter integrity.

Recent polling suggests that some traditionally Democrat-leaning voters, particularly black and Hispanic men, appear to be reconsidering their political allegiances. Their concerns about the high cost of living and rising crime have them trending toward former President Donald Trump, which could make them the deciding factor in the 2024 presidential election. Gabriel Nadales, national director of Our America, spoke with The Daily Signal about these surprising developments—and shared first-hand accounts of why voters are switching sides. Watch our full interview in the video above. “It's kind of insane that there are so many Hispanic Americans out there who are very much voting for Trump,” Nadales said. “They see that, unfortunately, the Democrat Party no longer represents them.” Nadales' organization, Our America, is active in the key battleground states of Arizona and Georgia, attempting to unite Americans at a time when it seems we're hopelessly divided. Our America has organized local events with the goal of inspiring Americans to be active citizens in their local communities. “If you want to affect policy at the national level,” Nadales explained, “you have to get people engaged at the local level with things that they actually can directly affect to show them that they can make a difference in long term.” The group's core issues are promoting safer communities, lowering the cost of living, defending freedom of speech, and ensuring fair elections. Learn more about the work of Our America at JoinOurAmerica.com.

Send us a textEver wondered how sex educators navigate their own intimate encounters? In this candid and eye-opening episode, I sit down with renowned sex and relationship educator Reid Mihalko for an intimate conversation about the intricacies of communication, consent, and safer sex practices.As we chat on a hotel bed (where else?), Reid shares his wealth of experience and practical wisdom on navigating hookups, casual encounters, and the complexities of intimacy in non-monogamous relationships. With his trademark humor and openness, Reid offers invaluable insights that will leave you feeling more equipped to have those important conversations, whether you're exploring polyamory or simply looking to make your casual encounters more enjoyable and consensual.Key Insights:The art of navigating consent in various contextsPractical strategies for handling unexpected emotions in casual encountersTips for managing disappointment when things don't go as plannedThe importance of clear communication in safer sex practicesHow to approach intimacy at conferences and eventsABOUT REID MIHALKO: As seen on NETFLIX' "Chelsea Does..." alongside Chelsea Handler, Reid Mihalko (he/him) of ReidAboutSex.com is an internationally known sex and relationship geek who threw an orgy for Oprah's OWN Network on Lisa Ling's "Our America." He has led thousands of workshops and play parties, and his work has been covered by media outlets across 7 continents. His charisma and easy to understand, pragmatic advice has helped people at virtual and in-person events. His workshops and college lectures have been attended by over 60,000 people from across the globe. Reid would also like you to know that, in early 2018, some very brave people came forward during #MeToo sharing harms that Reid had caused them. Reid stepped down from teaching and initiated a transformative justice-based accountability process to address his misconduct and make amends if and where possible. The formal, year-long process along with Reid's apology and resources were shared publicly and can be found at TinyURL.com/reidaccountability. Follow @ReidAboutSex on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. I'm thrilled to announce that I am a nominee in the Women in Podcasting Awards! Please vote for me in the Relationship Podcast category. It would be a huge help to me. Your vote would go a long way in helping me gain visibility and get my message out into the world. Instructions:Go here to vote between August 1st to October 1st:https://womeninpodcasting.net/nope-were-not-monogamous/ Support the show

Tonight on The Sports Huddlle, Newstalk ZB rugby commentator Elliot Smith and sports journalist Nicky Styris joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! Our America's Cup boats is broken - are we stuffed? Ellis park All Blacks vs Springboks - are we stuffed? Is Lydia Ko New Zealand's greatest ever golfer? how many more major wins before she retires, do you think? Does this latest Crichton thing prove the bunker has utterly failed to reduce poor reffing calls? do the refs just have it in for the Warriors? Who is going to be New Zealand's Paralympics hero - and in this day and age would the games benefit from getting underway a bit sooner? LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this video, a former polygamist shares their unique perspective while reacting to an episode of Our America with Lisa Ling titled "Modern Polygamy." This episode dives into the world of the Centennial Park Polygamous Group, a community practicing plural marriage in modern-day America. Join us as we explore the realities of life in this group, comparing it with personal experiences and shedding light on the complexities of living within a polygamous society. Don't miss this insightful and eye-opening reaction! Join our NEW Patreon HERE: https://patreon.com/growingupinpolygamy Chapters:00:00:00 - Introduction: Our Background and the Documentary00:05:00 - The Role of Pictures in the FLDS Church00:10:31 - The Battle for Legalizing Polygamy00:15:55 - Beliefs about Polygamy and the Afterlife00:21:40 - Beliefs About Jesus Christ's Marriages in Mormonism and the Fundamentalist Church00:27:24 - Choosing a Husband in Centennial Park00:33:15 - Heartbreak and Subservience00:39:26 - The Sincerity of the Fight for Rights00:44:58 - Challenges in Polygamy and Spiritual Growth If you or someone you love has left polygamy and needs assistance, please reach out to "Holding Out HELP" at 801-548-3492 or visit their website at www.holdingouthelp.org At Growing Up In Polygamy our mission is to "Create compassion for communities that have been misunderstood, marginalized and/or abused by their leaders, and to empower those who have left by giving them a platform to share their stories with the world." If you would like to DONATE to this cause you can do so here: https://donorbox.org/growing-up-in-polygamy Insta: @growingupinpolygamy New website is now up! www.growingupinpolygamy.com Theme Song created by @artcowles Please feel free to reach out to us! growingupinpolygamy@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/growingupinpolygamy/support

Mike Vallante - American First Policy Institute; Gabriel Nadales - National Director for the pro-American organization Our America

Highlights this week. Interviews may be abbreviated. For the date and hour podcast to hear more, see the note (0:00) Dr. JoAnn di Filippo [May 6, Hr 3] (13:56) Sec of State Blinkin visits Tucson

Paul Parisi, Our America

Television is night and day from what it used to be. More people are represented but there are still stereotypes to overcome. Yasmine Tanres is amplifying voices from marginalized communities as the lead host and co-producer of A Look into Our America on Chime TV. This young broadcast journalist is taking the stage to stop stereotypes with a show designed to foster unity. Yasmine also interviews A-list celebrities for Golden TV. She was recognized as the Top Face of Hollywood by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Yasmine brings an international and multicultural flair to her work. Her world travels have given her a unique understanding of many people. She is a captivating force in media and brings a British charm with Spanish and Chinese heritage. Be sure to tune into this compelling interview on Women Road Warriors with Shelley M. Johnson when she learns more about Yasmine and her trailblazing journey to give the marginalized a voice.https://www.yasminetanres.com/https://www.instagram.com/yasminetanres/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmine-tanres-3402a656/https://chimetv.co/https://getgolden.tv/https://womenroadwarriors.com/#Unity #Stereotypes #TV #Journalism #YasmineTanres #ALookIntoOurAmerica #ChimeTV#ShelleyJohnson #ShelleyMJohnson #KathyTuccaro #WomenRoadWarriors

Mike Ferguson in the Morning 05-03-24 Gabriel Nadales from Our America shares his unique perspective as a former Antifa activist and radical left-wing agitator regarding the current campus protests.  Check out Gabriel's book "Behind the Black Mask: My Time as an Antifa Activist" here: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Black-Mask-Antifa-Activist/dp/1642937320/ref=pd_sbs_d_sccl_2_2/133-4296025-0452343? (https://joinouramerica.org/) MORNING NEWS DUMP:Thomas Kinworthy was convicted of killing St. Louis Police Officer Tamaris Bohannon in 2020. He was convicted on all 9 counts against him in St. Louis Circuit Court yesterday. He'll be sentenced in June.Washington University has put up fencing around their campus following recent pro-Hamas protests and with commencement ceremonies coming up in just over a week.President Biden finally broke his silence regarding the campus protests by condemning the violent and hateful behavior.Arizona's governor signed a bill into law that repeals the 1864 ban on abortion in the state.Cardinals are out of last place! The Pittsburgh Pirates now bring up the rear in the Central Division. The Cardinals were off yesterday. They open up a 6-game homestand tonight with the first of 3 against the Chicago White Sox. First pitch at 7:15.Battlehawks (now 4-1) host the Houston Roughnecks (1-4) at The Dome on Saturday at 2pm. NewsTalkSTL website: https://newstalkstl.com/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsTalkSTL Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NewstalkSTL Livestream 24/7: http://bit.ly/newstalkstlstreamSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Ferguson in the Morning 05-02-24 Gabriel Nadales from Our America shares his unique perspective as a former Antifa activist and radical left-wing agitator regarding the current campus protests.  Check out Gabriel's book "Behind the Black Mask: My Time as an Antifa Activist" here: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Black-Mask-Antifa-Activist/dp/1642937320/ref=pd_sbs_d_sccl_2_2/133-4296025-0452343? (https://joinouramerica.org/) NewsTalkSTL website: https://newstalkstl.com/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsTalkSTL Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NewstalkSTL Livestream 24/7: http://bit.ly/newstalkstlstreamSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Ferguson in the Morning 05-02-24 Pro-Hamas protesters marched around Saint Louis University's campus last night and blocked traffic on Grand Blvd. No reports of injuries or wide-scale confrontations. Story here: https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/05/01/pro-palestinian-protesters-plan-rally-saint-louis-university-campus/ St. Louis City Public Schools are dealing with bus service problems, so they're offering to pay families for gas to drive their kids to school. Will the minimum wage in Missouri go up? We may see it on the ballot this year. A left-wing activist group sys they have enough signatures to put a minimum wage increase on the Missouri ballot this year. Story here: https://missouriindependent.com/2024/05/01/group-turns-in-signatures-to-put-minimum-wage-hike-paid-sick-leave-on-missouri-ballot/#:~:text=A%20spokesperson%20for%20the%20Secretary,of%2Dliving%20increases%20after%20that. Gabriel Nadales from Our America shares his unique perspective as a former Antifa activist and radical left-wing agitator regarding the current campus protests.  Check out Gabriel's book "Behind the Black Mask: My Time as an Antifa Activist" here: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Black-Mask-Antifa-Activist/dp/1642937320/ref=pd_sbs_d_sccl_2_2/133-4296025-0452343? (https://joinouramerica.org/) NewsTalkSTL website: https://newstalkstl.com/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsTalkSTL Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NewstalkSTL Livestream 24/7: http://bit.ly/newstalkstlstreamSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning news and headlines start off, some calls, and then crime soars - are we ready to come together over fighting this? A discussion with Gabriel Nadales from Our America

National Director for Our America and political commentator Gabriel Nadales joins the show, to talk about his recent essay about the (astonishing) ripple effects of retail theft with John.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (10/20/2023): 3:05pm- On Friday, the House of Representatives held a vote to fill the speakership position left vacant following the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The Republican nominee for speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), received 194 votes during Friday's vote—well short of the 217 votes he needed to win a majority of the House and the lowest number Jordan has received yet. In a secret ballot held after Friday's floor vote, Republican House members decided to remove Jim Jordan as their caucus's nominee for the speakership. Jordan spoke with members of the press on Capitol Hill, saying “it was an honor to be their speaker-designee.” According to Luke Broadwater of The New York Times, “Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the No. 3 House Republican, has begun making calls about a bid for speaker.” You can read updates as they are announced here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/20/us/house-speaker-vote-jim-jordan/cad01d9b-8ada-54a0-bcb2-c2b6655a0649?smid=url-share 3:15pm- On Thursday night, President Joe Biden delivered a televised address from the Oval Office—calling for a nearly $100 billion foreign aid package that would send $60 billion to Ukraine and $14 billion to Israel. In response to the president's speech, Senator J.D. Vance condemned Biden for attempting to use a terror attack in Israel to raise money for Ukraine. He continued: “Right now America doesn't need client states—we need real allies. If Europeans aren't going to step up and carry their fair share, they are not real allies. They basically are depending on our generosity.” 3:20pm- According to Kayla Guo of The New York Times, “Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, the temporary speaker, said House Republicans would return Monday night for a candidate forum, with the goal of bringing a nominee to a floor vote on Tuesday—a schedule some denounced as too delayed. But McHenry said he set that schedule because ‘we need space and time for candidates to talk to other members.' He added, ‘It's fair to say that Leader Scalise wasn't given adequate time.'” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/20/us/house-speaker-vote-jim-jordan/88a876e7-84bc-5a55-9b20-93ddad3f17a4?smid=url-share 3:35pm- Reacting to the House Republican caucus's decision to remove Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their speaker nominee, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said “we will have to go back to the drawing board”—blaming Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and the seven other Republicans that joined Democrats to oust McCarthy as Speaker of the House, for the ensuing chaos. McCarthy told reporters: “we are in a very bad position as a party.” 3:40pm- Gabriel Nadales—National Director of “Our America”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest article for The Hill, “Retail Theft is Robbing People of the American Dream.” Nadales writes: “Inflation is not the only force responsible for the rising prices of food, clothing, and convenience items. Runaway shoplifting is the covert culprit weighing down your already-hefty shopping bills. America's ‘shoplifting epidemic' cost retailers nearly $100 billion in 2021 alone, a price that is felt by every American. Yet Lawmakers and prosecutors are making a bad situation worse by refusing to hold criminals accountable.” You can read Nadales' full article here: https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4230788-retail-theft-is-robbing-people-of-the-american-dream/ 4:05pm- Donald Trump has been fined $5,000 for violating a court-imposed gag order. Earlier this month, Judge Arthur Engoron barred Trump from criticizing members of the court after the former president jokingly referred to a law clerk as Chuck Schumer's girlfriend in a social media post. According to CNN, Judge Engoron warned Trump about possible imprisonment if the gag order is continually ignored. You can read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/20/politics/trump-social-media-fraud-trial-warning/index.html 4:15pm- As of now several Republicans are believed to be actively pursuing the House speakership, including Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Representatives Byron Donalds (R-FL), Austin Scott (GA), and Kevin Hern (R-OK). Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has endorsed Emmer. 4:40pm- Dr. Victoria Coates— Former Deputy National Security Advisor & the Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss President Joe Biden's televised address tying Israeli aid to Ukraine. Dr. Coates is the author of “David's Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art.” You can find her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Davids-Sling-History-Democracy-Works/dp/1594037213 5:00pm- Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest article for National Review, “Why Thomas Sowell Matters.” He writes, “[t]he best known ‘black conservative' of his era, and in my opinion one of the top ten social scientists, Sowell has influenced contemporary American discourse in a hundred ways—especially for those of us on the right.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/11/why-thomas-sowell-matters/. You can pre-order Dr. Reilly's upcoming book here: https://www.amazon.com/Lies-My-Liberal-Teacher-Told/dp/0063265974 5:35pm- During a video conference, Robin DiAngelo—the far-left author of “White Fragility”—accused Disney's movie Frozen of promoting racism. She goes on to bizarrely suggest that children aren't innocent and that by age three many of them determine “it is better to be white.” 5:55pm- Rich hosts The Mark Levin Show!

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: On Friday, the House of Representatives held a vote to fill the speakership position left vacant following the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The Republican nominee for speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), received 194 votes during Friday's vote—well short of the 217 votes he needed to win a majority of the House and the lowest number Jordan has received yet. In a secret ballot held after Friday's floor vote, Republican House members decided to remove Jim Jordan as their caucus's nominee for the speakership. Jordan spoke with members of the press on Capitol Hill, saying “it was an honor to be their speaker-designee.” According to Luke Broadwater of The New York Times, “Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the No. 3 House Republican, has begun making calls about a bid for speaker.” You can read updates as they are announced here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/20/us/house-speaker-vote-jim-jordan/cad01d9b-8ada-54a0-bcb2-c2b6655a0649?smid=url-share On Thursday night, President Joe Biden delivered a televised address from the Oval Office—calling for a nearly $100 billion foreign aid package that would send $60 billion to Ukraine and $14 billion to Israel. In response to the president's speech, Senator J.D. Vance condemned Biden for attempting to use a terror attack in Israel to raise money for Ukraine. He continued: “Right now America doesn't need client states—we need real allies. If Europeans aren't going to step up and carry their fair share, they are not real allies. They basically are depending on our generosity.” According to Kayla Guo of The New York Times, “Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, the temporary speaker, said House Republicans would return Monday night for a candidate forum, with the goal of bringing a nominee to a floor vote on Tuesday—a schedule some denounced as too delayed. But McHenry said he set that schedule because ‘we need space and time for candidates to talk to other members.' He added, ‘It's fair to say that Leader Scalise wasn't given adequate time.'” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/20/us/house-speaker-vote-jim-jordan/88a876e7-84bc-5a55-9b20-93ddad3f17a4?smid=url-share Reacting to the House Republican caucus's decision to remove Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their speaker nominee, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said “we will have to go back to the drawing board”—blaming Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and the seven other Republicans that joined Democrats to oust McCarthy as Speaker of the House, for the ensuing chaos. McCarthy told reporters: “we are in a very bad position as a party.” Gabriel Nadales—National Director of “Our America”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest article for The Hill, “Retail Theft is Robbing People of the American Dream.” Nadales writes: “Inflation is not the only force responsible for the rising prices of food, clothing, and convenience items. Runaway shoplifting is the covert culprit weighing down your already-hefty shopping bills. America's ‘shoplifting epidemic' cost retailers nearly $100 billion in 2021 alone, a price that is felt by every American. Yet Lawmakers and prosecutors are making a bad situation worse by refusing to hold criminals accountable.” You can read Nadales' full article here: https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4230788-retail-theft-is-robbing-people-of-the-american-dream/

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Friday, October 6, 20234:20 pm: Gary Gygi of Gygi Capital Management joins Rod to discuss the latest jobs report.4:38 pm: Former Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz joins Rod for a conversation about his piece for Fox News on how the GOP should go about picking a new Speaker of the House.6:05 pm: Jonathan Tobin, Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish News Syndicate joins the program to discuss how Joe Biden is going about building a border wall that Democrats called “racist” during the Trump administration.6:20 pm: Phil Kerpen, President of American Commitment, joins the show for a conversation about Joe Biden's attack on gas-powered vehicles.6:38 pm: We'll listen back to Rod's conversations this week with Gabriel Nadales of Our America on how retail theft is ruining the American Dream for some citizens, and (at 6:50 pm) with Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute on the toxic collegiate culture in America today.

The program all about TV. Our guest: Nzinga Blake, executive producer of Our America: Unforgettable, the latest in the Our America series of docuspecials premiering on ABC-owned television stations this weekend.

“Libreria” vs “Biblioteca” Have you ever been confused by a word that looked like another word? You know, like bear and bare or idol and idle?   Today's episode of JocCoLibrary Uncovered isn't about homophones or false cognates. But it is about how words can seem like one thing but mean something else, particularly in Spanish, and especially the words "Biblioteca" and "Libreria."   We're a bit past the mid-way mark of Hispanic Heritage Month, so it's fitting that our Latino Services Librarians, Christine and German, are our guests today. They do the hard work of explaining cognates and how words that look like other words can lead to confusion.   We also discuss the confusion that comes when a person experiences a Library in one country and then moves or visits another place, and how that can sometimes influence perceptions of what Libraries are like away from home. To some, differing understandings of what libraries are and are not in other countries may affect their perception of what Johnson County Library offers patrons—and Christina and German help us clear that up.   Our Recommendations:     Charles' Choices: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Gótico) & Our America: a Hispanic History of the United States by Felipe Fernández-Armesto   Dave's Double-feature: visit the streaming video section of our eLibrary. On Kanopy you'll find "Guie'dani‘s Navel." And look for "Visiones: Latino Art & Culture." This is a series that explores visual art, performing arts, music and dance as a way to discover Latin American culture.    Learning Links: jocolibrary.org/español German Perilla, Univision KC, Falsos Cognados Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Fiction for National Hispanic Heritage Month! Photos of Libraries in Bogota Columbia Biblioburro the Library Donkey

Dayna Martin is an advocate, speaker, educator, and author of three books about parenting and homeschooling. Dayna been featured on The Dr. Phil Show, CNN, Nightline, The Jeff Probst Show, ABC's hit show, Wife Swap, Fox News, 60 Minutes and the Bethenny Show.She was used as an informational resource for Homeschooling stories on the Discovery Channel, The Today Show and Our America on the OWN Network and the Oprah Winfrey Show. She travels the world helping families change their lives by changing their parenting paradigm to bring more peace and connection to their lives with their children. Dayna and is a featured speaker at the major parenting and education conferences worldwide. Dayna has been inspiring parents for almost two decades by sharing her experience through natural birth, attachment parenting and Unschooling. She loves travelling world over helping families change their lives by changing their parenting paradigm and bringing more peace and connection to their lives with their children. In this thought-provoking episode, Dayna Martin shares her journey of advocating for unschooling. She highlights the importance of listening to her children over societal norms. Through exploring the unschooling philosophy, she distinguishes between authoritarian parenting, which models power rules, and partnership parenting, where everyone's needs matter. Dayna believes that partnership parenting is the model for a peaceful world. She also sheds light on how traditional schooling was created and how parents were forced at gunpoint to attend compulsory education in America. This leads to an insightful discussion on what an unschooling day looks like and the role of technology in unschooling. Dayna makes a compelling argument that controlling technology is what causes negative behavior, not the technology itself and why we need to connect with our children through their interests without control or limits? Finally, we learn about the conditioning – learning to trust children and to start trusting yourself again. Dayna's son became a blacksmith because he was allowed to play with fire, highlighting the power of unschooling in allowing children to follow their passions and discover their own path in life. We explore questions such as whether we have given up our right to spend time with our children due to the public school system, and why you're considered a radical and rebel for trusting your kids. Through discussing the pandemic's impact on unschooled children and the benefits of deschooling, we discover how unschooling is not just an educational approach but a way of life that facilitates a child-led learning experience. Other topics tackled in this episode include obstacles parents face when leaning into unschooling, the unhealthy relationships created by the current schooling system, and whether working mothers can create a safe space for unschooling. Ultimately, we are left with the question of whether we are raising our children to be who they truly are or who we want them to be. Show notes 4.40 – Why do we listen to society instead of our own children? 6:20 – How advocating for unschooling lead to a shift from ridicule to acceptance, and what can we learn from Dayna's experience? 9.07 – The impact of introducing unschooling on a mainstream TV show like ‘Dr Phil and 'Wife Swap' 14:11 – The underlying philosophy of unschooling and how it differs from traditional schooling 15:10 – Is authoritarian parenting a lazy form of parenting? How can partnership parenting be a model for world peace? 17:20 – What does unschooling actually entail, and how does it differ from un-educating or forced learning? 19:33 – Why were schools created in the first place, and what do critics of unschooling often overlook? 20:00 – How have parents historically resisted compulsory education, and why were they sometimes forced to attend at gunpoint?" 21:35 – A glimpse into a typical day of unschooling 26:30 – The role technology plays in unschooling, and how can we connect with our children through their interests without control or limits? 30:40 – Learning to trust our children and ourselves when it comes to unschooling, and how can we overcome conditioning that tells us otherwise. 34:00 – What can we learn from Dayna's son, who became a blacksmith simply because he was allowed to play with fire and follow his passion 35:50 – Public school permissions: Have we given up our right to spend time with our children? 37:45 - Parents who homeschool their kids in China are deemed criminals 39:15 – Why you're considered a radical and rebel for trusting your kids? 40:00 - When the pandemic hit, unschooled kids were seemingly invincible. Why? 48:00 - Are you stuck on seeing things only through a "schooly" lens? 48:40 - Who benefits the most from deschooling? The children or the parents? 49:20 - How long it takes to decondition a child after being in school: one month for every year in school. 51:11 - Unschooling isn't just how you educate your child; it's a way of life. Parents facilitate, but the child leads the way. 52:00 - Some of the biggest obstacles parents face when leaning into unschooling 54:45 - Is our current schooling system creating unhealthy relationships within our children? 58:00 - Did you know that many unschoolers go on to attend major colleges by choice and self-motivation? 1:02:40 - Can working mothers create a safe space for unschooling? 1:10:40 - Are you raising your child to be who they truly are, or who you want them to be?   Snippets of this interview: Partnership Parenting Origin of Compulsory Schooling Navigating Yes and No with Your Child   To follow and find out more about www.daynamartin.com Instagram @officaldaynamartin   The We Know Show Affiliate Offers Orgone Effects Australia For the last 15 years, founder of We Are Not SAM and The We Know Show host, Rinat Strahlhofer has been using Orgone Effects Australia https://orgoneffectsaustralia.com.au/?ref=WANS and has experienced and seen incredible results. 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Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, August 17, 20234:20 pm: Gabriel Nadales, National Director of Our America, joins the show for a conversation about a Minnesota town that has lost its entire police force via resignations and has received no applications for replacements.4:38 pm: Kim Coleman, Vice Chair of the Utah Republican Party, joins the show to discuss her recent op-ed piece about when it's ok to set aside civility and scream about your beliefs.6:05 pm: Dr. Roger Klein, Faculty Fellow at the Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law joins Rod to discuss why he says Joe Biden's Drug Price Negotiation Program, which is part of the Inflation Reduction Act, is unconstitutional.6:20 pm: Steve Moore, FreedomWorks Economist, joins the program for his weekly visit with Rod about politics and the nation's economy.6:38 pm: Kimberly Ross, a contributor to the Washington Examiner, joins Rod to discuss her recent column about how, despite for separate indictments, Donald Trump still enjoys unprecedented voter support.

This should be being taught to our school children every week   And our Nation's Leaders? They should Eat these words every day until these words become the Way of Our America.    

Joyce talks about all of the republicans running for election and their angling to be the VP candidate behind Donald Trump. She talks about The Sound of Freedom movie, and The Biden family's dealings. Gabriel Nadales from Our America calls in to talk about DEI programs and the Dean of DEI at Stanford being fired after an heckling incident involving a Supreme Court Judge sharing their conservatives views about LGBTQ community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Joyce talks about all of the republicans running for election and their angling to be the VP candidate behind Donald Trump. She talks about The Sound of Freedom movie, and The Biden family's dealings. Gabriel Nadales from Our America calls in to talk about DEI programs and the Dean of DEI at Stanford being fired after an heckling incident involving a Supreme Court Judge sharing their conservatives views about LGBTQ community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron Gordon has the latest financial news, Dr. Powers Where Past Meets Present on the Pacific Crest Trail, Gabriel Nadales from OUR AMERICA, Washington state celebrates closing a prison while crime explodes

Gabe Nadales from Our America assesses the uptick in violent crime in many US cities and some of the criminal justice reforms being proposed and tried to address it.

Hour Three: Despite a heavy show, it's still fun Friday! Plus, the CEO of Our America joins the show to talk Affirmative Action.

Governor Mike Huckabee, former of the State of Arkansas, where his Daughter now runs the state, examines what President Biden's latest re-election announcement for 2024 is all about and who's the target audience since most of America doesn't want President Biden to run again. Christina Marie Bennett, of Live Action, and the National Black Pro-Life Coalition, looks over the yearly amount of how many babies were killed due to Abortion's last year thanks to Planned Parenthood and how much your tax dollars went to assist in these killings of babies. Gabriel Nadales, National Director for Our America, has an article out this week in Newsweek on the simple idea that if you punish criminals and support the police then you'll have safer communities. Bethany Mandel, Author and Editor of "Stolen Youth" and the "Heroes Of Liberty" Series looks at how much control School Union President, Randi Weingarten, had in ruining the lives of children during the Covid Pandemic with schools being closed down.

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, April 20, 20234:20 pm: Gabriel Nadales, National Director of Our America, joins Greg and Chris to discuss America's shrinking police forces and the problems it is causing in cities like Washington, D.C.5:05 pm: Utah Speaker of the House Brad Wilson joins the program for his regular conversation with Greg and Chris, and today they'll discuss Wilson's decision to explore running for Senate.

Vince Coglianese speaks with Gabriel Nadales, National Director of “Our America” and author of the book “Behind the Black Mask: My Time as an Antifa Activist.” Nadales is a former Antifa member and discusses Antifa's recruitment style and why Antifa should be designated as a domestic terrorist organization.   For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.   To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first hour of The Vince Coglianese Show, Antifa comes for Charlie Kirk who spoke at an event he was invited to at UC Davis. The Chancellor of the school Gary S. May warned students, without evidence, of Charlie Kirk's hateful rhetoric before his speech took place. Vince speaks with Gabriel Nadales, National Director of “Our America” and author of the book “Behind the Black Mask: My Time as an Antifa Activist.” Nadales is a former Antifa member and discusses Antifa's recruitment style and why Antifa should be designated as a domestic terrorist organization.   For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.   To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rich welcomes former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, author of the new book "Never Give An Inch: Fighting For The America I Love." Then we discuss election fraud with Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. In his new book "Behind The Black Mask," Gabriel Nadales tells how he went from Antifa activist to national director of Our America. Plus listeners' thoughts on gun control, classified documents, and more in Open Phones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (01/13/2023: 3:05pm- Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy continues to proclaim he will remove Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) from the House Intelligence Committee—telling members of the press that, “[i]f you had the FBI briefing I have on Swalwell, you wouldn't have him on any committee.” McCarthy also vowed to remove Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for lying to the American public.  3:10pm- At a press conference on Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of Robert K. Hurr to investigate Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents after leaving the Obama White House in 2017. Why wasn't Biden's home raided like Mar-a-Lago?  3:25pm- Even members of the mainstream media are beginning to call out the White House for lack of transparency when it comes to Joe Biden's mishandling of classified information. NBC News' Kristen Welker pointed out that if not for news outlets breaking these stories, it's unlikely Biden's team would have ever made the information public. ABC's Errol Barnett and Lana Zak noted White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre seemingly refused to answer any questions directly when confronted with the issue during Thursday's press briefing. 3:35pm- Could President Biden's mishandling of classified information impact his intention to run for reelection in 2024? 3:45pm- CNN's Don Lemon called out Senate Leader Chuck Schumer for being “more measured” in his response to the revelation that Biden mishandled classified documents than when he learned Donald Trump had been accused of an identical transgression.  3:50pm- Which Rep. Hank Johnson conspiracy is crazier? His claim that Guam would “capsize” if it became overpopulated OR that Republicans planted classified documents in Joe Biden's garage? 4:05pm- Tracy Beanz—Investigative Journalist at UncoverDC—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her latest article, “Missouri v. Biden: More Stunning Developments.” Beanz writes of one particularly incredible revelation: “Biden's own censorship policies ended up sweeping the President's Instagram into the censorship net.” Read the full article at: https://www.uncoverdc.com/2023/01/12/missouri-v-biden-more-stunning-developments/ 4:40pm- Gabriel Nadales—National Director for Our America—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Hulu's “The 1619 Project” documentary series. Nadales states: "From its inception, America was founded on the values of freedom and opportunity. While America didn't always live up to those values, the multiple times debunked 1619 Project is a bad-faith attempt to rewrite American history. Hulu should not be indulging woke radicals who trash our country." During the interview, Nadales also tells his amazing life story—immigrating to the United States from Mexico and briefly participating in activist organizations like Antifa before ultimately rejecting the ideology and embracing freedom of speech, unity, and American values.   4:55pm- A new contender for the craziest Hank Johnson conspiracy! Is the United States suffering from helium inequity? “Imagine a world without balloons!”  5:05pm- According to a Fox News report, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is planning to begin an investigation into COVID-19 vaccine reactions.  5:10pm- According to reporting from VICE, the Artificial Intelligence chatbot Replika has “gotten way too horny”—even sexually harassing some users. Journalist Samantha Cole writes, “[r]omantic role-playing wasn't always a part of Replika's model, but where people and machine learning interact online, eroticism often comes to the surface.” 5:25pm- Television anchor Andrea Mitchell reprimanded NBC Senior Capitol Hill Correspondent Garrett Haake for using the term “pro-life” to describe an anti-abortion protestor—making for an incredibly awkward exchange on live TV. 5:35pm- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is definitely NOT the son of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro…. 5:40pm- Radio host Mike Opelka joins The Rich Zeoli Show to break down some of the very best Kamala Harris clips we've ever heard…“I LOVE VENN DIAGRAMS!” Opelka can now be heard 7pm to 10pm starting this Saturday on 1210 WPHT.  6:05pm- On the latest episode of his podcast, comedian Joe Rogan dissected billionaire activist George Soros' mission to support the elections of progressive district attorneys in America's largest cities.  6:25pm- In the last month, seven humpback whales have washed up along New Jersey beaches. Conservationists believe the phenomenon could be caused by the development of offshore windmill projects in the area. 6:40pm- White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that there needs to be bipartisan support for lifting the debt ceiling—condemning anyone that treats it as a “political football”. She suggested that President Biden will not negotiate with Republicans over spending.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: Tracy Beanz—Investigative Journalist at UncoverDC—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her latest article, “Missouri v. Biden: More Stunning Developments.” Beanz writes of one particularly incredible revelation: “Biden's own censorship policies ended up sweeping the President's Instagram into the censorship net.” Read the full article at: https://www.uncoverdc.com/2023/01/12/missouri-v-biden-more-stunning-developments/ Gabriel Nadales—National Director for Our America—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Hulu's “The 1619 Project” documentary series. Nadales states: "From its inception, America was founded on the values of freedom and opportunity. While America didn't always live up to those values, the multiple times debunked 1619 Project is a bad-faith attempt to rewrite American history. Hulu should not be indulging woke radicals who trash our country." During the interview, Nadales also tells his amazing life story—immigrating to the United States from Mexico and briefly participating in activist organizations like Antifa before ultimately rejecting the ideology and embracing freedom of speech, unity, and American values.   A new contender for the craziest Hank Johnson conspiracy! Is the United States suffering from helium inequity? “Imagine a world without balloons!” 

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (12/20/2022): 3:05pm- According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Biden Administration from ending Title 42. The decision halts a lower court's order to end the Trump-era border policy. Does the Biden Administration have a plan in place to stifle illegal border crossings in the event Title 42 is eventually ended? 3:15pm- Twitter Files Part 8: In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Lee Fang—investigative journalist for The Intercept—documented how Twitter “directly assisted the U.S. military's influence operations.”  3:20pm- According to a report from Fox News, the Republican National Committee is now demanding the Federal Election Commission (FEC) “reopen an investigation into Twitter's censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story” and whether it amounted to an illegal campaign contribution to the Biden campaign.  3:40pm- WPHT's Dawn Stensland joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about her role hosting the 2023 Mummers Parade on January 1st for MeTV2. Learn more about the event, and when to watch, at: https://www.metv2.com 4:00pm- On Tuesday, Democrats and Republicans unveiled a $1.7 trillion budget deal designed to avert a government shutdown. The measure is a reported 4,155 pages and includes an estimated 7,500 earmarks. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY-D) was asked how he expects members of Congress to read the enormous omnibus bill before voting on it later this week.  4:25pm- While speaking to members of the press, Senator Mike Lee (UT-R) slammed party leaders for demanding Congressmembers vote on the 4,155-page omnibus bill without having a chance to read it beforehand.  4:45pm- In August 1975, Senator Frank Church appeared on Meet the Press and discussed surveillance technology being used by the American government to monitor foreign enemies—but he warned that it could, in the future, be used by the government to infringe upon the rights of American citizens. His warnings proved to be prophetic. In 2022, how do we begin to reform the surveillance state?  5:00pm- Gabriel Nadales—National Director for Our America—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Stanford University's new list of harmful language which includes words like master, gangbusters, and blind study. Nadales also tells his amazing life story—immigrating to the United States from Mexico and briefly participating in activist   organizations like Antifa before ultimately rejecting the ideology and embracing freedom of speech, unity, and American values.   5:30pm- Is Rich about to be cancelled? Stanford University's Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI) has created a comprehensive list of offensive language that should no longer be used under any circumstances—Rich reads the list on-air anyway! 6:00pm- While speaking with the press, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defended the proposed $1.7 trillion omnibus bill by arguing, “providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat Russians is the number one priority for the United States.” The measure sends an additional $44.9 billion in military assistance to Ukraine.  6:15pm- The Biden Administration has formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow for the end of Title 42.   6:20pm- Zeoli is preempted for college basketball…again!

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3:  Gabriel Nadales—National Director for Our America—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Stanford University's new list of harmful language which includes words like master, gangbusters, and blind study. Nadales also tells his amazing life story—immigrating to the United States from Mexico and briefly participating in activist   organizations like Antifa before ultimately rejecting the ideology and embracing freedom of speech, unity, and American values.   Is Rich about to be cancelled? Stanford University's Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI) has created a comprehensive list of offensive language that should no longer be used under any circumstances—Rich reads the list on-air anyway! While speaking with the press, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defended the proposed $1.7 trillion omnibus bill by arguing, “providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat Russians is the number one priority for the United States.” The measure sends an additional $44.9 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. The Biden Administration has formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow for the end of Title 42.   Zeoli is preempted for college basketball…again!

Want bonus content, live streams and ad free episodes? Join us on Recast: https://share.recast.tv/u/8dA1o?referrer=8dA1oThis week Tony and I are back in the UK. We chat about:00:27 Tony goes in on me. 04:00 Tony the business adviser?05:42 A big announcement! 09:47 Our America trip

Guests: Michael Henry, Candidate for Attorney General of New York, On to discuss his campaign. Ian Prior, Senior Strategist for Citizens for Sanity, On to discuss their viral billboard campaign. Barrington Martin II, Co-National Director of Our America, On to discuss the breakdown of civil politics in the United States. And ... Your thoughts on the news in open phones across America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dayna Martin is an advocate, speaker, educator, and author of three books about parenting and homeschooling. Dayna been featured on The Dr. Phil Show, CNN, Nightline, Fox News, and 60 Minutes. She was used as an informational resource for Homeschooling stories on the Discovery Channel, The Today Show and Our America on the OWN Network and the Oprah Winfrey Show. She travels the world helping families change their lives by changing their parenting paradigm to bring more peace and connection to their lives with their children. Dayna and is a featured speaker at the major parenting and education conferences worldwide.  On this most amazing and inspiring episode of the Free Thought Project podcast, Matt and Jason go on an emotional journey with Dayna, discussing the importance of peaceful parenting, unschooling, communication, and creative solutions to exiting the authoritarian parenting paradigm. We dissect many of the modern problems with society today and how they can be traced back to the harmful ways parents have been raising their children for decades. If you're a parent, or plan on being one, this is an episode you don't want to miss.  You can follow Dayna's work or inquire about her beneficial services at https://daynamartin.com/   Follow Her On FB: https://www.facebook.com/DaynaMartin Follow Her On Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaynaLMartin Support Her Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Daynamartin Dayna's Books: https://daynamartin.com/shop/

With Season 2 coming to an end, Julián recalls some of his favorite Our America moments in this special episode put together by a new podcast app called Hark Audio. Julián will walk you through some of his favorite moments from conversations with top thinkers in politics and media, including MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke, and famed newsman Dan Rather. If you haven't yet binge listened to every episode of Our America, here's a little invitation of some great places to start. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fukuyama is simply the most sophisticated and nuanced political scientist in the field today. He’s currently at Stanford, but he’s also taught at Johns Hopkins and George Mason. The author of almost a dozen books, his most famous is The End of History and the Last Man, published shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. His new book is Liberalism and Its Discontents.You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player above, or click the dropdown menu to add the Dishcast to your podcast feed. For two clips of my convo with Fukuyama — explaining why we need to pay attention to “the men without chests,” and remembering when the political right championed open borders — head over to our YouTube page.Did you ever catch the episode last year with Glenn Greenwald criticizing Bolsonaro, woke journalism, and animal torture? We now have a full transcript available, if you’d rather read the conversation.Back to Fukuyama, the following meme captures much of the sentiment addressed in the episode:A fan of the Dishcast has been anticipating the episode:You announced a few weeks ago that you’d be interviewing Francis Fukuyama, so I decided to re-read The End of History. While I’m sure you’ve no need of assistance of any kind, I wanted to remind you of why some folks are struck by its prescience. Towards the end, he highlights the potential danger for liberal societies that have solved so many problems — there is no end to the amount of “problems” that a society can then invent:To find common purpose in the quiet days of peace is hard…. [When] there is no tyranny or oppression against which to struggle, experience suggests that if men cannot struggle on behalf of a just cause, because that struggle was victorious in an earlier generation, then they will struggle against the just cause. They will struggle for the sake of struggle. They will struggle, in other words, out of a certain kind of boredom. They cannot imagine living in a world without struggle. If the world they live in is a world characterized by peace and prosperity, then they will struggle against that peace and prosperity … and against democracy.He then refers to some French college-student protests in 1968 against Charles de Gaulle:… [they] had no rational reason to rebel. They were, for the most part, pampered offspring of one of the freest and most prosperous societies on earth. But it was precisely the absence of struggle and sacrifice in their middle-class lives that led them to take to the streets and confront the police … they had no particularly coherent vision of a better society.Like the old Cervantes metaphor — then and now, we see people inventing enemies and problems while they obliviously find themselves “tilting at windmills.”There is no greater example of this, to my mind, than the current LGBTQIA++ movement. Fukuyama and I discuss these people, also known as “the men without chests”:Related to that conversation is a reader email over my recent item, “The Rumblings of Rome”:I enjoyed your take on the faltering mos maiorum of our American republic, and I think you’re onto something important. These values and practices are what keep the system together in times of crisis, and their abandonment is a canary in the democratic coal mine. I know you’ve used the Weimar analogy before, and it is apt: Hitler may have issued the coup de grace to German democracy, but its demise was hastened by powerful elites who in the years beforehand eroded republican norms and removed safeguards to authoritarianism. Certainly the Roman example is also apt, as you convincingly argue here.But what troubles me is a point you make in the linked article in New York Magazine: “But a political system designed for a relatively small city had to make some serious adjustments as its territory and prosperity and population exploded.”  The system was ill-equipped for how Rome evolved over centuries from a city-state to a sprawling empire, and the lack of meaningful reform amplified popular frustrations and opened the door for opportunists like the Gracchus brothers to demagogue, generals like Marius and Sulla to assert political authority, and Senators — desperate to preserve the system — to embrace political violence and thus inadvertently hasten its demise. The system did not evolve enough to meet the challenges posed by expansion, and so people began to reject the system, sometimes for cynical and self-serving reasons, sometimes due to righteous anger born from real suffering, and sometimes in a misguided attempt to save the system from itself.Our America, of course, is vastly different from the Founders’ in any number of areas, and I have often wondered how well our system, even with the amendment process, can respond to the challenges of the 21st century. Especially given our partisan intransigence, our social media echo chambers, and our Super-PAC funded campaigns — things no one imagined in the 18th century — do we really have any chance of meaningful reform on healthcare, welfare, immigration, election integrity, etc.?  To put this another way, democracies work best, I think, when they combine change and continuity — keeping a foot in virtuous traditions while also adapting to new circumstances. If we can’t do the latter, what chance is there to also do the former? I mean, are we fucked?Thanks for your historical thinking on this issue — I try to tell my students that a working knowledge of history is essential to making sense of the modern world. The Sinister Symmetry Of CRT And GRT, CtdReaders continue the debate from this week’s main page over my comparisons of CRT to GRT. This next reader shares a brilliant video on the parallels between right-wing racists and woke racists:Your excellent piece reminded me of this very funny sketch:I recently read James Lindsay’s new book, Race Marxism. His analysis isn’t always watertight, and people have picked holes in the past, but his explanation on page 239 is that this conflict results from the Hegelian dialectical process at the heart of CRT (thesis/antithesis/synthesis):In a very real sense, all of this “alchemy” is meant to reinvigorate the master-slave dialectic in a contemporary cultural and legal context. Indeed, this feature of Critical Race Theory is why so many people rightly perceive that it is, for all its “anti racism” built on an undeniable engine of white supremacy that regards whites as superior, blacks as inferior, and this state being in immediate need of being abolished through critique and multiculturalism. In fact Critical Race Theory defines itself as the antithesis (and method for seeking synthesis) to the systemic “white supremacy” it believes fundamentally organises society …CRT’s version of anti-racism therefore isn’t about a liberal process of using democratic institutions to reduce racism gradually through passing laws and changing public opinion through education. It’s a deliberately confrontational process by which you challenge an idea (racism/white supremacy) with its opposite (antiracism/anti whiteness). We end up in constant racial conflict, as the Hegelians forever continue to restart the dialectic process after every failure they suffer.  This next reader, though, senses a false equivalence:You quoted a reader voicing one of the right’s standard new grievances, about alleged differences in media treatment between the Buffalo shooter and the recent NYC subway shooter. Instead of just nodding along, you should pause for a second and examine this critically, because it’s not an apples-to-apples comparison. The Buffalo shooter wrote a manifesto in which he apparently explained that he intended to target black people and why. And then he did so. The NYC subway shooter, in contrast, made some rambling videos expressing a mishmash of racist views, and then, in addition, he shot up a subway. Have you ever been on the subway? Did it strike you as a bastion of whiteness or white privilege? Is it where you would go to try to kill white people (or shoot them in the legs, as he apparently did, for whatever mentally disturbed reason)? Is there any evidence that he selected white people out of the crowd? His attack was just some kind of weirdly disordered thinking, or perhaps intended in a foggy sense as an attack on New York City, whose (black) mayor he had also criticized.I think that’s a fair distinction, especially the choice of target. Another reader claims a false equivalence of a very different sort:I found your latest column unpersuasive. While I like the aesthetic symmetry of “CRT and GRT” as a title, I am not at all convinced there exists an actual intellectual symmetry of the two things as distinct ideas. Yes, both depend on and promote a race-essentialist worldview, and both undermine our nation’s ideals and identity. But that is where their symmetry ends. On a political level, CRT not only claims far more power throughout all our elite institutions, but it also holds responsibility for far more violence and destruction. Which major institution has propagated anything close to GRT? One could make a case for Fox News through Tucker Carlson. I would disagree — as would your podcast guest Briahna Joy Gray, who is on the left. But even so, that is one institution that claims any kind of power in our society, compared to all the others captured by CRT. In terms of violence and destruction, see no further than the summer 2020 riots and the various other attacks motivated by anti-whiteness. Of course, none of this is to dismiss the vile atrocities committed by white supremacists. But I don’t understand why you find the need to draw a false equivalence between the two when one of these evils is clearly a fringe element of our society, with no real threat of spreading further beyond its current limits, while the other already has near-complete elite capture.Also, a minor but important point: you wrote that “Hispanics are originally from Europe.” This is false. The reason Hispanics/Latinos are considered an ethnicity and not a race in the U.S. context is that we are a complete mix of many races. There are Asian Peruvians, Black Cubans, Indigenous Mexicans, White Argentines, and a complete mix of all of the above and more, including mestizos, mulattos, et al. Of course, Hispanics/Latinos (which are not the same circles, by the way; most of Latin America is considered both, but Brazilians are Latinos and not Hispanics, and Spaniards are Hispanics but not Latinos) are united by a common Iberian history, which has resulted in common institutions, heritage, culture, religion, and pair of languages (Spanish and Portuguese). But given the deep, centuries-old mix of indigenous peoples and African slaves and Asian immigrants beyond just Europeans throughout Latin America, it’s just false to claim that “Hispanics are originally from Europe.”Along those lines, another adds:In 2019, Mexican-Americans comprised 61.5% of all Latino Americans, so by and large, when we discuss Hispanics, we are generally discussing Mexican immigrants. Weren’t there a lot of indigenous people in Mexico and Central America at the time of the Conquest? Didn’t most of them have children, so that those children are reflected in current demographic analyses of Mexico?The 1921 census shows Mestizos and indigenous groups as the majority — usually the vast majority — in literally every Mexican state. Numbers of self-reported “white” Mexicans have increased substantially since then (though no explanation is posited for the decline in Mestizo or indigenous populations), but self-identified “whites” still are a minority at 47% of the Mexican population, with 51.5% as either indigenous or “most likely Mestizos.” Frankly, it is likely not the white groups that are congregating at the border. Your explanation seems to assume that Mexico was unpopulated at the time of the Conquest, which is a gross misrepresentation. Thanks for these complications of too breezy a statement. Another reader gets philosophical:I enjoyed your piece this week on CRT/GRT. Also, on Friday I read David Brooks’ piece on conservatism/progressivism, and it made me think of John Keats’ bitter — and ultimately incorrect — epitaph for himself: “Here lies one whose name is writ in water.” That would fit most of those who have ever walked the earth, including most “public intellectuals,” to use your phrase. Humans come and go, and we know damned well that we are likely soon to be forgotten, unless we become a curiosity for ancestry researchers.It strikes me that this is a defense for conservative “philosophy.” We don’t live a life entirely within ourselves. We pay attention to what has gone before. Progressives see a long history of oppression, identify with it, and project it into the future. Conservatives are mindful of the past, in family, ethnicity and faith; even if some of it is wrapped in a flag of “patriotism.” Tradition is important to both sides, for better or for worse. We can’t escape it, so why not find ways to discuss it civilly? Which brings me back to Keats. His eying expression of humility was mistaken. Present-day feelings of certitude, on left or right, are badly in need of humility — and that, I believe, is a conservative thought.Me too.David French On Religious Liberty, CRT, Grace, CtdFrom a “gay, Christian, moderate conservative”:I thoroughly enjoyed your episode with David French, especially since I got to hear the two of you discuss Church of Christ theology at the beginning. I grew up in the Church of Christ denomination and went to a sister school (Abilene Christian University) of the one French attended (Lipscomb). The faith journey you both described is one very familiar to me. My boyfriend also grew up in the Church of Christ tradition and we still feel a certain affinity to it, although it’s obviously not a tradition that affirms same-sex relationships.I loved that the two of you were able to have such a gracious conversation about faith and politics. I enjoy reminders that one’s stance on gay marriage is hardly the litmus test for both conservatism and Christianity that it once was. There’s so much more common ground to explore, and Christianity and conservatism are big enough for differing views — even in the midst of this bizarre cultural climate we’re in.Here’s a snippet of my convo with David: Another listener makes a recommendation:In follow-up to your conversation with David French, could you possibly interview Tim Alberta? His new article in The Atlantic, “How Politics Poisoned the Evangelical Church,” is worth your attention.Indeed. Thanks for the tip. Lastly, a sermon for Sunday:I am an Episcopal priest in Atlanta (though hopefully one not quite as woke as Douglas Murray accuses us of being). If it’s not too bold, I wanted to send you the manuscript of my sermon from last Sunday. The sermon is from a small passage for Easter 6, Revelation 22.3-4: “Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.”I started working on it, and then on Friday I heard the first part of your interview with David French. I think that interview found its way into my sermon, and I know that your ongoing conversations have affected my preaching in a positive way.The manuscript is pasted below, but I’ll close by saying again how grateful I am for your podcast, and I hope that you might consider occasionally having theologians onto your show.  I’ve loved hearing you talk about faith with Cornell West and David French, and I think it might be fascinating to have a systematic theological think through issues like CRT and gender.The sermon in full:“They’re out to get you.”  That’s what the world will tell you, over and over.  “They” — whoever they are — “really are out to get you.”Now, sometimes it’s true.  The world can be a dangerous place, after all.  But usually the message isn’t that they are after you, Jennifer, or you, Meredith, or Kevon, or Rafael, or whatever your name might be.And they’re not after you because of your character or your choices.  The message is that they are after you because of your team, because of your skin color, or where you were born, or your gender.  They’re after you because of what you represent.And again, sometimes it’s true.  Last weekend the threats were real on both sides of our country.Last weekend a young man consumed by evil drove 200 miles to Buffalo to open fire on innocent people.  But not just any innocent people.  He targeted a black neighborhood because he wanted to send a message of hate, a message of terror.  He wanted black people all across the country to believe that they had a target on their backs. And with our history of violence and terror, our black sisters and brothers heard his message.On the other side of the country another man used a gun to send the same message of hate to a different group of people.  In California the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church was enjoying a church picnic when a Chinese-born American citizen walked up and started shooting.The sheriff said the man was motivated by his hatred of Taiwan, and he sent his message of hate and terror to those innocent people.+++The messages don’t always come with bullets, and they aren’t always about race, and they also aren’t limited to one side of our national divide.When you listen with a careful ear to the issues that divide us, what gives them their power is the underlying threat that something of YOUR identity, something of YOUR autonomy, is about to be taken away.“They” are going to take something away from you because of who you are.+++I remember 20 years ago after the Twin Towers fell, the rhetoric on both sides of our political culture was that “they” hated our freedom, hated capitalism, hated democracy.  That “they” were coming for us.Two years later, our church was almost split apart by the debate over same-sex relationships.  For the progressive, the message was that “they” were coming for your right to love who you choose.  For the conservative the message was that “they” were coming to destroy the social values you had been taught were right and good.We hear those threats still today.  The uproar over cancel culture and over excesses in cultural trends doesn’t feel to some conservatives like an interesting social trend; it feels like a threat.  It feels like “they” are telling conservatives,  “We’re coming for you.”On the other side, progressives and especially progressive women heard an old threat earlier this month: “They’re coming to take away control of your bodies.”  When that Supreme Court draft was leaked, the message went forth - “They’re coming for you, they’re coming to take control of your bodies away from you.”In fact, they’re not just coming for your right to an abortion, they’re also coming to take away Obergefell and then Loving and then Brown v. Board of Education.+++So…I’ve been taking some big swings up here this morning, on things that are frankly outside of my area of expertise, and I haven’t said a word yet about God or Jesus or had any kind of gospel message.That’s about to change, but the reason I’m trying to bring up all the touchy stuff is because the call to follow isn’t just for other people and it isn’t just for when somebody cuts you off in traffic. Now let me repeat my disclaimer.  I’m not saying the threats are all imagined, or that they’re all equal.  Sometimes the threat is real.  BUT, in the face of those threats, in the face of the world’s desire to put you on notice that you NEED to be afraid, the question for us this morning is, “Should my being a follower of Jesus affect how I respond?”+++When I was first ordained Bishop Alexander told me to always keep my vows in the correct order. He meant that FIRST I was a baptized child of God, THEN I was Emily’s husband, and THEN I was a priest, and if I remembered the hierarchy of those vows my life would be properly ordered.I haven’t always gotten it right but when I’ve gotten a little unbalanced his advice has helped me get back where I need to be.And Bishop Neil’s advice helped me to see something even deeper:  we all move through the world with multiple identities and we have to keep them in their proper order.In my case I can think of myself as a man, even as a white man, as a Georgian, an American a Christian, a father, a husband, priest, neighbor, brother, and of course a really, really good singer/dancer.Almost all of those identities are important but for me to be who I aspire to be there needs to be a hierarchy to them.  I need to make sure all those identities are properly ordered.+++There’s a distinction in Christianity between being a Creature of God and a Child of God.All of us are Creatures of God.  All of us, every person who ever lived, are creatures of God.  Our first and most important identity is that we are created by a God who loves every single one of us and that, as Fr. Rhett said last Sunday, there’s not a thing you can do about it.And for those of us baptized into the body of Christ, those of us who believe in Jesus as the crucified and risen Lord we have a second and eternal identity - beloved Child of God.+++A properly ordered life embraces those two identities - beloved Creature of God and beloved Child of God - as more important than all the others we have.  And then downstream of those two come all the rest:  gender, sex, family, values, race, creed, and on and on.So am I white?  Am I black?  Am I Taiwanese or Woman or Man or Husband or parent or Democrat or Republican or even American? Yes, I am all of those things and more, but my first identity, the very core of who I am, is always beloved Creature of God, and my eternal hope is not in escaping the threats or defeating my enemies but in holding on to my identity as a Child of God, as a member of the Body of Christ.+++The world will try to disorder your identities.  The world will whisper and then shout fear & danger & division, will try to make your threatened identity the center of who you are.When evil drives to Buffalo, fear will tell you that your first identity is the color of your skin, and that it always will be.When evil drives to a church picnic, fear tells you that your primary identity, your fundamental self is as a pawn in a great ethnic & political strife.When cultural values change, when marriage is redefined, or social programs try to right historic wrongs, or when human laws try to legislate that which cannot be legislated but must be legislated, when they try to balance the rights of the mother and the rights of the unborn, fear will tell you that your core identity is not beloved Creature of God or beloved Child of God, but is your demographic or political or racial or gender identity, and that your response has to come from that threatened self.But Jesus tells us something different.  Jesus tells us to love our enemies.Jesus tells us we are all beloved creatures of God, the just and unjust alike, AND that those baptized into his death and resurrection have an ETERNAL identity greater than anything else about us, an ETERNAL hope that will live  beyond any other understanding of self.+++Our response to Jesus’ message is to understand who we really are and order our identities so that we do not respond to threats as the world does.Our call is to respond as beloved, as BELOVED children of God who share a common humanity and a common creator, and as people whose hope is not in temporary victories but in eternal life.+++It’s not easy.Hate invites you to respond with hate.  Fear invites you to respond with fear.Change makes you want to dig in your heels and hunker down and defend YOUR turf, YOUR way of life, with all that you’ve got.No wonder Jesus said we must give up our lives to follow him.+++In the Revelation to John, Jesus showed John a vision of the heavenly city.  In that city the Children of God had the name of Jesus written on each of their foreheads.Using our language of baptism, they were sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked as Christ’s own forever.WE are those Children of God.  Our true identity is not in any of our human distinctions but in the name of Jesus written across our faces.Our task is to understand that truth and to live it, to treat one another with that common heritage as Creatures of God even when we feel threatened by one another, and to teach our children that no matter what the world whispers to them about who they are, their truest, deepest, most fundamental self will always be … Beloved of God. 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Julián addresses the devastating news out of Uvalde, Texas, where a young man on Tuesday gunned down at least 19 elementary school students and two adults. He and Sawyer then talk about this week's state primaries, the latest on Title 42, and President Biden's most-recent approval numbers ahead of the midterms. They're later joined by Director Gustavo Velasquez of the California Department of Housing and Community Development to talk about the innovative ways in which his agency is tackling the state's housing crisis.    Follow Mr. Velasquez's work at the California Department of Housing and Community Development online at @California_HCD.   Keep up with Julián on Twitter at @JulianCastro and Instagram at @JulianCastroTX. Sawyer can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @SawyerHackett. And stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    This episode of ‘Our America' is brought to you by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which is dedicated to building a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone. The series is presented in part by the Marguerite Casey Foundation.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julián and Sawyer chat with Ruby Bolaria Shifrin, the head of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's housing affordability project, about the realities of modern-day home ownership and the lessons learned from the pandemic. Later they're joined by Laurie Goodman of the Urban Institute to look into some of the statistics guiding housing experts.    Follow Laurie's work at the Urban Institute online at @urbaninstitute or @MortgageLaurie. Ruby of @ChanZuckerberg can be found at @Ruby_Bee.   Keep up with Julián on Twitter at @JulianCastro and Instagram at @JulianCastroTX. Sawyer can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @SawyerHackett. And stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    This episode of ‘Our America' is brought to you by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which is dedicated to building a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone. The series is presented in part by the Marguerite Casey Foundation.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julián and Sawyer ask Marguerite Casey Foundation President Dr. Carmen Rojas about her thoughts on how the leaked Supreme Court decision seemingly invalidating abortion rights will impact the state of organizing in the months to come. They also welcome MCF Freedom Scholar Dr. Alisa Bierria of UCLA's Gender Studies Program to talk about the potential for mass criminalization following the end of Roe.    Follow Dr. Rojas online at @crojasphd and the Marguerite Casey Foundation at @caseygrants. Find out more about Dr. Alisa's work here. Keep up with Julián on Twitter at @JulianCastro and Instagram at @JulianCastroTX. Sawyer can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @SawyerHackett. And stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    Leave us a voicemail at 833-453-6662.    ‘Our America' is presented in part by the Marguerite Casey Foundation.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julián and Sawyer break down the devastating news out of DC in which a leaked draft opinion shows the Supreme Court's decision to officially overturn abortion rights nationwide. They welcome reproductive rights activist and author Lauren Rankin to talk about the prospective end of Roe v. Wade and how it may set the scene for both a national abortion ban and other protection removals. Follow Lauren online at @laurenarankin.    Keep up with Julián on Twitter at @JulianCastro and Instagram at @JulianCastroTX. Sawyer can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @SawyerHackett. And stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    Leave us a voicemail at 833-453-6662.    ‘Our America' is presented in part by the Marguerite Casey Foundation.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julián and guest co-host Maya Rupert speculate on Twitter's future now that Elon Musk has officially bought the social media giant. They also dive into Trump's new legal troubles and President Biden's commitment to financially assist Ukraine in its ongoing fight against Russia. The two then welcome US senatorial candidate Charles Booker of Kentucky to talk about his exciting campaign and his newly-released memoir: From the Hood to the Holler.    Follow Charles online at @Booker4KY and Maya at @MayaRupert.    Keep up with Julián on Twitter at @JulianCastro and Instagram at @JulianCastroTX. Sawyer can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @SawyerHackett. And stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    Leave us a voicemail at 833-453-6662.    ‘Our America' is presented in part by the Marguerite Casey Foundation.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julián and Sawyer talk about the shocking, but unsurprising, news of the nearly dozen mass shootings that took place nationwide over the weekend and how it's an indication of continued inaction by our leaders on proper gun reform. They also unpack new polling numbers showing that only a third of respondents approve of President Biden's performance. The two then tackle news of Elon Musk's proposed acquisition of Twitter and the possible demise of InfoWars.    Keep up with Julián on Twitter at @JulianCastro and Instagram at @JulianCastroTX. Sawyer can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @SawyerHackett. And stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    Leave us a voicemail at 833-453-6662.    ‘Our America' is presented in part by the Marguerite Casey Foundation.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our America with Julián Castro is another series from Lemonada Media, the creators of In the Bubble. As a holiday treat, we're sharing a recent episode of theirs that features In the Bubble's very own Andy Slavitt. Each week on Our America, Secretary Julián Castro helps listeners understand how to make sense of a non-stop stream of headlines affecting our daily lives. Joined by his long-time communications strategist, the unfiltered Sawyer Hackett, plus a collection of political leaders, journalists, and operatives from across the country, Julián reveals insider perspectives and witty hot takes on the issues troubling Our America. In this episode, Julián and Sawyer welcome writer and abortion rights activist Lauren Rankin to make sense of the Supreme Court's latest efforts to potentially invalidate Roe v. Wade. They also chat with ‘In the Bubble' host Andy Slavitt about the emergence of the omicron COVID variant and his work with the Biden administration earlier this year to help combat the virus.    Follow Andy online at @ASlavitt and Lauren at @laurenarankin.    Keep up with Julián on Twitter at @JulianCastro and Instagram at @JulianCastroTX. Sawyer can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @SawyerHackett.    ‘Our America' is presented in part by the Marguerite Casey Foundation.   Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    Support the show by checking out our sponsors!   Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/  Throughout the pandemic, CVS Health has been there, bringing quality, affordable health care closer to home—so it's never out of reach for anyone. 

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