- Three Things We Must Do Immediately to Fix Our Democracy2020/11/13
Voting sucks. There are a lot of reasons for this beyond the obvious, and I won’t spend time delving into the philosophical underpinnings of an election. You’ve certainly heard the two-wolves-and-a-sheep quote from Franklin and the conversation-with-the-average-voter quote from Churchill. All of those things are true, but they deal more with the fundamental flaws of […]
- Hot Take On Debra Sue Hamil2019/08/02
Today, I, like thousands of others, saw the viral video of the violent arrest of Debra Sue Hamil, a self-proclaimed “country girl” who doesn’t like being man-handled by police. Many are framing her behavior as that of a privileged white woman, but I’d like to approach this from a slightly different angle. Regardless of your […]
- The Civil Registry2019/04/03
Civility is our middle name. Well, okay, Peace is actually our middle name, but in our podcast we always strive to be civil to one another and listen to opinions that are different from our own. While we are not journalists ourselves, we recognize the importance of integrity in the field and we wanted to […]
- Episode 90 – The Aftermath2016/11/20
The rumors are true – the MPP reunited for one night only to try to condense an entire year of campaign nonsense into one show! We of course discuss the election’s outcome and how and why it played out the way it did. Our break music is provided once again by The Polish Ambassador. The […]
- All Lesser Means2016/11/05
It may have been mentioned once or twice on the show while I was working on it, but I am very happy to announce that my debut novel, All Lesser Means, is finally available in the Kindle Store. If you are into stories about political upheaval and revolution, or stories about technological breakthroughs and gadgets, […]
- CitizenFour2016/01/01
I finally got time over the holidays to sit down and watch Laura Poitras’s latest documentary CitizenFour. We have talked about Edward Snowden on the show quite a bit, and for anyone who followed the story as it was unfolding, there really aren’t any surprises in the film. I’m also a bit reticent to heap […]
- Episode 89 – Farewell2015/12/13
Well, it’s been a good run – lots of interesting topics, guests, and listener feedback. We will continue to interact with our fans on Twitter and Facebook, but this is our last podcast. In this episode, we talk about the recent nonsense that happened at Mizzou, the Paris attacks, and we do a little retrospection […]
- Episode 88 – Pope-pourri2015/10/10
We discuss our interview in our last episode as well as the Pope’s visit and the latest mass shooting in Oregon. Our break music is provided once again by The Polish Ambassador. The Missing Links Links to sites or topics discussed on the show Cancer-stricken children, parents ejected from park near White House – The […]
- Episode 87 – Interview with Sue Meredith2015/09/13
We discuss the legislative process with someone who should know firsthand. We also talk about whether the State of Missouri is as broken as the federal government. Break music is provided once again by The Polish Ambassador. The Missing Links Links to sites or topics discussed on the show Sue Meredith’s Bio The Reading Room […]
- Episode 86 – All Trumped Up2015/08/15
We discuss everyone’s favorite GOP candidate, why it sucks to be a lion in Zimbabwe, and respond to some listener feedback. Our break music is provided by The Polish Ambassador. The Missing Links Links to sites or topics discussed on the show Tianjin, China Explosions Like ‘Nuclear Bomb’: Californian Witness – NBC News Fox News […]
