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Send a text It's coming... like a runaway train the 2024 election is heading towards us at speed and there's a lot of anxious people out there and in here. Join me as I think about the possible scenarios of either outcome and consider the different aspects of our current political moment. I hope you enjoy the episode. Email: suzimakesapodcast@gmail.com Insta: @suzimakesapodcast

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Send a text It's March, 2024 and the presidential election has officially kicked off with only 1 candidate from each major political party. Once again, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are on the ballot and America is super bummed out about it. The thing is, it's a really close race even though one of the candidates is a malignant narcissist and an indicted co-conspirator in a plot to overturn...

Send a text Education is a topic very close to my heart and I have so many thoughts about it. In this episode, I'm taking a bird's eye view to education in America to understand how it evolved and how it impacts its citizens. Enjoy! Contact me: Email: suzimakesapodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @suzimakesapodcast Selected Sources: Wikipidedia The National Archives House Practice: A Guide to t...

Send a text The Deep State! What is it? There's an awful lot of chatter about it within the Republican party and especially from the former President. Whatever it is, it's really bad and you should be afraid of it! That's the idea, apparently. Well, I've got some thoughts about that and I've put them here like a tiny little terrarium of succulent ideas. Enjoy!

Send a text My son, Wyatt was kind enough to sit down with me to do an interview. He's 10 years old and starting 5th grade. I think he's a great conversationalist and I hope you enjoy our discussion.

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Send a text Propaganda! It's everywhere. We all know it. We all see it. So much so that we've become a little casual about its potential effects in our society. In this episode, I'm talking about propaganda... obviously? What is it? Why is it? And what does it do to us as a culture? I hope you enjoy it!

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Send a text Here's a little one addressing my thoughts on the recent announcement of the indictment of the former President. As the pebble that precedes the avalanche, we're getting a good preview of things to come. Nothing like this has ever happened in our history and the ways that people deal with it will be both unpredictable and scary. Let's talk about it... it's all gonna...

Send a text Yeah, I said it.

Send a text Justice is an elusive concept that humans seek as part of our every day lives. It's complex and messy just like everything else about humanity. In this series of episodes, I'm exploring ideas about justice and how they shape American ideas of society, law and order, and equity. In Part 1, I'm talking about broad concepts of justice and looking at some specific historical...

Send a text In this part of a series on justice, I'm taking a close look at J. Edgar Hoover.  Serves him right. He spent his whole life doing that to others without their knowledge or consent!

Send a text In this final episode on justice, I'm talking a bit about justice in the modern day and some different thinkers and ideas about justice. Some of those people's ideas have influenced me and I think they are all voices worth paying attention to. Here are some examples: Kimberly Crenshaw - Critical Race Theory:  The Key Writings That Formed the Theory Nikole Hannah-Jones - The 1...

Send a text The Media... we all talk about it like it's some kind of living entity that plops around and forces its girth upon us in unpleasant ways. Yet, it is but a collection of messages that are submitted to our sensory holes in inundating ways. How do we process all of this information and especially in a world so connected by information? In this episode, I explore the epistemic process...

Send a text How did the Media come to be in America? Who were its makers and how did the American people come to embrace it and to shape it? Interesting questions that are easy to ignore because, let's face it, we've all got things to do. But it's central to our lives in really important ways. In this episode I examine some of the pioneers of publishing and news reporting in its ear...

Send a text Journalism has been at the heart of American society from its earliest days.  The success of self governance relies on an informed electorate and that is the reason why the press and freedom of the press is called out very specifically in the constitution. In this final episode of the series on Media & Journalism, I'm exploring Journalism's seat within the framework of Th...

Send a text It's been a while since I've posted anything and there's a lot of stuff that's been floating around in my brain. The 2022 Midterm Elections are coming up and there's a ton of political noise in the air right now. The US Supreme Court is up to its quiet shenanigans again on the shadow docket and there are a few cases that are worth talking about. In this first p...

Send a text It's Part 2! In which I talk about the Supreme Court Shadow Docket as a general mechanism. Also, a brief discussion of the Moore vs. Harper case the relates to gerrymandered redistricting maps and a kooky theory that endows disproportionate power to a select group of legislators. Weee! Also, a fun story about the most wacky court case in recent memory and the subsequent death of a...

Send a text The 3rd and final part in which I discuss a SCOTUS case relating to Affirmative Action. Also, some interesting tidbits about U.S. Immigration policy. Totally awesome.

Send a text Free speech is a pillar of American identity and I'm talking about speech in that context in these episodes.  In Part 1, I'm discussing the ideas of constitutionally protected speech and how those manifest in individual behaviors and the resulting social consciousness. These episodes are sloppy and I'm sorry about that. I really wanted to get them out there after a perio...

Send a text In Part 2 of a discussion of speech, I'm looking at a number of legal cases that have shaped the path of our modern understanding of speech in all its forms. You'll enjoy my son's loud mouth while he was playing games in the other room! It adds a terrific amateurish quality that I'm sure you'll appreciate. ;-) Enjoy!

Send a text Part 3, the final part of the episodes on speech is a messy melange of different examples of speech within the framework of American expression. Trigger Warning: I'm talking quite a bit about January 6th and the insurrection at the Capitol, so if that's not something you want to hear about, you've been warned. :)

Send a text What's the deal with cults? Well, I would argue that cults represent a distilled version of basic human psychology distorted into a manufactured framework. It's easy to slip into and difficult to get out of. Any person is susceptible to being pulled into a cult. Why? How does it happen? How does it affect us? I'm talking about it in this episode. I hope you'll join...

Send a text After having looked carefully at the common features of cults, I'm diving into how those same features and principles show up in every day society and culture. How do extremist ideas wind their way into our lives, into our laws, and into our societal ideals? It's everywhere, look around. Or, just listen in and I'll tell you more!