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Issue #909 The Choice, Friday, August 15, 2025 Every Friday until the end of 2025, we will publish a post about each of the 27 Amendments to the Constitution. The 9th Amendment to the United States Constitution reads: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." The 9th Amendment, primarily written by James Mad...

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Issue #908 The Choice, Thursday, August 14, 2025 Foreign policy is not my strong suit, but you don’t have to be a foreign policy expert to understand that genocide is being committed against the Palestinian people in Gaza right now. Normally, that story would be much more prominent in the headlines, especially considering that the Israeli government now appears to be assassinating journalists. Exc...

Welcome to Season 4, Episode #73 of the We Are Speaking Podcast, dated Tuesday, August 12, 2025. Today I am discussing a topic that's been at the center of much debate recently: the fate of public education in the United States. If you haven’t already, please subscribe to the “We Are Speaking” Substack and podcast at a free or paid level. The link is in the show notes. Your support is greatly appr...

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Issue #907 Today In Black History, Monday, August 11, 2025 My paternal grandparents did not leave Fort Smith, Arkansas, during the Great Migration of the early and mid-20th century, but most of their surviving thirteen children did leave and established new lives and families elsewhere in the U.S. My father was the 12th of the thirteen children. Effective medical care was almost non-existent in th...

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Season 3, Episode #71 January 13, 2024 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss the top five news stories and other news from this past week. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Notes feature available on the web, or the app with your subscription! NOW! When you click to listen, check out the tab for a full written transcript of the podcast! ALSO! Scroll to the end to read a su...

Season 3, Episode #70 January 6, 2024 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss three top news stories and other news from this past week. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section, in the Notes feature available on the web, or the app with your subscription! NOW! When you click to listen, check out the tab for a full written transcript of the podcast! ALSO! Scroll to...

December 16, 2023 Recently, Substack has had some technical difficulties uploading longer audio files like our 30-minute podcast. So we’re putting our podcast on hiatus until the 1st Saturday of January, ironically, January 6 , 2024, for Season 3. Thank you so much for your support as a free or paid subscriber! Our paid subscribers and the Global Creative Community Branding and Marketing Academy b...

Season 2, Episode #68 December 9, 2023 We apologize for the delayed publishing of this post. Substack had some technical difficulties with the new audio upload functionality. In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss five top news stories and other news from this past week. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section, in the Notes feature available on the web, or in the...

Season 2, Episode #67 November 18, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss five top news stories and other news from this past week. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section, in the Notes feature available on the web, or the app with your subscription! NOW! When you click to listen, check out the tab for a full written transcript of the podcast! ALSO! Scroll t...

Season 2, Episode #66 November 11, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss five top news stories and other news from this past week. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section, in the Notes feature available on the web, or the app with your subscription! NOW! When you click to listen, check out the tab for a full written transcript of the podcast! ALSO! Scroll t...

Season 2, Episode #65 November 4, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss five top news stories and other news from this past week. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section, in the Notes feature available on the web, or the app with your subscription! NOW! When you click to listen, check out the tab for a full written transcript of the podcast! Our paid subscr...

Season 2, Episode #63 October 7, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss the dysfunctional Republican caucus in the House of Representatives and other news from this past week. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section, in the Notes feature available on the web, or in the app with your subscription! NOW! When you click to listen, check out the tab for a full wr...

Season 2, Episode #62 September 30, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss the impending government shutdown. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is blaming the President, the Senate, and everyone else except himself. An agreement was made last spring, and McCarthy reneged. This is ALL on him. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section, in the Notes feature available...

Season 2, Episode #61 September 23, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss the seven candidates who have qualified for the next Republican presidential debate. We know how bad Trump is, but the rest of them are bad, too! What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section, in the Notes feature available on the web, or in the app with your subscription! Our paid subscrib...

Season 2, Episode #60 September 16, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam feel that it is incumbent upon us to ensure that support the current president and vice president and look past the media bias that treats Trump as a regular candidate. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section, in the Notes feature available on the web, or in the app with your subscription! Ou...

Season 2, Episode #59 August 26, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam feel that it is incumbent upon us to ensure that the true history of America, including the “bad” parts is taught and exposed. So this week, we are presenting a list of Race Massacres of the 19th and 20th Centuries. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section, in the Notes feature available on the w...

Season 2, Episode #59 August 19, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam encourage listeners to ignore the quadruply-indicted, twice-impeached, liable for sexual assault and rape, two-time popular-vote loser, and disgraced former president and instead learn about and promote the multiple achievements of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. What are your thoughts? Let us...

Season 2, Episode #58 August 12, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss their choices of the top five news events of the past week. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section or in the Notes feature available on the web or in the app with your subscription! This podcast is brought to you by our paid subscribers and by the Global Creative Community Branding and...

Season 2, Episode #56 August 5, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss in detail, their separate points of view, navigating today’s political climate and what we all can and should do. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section or in the Notes feature available on the web or in the app with your subscription! This podcast is brought to you by our paid subscribe...

Season 2, Episode #55 July 15, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss in detail how and why President Joe Biden and the Democrats had a very good week, and how the Republicans are still trying to destroy our democracy. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Comments section or in the Notes feature available on the web or in the app with your subscription! This podcast is br...

Season 2, Episode #54 July 8, 2023 In this free 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss in detail how the Republicans are still trying to destroy our democracy, and the Democrats are putting in the work to improve the lives of ordinary, regular Americans. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the Notes section available on the web or in the app with your subscription! Click the links below for m...