Welcome, to Episode 9 of the American Culture Podcast! In this episode we discuss five current topics that are shaping American Culture. The topics include (1) What’s really going on with the Federal Government shutdown, (2) The death, as we knew it, of the Boy Scouts of America, (3) More news on how poorly we understand the threat posed by increased marijuana use, (4) New California Governor Gavin Newsome can apparently spin straw into gold, and (5) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s health. I hope you enjoy this episode of the American Culture Podcast. If you’re interested in learning more about our show, we are on the web at AmericanCulturePodcast.com . We are on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanCulturePodcast/ and on Twitter at handle @AmCulturePod.  We now have nearly 13K followers on Twitter!! If you could give us a “like” or “follow” or “re-Tweet” or “share” on Facebook or Twitter, that would be awesome. Ours is a new podcast, and you can really make a difference and help us grow our audience by subscribing to the American Culture Podcast on the Apple Podcast App, on Stitcher, on google play, or on whatever platform you found us. If you really want to be a superhero, you could go the extra mile and write us a 5-star review. I would be very grateful!