Free & Fair Elections and All For Fall
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It's officially fall, y'all! If you're interested in learning more about the best season, you'll love this month's pop culture segment in which Yaz covers pumpkin spice lattes and Christian Girl Autumn. And if being knowledgable and informed about the election process is on your fall to-do list, Majka's got your back with a politics portion that dives deep into the definition and execution of fair and free elections. Reading The Hand On The Wall by Maureen Johnson  An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green Watching  Parenthood  Say I Do (Netflix)  Sweet Magnolias (Netflix)  Listening Last Seen: https://www.wbur.org/lastseen Chasing Cosby: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/los-angeles-times-la-times-studios/chasing-cosby S-Town: https://stownpodcast.org/  Politics  Help Floridians vote: https://wegotthevote.org/finesandfees/ Inter Parliamentary Union: https://www.ipu.org/our-impact/strong-parliaments/setting-standards/declaration-criteria-free-and-fair-elections  Bishop and Hoeffler article: https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/doi/full/10.1177/0022343316642508 Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-on-the-net/2019/the-crisis-of-social-media/digital-election-interference  Elections during pandemics: https://theconversation.com/how-to-hold-elections-safely-and-uphold-democracy-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-145628 The Daily episode on Russian troll farms: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/podcasts/the-daily/russia-trolls-misinformation.html  A Vox video about online voter suppression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Veo_T4a5dM  Pop Culture  The science behind our obsession with fall: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scientific-reason-we-love-fall_n_57f41713e4b04c71d6f0979f?guccounter=1 More of said science: https://www.bustle.com/wellness/why-are-people-so-obsessed-with-fall-experts-explain-your-love-for-autumn-18735529#:~:text=Peer%20pressure%20to%20enjoy%20autumn,and%20think%20turkey%20is%20tasteless. The pumpkin spice industry: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2018/10/31/inside-the-600-million-pumpkin-spice-industrial-complex/#661a54e11b95 Pumpkin spice latte facts: https://grow.acorns.com/coronavirus-spending-pumpkin-spice-lattes/ Even more pumpkin spice latte facts: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/pumpkin-spice-industry_ca_5d654fb4e4b0d2fa2db1ef89 Cost of Thanksgiving: https://lendedu.com/blog/cost-of-thanksgiving/ Hot Girl Summer: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/12/20690515/hot-girl-summer-meme-define-explained Christian Girl Autumn: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/14/20804030/christian-girl-autumn-meme-hot-girl-summer-explained
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