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Explore the vast world of politics and economics with two leftist, but very open-minded, hosts. Anthony Buono and Ben Maher set out to learn about political philosophy, economic policy, housing, healthcare, civil rights, international relations and more.

We are not experts by any means, just two curious folks who are intrigued to try to untie the complex knots that America (and the world) are currently wrapped into.

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Explore the vast world of politics and economics with two leftist, but very open-minded, hosts. Anthony Buono and Ben Maher set out to learn about political philosophy, economic policy, housing, healthcare, civil rights, international relations and more.

We are not experts by any means, just two curious folks who are intrigued to try to untie the complex knots that America (and the world) are currently wrapped into.

Listen to learn with us.

    Supreme Court Bans Far-Right Party from Elections in Greece

    Supreme Court Bans Far-Right Party from Elections in Greece

    Greece's Supreme Court has ruled that the far-right Spartan party is simply a rebrand of the previous neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, and that its members are looking to circumvent the previous ban placed on that openly Hitler-loving party. Count this as a win for protecting democracy.

    • 8 min
    Biden Reschedules Marijuana To Be Treated Less Severely

    Biden Reschedules Marijuana To Be Treated Less Severely

    President Biden has rescheduled marijuana from a schedule I to a schedule III drug, a move that is long overdue but still doesn't go far enough. Schedule I had weed on the same level as heroin, while Schedule III puts it on the same level as codeine. We discuss the ramifications.

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    • 3 min
    Why the Bid to Oust Mike Johnson Is Doomed to Fail

    Why the Bid to Oust Mike Johnson Is Doomed to Fail

    Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has announced she will be calling for a vote on Speaker Mike Johnson next week. Johnson is already the replacement of the first Speaker of the House ever ousted from his job, Kevin McCarthy. We explain why Johnson's job is actually safe, despite the narrow Republican majority in the House.


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    • 7 min
    College Protests Expand: Are Students Doing the Right Thing?

    College Protests Expand: Are Students Doing the Right Thing?

    Protests that started at the University of Columbia in New York City have since spread across the nation. Police have been called in at many campuses. We explain why it's ok to involve the police in some circumstances, the problem with some of the discourse around the protests, and people's inability to be Vulcans.



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    • 13 min
    State of the Race: Biden Narrows Gap with Trump in the Polls

    State of the Race: Biden Narrows Gap with Trump in the Polls

    We take a look at the presidential race, including the spending of each campaign and new polls. Specifically, we see the Biden campaign spending a lot more money, Biden catching up to Trump in some polling, and we wonder whether Trump's downfall will be low turnout from his supporters.



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    • 10 min
    Tennessee Volkswagen Plant Votes to Unionize, the First in the South in Decades

    Tennessee Volkswagen Plant Votes to Unionize, the First in the South in Decades

    United Auto Workers won a huge battle to unionize a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee last week. This is a big f*cking deal, as it's the first plant by a foreign company to ever be unionized in the South, and the vote wasn't even close. Republican governors released a statement protesting against unionization of the plants, but it won't stop the UAW from rolling into other southern factories fighting for greater worker power.

    • 13 min

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Another Leftist Podcast for My Rotation

Working in corporate America I need a good podcast to listen to everyday. Put this one in my rotation now. Would love to see a crossover episode with Head in the Office podcast!

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