In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics….

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00:00 – Welcome
01:25 – Charlie Kirk’s murder and country’s response
03:14 – the use of fear to manipulate
04:34 – Differences between the far left and the far right in this moment
07:57 – Those who are re-writing who Kirk was
09:24 – The Professor Watchlist and Kirk’s career that followed
18:25 – The lesson we should take from this: We don’t know until we know
19:06 – Political violence incited by the right
24:20 – Other stories worth keeping an eye on
24:47 – Why it matters that Russia invaded Polish airspace, NATO
28:25 – Epstein
33:55 – Supreme Court
40:43 – Remember: This is our country