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  • E80. The Harris-Buttigieg Knife-Fight
    RealClearPolitics White House correspondent Phil Wegmann returns to Young Americans to suss out the rumors about the 2024 presidential shadowboxing between Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. (There’s also a little talk about Dune.)
    35 min
  • E79. We Don’t Need No Critical Race Theory
    It’s a conversation about all things critical theory, with returning guest and teacher Daniel Buck. It’s full of wisdom about why critical race theory is bad and what to teach instead, and full of digressions about ISIS and random Twitter accounts. Perhaps you’ll enjoy some of it.
    41 min
  • E78. Jack Butler of Dune
    To mark the release of the new Dune movie (which he has not yet seen), Jack flies solo to answer some of your questions about how he turned into the world’s most annoying Dune fan, what he likes about the series, what his favorite moments and characters from the books are, and more. There’s also a photoshop […]
    44 min
  • E77. The Name’s Bond. Millennial Bond
    O.G. Young American Alec Dent returns to the show for a discussion of No Time To Die: Its Millennial character, whether it succumbed to wokeness, whether modern pop culture will allow the continued existence of James Bond, and more.
    41 min
  • E76. Bumbling Biden
    RealClearPolitics White House correspondent Phil Wegmann (note the second ‘n’) joins Jack to dish on his, er…fourth-row seat witnessing the struggles of the Biden administration. They also chat about Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Aristotle, and . . . drinking water? Give it a listen.
    46 min
  • E75. Memories of 9/11
    On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Jack brings Nic Rowan back to the show for a conversation about the day: Their memories of it as it happened, the cultural effects, its ultimate historical legacy, and more.
    48 min
  • E74. Buck to School
    Wisconsin teacher and fellow Millennial/runner Daniel Buck joins Jack to discuss some of the challenges of being an educator in a time of coronavirus and wokeness.
    47 min