What is patriotic? 

This week, Jess, Aaron, and Joey talk about American Democracy, fusion foods, the spirit of the thing, beer holding, the cronut, and empanadas. They don’t talk about pastechi. 

references 

• Dance Moms 
• BuzzFeed: "Maddie Ziegler On Being Sia's 'Muse' From Age 11" 
• "Majorities in most countries have a positive opinion of the U.S." 
• "Will Democracy Win? Barack Obama in Conversation with Christiane Amanpour" 
• Revisiting: Critical Nonsense 233! The Familiar Unexpected 
• Empanada Mama 
• TasteAtlas: "100 Most Popular Dumplings in the World" 
• USA! USA?: A patriotic playlist for people who aren't sure how they feel about America