2Political Podcast

Welcome to the first 2Political Lite! These will be a series of shorter podcasts made by only one of us, and usually on one topic. It may be something we want to talk about in more depth, or even things that just aren’t suited to the regular 2Political Podcast.

In this first Lite episode, Jason tells us about his experience of the Women’s March in Washington, DC—what he saw and did, as well as a bit on its importance. This is the “colour commentary” we mentioned in episode 122.

The photo above is from Jason, who has posted many more to his blog (link below).

Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment—agree or disagree!

Links for this episode:

Jason’s blog posts about the Women’s March (includes photos)

Jason’s Blog

Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.

Two episodes in one month, posted around 24 hours after recording, and this episode is a reasonable length—where are the real Arthur and Jason?!

Just kidding—it really is us back so soon. We’re impressed by the level of protests. Is there something else going on, though? Today’s is a wide-ranging discussion eventually leading to talk about reforming the Electoral College and making it easier to vote, not harder. We even have comments! Jason closes out this episode with a non-political anecdote.

Watch out for the first 2Political Lite, coming soon to this podcast feed! (subscribers to the podcast will get them automatically)

Correction: Arthur misspoke: He took Chuck Schumer to task for promoting a “Top-Two Primary”, not for advocating awarding Electoral Votes by Congressional District. Coincidentally, however, the better solution to both would be the Alternative Vote.

Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment—agree or disagree!

Links for this episode:

“Trump’s Executive Orders Were Brought to You by Breitbart” – By Eric Levitz, New York Magazine

“US travel ban – Why these seven countries” – By Jack Goodman, BBC News (setting the record straight about what happened in the Obama years)

“GOP Maintains Edge in State Party Affiliation in 2016” – Gallup

”Trump Sets New Low Point for Inaugural Approval Rating” – Gallup

“Fixing the Electoral College” – Arthur’s blog post about reforming the Electoral College, National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and more

Jason’s blog posts about the Women’s March

“Monday’s Dusting of Snow” – Jason’s blog post he mentioned at the end of the podcast, and also this one: “More of Monday’s Dusting of Snow”

Jason’s Blog

Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.

We’re back!!

This is like the 2Political Podcasts episodes of old, one topic leads to another in a meandering path, much as we’ve done our entire lives. Lots of chatting about the things currently being talked about as the new regime nears its beginning. I decided against splitting this episode into two.

Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment—agree or disagree!

Links for this episode:

“We all make plans” – Arthur’s blog post about his healthcare adventure

“Getting the Retaining Wall Fixed” – Jason’s blog post on his retaining wall issue

”Meryl Streep strips the bark off Trump” – the Washington Post column by Jennifer Rubin that Jason mentioned

“States of delusion: The Rightwing’s latest nutty obsession” – Arthur’s blog post about the Rightwing wanting to discount large urban areas form election results

Jason’s Zoolights blog posts

“The Definitive Sign the Holidays are Over” – Jason’s blog post he mentioned at the very end of the podcast

Jason’s Blog

Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.

This is just a quick update to say we’re returning in January. We’re also going to do some short commentary from time to time, and those will be part of the normal podcast feed, so you won’t need to do anything to get them.

Thanks for your patience—catch up in the new year!

Meanwhile:

Jason’s Blog

Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.

Back to political stuff this episode—though we start with just chatting.

When the political talk begins, we start with talk about how the Donald might win in November. Then we go on to talk about Bernie and his supporters. Arthur is increasingly annoyed with some of Bernie’s most ardent fans. We have a few other complaints. We have a go at Drumpf and the Republicans, too, of course. We even talk about illegal immigration, both the hypocrisy of those who claim to want to fight it, and what would happen if they actually did.

Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment (agree or disagree!).

Links for this episode:

”Most “Pro-Life” Americans Unsure About Trump’s Abortion Views” – Gallup

”How Would Americans React to a President Trump’s First 100 Days?” – Gallup

”Who are Trump’s potential Supreme Court picks?” – MSNBC

”The smug style in American liberalism” – The Vox piece we mentioned

”An Historic Night at Nationals’ Park — Max Scherzer Strikes out 20” Jason’s blog post on the game we mentioned at the very end

Jason’s Blog

Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.

This is a different sort of episode for us—not unusual, but not common: This is one of those “& other stuff” episodes we mention on our website and album art. This meant that Arthur didn’t rush to edit it, then he got sick. Sigh. Anyway, we’ve already recorded another episode, and will be posted soon.

We begin by talking about technical, um, challenges. We have had a few! This led to a discussion of some American things not available in New Zealand. We also talked about baseball—well, Jason did. And, we talk about spotting famous people—and that leads on to famous people dying, some people’s reaction to those deaths and the reactions of people to those reactions. And then we end up NOT talking about comments. The trials and tribulations took their toll!

A newer (already recorded) episode will be posted soon (meaning, as soon as Arthur finishes editing it…).

Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment (agree or disagree!).

Links for this episode:

Bryce Harper’s Instagram photo that we talked about

Arthur’s 2008 blog post on his brush with a famous person he talked about (second item)

“After Prince died” The blog post Arthur mentioned

Jason’s Blog

Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.