In this episode I (Aaron) discuss Democratic Socialism with a friend of mine who happens to be a Democratic Socialist! Hooray for Civility and freedom of thought!!! Alex (my friend) and I are political polar opposites in many ways but as you'll see genuine Conservatives and some socialists have more in common than many would like to admit. The sound isn't great but I thought it was worth it to talk to Alex in person, that's always the way I prefer to record. And AK47 would like to thank him for allowing us to record at his place and for giving us his valuable time.

The books I recommend during the discussion are:

1.  Alienated America and Obamanomics both by Tim Carney

2.  Tribe by Sebastian Junger (that may not come up in the episode, I may have recommended it to Alex before we started recording)

3. This is the most important one for this discussion: Lost Connections by Johann Hari