This week Doc and Harpo mix good news with the bad. The situation in Israel continues to worsen as the fighting rages. But in the US the pandemic has begun to subside with the very real possibility that the worst is behind us. 

It was a scattered week in the news. Gas supplies were interrupted in the Southeast and Liz Cheney had to face Republicans on Capitol Hill. Doc and Harpo discuss!

Last week President Biden announced that, after nearly twenty years, the US would be leaving Afghanistan. What does the war in Afghanistan have to do with the idea of optimism in America? Doc and Harpo discuss!

We just had a challenging week with controversial comments from Marjorie Taylor Greene and Maxine Waters. Doc and Harpo discuss!

WHat's going on with the new voter law in Georgia? Why did Major League Baseball move the All Star game? Why are Coca Cola and Delta upset? Being from Georgia, Harpo gives Doc some insight.

2020 was a difficult year in America. Between the pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, the election and the unrest that gripped the country it has been compared to the last great period of unrest in American history - the 1960s. Doc and Harpo wanted to explore that time with people who lived through it. So they called their moms! Listen to Dianne Hayden and Neila Harper talk about their experiences growing up during that time and how it compares to now.

So here on America Doc Comm we talk about politics and the divisions in America. This week Doc and Harpo decided to talk about what we have to do to move forward. We can we do as citizens to help move us away from some of the divisions that plague us? Listen and find out!

Being a superpower, the US has relations with every country on Earth. Lately the focus has been on China, Russia and Mexico. They all present America with different geostrategic challenges and different paths forward. Doc and Harpo talk about these relationships and what they mean for the future.

It's nearly two months into the Biden administration. How has he done? What accomplishments can he point to? What's next? Doc and Harpo break it all down along with some pandemic-related insights.

What do New York, Texas and Mississippi all have in common this week? Their governors all made the news. Doc and Harpo discuss New York governor Andrew Cuomo and some of the trouble that he is. They also talk about Governor Greg Abbott of Texas and Tate Reeves of Mississippi lifting the mask bans in their state. Oh, and they talk memes!