Derek joins Darren in the first episode back from a brief hiatus to talk about Republican's concerted efforts to shrink the electorate in future elections, how Joe Biden needs to step up the the plate and come through with something that's been a long time coming, and how Matt Gaetz is one of the world's worst humans.

Shawn joins Darren this week to give some insight into what's going on in politics on both a national and political scale, before we both ramble for a while about our affection for Quentin Tarantino, fun times!

Darren's good freind Derek joins the pod to discuss recent developments in the news both nationally and locally, and just how dissapointed progressives should be with Joe Biden in regards to his statements about student debt cancelation.

Darren flies solo in this episode, tackling some fo the deepest, most significant issues regarding our electoral politics today. And provides some solutions to them that may lead to more progressive legislation for the people going forward.

Darren sits down with his good friend and internet operations expert Pete, to discuss what's going on in the news both locally and nationally, as well as take a hard look at whether or not the right really ahs a right to be grieved over recent moves by social media companies to ban them

Bethany and Laura join Darren to discuss recent developments in the news here in Michigan, including Rick Snyder's criminal charges over the Flint water crisis. Then we do another COVID update with our resident healthcare expert Bethany.

Shawn and Derek join Darren for a look back at the events of the past week, including the results of the Georgia senate runoffs as well as a day that will most definelty live in infamy on Wednesday when Trump supporters stormed the U.S capital building. We also take a few moments to look ahead to 2021 and set some goals for the new year.

Darren jumps on for another solo episode, this time taking a look into college debt, and what we can, and should do about the issue.
References:
https://www.newyorkfed.org/studentloandebt/index.html

https://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/Documents/educ/Student-Loans-And-Debt_v02.pdf

https://educationdata.org/average-student-loan-payment#:~:text=The%20average%20monthly%20student%20loan,the%20total%20cost%20of%20repayment.

https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/recovery-job-growth-and-education-requirements-through-2020/#:~:text=By%20educational%20attainment%3A%2035%20percent,require%20education%20beyond%20high%20school.

https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2018/data-on-display/education-pays.htm

https://www.epi.org/publication/decades-of-rising-economic-inequality-in-the-u-s-testimony-before-the-u-s-house-of-representatives-ways-and-means-committee/

https://time.com/4276222/free-college/

Derek, Laura, Shawn, and Beth join Darren to cover the latest news around MIchigan, as well as Joe Biden's cabinet picks, and new regarding the release of Phizer's ground breaking COVID vaccine.

Darren and Laura are joined by a special huest host to talk about COVID and how it is effecting us here in west Michigan