Episode 210: Crisis in Texas

This week on Polilogue, we examine the questions and conversations about the crisis in Texas. Millions of people were without electricity or water for days during a winter storm. In less than a week, dozens of lives were lost, people suffered and went hungry, and billions of dollars in property and infrastructure were damaged. How did an energy-rich state like Texas drop the ball the minute the temperatures dropped? We also continue to look at the language and recommendations by public health officials to Americans regarding COVID mitigations. ChaptersIntroductionQuestionable: Fauci on Safe BehaviorsQuestionable: Too Much Trump Quality: Fauci on the 1-Dose VaccinationQuality: The Direct Teacher COVID QuestionJournalism: FTN’s COVID Exit InterviewJournalism: Tough Biden Admin QuestionsPolitics: The Case for and Against ReliefPolitics: A Failure on Texas Show RatingsDialogue Challenge Shows discussed State of the Union on CNNFox News Sunday on FOXThis Week on ABCMeet the Press on NBCFace the Nation on CBSResourcesHow Texas’ Drive for Energy Independence Set It Up for Disaster (NYT)Contact usEmail us at [email protected] or you can send us your feedback @PolilogueCast. You can also follow us at @sotonaomi_ and @bsteidle.Support the show: We produce Polilogue out of our own pocket. If you’d like to support the show with a one-time or recurring donation, please visit our donate page here. Or leave a review on iTunes, Apple Music, or the Apple Podcast library. Thank you!Check out some of our other work: Brendan’s website: www.armisticedesigns.com  Naomi's website: www.startwithaquestion.org