Decent Ideas Podcast

In Episode 19 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence shares some tidbits he's learned on the state of gun laws, how they applied in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, and how it all relates to protests and police brutality now that Rittenhouse has been acquitted.

Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!

In Episode 18 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence dives deep into one of his favorite newfound policy avenues: economic democracy, attempting to unravel it from other narratives about what is possible and impossible for the US economy. Topics touched on include workplace democracy, socialism, excludability and rivalrousness of goods, what kind of a market economy we have, decentralization, and (briefly) modern monetary theory.

Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!

In Episode 17 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence reviews the Western stance towards China on Xinjiang, and whether we might be bumbling into a world war due to unwieldy terminology, before making the case that we can call out abuses without beating war drums.

Recent AP Article on Xinjiang: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-china-health-travel-7a6967f335f97ca868cc618ea84b98b9

Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!

In Episode 16 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence weaves another undertold narrative, this time of the US history with immigration and labor, focusing on how and when immigrants have been scapegoated from Irish and Italians in the 1840s to Haitians and Mexicans today. The Haitian crisis in Del Rio, Texas serves as the case study, culminating in some prescriptions for immigration woes.

Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!

In Episode 15 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence weaves an undertold narrative of Afghanistan, starting with British and Russian imperial history, followed by covert U.S. action in-country against communism, leading to September 11, 2001 and the War on Terrorism, with a sprinkling of colonial exploitation for trade throughout. #NeverForget

Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!

In Episode 14 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence takes a look at the alleged end of US involvement in Afghanistan, before zooming out to discuss international military intervention as a whole and how we might take a new, measured approach that's truly concerned with democracy.

Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!

In Episode 13 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence continues his quest to vanquish the culture war with a discussion of who makes the political choice to trust complex science in an age of "alternative facts" and how to bring it home so we can make progress, taking a slight detour into the online discourse about whether we need a red-brown alliance.

Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!

In Episode 12 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence In Episode 12 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence begins picking apart the culture war issue by issue, starting with sex, gender, & sexuality and zoning in on LGBTQ+ issues, before delving into how this kind of discrimination affects material conditions and how it all connects to #MeToo.

Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!

In Episode 11 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence gives some thought to the current state of the "monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force", aka the "monopoly on violence" held by the state and police in this country, before relating it to protests, racial justice, domestic extremism, guns, etc.

Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!

In Episode 10 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence confronts the limitations of electoralism, addresses initiatives for voting reform, and makes the case for engaging in democracy locally even when national politics seem hopeless. Lots of shade for Joe Manchin and milquetoast Democrats included.

Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!