Decent Ideas Podcast

In Episode 9 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence takes a second shot at the broad field of US foreign policy, focusing on colonialism and its successor phenomena, including the colonization of the Americas, the Atlantic slave trade, the "Scramble for Africa", Israel & Palestine, US-backed coups around the world, and the Arab Cold War. He then focuses in on how we can reconstitute US foreign policy to support democratization abroad while endeavoring to actually become the democratic beacon it has long claimed to be.

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

In Episode 8 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence takes a first shot at the broad field of US foreign policy and military intervention, focusing on the current state of high-casualty armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, and escalating tensions in 2020 and 2021, before delving into how we might look at them policy-wise.

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

In Episode 7 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence gets into the two most high-profile policies of the US left, the Green New Deal and Medicare for All, newly reintroduced in Congress, and how we might break out of the stalemate they're in!

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

In Episode 6 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence talks about the two biggest policy changes in his lifetime, then focuses in on what makes a good theory of political change, and presents his own. If you haven't seen/listened yet, this is a great episode to jump in on.

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

In Episode 5 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence, an admittedly white dude, digs into the border concerns and anti-asian violence and endeavors to create some political solutions to the civil and political rights issues of our time.

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

In Episode 4 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence gets into his most half-baked idea yet, i.e. how to reinvent an economy, taking a cue from Andrew Yang. He’ll get into it, but this is probably the idea he’s least convinced of so far.

In Episode 3 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence tackles the “worst divisiveness the US has experienced since the Civil War”, and proposes a new form of government. Be gentle with him on this one, he’s very sensitive about it.

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

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

In Episode 2 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence says the words restorative and retributive justice way too much to try and compare and contrast them in light of the riot on Capitol Hill, the second Trump impeachment, AOC’s story on Instagram, and some other theoretically relevant bits.

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

In the inaugural episode of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence attempts to find the middle ground in the #ForceTheVote debate, with probably mixed success at best, then hopefully doesn't make it worse by comparing it (albeit favorably) to a far-right hashtag.

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