Episode Lineup:

[1:32] - Trump's First Term

• We reflect on Trump's first term, and discuss how the political landscape really hasn't changed much since 2016.

[17:12] - Final Predictions

• We give our final predictions on who we think will come out victorious on election night. Trump has the incumbency advantage, and has four years of experience under his belt now. Can Biden pull off a victory?

[29.40] - Preview: Trump Victory

• What will happen if Trump wins and gets a second term? What are the best case and worst case scenarios?

[34.39] - Preview: Biden Victory

• What will happen if Biden wins? What are the best case and worst case scenarios?

[41.04] - Contested Election

• While it can be fun to think through all the wild election night scenarios, we try to temper expectations on what to expect. 

[49.16] - Civil War Rhetoric

• We address the uptick in civil war rhetoric, and explain why we believe America is currently engaged in a cold civil war. We also dive into the real nature civil wars, and how they represent the ultimate political failure.

[57.27] - Pyrrhic Political Victories

• When unity breaks down people struggle to accept being defeated politically. As a result we start to favor short sighted strategies and develop an ends justifies the means mentality. "One more victory like this and we are finished!"

[1:00:36] - Power Games

• The prevalence of presidential Populism, and renewed calls for Court Packing, adding states, and secession are all indicators that our politics is devolving into dangerous power games. 

[1:10:42] - Importance of Unity

• Reason published an article arguing that America's political union was just a strategic necessity, not a moral imperative. We go through George Washington's "Farewell Address" and explain why our political union is critical to the preservation of individual liberty, constitutional government, and ultimately the betterment of mankind.

[1:19:01] - Obsessed with Politics?

• We try to answer a question from the audience asking, "are we becoming too obsessed with politics?"