It's officially Fall so that means Pumpkin Spice everything, debt crisis, government shutdowns and fiscal cliffs.

As the Federal Government continues to lurch and careen towards an artificial and human made fiscal catastrophe we stopped today to dig a little deeper into this recurring nightmare of our own making. We discuss some vocabulary, history and the current political situation. Whatever your political or fiscal philosophy the short version is it doesn't have to be this way.

Also, South Dakota is in the spotlight a lot lately (and not in a good way) and #VanLifeNYC gets shut down in our 'What the Heck?!' segment. 

And we cover Dutch 'chat register' and Captain Kirk finally is going to the final frontier!

Show Links:

https://www.ajc.com/news/sd-gov-kristi-noem-denies-extramarital-affair-with-trump-loyalist-lewandowski/QRUVN3UYINGODOUCCGNWONE7H4/

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/facing-awkward-questions-gov-kristi-noem-does-damage-control-n1280683

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnyg7/grocery-store-opens-chat-registers-for-lonely-customers?fbclid=IwAR2wLzFF4VZQuYpOM0ECxqh3eUAeHYlo0y3Gm-KM_0iPkqdwXwLRXp7id0g

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/debt-ceiling-care/story?id=80288518

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facebook-media-cnn-australia_n_615409dee4b008640ead8571?fbclid=IwAR0xpuqJIB2_rqP3Ql_umNZl7UBMride0_KSIPNAms9jh2WkzZ6uWQ6cD0s

https://gothamist.com/news/airbnb-removes-nyc-vanlife-host-after-illegal-vans-removed-streets

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/04/1043055911/william-shatner-space-flight-blue-origin-new-shepard?fbclid=IwAR0SiBhcZKPEZZNy11onFt5kNk9jaB5GKeVujFrHklGoG4LQrJ9QJV8qvKE

https://datalab.usaspending.gov/americas-finance-guide/deficit/trends/

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/030515/which-united-states-presidents-have-run-largest-budget-deficits.asp