A hot afternoon recording session in the community garden, catching up on the rent control question, the limits of ballot questions as a tool, and on the eve of this great nation’s 250th birthday, a taking of pause, putting our patriotic and totally respected right to criticize the government on the shelf for a moment—to consider how blessed we are to live here, in the free world that America maintains with its highly effective air force and navy at no social expense to the imperial core, and not somewhere repressive and/or authoritarian. Plus, Worcester’s coolest invention by a mile.

Also I edited the audio in the passenger seat of Katie’s car so… our usually pristine—some are saying This American Life-level, if not better—production fidelity is probably a bit lacking. I can’t tell myself because highways it turns out are pretty loud.

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Some links from the discussion

My piece on the rent control ballot question from yesterday

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