Episode 71: In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast leaving death and destruction in its wake. Almost 15 years later, millions of people still live with the impact of the storm and the government's decision to simply let them drown.

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Further Reading: https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity

Episode 70: What do Jim Croce, Jimmy Carter, Fred Hampton, and Richard Nixon have in common? Anything? Am I just messing with you? That’s probably something I would do, but there’s only one way to find out.

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Episode 69: When faced with a world filled with mystery and uncertainty, how can we come to recognize the truth?

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Episode 68: Old Aesop once told a fable of a noble lion who befriended a young man after he removed a thorn from its paw. Can kindness really soothe the savage beast? Will our individual actions change the hearts of those who wish to destroy us?

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Episode 67: The truth is, the game was rigged from the start.

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Episode 66: You’ve all heard it said, haughtily no doubt, by people who wear beige turtlenecks and use words like “vellichor,” that the word “utopia” means both “good place” and “no place.” I’m not going to waste your time with that kind of bullshit this week. Instead, I’m talking about the role of the Utopian society in American history, and the implications of social engineering.

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Episode 65: An old Japanese legend says that whoever folds a thousand paper cranes in a year is granted a wish by the gods. This episode tells a story of hope in the face of senseless violence.

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Episode 64: Joe Biden is among the weakest candidates ever put forth by the Democratic Party. Taking into account policies like the 2002 AUMF, 2005 Bankruptcy Bill, the CCCA, NAFTA, the Hyde Amendment, Helms Amendment, and the 1994 Cime Bill, paired with his history of lying and inappropriate behavior, how can Biden reasonably expect to inspire voters? The problems he campaigns against are those of his own making.

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Episode 63: What is the human capacity for evil? This week I talk about the Mỹ Lai Massacre, the Nuremberg inkblot tests, the Philippine-American War, the Highway of Death, and the war criminal Eddie Gallagher.

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Episode 62: This week the topic is the nasty and brutish American for-profit healthcare system, and why Medicare for All is the only morally conscionable policy alternative. I talk with Scott Desnoyers, who lost his son because of a $20 insurance dispute.

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