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Hey, I want to take a moment to thank y’all for being here week after week. I guess I’m feeling a tad introspective – and it’s likely because we’re nearing our 5-year pod-versary. Yup, 5 years ago David Axelrod was our inaugural guest, fresh off an historic Cubs World Series win. Today, the Cubs are 10 ½ games back of a Wild Card spot. They kinda stink. Democracy also seems to be a wild card in the United States these days, and Axelrod is doing what he can to preserve it, via his own podcast: The Axe Files.

So … democracy in the USA … writ-large that’s what we’ll be talking about with our guest today, Keith Boag, who’s making his 3 rd appearance on The Herle Burly! In his stellar career at CBC, as Chief Political Correspondent with years working in the U.S., Keith has observed and reported on political discourse down there and stood witness to the erosion of democratic norms. So today we’re going to talk about:

• The January 6th hearings … what’s the import and the impact?
• How should Trump be treated going forward, and extrapolating further … what would another Trump term be like?
• What’s the media’s role in covering stories and managing issues?
• What will Joe Biden be doing 2 ½ years from now? 
• And who are other potential nominees for each party?

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