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The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Guest host Max Pringle talks Russia-Ukraine crisis with Kathryn Stoner, Deputy Director of Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and author most recently of “Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order.” 

Then historian James Oakes joins Max to discuss his latest book “The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution.” The book places Lincoln among those 19th Century slavery opponents who argued that the U.S. Constitution could be used as a weapon to end the institution.

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Guest host Max Pringle speaks with Chuck Thompson author of “Better off without ‘em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession.” It’s a tongue-in-cheek musing on American politics seen through the Southern lens. He talks Southern culture and politics.

Then, In the second half of the show Max speaks with filmmaker Jon Else about his new documentary “Land of Gold.” It screens Thursday night 28 April at 7:30 as part of this year’s SF International Film Festival at the historic Castro theater.

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