Welcome back to the Weekend Beat episode 90. On this episode we talk about the Walking Dead (one of John's favorite TV shows).

Why do we have an obsession with shows that portray a crumbling society?? Would you last? Nate doesn't think he would. Thanks for tuning in and Happy Super-Bowl Weekend!

Welcome back to the 89th episode of the ModState Podcast. On this episode John and Nate begin by talking briefly about the Nunes memo that FBI would rather him not release...

After Nunes we dive into Part II of our Geographical Region Mini-Series on the Pacific Northwest and Arizona. We hope you have been enjoying this as much as we have!

Welcome back to the 88th episode of the ModState Podcast.

Well it has happened. The first official State of the Union address by our 45th president Donald Trump.

Did you think it was unifying? Did the president do enough to rally democrats and republicans?

John and Nate both agree that there this speech was a missed moment. Even though Nate has visceral reactions John is there to tame Nate's frustration. At the end John and Nate both point out some good points to the speech and lay out topics they would like to see the president follow through with.

Thanks for tuning in!

Welcome to the 87th episode of the ModState Podcast.

To start the week John and Nate decided it would be important to talk bout the impending State of the Union address that President Donald Trump will give on Tuesday night.

1)What is the historical presidential precedent of the speech?

2)What does he aim to accomplish in the speech

3) Can and will he deliver post speech?

4) Where does the responsibility lie for movement forward?

This episode also discuss the 4 major topics the ModState crew believes President Donald Trump will address which are defense, budget, immigration reform, and infrastructure.

Tune in and here discover what the team has to say, and of course please come back Wednesday morning for a State of the Union breakdown.

Welcome back to the 86th episode of the ModState Podcast. On this Weekend Beat episode we discuss the philosophy, acting and plot of the 2008 movie The Dark Knight.

Acclaimed as one of the best super hero movies of all time it is rife with good vs evil and relevant scenarios to our life today! Thanks for tuning in!

It has come to our attention that this episode did not upload correctly and in the haste of life it did not get noticed. With that...a bonus treat for Friday and into the weekend!

Welcome back to the 82nd episode of the ModState Podcast. On this Weekend Beat episode John and Nate dive into a brief review of the book that they have spent countless hours talking about. The Next 100 Years, by George Friedman, is a prediction of the next century decade by decade. It also helps one formulate a mindset into geopolitics and how to view the world with a macro mindset. What will happen? How do you predict what will happen, and more importantly how true will it all be. Tune in and find out! Show Notes: 1) The Next 100 Years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Next_100_Years:_A_Forecast_for_the_21st_Century

Welcome to the ModState Podcast.

This is the first episode in the Geographical Journey mini-series! We start in the South specifically the Southern coast and the gulf-coast. These states are NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, and LA. We have excluded Florida and Texas because of their vast political and economic implications to the broader US of A, and warrant their own episode.

In this episode we discuss some history, economy, voting preferences and of course a little political analysis.

Thanks for tuning in!

Show Notes for Gulf/South Coast

1) Tourism Stats for Mississippi and Alabama

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569117304982

2) 2010 financial worth of gulf in 2010

http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/26/news/economy/gulf_economy/index.htm

3) Recovery of the gulf coast

http://www.esa.doc.gov/sites/default/files/may2007.pdf

4) Gulf coast wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States

Welcome back to the 84th episode of the ModState Podcast. The ModState team would like to introduce special guest Sarah Goodlaxson.

Sarah's interesting upbringing has put her in the unique position to talk about specifically and passionately about women's issues and the movement in general.

She shares her experience involved in the 2018 Women's March and her evolving view on women's rights and rights for all.

Thanks for listening and tuning in, and of course for your support.

Show Notes

1) Sarah's Twitter Handle

@sarahgoodlaxson

2) Women's March Article

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/20/us/womens-march.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=044C6CD528059C7F3BC3BB18938DB519&gwt=pay

Welcome back to the 83rd episode of the ModState Podcast.

Welllll it happened and probably as soon as this podcast airs and you listen the shut-down will be over. Maybe...just maybe...

Who suffers from politics...government workers, troops and yes even those caught in the cross-fire of DACA..

Hopefully this debacle is over soon but as long as each side stays principled it is yet to determined. Tune in and find out!

Show Notes:

1)Bipartisan group of senators push for deal

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shutdown-deal-bipartisan_us_5a6518c8e4b0dc592a09f85b?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

2) American Debt

https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/average-credit-card-debt-household/

3)The cost of a government shut down

https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2018/01/21/why-the-government-shutdown-actually-costs-money-000624

4) Sen Rand Paul

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/21/politics/rand-paul-immigration-deal-cnntv/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial

5) Previous government shut downs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/09/25/here-is-every-previous-government-shutdown-why-they-happened-and-how-they-ended/?utm_term=.10440096a311

Welcome back to the 81st episode of the ModState Podcast.

On this episode and to close out the week John and Nate lay the frame work for a several month mini-series leading up to the 2018 midterm elections.

Instead of focusing on each individual candidate and the races they will run the ModState team has decided to break down the different geographical regions of the United States and explore what is most important to each region.

The goal is to explore specific issues to each region and the commonalities they have with one another. As specific races come up they will be covered but this is to allow for an in-depth look of the United States and why certain people and regions have certain views.

At the end of the episode John and Nate discuss the new poll that states that confidence in American international leadership has dwindled. Are the people in this poll too visceral or is it warranted? Tune in and find out!

Show Notes

1) Regions of America

http://meridianintl.co/map-of-regions-of-us.html

2) American Leadership Confidence https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/18/us-leadership-world-confidence-poll