Welcome back to the 94th episode of the ModState Podcast. This special Weekend Beat episode strays away from the typical breakdown of a book or movie and continues on the Rust Belt Theme. A good friend of Nate, Zac Calamante, joins the podcast to discuss a millennial's life growing up in the rust belt. Really this is two friends catching up and diving back into what they do best together...talking!

Thanks for tuning in and listening!

Welcome back to the ModState Podcast. This episode certainly takes several turns from Nate's personal account of a celebrity interaction, and John's lament of our generation, it overwhelmingly stays on point discussing the Rust Belt.

The Rust Belt, as it became, was originally the major hub of manufacturing and the epicenter of the United States for the auto-industry and steel production. It's glory was stripped towards the end of the 20th century and it has struggled to find its identity since. How does this play in the mid-term elections? Who will have the better message? Why did this area decline and what does it have in store? Tune in and find out! Thanks for listening.

Show Notes:

1) Rust Belt Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_Belt

2)Rust Belt Encyclopedia http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/united-states-and-canada/miscellaneous-us-geography/rust-belt

Welcome back to the ModState Podcast. It's the Mid-Week Rap! This podcast is a time to talk about several topics!

On this episode John and Nate dive into the special election that democrats took back from the republicans in Missouri. Again, the ModState team asks for caution in regards to the wave of momentum that democrats seem to have leading up to the 2018 mid-term election.

Second, President Trump may be the biggest troller on twitter today. Even Nate got riled up at the tweet calling democrats treasonous for not standing and clapping during the SOTU. Well maybe John is right..."he's just trolling you man." Point taken.

Lastly, the plan was to jump into gerrymandering and Supreme Court rulings but that will be saved until another episode. In lieu of gerrymandering John and Nate dive into an article hypothesizing that Jurgen Klinsmann would have taken us to the World Cup in Russia...well lets get some analysis for you Soccer (futbol) fans out there.

Show Notes

1) Jurgen Klinsmann Article

http://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states/story/3367158/jurgen-klinsmann-wouldve-taken-united-states-to-world-cup-geoff-cameron

Welcome back to the ModState Podcast. On this episode John and Nate do a follow-up on the Nunes Memo and contributor Gabe Cocker's article outlining the players in the Russia investigation.

The meat of this episode is about the Federal Reserve System. You probably hear a lot about interest rates, inflation and treasury bonds. Well this episode's goal is break down the system and how it works. Tune in and learn a bit on this episode!

Show Notes:

1) Federal Reserve https://www.federalreserve.gov

2)About the Fed

https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed.htm

3) Federal Reserve Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System

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