Our Strange State

It’s our final episode and we hope everyone enjoyed our contribution to the world and the internet. You may see more of us as the election goes on, but for now…farewell!

It’s our first anniversary and we recap what we’ve learned and where we are going with this magical podcast! Stay Strange!

Join us for some behind the scenes action on statues, history, and context. You can find more behind the scenes videos like this on our Patreon in the link below. Stay Strange! https://www.patreon.com/ourstrangestate

Mike and Brett take a look at some specific police brutality instances and try to figure out what the future of policing looks like. Where does one draw the line of force, detention, and control? How do we figure out when it’s time for force or weapons? No one said it would be easy but they are questions we must ask to figure out the answer! Stay Strange!

Mike and Brett weigh in on Trump’s Tulsa rally and how irresponsible it is to have large confined crowds during a pandemic. Also, his timing is suspect with Juneteenth activities being that Friday. What’s the deal?

David returns! We finish up our discussion on race, power struggles, defunding the police, banking conspiracy theories, who is running this crazy show, and today’s general strife! He adds an extra dynamic to our conversations and he’s welcome back anytime he wants! Hope you enjoy it!

As a top-tiered Patreon supporter, Bryan got to choose a topic for an episode and brought up a great idea to Our Strange State about making third parties more popular. We take a look at a different electoral system call “mixed-member proportional”. Here are a few links to help you guys understand the systems and as always, VOTE! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_representation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0I-sdoSXU

David returns! He joins us in the basement to talk about his experience as a bi-racial man in Oklahoma. We talk about recent events, police, personal responsibility, and his experiences growing up. We even have a few laughs about restaurant culture and a few lighter things going on today. This was such an awesome time and can’t wait to have him back!

Mike discusses why “all lives matter” doesn’t mean what you think it means. If you’re really in favor of equality, then you’re probably hurting the cause.

It is crazy that we are still waiting for justice for George Floyd! We talk about some of our observations of the recent events in Minnesota.