While you're busy with picnics or fireworks or side-eyeing Americans, stop and think: does the 4th of July actually hold historical significance? And if it doesn't, what else are we getting wrong?Guest: David Fleming, author of  Who's Your Founding Father?....................Promo: Beyond 6 SecondsDisclaimer: Sarah Rhea WernerMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)Sponsor: Horrific Hope Film Festival 2024 (code bliss24 for 15% off submission)

485 -- Patriotism is Learning Both Sides -- with David Fleming

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This is a two-part episode: (1) a hard and raw update of the state of my life right now, and (2) a conversation with Leela Sinha, who persistently believes there are ways to make the world a better place event when I'm whimpering in a corner.Guest: Leela Sinha, https://intensivesinstitute.com/....................Art: Laura EccottMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)

498 -- Uncompromising -- a personal message and a conversation with Leela Sinha

Health, and the lack thereof, have not been kind to the podcast.

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When you have a lifetime's worth of experience in the criminal justice and military, you've accumulated some stories. Some are never to be told, due to privacy or intensity or just the inability to speak the words. Others are shifted into fiction, to give space to say what you need to say without quite as many roadblocks...Guest: Gary Edgington, https://garyedgingtonauthor.com/....................Promo: OctoberPod Christmas Ghost Story (drops 25 December 2023)Disclaimer: AliciaMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)Sponsor: Horrific Hope Film Festival 2024 (code bliss24 for 15% off submission)

497 -- Putting Together the Puzzle -- with Gary Edgington

Just an update on where I've been and expressing my fervent hopes that I'll be able to return to some version of normal within the foreseeable future...

496 -- Connection and Hibernation

Lots of us went through school thinking of history as just a series of facts to memorize for the test... but it actually matters on a greater scale, and kids are fully able to understand that.Guest: Barbara Ann MojicaBooks: Amazon page....................Promo: Madison on the AirDisclaimer: Kennedy PhillipsMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)Sponsor: Horrific Hope Film Festival 2024 (code bliss24 for 15% off submission)

485 -- Patriotism is Learning Both Sides -- with David Fleming

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