ReConsider

If we want to learn a little bit more about Trump's path to the Presidency, we can look to recent history. It's not actually totally unprecedented. Spain, going through its own very tough economic times, has vaulted the populist-left Podemos to the fore, out of nowhere at all. Podemos is a bunch of political outsiders with a Marxist approach to campaigning--and they adopted this style very deliberately. They have a lot to teach us about what might become the new politics of the 21st century.We're joined by author, campaign adviser, and VisualPolitik director Fonseca Porras to learn more about Podemos and discuss the parallels with Trump in this particularly exciting episode!

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There's a play called Sir Thomas More that is _not_ Shakespeare... but scholars have agreed that its most awe-inspiring monologue was indeed written by Shakespeare himself. In Sir Ian McKellen's words: "you'll know when you hear it."Xander delivers a special episode today: he reads the famous monologue from the play, on refugees. He does it first in modern English so you can understand it well, and then follows up with the Original Pronunciation, which was the English used in Shakespeare's time. the OP dramatically improves the rhyme and rhythm of the reading.In this monologue, More appeals to angry Englishmen about their treatment of immigrants. Normally I would summarize it, but I would do it no justice--this simply has to be heard.Sir Ian McKellen also delivers this monologue in a 2013 performance and totally kills it. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjEAeOshUGQ Link to your youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_MfONE3jNBTMY8xo78k0_AVideo of the 2 dudes who...

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People of another religion are showing up, and not all of them are friendly--some are even kinda terrorists. The economic situation is pretty tough

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Politics: but we don't do the thinking for you.

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But seriously, why on earth do we have the Electoral College? Something about having to travel in carriages? It's a question a lot of people are asking after an election with a pretty big gap between the popular vote and the outcome. So why on earth does it exist? What's the point? Is it fulfilling its purpose? What alternatives are there, and how would we get to them?Learn all this and more, including why you don't kill your admirals, on today's episode!

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"I'm gonna drain the swamp."Love him or hate him, Donald Trump's rise and agenda are a political revolution. But revolutions are hard, even after you win. Most have failed miserably. What will it take for Trump to fulfill his vision, rather than fall apart?

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English King Richard III was a bad bad dude, right? If you're a fan of Shakespeare, you know this is true.But what if there's more to the story? We subbed in for the English Renaissance History podcast a ways back and asked that question. Today we take a look at a guy that's gotten no love of history.

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It happened. It's a shocker, but it happened. There's a lot of pain and frustration across the country--and no matter what, half of it was going to be really upset today. How did Trump pull the upset? Where do we go from here? How do we understand each other better and heal the divide?

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Originally broadcast on the Agora Podcast Network's "Agoraphobia" series, Erik and Xander recount the true story from 1983 of how the world was a single crazy decision away from nuclear annihilation.

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If you're in the US, odds are good you'll be voting for a judge or six this November. It's hard, and _really_ different from electing a representative or executive.So how the heck do you do it? How do you judge your potential judges? If you want to be a responsible citizen, you gotta give this one a listen.

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