ReConsider

By Erik Fogg

A podcast to examine your life, because the unexamined life is not worth living.

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The podcast currently has 195 episodes available.

ReConsider episodes:

April 06, 2020 The Peace Officer Program In Action, with Sheriff Lott of Richland County
Last time we were introduced to the Peace Officer concept by Lisa Broderick, who leads Police2Peace. Today we learn from Sheriff Lott of Richland County how he's implementing the Peace Officer program and what impact it's had.
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36min
April 01, 2020 The COVID Relief Bill - Why, How, and What
A stimulus bill just got passed. Is it the right bill? What the heck happens with that $2T and what are the consequences? Erik and Xander take a crack.
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March 20, 2020 A Live Debate on COVID-19 and Recession Relief
Xander and Erik advocate for two different positions on the appropriate response by the US government to the coming recession, an exercise in a passionate and respectful disagreement, and an opportunity for Xander and Erik to share what we actually believe needs doing, as well. Stay safe, everyone.
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57min
March 17, 2020 Climate Change Part 1: The Geopolitical Map Changes
Climate change will, in addition to all of its other havoc, cause major changes to the geopolitical future. The entire board will change.
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49min
March 07, 2020 Around the world in 2020
Jacob Shapiro joins the show again to take a snapshot of the global geopolitical environment at the turn of the decade.

(Sorry it's late; been a crazy month!)
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1h 2min
February 05, 2020 The Amazingly Complicated Brokered Presidential Convention
It's Iowa Caucus time, which means people make hay by predicting a brokered convention!

...But what is a brokered convention? How does it work? How likely is it?
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53min
January 27, 2020 Iran's Role in the Middle East in Context, with Iftah Burman
Iftah Burman, founder of the Middle East Learning Academy, joins us to go over Iran’s broader role in the Middle East, particularly its operations outside of its own borders: what are its goals, what is the impact, and is Iran succeeding?
Itfah is a Middle East scholar that regularly briefs diplomats, foreign officials, academics, and different levels of young professionals. He also acts as the director of foreign senior-level mission to Israel of US government officials, US military officers, and different think-tank researchers. He’s also deeply involved with education, and regularly gives lectures to students and tour groups seeking broader context and understanding of the complexities in the region. He’s currently working on his PhD, with a dissertation focused on Hezbollah and Syria, but also studies and briefs experts on the Arab-Israeli conflict and Iranian-Western relations. Clearly, a relevant topic right now.
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1h 1min
January 15, 2020 The Soleimani Airstrike in Geopolitical Context, With Jacob Shapiro
Jacob Shapiro (cofounder of Geopolitical Futures) joins us today to help us break down what in the absolute heck happened in Iran, what might happen next, and what the heck might be the strategic/geopolitical driver behind it.

We also do a followup about our last episode, where we cover some key errata about our analysis of the UK election that our listeners pointed out for us #humblepie and get a bit of help from Jacob on the implications.

Lots of good stuff :)
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1h 12min
January 02, 2020 The Political Phenomenons We Refuse to Understand
Boris Johnson won big and Brexit is go for launch.
Donald Trump was impeached… and still his popularity holds steady. Heck, he might get re-elected.
Americans and Britons seem to have, within themselves, two incompatible narratives about these men. How is that possible?
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1h 4min
December 11, 2019 ReConsidering GDP
Recently Erik saw an article in which nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says an obsession with looking at GDP has become a problem:
“The world is facing three existential crises: a climate crisis, an inequality crisis and a crisis in democracy,” he writes. “Yet the accepted ways by which we measure economic performance give absolutely no hint that we might be facing a problem.”

“If we measure the wrong thing, we will do the wrong thing,”

Do we need to reconsider how useful GDP can be as a measure of economic health?
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