Let's talk politics, because ideas have consequences. Episode lineup:

[1:50] - COVID-19: Michigan's Lockdowns

• Michigan's Supreme Court puts an end to Governor Gretchen Whitmer's executive lockdown orders. This is a textbook case study into Separation of Powers.

[13:17] - Social Media Madness

• Donald Trump contracts COVID-19 and social media is thrown into a frenzy. The President is compared to Benito Mussolini and labeled a bio-terrorist. When will the social media madness end?

[22:54] - Social Media Division Complex

• Digital media companies profit off the American people's political division. They have figured out that outrageous headlines generate more clicks, more shares, more traffic, and more ad revenue. The Social Media Division Complex explains this phenomenon. 

[29:21] - Social Media and the Melting Pot

• The challenge of politics is to determine how 330 million people can live together happily. Social media complicates this challenge, and turns the great American melting pot into an pressure cooker.

[35:23] - Social Media Reform?

• What should we do if social media threatens the our ability to unify and live happily together? While legislative reforms may be a good first step, we will ultimately need a new narrative to repair the broken state of politics today.

[48.12] - Federalism & Centralization

• Federalism is the legal and structural framework that allows diverse populations to live happily together. The move towards centralization frustrates the challenge of politics by aiming to impose national uniform polices on a very diverse American public.

[54:18] - Character in Leadership

• Our response to a question from the audience about the importance of character in leadership, and how to think about voting for the better of two evils

[1:04.52] - Restraining the Judicial Branch

• Our response to a question from the audience about restraining the power of the Judicial Branch by limiting the nation-wide impact of court decisions.