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We discuss the role of social media companies, how they impact our culture, how they play in our elections, and how much they should be regulated - or not. Plus conspiracy theories like Q-Anon

0.30 The moral obligation

2.30 Twitter and the Hunter Biden story

6.10 Facebook and its challenges

9.00 The cultural impact of social media

11.00 Q-Anon and conspiracy theories

14.30 The legal insulation of social media from fake news stories

19.00 Antitrust regulation and social media

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Here we explore how female political leaders are viewed and judged by the press and the American people, going back to 1984. 

0.45 Female and Black presidents

1.30 Women and Men who come on strong

2.50 Gretchen Whitmer and the kidnapping plot

6.15 How women are unfairly judged

10.00 Mike Pence

15.00 Back to 1984

19.30 How is it going with men running the world?

21.30 The Lincoln Project

In this special episode, Doug and Chris explore the ramifications of President Trump reportedly testing positive for COVID-19.

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We cover the landscape of threats to our American democracy starting, of course, with Trump refusing to endorse a peaceful transition of power if he loses.

0.45 Peaceful transitions of Power

4.10 The Destruction of Truth

5.00 The Supreme Court Nominee

8.30 How the Media empowers Trump

12.30 Ohio

14.25 The Tuesday Debate

17.25 Florida

24.00 Income inequality in the US

26.10 A time for Hardball

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We cover Bob Woodward's new book, Trump's decision to talk to him, and what real leadership looks like in a crisis.

0.45 Winston Churchill

2.30 The Woodward Book

4.00 Trump's "Concept of Leadership"

7.15 Lying when you know you're lying

12.00 Leading during a crisis

16.00 Why did Trump agree to talk to Woodward?

18.15 The Brutal Truth

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Here we continue our psychiatric analysis of the president who lacks a soul. More importantly, we assess how much ground - if any- Trump might lose by attacking dead soldiers

0.50 The Atlantic article boy Jeffrey Goldberg

5.40 Anonymous sources

8.00 Freebie movie recommendation

10.00 World War I

11.00 Trump's reaction to damaging stories 

12.30 The "he just seems like an asshole" defense

14.20 The Vietnam Draft

18.15 Will Trump lose any votes over this?

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Trump seems to believe that social unrest and urban violence is helping his chances of getting re-elected. He seems to be running as an outsider, despite the fact that he is an incumbent President - and crime was at a 50-year low when he took office. Can he pull it off?

0.40 1968 and 2020

3.55 How can Biden get on offense?

7.20 Systemic racism in America

9.35 Armed white guys "helping out" on the streets

15.55 The Democrat's hand-wringing

20.45 Has Trump made racism more socially acceptable?

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Here we talk about the Republican National Convention and what we can expect - if we can actually call what Trump is about to do a convention. And we re-cap the DNC from last week.

1.00 What we can predict the Republicans will say

2.30 The Speaker Agenda for the RNC

3.45 The "New" Republican Party Platform

7.25 The "Cultural Icons" speaking at the RNC

10.15 Over to the Democratic National Convention

12.00 Biden's Life Story as a window into the American Story

Will our corrupt and immoral but incompetent president actually pull off stealing the 2020 presidential election and permanently destroying U.S. democracy? The answer may not shock you, but it should outrage anyone who believes in justice, fair elections and true democracy.

0.30 Coin flip

2.50 Helpfully announcing the crime in advance

4.50 The Blue Shift is real (as Trump well knows)

5.50 Can the press do anything useful?

10.45 Could Trump's voter suppression strategy backfire?

14.00 Florida