Pat Thurston reflects on Sheldon Whitehouse's comments from 2019 on the Federalist Society.

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Criminal Defense attorney David Katz is with Pat Thurston to discuss the 4th of July parade in Illinois that turned deadly.

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Pat Thurston talks to listeners about adjusting the 2nd amendment for today's world.

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Movies opening today--

-----ENDANGERED--HBO Documentary about the global assault on journalism and journalists.
-----THE FORGIVEN--Drama about a couple vacationing in Morocco who accidentally kill a local boy.
-----MR. MALCOLM'S LIST--19th Century romantic comedy.
-----OFFICIAL COMPETITION--savage satire (starring Penelpe Cruz and Antonio Banderas) about the making of a movie.

And these from last week:

-----TREVOR THE MUSICAL--Disney Plus coming-of-age musical about a Diana Ross-obsessed middle school boy in search of his own identity. Disney Plus
-----LOST ILLUSIONS--Screen adaptation of the Honore de Balzac novel about the rise and fall of an ambitious poet/journalist. In theaters.
-----THE SCORE--a British rock musical heist movie. VOD
-----CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH--an older woman/younger man rom-com. Apple TV Plus
-----BRIAN AND CHARLES--Sundance comedy about a Welsh inventor who spends his days making useless contraptions until one day when he invents a robot from a washing machine. In theaters.

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As the debate over which history we teach in American schools becomes more inflamed and many of the fundamental precepts of American democracy are under serious assault, it is more important than ever to understand what happened 246 years ago in Philadelphia.
Let me educate, inform, and refresh your audience on some of the basics of America’s birthday. Ask me— 

•Why John Adams thought America would mark its birthday on July 2

•Whether the Declaration of Independence was adopted exactly as Jefferson wrote it

•What radically profound, new ideas were stated in this document

•How many people signed the Declaration and what became of the men— and they were all men—  who pledged “our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor” 

•How many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence enslaved people

•What George Washington thought about allowing Black men to serve in the Continental Army

•Which two presidents died on the same July 4th on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration 

These and other basic questions about Independence and the American Revolution prove that history is more than dates and documents. 
Book a live or taped interview and I can bust some myths, set the record straight, and explore Jefferson’s “self-evident Truths”— “that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” 

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The Supreme Court will hear a case on state authority over elections, Pat Thurston explains what this means for democracy.

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UCSF's Dr. Peter Chin Hong joins Pat Thurston to discuss the latest news on monkeypox and covid-19.

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ABC News Correspondent Alex Stone joins Pat Thurston to share what happened when a cruise ship hit an iceberg in Alaska.

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Caren Horstmeyer, former head basketball coach at UC Berkeley is with Pat Thurston to discuss title IX's impact 50 years later.

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ABC News Correspondent Andy Field joins Pat Thurston to explain Biden's comments on Roe v. Wade.

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