In this episode of Pausing Democracy, we dive into the chaos of hormonal brain fog- Jessica lost her keys and forgot that she had another car, and menopause is to blame. Meanwhile, Katie breaks down the unfortunate relationship between body odor and hormonal imbalances, while Missy wonders if we all secretly miss the Weekend at Bernie's energy of Joe Biden.  We go back to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act and how bad economic policy helped tank the economy and sent us into the Great Depression- spoiler: tariffs are not a tax break.  We also unpack the absurdity of Republican make up vs. Woke make up and the latest corruption spree as government agencies conveniently start shredding documents. Democracy might be crumbling, but at least we're going through it together! Tune in!