Episode Guide

Opening Statement - 4min

Chat with Jeff Smith - 9min 10 sec

Talkin' Politics - 37 min

Last Call - 1hr 13 min

Additional Suggested Readings:

Biden’s handling of Afghanistan - media coverage, general leadership questions

1. 538 tracking has it now to basically even at 46 or 47% approve and disapprove
2. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromo

Leaves about an 8% undecided group

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/27/biden-is-facing-his-biggest-crisis-yet-and-he-will-survive-it

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/politics/supreme-court-eviction-moratorium/index.html

https://missouriindependent.com/2021/08/23/is-america-experiencing-a-different-kind-of-civil-war/

Weak parties to blame? https://news.yale.edu/2020/11/17/polarization-us-politics-starts-weak-political-parties

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/solutions/2021/07/21/extreme-political-polarization-tearing-united-states-apart/8033549002/

https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1988.html

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022690/missouri-population-share-age-group/

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/MO

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