The Central Questions: Recent Episodes
Josh Davidson, Howard Reichman
It started as a fascinating and timely discussion between friends on a walk through Los Angeles during the height of Covid. It's evolved into conversations about current events, public policy and opinion, politics, government, media, economics, business and individual freedoms. Every conversation boils down to the CENTRAL QUESTION that drives every opinion and emotion, but you'll rarely, if ever, hear it voiced in public. That's what we do in this Podcast.
We're just two guys walking and talking; you're welcome to eavesdrop.
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The media focuses on certain hair-trigger go-to bullet points (no pun intended) when discussing the very polarizing issue of gun rights. Let's zoom out and understand the context for the Second Amendment, as well as the issues we face today in the 21st century, as opposed to 200+ years ago when the Amendment was written. No matter which side of the issue you're on, this episode should interest you!
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"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." (An alleged quote by Winston Churchill.) Let's "zoom out" and understand how and why the founding fathers structured our system of laws the way they did. To do this, we'll look at history, context, intent and application -- always keeping the central questions in mind.
Recorded in late 2021, Josh and Howard discuss the public policy surrounding the Covid pandemic, and its effectiveness, repercussions, benefits and consequences.