Decent Ideas Podcast: Recent Episodes
Terence Cudney
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 19 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence shares some tidbits he's learned on the state of gun laws, how they applied in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, and how it all relates to protests and police brutality now that Rittenhouse has been acquitted.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 18 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence dives deep into one of his favorite newfound policy avenues: economic democracy, attempting to unravel it from other narratives about what is possible and impossible for the US economy. Topics touched on include workplace democracy, socialism, excludability and rivalrousness of goods, what kind of a market economy we have, decentralization, and (briefly) modern monetary theory.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 17 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence reviews the Western stance towards China on Xinjiang, and whether we might be bumbling into a world war due to unwieldy terminology, before making the case that we can call out abuses without beating war drums.
Recent AP Article on Xinjiang: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-china-health-travel-7a6967f335f97ca868cc618ea84b98b9
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 16 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence weaves another undertold narrative, this time of the US history with immigration and labor, focusing on how and when immigrants have been scapegoated from Irish and Italians in the 1840s to Haitians and Mexicans today. The Haitian crisis in Del Rio, Texas serves as the case study, culminating in some prescriptions for immigration woes.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 15 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence weaves an undertold narrative of Afghanistan, starting with British and Russian imperial history, followed by covert U.S. action in-country against communism, leading to September 11, 2001 and the War on Terrorism, with a sprinkling of colonial exploitation for trade throughout. #NeverForget
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 14 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence takes a look at the alleged end of US involvement in Afghanistan, before zooming out to discuss international military intervention as a whole and how we might take a new, measured approach that's truly concerned with democracy.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 13 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence continues his quest to vanquish the culture war with a discussion of who makes the political choice to trust complex science in an age of "alternative facts" and how to bring it home so we can make progress, taking a slight detour into the online discourse about whether we need a red-brown alliance.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 12 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence In Episode 12 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence begins picking apart the culture war issue by issue, starting with sex, gender, & sexuality and zoning in on LGBTQ+ issues, before delving into how this kind of discrimination affects material conditions and how it all connects to #MeToo.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 11 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence gives some thought to the current state of the "monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force", aka the "monopoly on violence" held by the state and police in this country, before relating it to protests, racial justice, domestic extremism, guns, etc.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 10 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence confronts the limitations of electoralism, addresses initiatives for voting reform, and makes the case for engaging in democracy locally even when national politics seem hopeless. Lots of shade for Joe Manchin and milquetoast Democrats included.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
The Decent Ideas Podcast treats societal problems like software problems, except the app under the microscope is our democratic society. Solutions to big problems aren't always perfect from the get-go, but they're worth trying in trying times. Host Terence Cudney takes you through a "decent" idea, or sometimes a less-decent idea, once every other week. Enjoy!
In Episode 9 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence takes a second shot at the broad field of US foreign policy, focusing on colonialism and its successor phenomena, including the colonization of the Americas, the Atlantic slave trade, the "Scramble for Africa", Israel & Palestine, US-backed coups around the world, and the Arab Cold War. He then focuses in on how we can reconstitute US foreign policy to support democratization abroad while endeavoring to actually become the democratic beacon it has long claimed to be.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
In Episode 8 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence takes a first shot at the broad field of US foreign policy and military intervention, focusing on the current state of high-casualty armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, and escalating tensions in 2020 and 2021, before delving into how we might look at them policy-wise.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
In Episode 7 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence gets into the two most high-profile policies of the US left, the Green New Deal and Medicare for All, newly reintroduced in Congress, and how we might break out of the stalemate they're in!
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
In Episode 6 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence talks about the two biggest policy changes in his lifetime, then focuses in on what makes a good theory of political change, and presents his own. If you haven't seen/listened yet, this is a great episode to jump in on.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
In Episode 5 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence, an admittedly white dude, digs into the border concerns and anti-asian violence and endeavors to create some political solutions to the civil and political rights issues of our time.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
In Episode 4 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence gets into his most half-baked idea yet, i.e. how to reinvent an economy, taking a cue from Andrew Yang. He’ll get into it, but this is probably the idea he’s least convinced of so far.
In Episode 3 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence tackles the “worst divisiveness the US has experienced since the Civil War”, and proposes a new form of government. Be gentle with him on this one, he’s very sensitive about it.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
In Episode 2 of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence says the words restorative and retributive justice way too much to try and compare and contrast them in light of the riot on Capitol Hill, the second Trump impeachment, AOC’s story on Instagram, and some other theoretically relevant bits.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
In the inaugural episode of the Decent Ideas Podcast, Terence attempts to find the middle ground in the #ForceTheVote debate, with probably mixed success at best, then hopefully doesn't make it worse by comparing it (albeit favorably) to a far-right hashtag.
Podcast Music Credit: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com