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The Pensive Anchor
Welcome to The Pensive Anchor, a podcast devoted to deep dives into relevant and important topics in politics and the world. The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson (currently from his basement in Boulder, Colorado). You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Medium.
In this episode of The Pensive Anchor, host Carter Hanson talks about truth, totalitarianism, Trump, and the way forward for American democracy.
From the episode: “Actions, not fate, not destiny, but actions and the choices we each make constantly create our world of change. Nothing mandates that this change will be for the better, but its possibility to be improvement is what gives me hope.”
The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson (currently from his basement in Boulder, Colorado). You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Medium.
(This episode contains explicit language, but only once)
Sources:
Madeleine Albright, Fascism: A Warning Kurt Anderson, Fantasyland Hannah Arendt, On the Origins of Totalitarianism McKay Coppins, “The 2020 Disinformation War,” The Atlantic Philip K Dick, The Shifting Realities of Philip K Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings Vaclav Havel, The Power of the Powerless Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, and Meg Kelly, “President Trump made 16,241 false or misleading claims in his first three years,” The Washington Post Milton Mayer, They Thought They Were Free Czesław Milosz, The Captive Mind George Orwell, Looking Back on the Spanish War George Orwell, 1984 “Public Trust in Government: 1958-2019,” Pew Research Center Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom
Host Carter Hanson is joined by Emi Ambory in this episode of The Pensive Anchor for an interview and a discussion of the prospects and effectiveness of gun control legislation, American gun culture, and the Second Amendment.
Emi Ambory is currently the Colorado state communications director for March For Our Lives and works with the DNC, in addition to studying journalism and communications at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson, and broadcast live on 91.1 WZBT Gettysburg on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. EST. You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Medium.
Host Carter Hanson is joined by Becky Gillis in this episode of The Pensive Anchor for a discussion of the American higher education system, the value of standardized tests, legacy admissions, and the role of income inequality in college admissions.
But first, host Carter Hanson delivers the third installment of Ceteris Paribus, which sets up much of the discussion that follows.
The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson, and broadcast live on 91.1 WZBT Gettysburg on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. EST. You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Medium, where we post Ceteris Paribus as an editorial.
Sources: https://www.gettysburg.edu/offices/institutional-analysis/pdfs/public-fact-book/2020/PellRecipients_2019.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html https://opportunityinsights.org/education/ http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/04-carlos-doesnt-remember https://public.simonsays.ai/AXqKjRV1Kken/carlos-doesnt-rememberrevisionist-history-season-1-ep4/d6JQJo5BKPx7 https://www.npr.org/2014/01/09/261048315/students-of-color-dont-apply-to-top-schools-but-they-should https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2013a_hoxby.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/03/05/these-four-charts-show-how-the-sat-favors-the-rich-educated-families/ https://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/2018-surveys-admissions-leaders-pressure-grows https://www.npr.org/2018/11/04/663629750/legacy-admissions-offer-an-advantage-and-not-just-at-schools-like-harvard https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/03/stop-college-admission-cheating-admit-more-students/584749/
Host Carter Hanson is joined by Brandon Neely in this episode of The Pensive Anchor for a discussion of the next steps on Climate Change, the value and requirement of individual behavior change, general indifference toward policy change, and how Gettysburg can build a movement.
But first, host Carter Hanson delivers the second installment of Ceteris Paribus, which sets up much of the discussion that follows.
The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson, and broadcast live on 91.1 WZBT Gettysburg on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. EST. You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Medium, where we post Ceteris Paribus as an editorial.
Sources: https://public.simonsays.ai/ED46Ozk0k8YN/revisionist-history-s03e02-burden-of-proof/nej0mG8GK6yX https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/revisionist-history/e/54608374?autoplay=true https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/29/climate/coastal-cities-underwater.html?searchResultPosition=57 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/scientists-have-been-underestimating-the-pace-of-climate-change/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/opinion/paris-climate-change-trump.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/11/06/what-trumps-climate-surrender-means-world/ https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=38133https://megaphone.link/VMP5265875025https://www.businessinsider.com/what-moral-licensing-means-2017-11http://www.adamscounty.us/Dept/ElectVoteReg/Documents/Election%202019/results6.pdfhttps://gettysburgian.com/2019/11/college-shows-progress-on-sustainability-advocates-want-more-campus-engagement/
This episode, host Carter Hanson is joined once again by Jonathan Beddow for a live episode of The Pensive Anchor. Discussion centers around intraparty politics and polarization.
Later, host Carter Hanson debuts "Ceteris Paribus," a monologue segment this time focusing on behavioral and structural change, the role of business in making decisions for society, and the path forward on climate change.
The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson, and broadcast live on 91.1 WZBT Gettysburg on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. EST. You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Medium, where we post Ceteris Paribus as an editorial.
In this episode, host Carter Hanson is joined by Jonathan Beddow for a live episode of The Pensive Anchor. They discuss the ongoing Impeachment Inquiry—with a focus on William Taylor's testimony—and briefly revisit the 2020 Democratic Primary.
The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson, and broadcast live on 91.1 WZBT Gettysburg on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. EST. You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Medium.
Carter Hanson and Anthony Choi co-host this live episode of The Pensive Anchor. Discussion focuses on the Trump Administration’s reversal on Syrian policy, how Climate Change is exacerbating diseases around the world, and the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson, and broadcast live on 91.1 WZBT Gettysburg on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. EST. You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Medium.
Carter Hanson and Anthony Choi co-host this episode of The Pensive Anchor. Discussion focuses on the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary, the Saudi-Iranian rivalry, and the future of the European Union.
The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson, and broadcast live on 91.1 WZBT Gettysburg on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. EST. You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Medium.
Carter Hanson and Anthony Choi co-host this episode of The Pensive Anchor. Discussion focuses on the Democratic Senate Primary in Massachusetts, the Student Debt Crisis, and Syria.
The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson, and broadcast live on 91.1 WZBT Gettysburg on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. EST. You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Medium.
Carter Hanson and Anthony Choi co-host this episode of The Pensive Anchor. Discussion focuses on Gerrymandering, the 2020 Senate situation, the ongoing crisis of Brexit, and the prospects of peace in Afghanistan.
The Pensive Anchor is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson, and broadcast live on 91.1 WZBT Gettysburg on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. EST. You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Medium.